LISD E-Newsletter
April 25, 2025 |
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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: *April 25 & 26 HS UIL Academic Regional Meet - Corpus Christi
*Friday May 2 HS State Track Meet - University of Texas-Austin / Senior Awards |
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SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY
Each year School Bus Driver Appreciation Day falls on the fourth Tuesday in April, which is April 23 in 2024. Today, we are recognizing all school bus drivers for taking care of our precious cargo during the school year. Whether they are transporting our kids to school, home, activities, or to sporting events, school bus drivers deserve recognition for the job they do. #THANKYOUBUSDRIVERS
School bus drivers play an important role in the education of our children. Bus drivers are the person who ensures their safety each time they step on the bus. On School Bus Driver Appreciation Day we send our appreciation and support for bus drivers everywhere and thank them for taking care of our children. |
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On April 23, we celebrated National Administrative Professionals Day! This holiday is always celebrated on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. Although it’s not observed as a public holiday this day is still important and there’s so much to celebrate. This holiday even got its own episode on “The Office.”
During World War ll there was a shortage of people with the skills of an administrative professional. This was due to the birth-rate decline from the Depression era and booming post-war business. In 1942, the National Secretaries Association was formed in order to recognize the contributions of administrative personnel to the economy, support their development, and attract workers to the field. During their first year as an association, they created National Administrative Professionals Day. Key figures in the day’s creation include the association’s president — Mary Barrett, the president of Dictaphone Corporation — C. King Woodbridge, and the public relations account executives at Young & Rubicam — Harry F. Klemfuss and Daren Ball.
The designated moment of celebration was first dictated by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Charles W. Sawyer, as National Secretaries Week, held from June 1 through June 7. In 1955, Secretaries Week was moved to the last full week of April, with Wednesday marked as Administrative Professionals Day. In 1981, the name was changed to Professional Secretaries Week but, in the year 2000, it became Administrative Professionals Week in order to include the wide range of responsibilities and job titles of administrative staff in the modern economy. The day has undergone many name changes but the initial goal to celebrate and recognize all the hard work administrative professionals do has remained.
Thank you to our amazing teams at Lackland Elementary and Stacey Jr. / Sr. High! |
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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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Register for SchoolCash Online today
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Create an account today so that you can be notified via email and pay for your child(ren)’s school activity fees online.
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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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Parents and Guardians,
As we approach the end of the school year, we wanted to remind you that ALL medication for your student that is in the Nurses Office will need to be picked up by a parent on or before Thursday, May 22nd by 3:30 pm. We cannot keep any medication in the clinic over the summer. Any medication not picked up by Thursday, May 22nd by 3:30pm will be properly disposed of.
Thank you! -School Nurses
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Announcement for Current PK Parents
Dear Parents and Guardians of Rising Kindergarten
In order to comply with Texas Minimum State Vaccine Requirements, all students entering Kindergarten are required to have the following immunizations (4-year-old boosters):
DTap Polio MMR
Varicella
Often, a child has received their immunizations, but we do not have a copy of their most updated immunization record here in the clinic. There are several students still needing these immunizations.
If your child has an updated immunization record, you may submit it directly to the e-mails listed below or drop it off at the front office.
If your child will be attending Lackland ISD during the 2025–2026 school year, you may have them vaccinated at your earliest convenience now, and bring or send proof before the end of this school year so we can update our records.
Students without proper documentation or a valid exemption form will not be allowed in class on the first day of school August 11, 2025, until we receive proof of the required immunizations.
If you have any questions, please call us at (210) 357-5040. Thank you for your support, Mrs. Erika Adams, RN
Email: adams.e@lacklandisd.net
Mrs. Hannah Nagel, RN Email: nagel.h@lacklandisd.net Announcement for Current 6th Grade Parents
Dear Parents and Guardians of Rising 7th Grader
In order to comply with Texas Minimum State Vaccine Requirements, all students entering 7th Grade are required to have the following immunizations:
One dose of Tetanus, Diptheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) if at least 5 years have passed since the last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine.
One dose of Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MCV4 or MenACWY) on or after 10th birthday
Often, a child has received their immunizations, but we do not have a copy of their most updated immunization record here in the clinic. There are several students still needing these immunizations. If your child has an updated immunization record, you may submit it directly to the e-mails listed below or drop it off at the front office.
If your child will be attending Lackland ISD during the 2025–2026 school year, you may have them vaccinated at your earliest convenience now, and bring or send proof before the end of this school year so we can update our records. Students without proper documentation or a valid exemption form will not be allowed in class on the first day of school August 11, 2025, until we receive proof of the required immunizations. If you have any questions, please call us at (210) 357-5040.
