LISD E-Newsletter September 30, 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:
*Saturday Oct. 1 Cross Country - Coed High School - Shiner Cross Country Meet / HS Region Choir Auditions Southwest Legacy HS *Monday Oct. 3 Volleyball - Girls 7th & 8th Grade at Falls City 5:00 & 6:00 *Tuesday Oct. 4 Volleyball - Girls JV & Varsity vs. Johnson City at Stacey 5:00 & 6:00 *Wednesday Oct. 5 Cross Country - Coed Middle School - Navarro JH Meet |
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Lackland Independent School District is a highly rated, public school district located in SAN ANTONIO, TX. It has 890 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 11 to 1. According to state test scores, 64% of students are at least proficient in math and 61% in reading. click below for the full article
#6 in Best School Districts in San Antonio Area SAN ANTONIO, TX ********* |
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School Health Advisory Council Agenda
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 11:45 a.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86570610397?pwd=YkhSRlVaUlpJOUhtc0VrMHV3UFNJQT09 Meeting ID: 865 7061 0397 Passcode: 856064
or email hyde.t@lacklandisd.net for a link to join the meeting.
I. Opening Remarks and Introductions II. Introduction of SHAC Co-Chair – Mrs. LaTanya Sheehan III. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the SHAC – FFA (LEGAL) & FFA (LOCAL) and HB 1525
IV. Review and Approve Minutes from the April 13, 2022, meeting V. General Updates
(a) .Policy and Wellness Plan Updates Bloodborne Pathogens Health and Human Sexuality Curriculum Updates Wellness Evaluation – FFA (Regulation) Exemption dates
Free and Reduced- Price Meals Applications Vi. Questions and Comments /Topics for future meetings VII. Following Meeting Dates: December 7, 2022, February 8, 2023, and April 12, 2023. VII. Close of Meeting |
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The Fall survey is coming! Parents, students, and staff will have the opportunity to complete this survey starting, Monday, October 3, 2022, through October 21,2022. Your responses will remain completely confidential, which means that no one at this school will ever see your individual responses. (Panorama Education) is managing this process to ensure security. The results of these surveys will help us better understand the perceptions of students, families, and teachers in our school. Your participation is key to supporting the vision and mission of Lackland ISD. Thank you for your support!
Parents who want to opt out their child’s participation in the survey should complete the Student Survey Opt-Out Form at https://www.cognitoforms.com/LacklandISD1/StudentSurveyOptOutForm |
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TEA Announces 2022-23 Purple Star Campus Designations
Purple Star Designations highlight strong school support for military-connected students and families Congratulations Lackland Elementary and Stacey Jr./Sr. High School!
Click here for the full story |
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Lackland ISD Adopts New Vision, Mission and Beliefs
The Lackland ISD’s Strategic Planning Committee engaged tirelessly in processes to recommend a new Vision, Mission, and Beliefs to support our work going forward. Dr. Brennan from Educational Service Center Region 13 facilitated the work to ensure input from our stakeholders (teachers, parents, community members, and members of the Board of Trustees). The Lackland ISD Board of Trustees adopted the Vision, Mission, and Beliefs during the September 27, 2022, meeting.
They are as follows: District Vision Lackland ISD ignites a passion for life-long learning and empowers excellence. District Mission
Lackland ISD provides a safe and nurturing environment where we recognize the value of individuals and collaborate to develop their unique abilities. We engage students through innovative experiences to spark creativity and empower students to learn, grow, and excel. Our Beliefs WE BELIEVE
*In providing equitable educational opportunities to meet the unique needs of our students. *In engaging students, staff, families, and the community in a collaborative environment of mutual respect.
*In maintaining a safe and nurturing environment for students and staff. |
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Parent, Family, and Community Engagement |
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Much of the feedback from our school climate surveys over the past few years have highlighted the need for better communication between the district and our parents. To meet that need, we are very excited to announce that we have rolled out ParentSquare!
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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The Class of 2023 voted on its officers for this school year last week and the winners are as follows. President will be Rudy Morales and Jonas Woodbury will be the class vice president. Meanwhile, Grace O'Brien and Perry Weller will continue in the role secretary and treasurer, respectively, and Alicia Palacios will be the class historian this year. Congratulations to everyone and thank you to those that took the time to vote!
