LISD E-Newsletter January 14, 2022 |
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Table of Contents: 1. Admin Alley 2. Around The District
3. Stacey Happenings 4. Elementary Happenings 5. PTSO Spotlight 6. Good Information 7. Random Shots |
| Upcoming Events:
*Monday Jan. 17 MLK Holiday
*Tuesday Jan. 18 Basketball - Boys JV, Girls and Boys Varsity at Falls City 5:00, 6:00 & 7:30 *Wednesday Jan. 19
Basketball - Boys Varsity vs. La Pryor at Stacey 5:00pm *Thursday Jan. 20 Basketball-JH Boys & Girls A Team vs. Saenz at Stacey 5:00 & 6:00 *Friday Jan. 21
Basketball - Boys JV, Boys & Girls Varsity at Sabinal 5:00, 6:00 & 7:30 |
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On Monday the country will be observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which honors the birthday as well as life and legacy of the American civil rights leader. |
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Born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, the Nobel Peace Prize winner was an emerging leader of the civil rights movement the eight years leading up to August 1963 when he delivered his famed "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Addressing a crowd of 250,000, he spoke of his dream that the country would one day live up to its belief that "all men are created equal." While he was in Memphis, Tennessee to support striking sanitation workers, the civil rights activist was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorates "the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King's character and empowered his leadership" as well as the "universal, unconditional love, forgiveness and nonviolence that empowered his revolutionary spirit," explains an excerpt from The Meaning of the King Holiday by Coretta Scott King, the activist's late wife. "Dr. King once said that we all have to decide whether we 'will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. Life's most persistent and nagging question,' he said, is 'what are you doing for others?'," the excerpt says. credit:
https://www.newsweek.com/martin-luther-king-jr-day-2022-date-federal-holiday-1667400 |
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January 14, 2022 Updated Information for COVID-19 Procedures
I would like to provide corrected and updated information to you concerning COVID-19 procedures as we understand them today. In my last letter, I stated that students would need to provide proof of a negative COVID test before they are allowed back in school. This was only partially correct information and I apologize. The guidelines below will be followed for quarantine and isolation for unvaccinated individuals: Quarantine – close contact with someone with COVID-19 *Quarantine for 5 days: stay home and away from other people for at least 5 days (day 0 through day 5) after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19. The date of your exposure is considered day 0. Wear a well-fitting mask when around others at home, if possible.
*Within 10 days after your last close contact with someone with COVID-19, watch for fever (100.4˚F or greater), cough, shortness of breath, or other COVID-19 symptoms. *If you develop symptoms, get tested immediately and isolate until you receive your test results. If you test positive, follow isolation recommendations.
*If you do not develop symptoms, get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with someone with COVID-19. Once negative test results are provided to the nurse, the child may return to campus. Note: home test kits will be accepted if you bring them on campus and test together with the nurse for clearance.
*If test results are not provided, the child may not return on campus until 10 days of quarantine are complete. *Mask wear must continue for 5 days after leaving quarantine.
*Children under 2 years and others who cannot wear a mask must quarantine for 10 days Isolation – positive COVID test or develop COVID-19 symptoms *Isolate for 5 days from the date tested regardless of vaccine status. *The child/staff member may return to campus after at least 5 days since testing and improvement of symptoms. *Mask wearing must continue for 5 days after leaving isolation. *Children under two years and others who cannot wear a mask will isolate for 10 days.
If you came into close contact with someone with COVID-19 and you are in one of the following groups, you do not need to quarantine during the 5 days but do still need to be tested on day 5 and be negative to remain on campus:
*You are ages 18 or older and are considered fully vaccinated. *You are ages 5-17 years and completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.
*In both of these scenarios the nurse will need a copy of vaccination card to be on campus during quarantine. Upload COVID Vaccine Card- Student
https://www.cognitoforms.com/LacklandISD1/ProofOfCOVID19VaccinationsStudents Upload COVID Vaccine Card- staff
https://www.cognitoforms.com/LacklandISD1/ProofOfCOVID19Vaccinations
We are still experiencing a shortage of COVID test kits. If you can obtain a home COVID test kit, we ask that you bring the unopened test kit to the nurse so that the test can be completed with the nurse in the Isolation Clinic or other designated area. If the test is negative, the student will be allowed to go to class. If the test is positive for COVID, you will be asked to take your child home and they will be required to quarantine for five days as recommended by the CDC.