Thank you for your support, Mrs. Erika Adams, RN Email: adams.e@lacklandisd.net
Mrs. Hannah Nagel, RN
Email: nagel.h@lacklandisd.net
*Please plan early to meet these requirements. Some clinics will require a prescription from your medical provider. |
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UIL Academic Regionals
These students will represent Stacey at the Texas 2A Region IV UIL Academic meet this weekend at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. They advanced by placing top three at district or as an alternate in their respective contests. Good luck to all! Addison Ali Aquino-Ready Writing Lazaro Barajas-Spelling
Zach Born-Current Events & Science Cadence Bramlett-Ready Writing
Gabby DeLambo-Copy Editing & News Writing Jack DeLambo-News Writing
Jarred Dunn-Persuasive Speaking Eliana Flores-Computer Science
Cailyn Lanier-Computer Science Charles Morey-Number Sense & Computer Science
Tristyn Myrick-Computer Science Alex Sapp-Computer Science
Kelcyahna Tisby-Headline Writing |
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UIL Region IV Track & Field Meet
On April 18th & 19th , students from Stacey Jr/Sr High School competed in the UIL Region IV Track & Field Championships at Texas A&M Kingsville. Zach Born ran to a 1st place finish in a very windy 3200m with a time of 10:21.63 on Friday. The 4x200M Relay team of Bryan Shaw, Brandon Shaw, Jordan Ridgill-Villanueva, and Jewell Hicks finished 6th in their heat. They unfortunately did not advance to finals, but they did have a very successful season in which they were District Champs and set the school record. Brandon Shaw then ran the 200M and finished 6th in his heat as well. While he did not advance to the finals, he is looking forward to next year and being back. Zach came back on Saturday to run the 1600M and again captured 1st place with a time of 4:38.20. Zach will run the 3200M and the 1600M at the UIL State Track & Field meet on May 2nd.
Congratulations to all the athletes who competed and good luck to Zach at State!! |
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The Stacey varsity girls golf team competed in the UIL Regional golf tournament on April 16th and 17th in Corpus Christi, TX. 4 of the 5 golfers had their best round at the tournament and with all 5 golfers coming back next year, it will be a good experience to build on to try and advance to state. |
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On April 21st, the Stacey Tennis team traveled to Sabinal to compete in the District Tennis Tournament. I’m so proud of how everyone competed. In the JV Girls, Ashlee Davee placed 1st. In JV Mixed Doubles, Gabrielle Sheehan and James Weller placed 2nd. In Varsity Mixed Doubles Miguel Garza and Eliana Flores placed 4th. Big Congrats to my Varsity Girls Doubles Paige Archibald and Sophia Mendez-Gonzalez for placing 2nd and making it to Regionals! Congratulations to everyone who competed hard and gave their best. The 1st and 2nd places on Varsity will advance to the UIL Region IV Tennis Tournament which will be held on May 9th - 10th at the H-E-B Tennis Center in Corpus Christi. Good luck to Sophia and Paige.
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Viva Fiesta!!
Both King Antonio and El Rey Feo along with their entourages including queens, princes, cavaliers, and members of our military visited Lackland Elementary kicking off the start of Fiesta!! Students donning their own jeweled crowns cheered as many were recognized! One of the most notable honorees was 4th grader Ashley Livingaton for being the best (1st place) in the non city council region and one of eleven finalists citywide for the Texas Cavalier Poster Contest! She was awarded a giant check for $5000 for her school's art program. She also recieved a Summer camp scholarship and more. Dr. Greeness, Mrs. Walderman, retirees and several other students were also called on stage and acknowledged! It was a super fun event!
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Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Martino took students out to write a creative piece from the point of a view of an animal they have seen around Lackland. Enjoying the nice weather and a little vitamin D ☀️ |
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Hungry to create! mixed media |
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We hope that you had a relaxing and enjoyable spring break. As we move into April, we're getting closer to summer break and exciting vacations. However, before we reach that point, April brings several important events for our GT students.
Seventh and eighth grade GT students will be attending the annual Gifted Student Conference at Region 20. The LES Robotics Club will be hosting their first intermural competition on April 30th.
There’s so much to look forward to — we hope you’ll join us!
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| Multiple Perspectives
One key way we aim to foster critical thinking in our students is by encouraging them to consider multiple perspectives.
Multiple Perspectives asks students to consider how another person would think about a topic. By encouraging children to view issues or topics from different angles, we help them develop a well-rounded understanding of the world around them.
Sentence Starters for Multiple Perspectives:
How might a professional in the field view ____ differently from the average person?
What opposing opinions have been voiced about ____? |
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MCEC
Webinars for Military-Connected Kids |
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Click the image for more information!
Webinars are presented live on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Noon EST. Participants must register in advance for the live webinar presentation or to watch the following webinars on-demand. |
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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 Let's Play & Learn Together! Supporting Social and Emotional Development for Young Children
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Session # 101213
9am-11am Virtual session # 103460
This session is for families with 3 to 5 years old children. It is dedicated to harnessing the power of play to foster connection and skill development at home. Join us as we actively learn how to incorporate practices that promote social and emotional growth through play with your child at home. Unlock the power of play and build lasting memories while nurturing the growth and development of our children. Participants will walk away with activities that support early academic success.
Positives and Negatives of Social Media
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Session # 111062 9am-11am
Social media is all around us and plays a large role in our children's lives. Does it influence them positively or negatively? This session aims to educate parents and families about the positive and negative effects of social media use and train on how to empower teens to use social media properly. Let's check out the impact social media has on our youth and how we can utilize it for good, because social media seems to be here to stay, "like it" or not!
Healthy Eating Habits
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Session # 101214
9am-11am Virtual session # 103461
KLRN Healthy Kids Project supports healthy lifestyles by positively influencing choices about food and activity. Engaging bilingual videos, activities, recipes, and TEKS-aligned lessons educate children between the ages of 0-9 about nutrition, activity, and emotional well-being. Visit https://www.klrn.org/healthy-kids/ to learn more! This session is presented by our community partner Rachel Salinas, KLRN Director of School Services.
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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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