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Stacey Robotics Kickoff By: Cadence Bramlett, freshman
The Stacey robotics teams are up and running for the 2022-2023 school year, beginning with FTC. It stands for: First Tech Challenge. It’s a robotics competition (or co-opetition) that gives students tasks to complete with a robot they build. It’s making a robot after being given the prompt of the game. Saturday, September 10 marked the start of a new season. On Saturday all of Stacey’s FTC teams (team: Marvel Us, Bots in Blue, and RoboEagles) went to the 2022-23 kickoff. The kickoff introduced the game, had multiple classes to teach new skills, and let people scope out competition. The event was held at Brandeis High School. A large thing in FTC is “Co-Opetition”, this basically means helping out and be kind to other teams even if they are competitors. Another big thing in FTC robotics is “gracious professionalism” this is a way of doing things that encourages others, being respectful, and emphasizes the value of others.
Overall it seems like a great start to a new season. |
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Stacey Cross Country at Falls City meet by: Addison Gajkowski
The Stacey Cross Country team traveled to Fall City High School on Saturday and ran extremely well. The boys' varsity team of Sal Lione, Zach Born, Dante Lione, Rudy Morales, Ethan Colunga, Cameron Dawson, Jackson Earls, Jonas Woodbury, Levi Woodbury, Diego Flores all competed and won 1st place overall with a score of 37. Sal placed 1st overall with a time of 17:17. The girls' varsity team of Angelina Lione, Lila Colunga, Mia Flores, Karen Fredin, and Addison Gajkowski placed 3rd overall with a score of 77. Angelina placed 1st overall with a time of 12:49. The following runners ran a new personal record: Caleb Kelehar 16:03, Ethan Colunga 20:58, Cameron Dawson 21:49, Charlie Thomas 24:22, Eliza Woodbury 18:58 and Lila Colunga 14:51.
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Stacey Girls Basketball Attention high school girls!
If you are interested in playing basketball this year please see Coach Rigney. The season starts on October 19th.
Any Junior High student in grades 7 or 8 who want to play also needs to see Coach Rigney. rigney.d@lacklandisd.net *******
Stacey Boys Basketball High School practice starts at 5:30am on October 26!
Contact Coach Flores with any questions about how to get the necessary paperwork.
flores.m@lacklandisd.net |
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8 Questions with Mrs. Joseph By: Natalie Gamboa, junior |
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Mrs. Domini Joseph is returning to Stacey this year. She actually use to be a student at Stacey; now she teaches Chemistry and Physics.
1) What is something different you notice about Stacey when you came back? For the most part, Stacey looks the same. However, there are a lot of new staff members, and the dress code is a lot more relaxed. 2)Where are you from? (Places you lived) I was born in Hawaii, and have lived in Japan, California, Nevada and Texas.
3) What is your greatest professional accomplishment? My greatest professional accomplishment is achieving a nursing degree while I pursued it during my
teaching career and becoming a registered nurse. It took a lot of hard work and sacrifice of personal time to achieve it, but I am proud of myself for doing it. 4)What is your favorite sport? That’s a very hard question. I love watching basketball, volleyball, and track. However, I think I enjoy playing and coaching volleyball the most.
5)What do you enjoy about teaching? The best part about teaching is watching students develop a love or respect for the course that they
are in. They may struggle at first but then are proud of themselves for what they have achieved. 6)What is a quote you live by?
Truthfully, I am terrible at remembering quotes. However, when I was pursuing my teaching degree, one of professors told our cohort that “students may not remember what you taught them in class but
they will always remember how you made them feel”. I always keep this in mind. 7)What do you think is a good movie students should watch?
There are so many good movies, but recently I saw Top Gun: Maverick. That’s a great movie to watch, especially my physics students. 8)What or Who inspired you to be a teacher? I wanted to become a teacher the moment I started struggling in college. A teacher makes such a huge impact on how well a student learns in class. I made it a point to seek a career that would build
skills and confidence in students for college or future careers. THANK You Mrs. Joseph! |
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Stacey Profile: Mrs. Torre By: Adisyn Piper, sophomore |
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Mrs. Torre is an amazing, wonderful teacher that works hard at her job every day and doesn’t give up. She has been a teacher in the district since 08/20/2007. She started out at Lackland Elementary School teaching 6th graders. When they moved 6th grade to the Junior High, she followed along with them.
