LISD E-Newsletter

October 2, 2020 

Admin Alley

Lackland ISD Safety Update

Face Shields

The Lackland ISD administration has made the decision that wearing a face shield alone may not provide the best protection. This information is based on guidance from the CDC that the effectiveness of face shields is unknown and the Baylor College of Medicine which reports that a face shield does not provide adequate protection. When the LISD Task Force met this summer, it was decided that both students and staff would be allowed to wear either a face mask/covering or face shield or both. As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, the information on how we should protect ourselves has changed over time. We want to ensure that we stay abreast of and follow the latest guidance from medical experts and the CDC. We realize that their will we be special circumstances and some students may need to continue to wear the face shield. These decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis by campus principals and staff. Parents should contact their child’s principal with any concerns.

Temperature Checks

Lackland ISD will continue to conduct student temperature checks each day for all students. Although the CDC does not recommend symptom screening, we believe that it is important to ensure that our students are well before they enter the classroom.  We know this does not guarantee that we will catch every possible COVID-19 case, but we will at least be able to mitigate some of the risk. Students who are found to have a fever are immediately sent over to the Isolation Clinic for further observation. In most cases, they are sent home and testing is recommended. We feel this is the best way to protect all students and staff. We ask that everyone be patient with this process as we do our best to keep every student and staff member healthy.

Around the District

Today is School Custodian Appreciation Day. Stacey StuCo made cards while both campuses and the district pulled together to provide a nice lunch in order to provide some much needed appreciation to our hard working custodians.

This week's feature César Estrada Chávez

César Estrada Chávez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ esˈtɾaða ˈtʃaβes]; also ['sizəɹ ˈtʃavɛz] March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and Latino American civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his world-view combined leftist politics with Roman Catholic social teachings.

Born in Yuma, Arizona, to a Mexican American family, Chavez began his working life as a manual laborer before spending two years in the United States Navy. Relocating to California, where he married, he got involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO), through which he helped laborers register to vote. In 1959, he became the CSO's national director, a position based in Los Angeles. In 1962, he left the CSO to co-found the NFWA, based in Delano, California, through which he launched an insurance scheme, credit union, and the El Malcriado newspaper for farmworkers. Later that decade he began organizing strikes among farmworkers, most notably the successful Delano grape strike of 1965–1970. Amid the grape strike his NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the UFW in 1967. Influenced by the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, Chavez emphasized direct but nonviolent tactics, including pickets and boycotts, to pressure farm owners into granting strikers' demands. He imbued his campaigns with Roman Catholic symbolism, including public processions, masses, and fasts. Receiving much support from labor and leftist groups, he was monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez

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Juazzelyn Barrera, MEd, LPC Intern, CSC|Military Student Transition Consultant

Military Child Education Coalition 

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Stacey Happenings

Junior High students take masks off for a brief moment to pose for solitary photo ID’s outside!

The Stacey Cross Country team showed a lot of heart and determination at the Dilley Wolfpack Cross Country Invitational on September 26. Greg Bollinger had an amazing finish to lead the boys’ team. Closing a rather large gap between himself and 1st place, Greg briefly took the lead on the home stretch before finishing 2nd by a step. His time of 17:05 is a season’s best for him. For the girls’ team, Lauren Sawvel also ran her best race of the season, finishing with a 15:55. The Junior High Cross Country runners got to have their first meet of the season at Dilley on Saturday as well. The boys were led by Top-25 finishes from both Aleg Countryman and Jack Sorensen, running a 14:33 and 16:29, respectively. On the girls’ side, all three girls (Mikaela Diaz, Ashlee Ludwigsen, & Addison Gajkowski) finished within 14 seconds of each other in a great show of team running.

On Wednesday, September 30 the Junior High team went to Johnson City for their second meet of the season. While Dilley was a flat course, the one at Johnson City was a hilly and winding course. Aleq Countryman placed 14th with a time of 15:09 to lead the boys while Ashlee Ludwigsen clocked a time of 18:14 to lead the girls. There was significant improvement across the board for both teams. Congratulations to all the runners.

Ms. Gray’s English I class recently completed a “choice” project on the short story The Most Dangerous Game, having the options to create a new trap for the antagonist, General Zaroff, a detailed map of the setting – an island in the Caribbean – with notable locations and a map key, or a body biography of General Zaroff.  The new trap was a popular choice, as shown by students Chase Denison, Alyssa Hudson, and Kendall Wilson.  The map was created by Julissa Bollinger, and the body biography was created by Isabelle Hopkins. 

