LISD E-Newsletter
December 20, 2024 |
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Table of Contents: 1. Admin Alley 2. Around The District
3. Stacey Happenings 4. Elementary Happenings 5. Gifted & Talented
6. PTSO Spotlight 7. Good Information 8. Random Shots |
| Upcoming Events:
*Monday Dec 30 JV Boys/Varsity Boys & Girls Basketball at La Pryor 11:00am - 3:00pm
*Friday Jan. 3 JV Boys/Varsity Boys & Girls Basketball at Falls City 11:00am
*December 23 - January 7 School Holiday
Winter Break ... Season's Greetings |
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Dear Lackland ISD Community,
It is hard to believe that Christmas is next week and that we will be entering a new year in just a few days. I want to wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. I hope that you will find time to spend quality fellowship with your family and friends as well as rest and rejuvenate for the new year. Thank you for all that you have done to support our Lackland students who remain our priority. I am so grateful for each of you and how you contribute to the overall mission of educating our students. I am grateful for our parents who have chosen to defend this great nation and the support they provide as we educate the greatest students in the country. I am looking forward to a new and exciting year that will have endless possibilities for success and fulfillment. If you are traveling, we wish you safe travels and look forward to seeing you in the new year. May God Bless you all.
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Dr. Burnie Roper
Superintendent of School |
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Our 18th Annual Toy drive was a great success!! Toys were delivered to SAMC today!
Thank you for all of your contributions! |
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Lackland ISD Student
Volunteer and Parent Engagement Opportunities
Lackland ISD strongly desires parent engagement. You have an opportunity to share your voice and help us actualize our vision to ignite a passion for life-long learning and empower excellence. As you engage as a parent, we also invite your participation in campus and district-level committees. Below are the descriptions for these committees for your consideration. If you have additional questions, each committee’s point of contact is listed with the committee description.
Please click here to read each description and share your interest in supporting the committee or learning more
about it.
*School Health Advisory Council
Point of Contact: Dr. Tonya Hyde, hyde.t@lacklandisd.net
*District Education Improvement Council (DEIC)
Point of Contact: Dr. Burnie Roper, roper.b@lacklandisd.net *Campus Education Improvement Council (CEIC)
Lackland Elementary School, Mrs. Terry Leija, Leija.t@lacklandisd.net Stacey Jr./Sr High School, Mr. Hunter Shelby, Shelby.h@lacklandisd.net
*District Calendar Committee
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Job Opportunities!
Lackland Independent School District is looking for… *Middle and High School para educators *Speech and Language Pathologist *Elementary, Middle School and High School Substitutes *Substitute Nurses, Cafeteria Monitors, Cafeteria Monitor/crosswalk *Bus Drivers *Custodians
Click on the link to apply https://www.applitrack.com/lacklandisd/onlineapp/default.aspx |
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Lackland ISD continues to strive toward improving communication. ParentSquare is a communication platform. Through the platform, you’ll be able to:
*Receive all district, school, and classroom communication via email, text, or app *View the school and classroom calendar and RSVP for events
*Easily sign up to volunteer and/or bring items *Securely receive important documents like report cards and other student documents
For the best ParentSquare experience, we recommend that you download and install the app. The name is ParentSquare, and it can easily be found in your device’s app store. If you don’t have a device, no need to worry: the platform is capable of both text and email, and you can log on via the web as well. ParentSquare receives its contact information from the Ascender Parent Portal. Please take a moment to make sure that you have the latest contact information on file there.
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Parent Square Notifications
Under General Announcements, you can select how often you want to receive notifications for posts. Select Off, Instant or Digest notifications. Off:no notifications about posts will be sent to you. Emergency Alerts and Notices will still be sent. School Alerts will still be sent if turned on.
Instant:you'll receive an email and/or text and/or an app notification every time a notice or message is sent.
Digest:you'll receive an email and/or text and/or an app notification once a day in the evening with all posts from that day.