If you are interested in additional information regarding COVID-19 and the recommendations for schools by the CDC, you may read more here.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-contact-tracing/about-quarantine.html#print
As a reminder, parents may utilize other testing sites here on the installation or in the city to get your child(ren) tested and then bring the testing result(s) to the nurse for verification. Testing locations in Bexar County can be found at this link: Testing - City of San Antonio.
We realize that this is a stressful time for you and your children and the District is doing everything we can to keep our students safe each day. Our nurses are working hard to make the best decisions possible to keep students safe and in school. We ask that you be patient as we maneuver this ever-changing landscape. Respectfully, |
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Dr. Burnie L. Roper Superintendent of Schools |
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Above & Beyond Award Winners
Our Above & Beyond committee met on December 3, 2021 and reviewed the nominations. All nominees have been approved and recommended by their principals/supervisors.
Above & Beyond award recipients were recognized and honored at the December 14, 2021 board meeting. Each recipient received a “Certificate of Achievement”, a $200.00 stipend, and a reserved parking space. Additionally, recipient names will be displayed on the Marquee and the Lackland ISD website. The Above & Beyond recommended winners for Fall 2021 recognition are: |
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Auxiliary – Yuka Couret serves as the lead cook in our Child Nutrition Department. Mrs. Couret does an outstanding job making sure that the food served at both the high school and elementary cafeterias are prepared and ready to be served in a safe and timely manner. She meticulously prepares daily production records and follows all child nutrition program requirements and health and sanitation regulations. Mrs. Yuka takes great pride in cooking appetizing and visually appealing meals for her students, consistently receiving praise from students and staff on the high quality of the food being served. Mrs. Yuka is an exemplary role model and trainer. She is dependable, has a great attitude, and always willing to help others when needed. We are proud to recognize Yuka Couret as one of our Fall 2021 Above & Beyond award winners.
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Para-Professional – Karla Rosales serves as an Instructional Aide at Stacy High School. As an instructional aide, Mrs. Rosales provides classroom support for students in our special education and general education programs. She also helps supervise students in the dining room during meal serving times and assists our students and staff throughout the school day. Mrs. Rosales gets along great with all her students and co-workers and goes out of her way to make new students feel welcome and works to connect them with the right people and places on campus. You can often find Mrs. Rosales helping other students and staff as she goes above and beyond to make sure they have a positive experience at school. We are proud to recognize Karla Rosales as one of Fall 2021 Above & Beyond award winners.
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Professional – Nicole James serves as an English teacher at Stacey Junior High School. Ms. James is a dedicated and exceptionally skilled teacher that goes above and beyond in helping her students succeed in her classroom. According to one of her colleagues, “Ms. James has one of the best classroom management styles for secondary that she has seen. Students are engaged in the content that she is teaching and go out of their way to thank her for believing in them and their ability to succeed. We are fortunate to have an educator as passionate and driven as Ms. James to continue to plant seeds of change and sow greatness into the lives that she impacts every day. It is an honor to nominate her for this award and for her to be recognized for the work that she does for the Lackland ISD community.” We are proud to recognize Nicole James as one of our Fall 2021 Above & Beyond award winners.
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Professional – Patricia Morris serves as an Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) teacher at our Elementary School. Ms. Morris has been teaching at Lackland ISD for 17 years. During these 17 years, she has consistently gone above-and-beyond in her commitment to teaching our students with special needs. Mrs. Morris comes to work super early and stays late preparing lessons, support strategies, and activities for her students. Her calm and patient demeanor allows her to keep her students focused and engaged even when the classroom is chaotic with student meltdowns and temper tantrums. Mrs. Morris is a genuinely caring person who goes out of the way to help her students and co-workers by providing comfort and support during difficult times. We are proud to recognize Patricia Morris as one of our Fall 2021 Above & Beyond award winners.
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On Wednesday January 12th we hosted a San Antonio Metro Health COVID Vaccine and Flu Clinic. I’m delighted to say that we served over 125 of our LISD students, parents, and staff. Our students faced their fears bravely and received stickers and candy as rewards while 18 $100 HEB gift cards and 125 pairs of SPURS tickets were given to the adults. The next clinic will take place on February 9, 2022 from 1-6PM (Please arrive by 5:45). We hope to see you there!
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Job Opportunities!