She served a total of 20 years in the USAF Air Guard here at Lackland AFB and she also served in the US Army Guard; she deployed to Kuwait and Iraq from 2003-2005. She comes from a military family. She loves to teach Social Studies, loves to touch the future, and loves to teach and sharing information, thoughts, and ideas with her students.
Mrs. Torre has two rescue dogs at home. They are her life: Dexter and Darby. She can’t imagine her life without them.
If she could do any job besides teaching, she would like to work at HEB as a support team member. Mrs. Torres biggest fear is Wolf spiders. San Antonio is home base for Mrs. Torre. Her proudest accomplishment is her son being a former Marine. Her son was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq the same time she was, but she did not get to see him. He was such a busy person but know he is home safe and sound. If Mrs. Torre won the lottery, she would make sure our abandoned and neglected animals are placed in good homes, with lots of love, snacks and, toys.
THANK You Mrs. Torre! |
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Middle Ages: Chivalry, Heraldry, and Tournaments |
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The ideal knight was brave in battle, loyal to his leadership, and protected women, The rules of behavior were known as "chivalry". Fully-armed knights displayed a symbolic image on their shields or on their surcoat in order to be recognized in battle. During the 1100s, each design or "coat of arms" became the property of a particular family, a system known as "heraldry". Knights fought mock battles called "jousts" in tournaments. They used blunted weapons and wore special armor. Each joust started with two knights charging each other with lances. ...And now you know the rest of the story about bravery and determination!!! ~Pam Torre World Cultures and Geography Sixth Grade |
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Celebrating International Dot Day at the library! |
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Lackland Elementary Open House |
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Presenting at the school board meeting. Students were sharing their experiences about 2022 Summer Camps (Yoga and Arts & Crafts). Ainsley Gajkowski- 4th grade Oliver Courchaine- 3rd grade Ms. Dominguez (School Counselor) |
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Kindergarten Letter Hunt with Mrs. Walker |
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Happy 10th Birthday to the Kale twins! |
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What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a common condition that makes it hard to work with language. Some experts believe that between 5 and 10 percent of people have it. Others say as many as 17 percent of people show signs of reading challenges. People don't outgrow dyslexia, but there are teaching approaches and strategies that can help them improve their reading skills and manage dyslexia challenges. People of any age can be tested for dyslexia, although the tests are different for adults than for kids.
Dyslexia is a learning disability associated with reading. Dyslexic people have trouble reading at a good pace and without mistakes. They may also have a hard time with reading comprehension, spelling, and writing, but these challenges aren’t related to intelligence. Wear Grey/Silver- Tuesdays, October 4th
World Dyslexia Awareness Day is on Thursday, October 4th during Dyslexia Awareness Week. Wear grey/silver on Tuesday, October 4th, to show your support for Dyslexia students at Lackland ISD and around the World. |
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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 210-357-5402. |
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We are happy to share the Sept EFMP workshop brought to you by JBSA Lackland EFMP VIRTUAL CHILDREN & SEXUALITY - SEPT 29TH @1200 This session is will insight to sexuality and how it manifests itself within children with disabilities. The class will
learn about sexuality for youth, the psychological development of sexuality, approaches to understanding sexuality, education and victimization. Strategies will be discussed about education and the role it plays on shaping youth with disabilities and their sexuality. By Dr. Steven Gonzalez
Join ZoomGov Meeting https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16141591741 Meeting ID: 161 4159 1741 Passcode: M&FRC2022 Respectfully, Nancy Hernandez Garcia, M.S. Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
Special Education Coordinator Lackland Independent School District 2460 Kenly Avenue, Bldg 8265 San Antonio, Texas 78236 (210) 357-5081 |
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Virtual: Shame, Blame, and More of the Same 83464 October 4, 2022 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Let's discuss breaking unhealthy patterns of behavior and reinforcement. We will explore how our responses shape behavior and may lead to the exact result we are trying so hard to avoid. We will also challenge ourselves to mindfully choose to respond in a different way and gain a more desired outcome.
Note: This session will take place virtually, via webinar. You will receive a confirmation e-mail from Connect20 after you register that contains the Zoom link to join. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, call Central Registration at 210-370-5671 for assistance during business hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
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