The default setting is typically Digest, so that you receive all notices and post messages in one convenient notification once a day. All emergency notifications still come through instantly, and a school can override settings as needed for an urgent message. |
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Stacey Bands and Choirs presented their annual Christmas Concert on Monday, December 16! “Baby, It’s Cold Outside : an Ugly Christmas Sweater Extravaganza” included a visit from Santa! It was a spectacular affair!! |
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Ugly Sweater Day at Stacey |
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Senior Spotlight: Cassidy Kimbrough
By: Elizabeth Note, Senior |
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How long have you been attending Stacey? I was at Stacey from 2020-2021 but I moved to Japan and came back here in 2023.
What are your plans after high school? I plan to attend the United States Air Force Academy and study Aviation. Afterwards, I want to join the Air Force as an Officer. What extracurricular activities or organizations are you involved in?
JROTC, Varsity Girls Basketball, Student Council, and I’m an elementary school mentor and tutor.
What is Petunias and give us a brief description of what it is you do?
Petunias is a non-profit organization that assists in homing stray animals, and helps to foster them out to families in Texas. My job in this organization is to help take care of the animals, assist with any building or other manual labor to the facility, and I help foster the animals as well. I play a big part in helping advertise and promote the organization by going to events such as golf tournaments and Fiorella Friday in Castroville to show off the animals and engage with people to educate them on how they can help with the program.
How long have you been working there? Since March, so about 9 months now. What inspired you to work there?
My love for animals was my main reason for working there, but I really wanted to help out the community by taking in these animals so nobody would be harmed.
What is a challenging, yet rewarding experience that you have faced while working there?
The most challenging yet rewarding experience was fostering 4 puppies for a short amount of time. The challenging part was trying to balance school, work, JROTC, and taking care of these animals. This was very rewarding because I was able to keep them safe and take good care of them while we were waiting for them to be adopted into loving homes. While doing this, have you learned any valuable life lessons?
I learned that no matter how tired or stressed out you are, you still have responsibilities and duties that you need to complete whether you feel like it or not.
How do you engage with the community to support the shelter’s mission?
I go to events that we are involved in to talk with the community about getting involved or adopting. I also educate people on the importance of taking care of the strays in the community.
How can people who aren’t volunteering also contribute?
Even if you aren’t volunteering, you can help make donations of food, or you can help temporarily home the pets for a weekend to help give us a break to make updates to the facility or just give the animals the comfort of a loving home for a few days.
Thank you Cassidy! |
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The UIL A+ Academics District Meet was held on campus and at Falls City ISD recently.
Our Junior High Editorial Writing and Ready Writing students competed at Lackland on November 13th. Our 6th through 8th graders traveled to Falls City ISD to compete on December 12th.
We had 30 amazing students from Stacey Junior High who practiced with their coaches throughout the Fall and participated in the District Meet!
Those who participated from Stacey Junior High are: |
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Addisen Johnson Aidan Bermudez Alanis Garcia
Alice Roscoe Amariyah Mills Amaya McCray Brooke Lilley Daniel Westerlund
Donavan Purcell Elisabeth Albrecht |
| Gianna Kenneally Hunter Updike Jacques Chicoine Jesus Figueroa Mendieta
Jordyn Bennett Joseph Kenneally Karisma Calvery Katherine Sapp Landon Hitchcock
Lasiana Dubose |
| Logan Nichols Makhi Holsey Marcelina Canchola
Mason Gamble Mia Bedwell Oliver Weller Peyton Nichols Riley Shattuck
Tony Echavarria Zhara Sewell |
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Some of our students placed in their events:
(please note that some students participated in one grade level above their current grade) Art Memory: In the 7th grade contest, Brooke Lilley placed 3rd! Chess Puzzle:
For 6th grade, Jesus Figueroa Mendieta won 5th! For 7th grade, Marcelina Canchola won 2nd; Riley Shattuck placed 4th; Elisabeth Albrecht placed 5th! As a team they won 1st place! For 8th grade, Landon Hitchcock placed 2nd and Daniel Westerlund placed 3rd! The team of Landon, Daniel, and Jacques placed 1st! Dictionary Skills: For 8th grade, Alanis Garcia won 4th! Editorial Writing: For 6th grade, Jordyn Bennett placed 5th! For 8th grade, Alanis Garcia won 2nd & Gianna Kenneally placed 5th! Impromptu Speaking: For 6th grade, Addisen Johnson placed 4th and Jordyn Bennett placed 5th!
For 7th grade, Peyton Nichols won 1st! For 8th grade, Mason Gamble won 1st & Katherine Sapp won 3rd!