Lackland Independent School District is looking for… *Elementary, Middle School and High School Substitutes
*Substitute Nurses *Elementary Cafeteria Monitors *Elementary Cafeteria Monitor/cross-walk *Bus Drivers *Custodians Click on the link to apply https://www.applitrack.com/lacklandisd/onlineapp/default.aspx |
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Alamo Bowl Student-Athlete Scholarship Recipient |
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Senior Maria Orencia has been named a 2021-2022 Valero Alamo Bowl Student Athlete. She is the recipient of a $7,500 scholarship; she and her family attended the Scholarship Luncheon and was recognized at the 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl on December 29th. The scholarship was awarded based on academic achievement, teacher recommendations, involvement in extracurricular activities and varsity sports as well as honors received and a personal narrative.
Maria has earned letters in both basketball and tennis. Additionally, she is involved in Student Council, NHS, UIL Academics, and is the Editor in Chief of the Stacey Yearbook. Maria is planning to major in medical/clinical laboratory sciences. Congratulations Maria! |
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How can you learn about the mammalian brain? Like this! Students in Ms. Polis’ Anatomy & Physiology class are studying the nervous system. In this lab, they are learning about parts of the brain by dissecting sheep brains. |
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Meet Mrs. Ingram! by: Samuel Crisp, freshman |
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This is Mariah Ingram, she is currently teaching at our elementary school and she loves it! She loves her job and her students. I'm sure you're all curious about her life in and outside of Lackland. Well I decided to ask her a couple of questions that we’re all curious about and..
These are the answers. Q1: How long have you been teaching? A1: This is my 20th year in education. Q2: What is your favorite grade to teach? Or have you only taught one?
A2: I love teaching 5th grade, but I have taught 1st grade, 2nd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade. Q3: Do you enjoy teaching here at Lackland? A3: Teaching at Lackland has been a dream because I love working with families that serve our country.
Q4: What’s your favorite sport? A4: My favorite sport to watch is soccer or baseball. I can’t choose one! My favorite sport that I participate in however is cycling. Q5: What’s your favorite season? A5: Fall is my favorite season in Texas because we finally get a break from summer heat. Q6: Do you have any pets? A6: I have 5 cats, only 2 are actually mine, the others have been left behind when my children went off to college. Q7: Do you have any clubs and if not have you thought about making one?
A7: Here at Lackland I have sponsored Garden Club and Girls Run Club. Q8: What’s the perfect temperature to you? A8: Ideal weather and temperature for me is 75 degrees.
Q9: What’s your favorite shoe brand? If you don’t have one, what’s your favorite clothing brand? A9: Shoes? Old school Adidas are my faves. Q10: And lastly, why did you decide to become a teacher?
A10: I decided to become a teacher because my teacher in high school who was an ESL teacher that when my friends needed help or advice they would all go ask her. She was a tiny little teacher from Peru. She overflowed with love and patience for each of my friends and they needed her guidance so much.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question Mrs. Ingram and keep doing what you're doing! |
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Westward Ho! The Pony Express! |
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The Pony Express delivered mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California in 1860 and 1861. Young men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five rode horses at top speed, stopping only to change horses, eat, and sleep. Riders changed horses at 153 stations, spaced seven to twenty miles apart. Most riders covered about 250 miles a day. The Pony Express took eight to ten days to deliver the mail almost 2,000 miles.
The bravery of the riders made the Pony Express famous, but only after eighteen months, it went bankrupt. The service cost more to run than could be charged to customers. The transcontinental telegraph helped put an end to the Pony Express. Today, our mail is delivered to our homes or we pick up mail at the post office. A lot of postal employees behind the scenes keep our mail moving. Pam Torre Social Studies Teacher Bldg. 8244 Room 4404 |
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The History of the Zipper |
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In 1851, Elias Howe received a patent for an "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure". He did not try seriously to market it, missing recognition he might otherwise have received. Howe's device was more like an elaborate drawstring than a true slide fastener. We recognize this device today as a zipper. Forty-two years later, in 1893, Whitcomb Judson, who invented a pneumatic street railway, patented a "Clasp Locker". The device served as a (more complicated) hook-and-eye shoe fastener. With the support of businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, Judson launched the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device. The clasp locker had its public debut at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and met with little commercial success.