 10th graders in Mrs. Baltazar's class just finished reading “The Power of the Hero’s Journey”  and analyzing the Hero’s Journey with a creative assignment and essay. Here are examples of how they applied the blue print to a hero’s journey to a familiar, favorite story.

Students work by Sandra Williams, Brian Haake-Lopez and Avery Inman

The First European to explore Texas was Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490-c. 1557).  Cabeza d Vaca was born about 1490 to a family of Spanish nobility.  Very little is known about his early life.  After serving in the military, Cabeza de Vaca left Spain in 1527 on an expedition to explore North America.  He and his crew sailed and landed in Florida in 1528 and claimed the land for Spain.

For reasons that are not clear, more than 300 explorers became separated from the ships and were left stranded.  They built crude boats and tried to sail westward to Spanish territory in Mexico, but with no success.  Storms destroyed the boats and about 80 men washed ashore on Galveston Island.  They were the first Europeans to meet Texas Indians, and it was a friendly meeting!

HELP! Yearbook Pictures from your Phone

Parents, students, Lackland ISD faculty & staff –the 2020-21 Stacey yearbook staff needs photos and you can help by sending a picture right from your phone!  Athletic events, students in the classroom, band musicians, roboticists,  remote learners at home,  or a meeting in Teams. Any school appropriate photo that you take on your phone or device and submit will be considered for publication. Here are the easy steps:

Load the app on your phone: ‘Yearbook Snap’

Elementary Happenings

Don’t forget to check out the Hispanic Heritage Month display in the LES Library to find your next great read!

Fourth graders in Ms. Brown's class play rhythmic patterns on pre-drum sets to a Bach piece.

This week in music, first grade students are composing their own rhythmic patterns using quarter notes and paired eighth notes.

More Elementary Art!

PTSO Spot light 

Notice from Lackland ISD Tech Department:

Effective immediately, the login page for ClassLink has changed. We have REMOVED the "Login with ADFS" and the "Login with Google" buttons. There is now only a single login button, but that login button now provides you with automated login to Canvas, Office 365, and Google! In other words, we've made things easier!
Please make sure that you are entering your username in the form of lastname.firstname for students and lastname.f for teachers. Do NOT enter a full email address into this box, as it will NOT log you on! The password remains EXACTLY the same. If you need additional help, please email support@lacklandisd.net or call the Tech Help Line at (210) 357-5090.

Good Information

Lackland ISD has incredible Homework Help and Tutoring resources through our Local Public Libraries! 

Both the JBSA Lackland Library and the San Antonio Public Library have great Homework Help resources for grades Kinder–College, and for Parents!

For JBSA Lackland Library, go to https://sites.google.com/view/jbsalibrarieskidsathome
To get a JBSA Lackland Library Card – give them a call at 210-671-3610 from 11AM-4PM Monday-Friday and they can set it up over the phone.
SAPL’s Back to School Website: https://guides.mysapl.org/backtoschool
To get a SAPL Library Card: https://mysapl.ent.sirsi.net/
 

If you have questions or need help, feel free to reach out to your LISD Librarian!

SAPL Homework Help

JBSA Library Homework help at home

Tutor.com for Parents

*Military One Source

*Steven A Cohen Military Family Life Clinic at Endeavors

*The Ecumenical Center for Education, Counseling and Health

Tuesday, October 6 , 2020
9:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m.
Parenting the Love & Logic Way
Love and Logic is an approach to raising children that
provides loving support from parents while at the
same time expecting children to be respectful and
responsible. Love allows children to grow through
their mistakes. Logic allows them to live with the
consequences of their choices. Love and Logic is
easy to use, raises responsible children, and changes
lives. By attending this training, you will learn to use
humor, hope, and empathy to build up your adult-child
relationship, provide real limits in a loving way, and
learn how to teach consequences and healthy decision-making.
Session ID# 67235

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.
Supporting Early Readers
During this session, we will discuss the strategies
parents can use to support their children’s early literacy
development at home. Best practices will be shared
as well as ways to foster a love of reading and writing.
Participants will collaborate around common struggles
and will be equipped with activities for encouraging
their young learners.
Session ID# 67236

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