Mathematics: For 6th grade, Alice Roscoe placed 4th and Makhi Holsey placed 6th! Alice, Makhi and Addisen won 2nd Place Team together!
For 7th grade, Jesus Figueroa Mendietta won 3rd place and Joseph Kenneally won 6th place! Jesus, Joseph, and Zhara won 2nd Place Team together!
For 8th grade, Aidan Bermudez won 4th place and Oliver Weller won 5th place! Modern Oratory:
For 6th grade, Jordyn Bennett placed 2nd! For 7th grade, Peyton Nichols won 4th!
Music Memory: For 7th grade, Jacques Chicoine placed 4th!
Number Sense: For 6th grade, Hunter Updike placed 5th! The team of Hunter, Logan, and Karisma won 3rd place team! For 7th grade, Oliver Weller placed 3rd, Aidan Bermudez placed 4th,and Joseph Kenneally placed 6th! These three won 2nd place team together!
Oral Reading: In the 7th grade contest, Amaya McCray placed 6th!
Ready Writing: In the 8th grade contest, Mason Gamble won 2nd place!
Science: For 6th grade, Amariyah Mills placed 4th!
For 7th grade, Oliver Weller placed 2nd! For 8th grade, Gianna Kenneally placed 3rd!
Spelling: For 6th grade, Karisma Calvery placed 4th and Addisen John placed 5th!
The Speech Team of Addisen, Jordyn, Lasiana, Peyton, Amaya, Mason, and Katherine placed 2nd!
The Journalism Team of Jordyn, Makai, Gianna, Alanis, and Mason placed 3rd!
As a school, Stacey Junior High placed 3rd out of the 6 schools who participated in the District Meet! Way to go!
Congrats to ALL of our students and their Coaches!! Even if they did not place, they did their best, were great competitors, and were incredible representatives of Lackland ISD!
A huge THANK YOU! goes out to our Junior High UIL Academics Coaches this year: Mrs. Aristotelidis, Mrs. Brock, Ms. Howard, Mrs. Huerta, Mrs. Palmerton, Mrs. Parham, Mrs. Rigby, and Mr. Sechler.
We are so proud of all of our UIL A+ Academics students! |
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Turkey feather contest Lackland Elementary Student Council shared gift cards with the custodial and maintenance staff. Mrs. Smallwood earned first place, and Mrs. Flores took second place. We appreciate all the support and joy we received from parents. |
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Roman shines with pride after earning the highest growth in the Winter MAP Growth Reading Test, demonstrating exceptional progress from fall to winter. Keep striving for excellence!
We are proud of all our Lackland students for their hard work and dedication to self-improvement. |
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Mrs. Truelove’s Second Grade class enjoyed learning about winter holidays throughout the world. The students traveled to Israel to learn about traditional Hanukkah celebrations and play the Dreidel game. |
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Lackland Elementary was blessed to have the Cox Family share some seasonal carols. Thank you!! |
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Farewell Mrs. Lina McDaris! |
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Learning about rapid and slow changes with landforms as students will model a slope and use water to initiate a landslide. The cubes set up represented homes.
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Ms. Thompson's Class had an amazing time bowling at the Skylark Bowling Center on base. |
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Ms. Thompson's Class had a visit from Santa Claus. They have been very nice this year. |
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2024 Lackland Elementary UIL District Meet Results!
The UIL A+ Academics District Meet was held on campus at Falls City ISD recently.
Our Elementary Creative Writing students competed at Lackland on November 13th. Our 2nd through 5th graders traveled to Falls City ISD to compete on December 12th.
We had 27 amazing students from Lackland Elementary who practiced with their coaches throughout the Fall and participated in the District Meet!
Those who participated from Lackland Elementary are: |
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Kaisei Ueda-Hernandez Beatrice Roscoe Grace Rhoades
Kalani Holsey Sophia Hernandez
Valeria Hernandez Zachary Sherman Henry Weller Jace Sylvester |
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Sumire Ueda-Hernandez Teodoro Pastrano Wyatt Gamble
Adilynn Rundle Arya Quintana
Dimitri Purcell Elayna Bermudez Elise Peterson Lylah Little |
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Victoria McVeigh Zaraiah Navedo Aiden Sherman Aubree Gamble Avelina Stanley
Kareel Caraballo Ofelia Barajas Olivia Greninger
Paityn Hassenplug |
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Some of our students placed in their events: (please note that some students participated in one grade level above their current grade) Art Memory: In the 4th grade contest, Arya Quintana placed 1st, Zaraiah Navedo placed 2nd, and Adilynn Rundle placed 5th! As a team, they placed 1st!