The Universal Fastener Company moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1901, reorganized as the Fastener Manufacturing and Machine Company. Gideon Sundback, a Swedish-American electrical engineer, was hired to work for the company in 1906. Good technical skills led Sundback to the position of head designer. The company moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, where it operated for most of the 20th century under the name Talon, Inc. Sundback worked on improving the fastener and in 1909 he registered a patent in Germany. The US rights to this invention were on the name of the Meadville company (operating as the Hookless Fastener Co.), but Sundback retained non-U.S. rights and used these to set up in subsequent years Lightning Fastener Co. in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Gideon Sundback increased the number of fastening elements from four per inch (about one every 6.4 mm) to ten or eleven (around every 2.5 mm), introduced two facing rows of teeth that pulled into a single piece by the slider and increased the opening for the teeth guided by the slider. The patent for the "Separable Fastener" was issued in 1917. Gideon Sundback also created the manufacturing machine for the new device. The "S-L" or "strapless" machine took a special Y-shaped wire and cut scoops from it, then punched the scoop dimple and nib, and clamped each scoop on a cloth tape to produce a continuous zipper chain. Within the first year of operation, Sundback's machinery was producing a few hundred feet (around 100 meters) of fastener per day. In March of the same year, Mathieu Burri, a Swiss inventor, improved the design by adding a lock-in system attached to the last teeth, but his version never got into production due to conflicting patents.
In 1923 during a trip to Europe Sundback sold his European rights to Martin Othmar Winterhalter] who improved the design by using ribs and grooves instead of Sundback's joints and jaws[7][8] and started producing with his company Riri on a large scale first in Germany, then in Switzerland.
The popular North American term: ZIPPER, came from the B. F. Goodrich Company in 1923. The company opted to use Gideon Sundback's fastener on a new type of rubber boots (or galoshes) and referred to it as the zipper, and the name stuck. The two chief uses of the zipper in its early years were for closing boots and tobacco pouches. Zippers began being used for clothing in 1925 by Schott NYC on leather jackets. In the 1930s, a sales campaign began for children's clothing featuring zippers. The campaign praised zippers for promoting self-reliance in young children by making it possible for them to dress themselves. The zipper beat the button in 1937 in the "Battle of the Fly", after French fashion designers raved over zippers in men's trousers. And here we are, today. Zippers are a huge part of our fashion trends, and designs. |
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Teachers honed in on their already magical skills at the SFA Experienced Site Conference in Orlando. Teachers from all over the nation were learning new strategies through collaboration in an effort to further excel our students during this time of disruptive learning. Lackland teachers “kissed their smart brains” as they were highlighted as one of the top performing schools in the conference session presentation that focused on universal success.
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3rd grade is awesome with Mrs. Gaskin! |
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SFA Team Building with Mrs. Herrera!
Building bridges of partnership! |
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Congratulations to the winners of the elementary Anti - Bullying poster contest |
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2021-2022 Anti-Bullying Poster Contest Winners Pre-K- 1st Place: Elizabeth Schwartz (Smith) 2nd Place: Charlotte McDuffie (Smith) 3rd Place: Lily Parijs (Smith)
Kindergarten- 1st Place: Mia Hudson (Archibald) 2nd Place: Florencia Antunez Dominguez (Mendez)
3rd Place: Marcos Diaz Negron (Henry) First Grade- 1st Place: Olivia Davis (Herrera) 2nd Place: Wendyam Yameogo (Walker) 3rd Place: Miguel De Hoyos Jr. (Logan) Second Grade- 1st Place: Phoebe Yates (Button)
2nd Place: Lyla Burgess (Lawrence) 3rd Place: Shyann Sale (Truelove) Third Grade- 1st Place: Olivia Valle (Martinez) 2nd Place: Lilly Smith (Martinez) 3rd Place: Tyler Krause (Villanueva) Fourth Grade-
1st Place: Neriya McFarland (Bragg) 2nd Place: Annabelle Smith (Dorazio) 3rd Place: Eddie Alvarado (Ramirez) Fifth Grade- 1st Place: Paisley Burgess (Smallwood) 2nd Place: Victoria VanVickle (Smallwood) 3rd Place: Flora Davis (Ingram) |
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Elementary P.E. is Awesome! |
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Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:00 a.m.--10:30 a.m.
Adapting to Life After COVID?
COVID-19 was not only a health crisis, it was a mental health crisis. Between working from home, losing jobs, schools being closed and the real threat of a deadly pandemic, life got very heavy. While the world will never go back to what it was, hopefully this presentation will help provide the tools to adapt to the ever changing world we find ourselves in. This session is brought to you by James Denning from The Denning Center. Session ID# 78641
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