In the 5th grade contest, Aiden Sherman placed 6th! Chess Puzzle:
For 2nd grade, Kaisei Ueda-Hernandez placed 3rd and Valeria Hernandez placed 6th! The team of Kaisei, Valeria, and Sophia placed 2nd! For 3rd grade, Sumire Ueda-Hernandez placed 3rd!
For 4th grade, Henry Weller placed 3rd! Number Sense:
For 5th grade, Kareel Caraballo placed 5th and Paityn Hassenplug placed 6th! The team of Kareel, Paityn, and Olivia won 2nd place! Storytelling:
For 2nd grade, Beatrice Roscoe placed 3rd! For 3rd grade, Wyatt Gamble placed 3rd, and Jace Sylvester placed 5th!
Spelling: For 4th grade, Victoria McVeigh placed 3rd!
For 5th grade, Ofelia Barajas placed 1st!
The Speech Team of Grace, Beatrice, Wyatt, and Jace placed 3rd! Way to go!
Congrats to ALL of our students and their Coaches!! Even if they did not place, they did their best, were great competitors, and were incredible representatives of Lackland ISD!
A huge THANK YOU! goes out to our Lackland Elementary UIL Academics Coaches this year: Mrs. Flores, Mrs. Hernandez, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. McCollum, Mrs. Moulder, Mrs. Palmerton, and Mrs. Smallwood.
We are so proud of all of our UIL A+ Academics students! |
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5th Grade UIL Mental Math placed 2nd overall! Go Eagles!! |
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Order by Dec. 20th for the Early Bird price! Yearbook cover preview below |
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Greetings to our GT Community!
Welcome to December! With the late Thanksgiving break, it seems we will be breaking again for winter in no time! There are special events ahead on every school calendar this month! Enjoy the moments of celebration and community. Have a wonderful holiday, we will see you in 2025! |
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TAGT (Texas Association of Gifted and Talented) is now offering a podcast series supporting the GT community by providing a platform for insightful discussions, inspiring stories, and valuable resources. Podcasts include interviews, insights, parenting support, advocacy and action, and spotlights. Please see the TAGT Podcast web page for details on programming.
TAGT Podcast Web Page Referrals:
Please be reminded that the final day for submitting Gifted and Talented referrals is Friday, November 8th, 2024. Kindly use the link below to access the referral form.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/LacklandISD1/GiftedAndTalentedProgramReferralForm |
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SPEDTEX offers resources and a commitment to providing families and educators with high-quality resources to enable students with disabilities to achieve the highest outcomes.
Resources include: For Families
For Educators Families New to Special Education
Special Education Process Disabilities
SPEDTEX for parents: https://www.spedtex.org/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery# Special Education Department Pictured Below: Barbara Martinez - Special Education Secretary Cindi Martinez - Speech and Language Pathologist
Nancy Garcia - Special Education Coordinator/School Psychologist (grades EE -2nd; 10th - 12th ) Marisol Murphree - School Psychologist Evaluator Maureen Pirog - Behavior Analyst for Stacey Junior/Senior High School
Not pictured: Olga McDonald - Dyslexia Teacher/Educational Diagnostician
Gentry Ghandour - School Psychologist (grades 3rd - 9th ) |
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2024-2025 Parent and Family Engagement Sessions The Basics of Special Education for Parents
Thursday, January 9, 2025 Session # 101182
9am-11am Virtual session # 103427
Participants will learn basic information about special education including the history of special education laws, types of disabilities, the Admission Review and Dismissal process, and types of classroom support. Parents will be provided with an overview of the essential components of the Special Education Process in schools. |
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Special Education Corner
It’s the intention of the Special Education Department to provide information on what special education is and the various programs available to our special education students and families. If you have concerns with your child’s development, please contact our office at 210-357-5044. |
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