LISD E-Newsletter
October 18, 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:
*Sunday October 20 HS XC Regional Meet *Monday October 21
HS XC Regional Meet / JH Volleyball vs La Pryor at home (Chaparral Fitness Center) 5:00pm *Tuesday October 22
School Board Meeting 11:30 / Varsity Volleyball at Basse 4:00pm *Wednesday October 23 Skate Night 6:00 - 8:00pm *Friday October 25 JV/V Volleyball at Brackett 4:00pm |
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On October 16, National Boss's Day, also known as National Boss Day or Bosses Day, recognizes the hardworking boss overseeing the workplace. Employees across the United States show appreciation and thankfulness to their bosses. They remember their boss's kindness and fairness throughout the year, too.
Many leaders carry heavy loads. They oversee many employees and guide their careers, too. While their position holds them responsible for a department, business, or organization and leading it to success, their list of responsibilities is multifaceted.
Some bosses have bosses themselves. Depending on the size of an organization, those bosses also answer to someone else. In fact, everyone has a boss of some kind. If your boss is the owner, they still answer to the taxman, the customers, and their merchants. Keeping a business running smoothly with outstanding employees requires balance. These bosses know how to put their best employees forward and lead with the confidence that we look up to.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-bosss-day-october-16-unless-weekend |
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National School Lunch Week
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves nearly 30 million children every school day. President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week (NSLW) in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom.
Even though National School Lunch Week was declared in 1962, the National School Lunch Program goes back even further, back to 1946. Created to provide nutritious meals to children from low-income families who might not otherwise have access to a daily meal, NSLP ensures the health and well-being of all public school students, boosts academic performance by giving students the fuel they need to succeed, and closes the opportunity gap for children across the country. Today, the National School Lunch Program serves nearly 30 million children every school day. Not only does it reduce childhood hunger, but it also supports American agriculture.
Despite the critical role NSLP plays in the health and success of American youth, many people still don’t understand its importance—including some families who could benefit from it! During the weeklong celebration, held annually during the second full week of October, SNA members and their students will celebrate with special menus, events, activities, and much more, all with the goal of… *Increasing student participation.
*Spreading the message to parents that you’re serving healthy, delicious lunch at school. *Earning media coverage from local papers, TV stations and bloggers. *Connecting with teachers and administrators at your school or in your district to spread the word that school meals are healthy and delicious.
https://schoolnutrition.org/about-school-meals/national-school-lunch-week/ |
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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
It’s fast, easy & free
Create an account today so that you can be notified via email and pay for your child(ren)’s school activity fees online.
Why register?
24/7 shopping convenience Secure, contactless & easy-to-use
Receive email notifications as new items are available for purchase Manage all of your child(ren)’s school activity fees from a single account
Check your account history at any time View & print receipts as needed
Eliminates the need for your child(ren) to carry cash |
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Job Opportunities!
Lackland Independent School District is looking for…
*Instructional Technologist *IT Coordinator
*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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Flores Wins Hesselbein Scholarship |
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Congratulations to Stacey 10th grader Eliana Flores for being one of eleven students across the country to win the Frances Hesselbein Student Leadership Program award and scholarship! Outstanding students from MCEC Student 2 Student Programs participate in leadership and character development training to support student roles within their S2S program and prepare them for the future world. These students will head to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY October 20-25, 2024 for a week of team-building and leadership exercises in an unforgettable experience.
Eliana, Grade 10, Stacey Jr./Sr. High School, San Antonio, TX
Clubs and Organizations: Student 2 Student, Student Council, Basketball Team, CyberPatriot, Robotics |
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The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) elective students at Stacey collected food items to donate and volunteered time at the San Antonio Food Bank with Mrs. Huerta, Mrs. Rigby, Nurse Adams, some awesome parents, siblings, and a few future and former AVID students. Thank you to the Sanchez family and other elementary teachers for also supporting the project with their donated items. They prepared 20,832 lbs of food in 672 boxes on 14 pallets to be delivered to our elderly community members. Together we can be "fighting hunger and feeding hope!"
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Our 7th - 12th grade all-girls robotics team, Team Marvelous, spent the day promoting First in Texas robotics to Girl Scouts and families at the 100th Anniversary Adventure Day for the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas at the Boeing Tech Port Center. |
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Introducing the Stacey Yearbook Staff!
This group of students is learning photography, Photoshop, layout design, caption writing and fontography on the way to creating the 2024-25 edition of ‘The Aerie’. Gabby DeLambo returns for her second stint as editor-in-chief, Adrian Hughes is the assistant editor, & Heidi Turnage is the business manager. You can still pre-order a yearbook and save $ with the ‘Early Bird’ special. The price is $45 and the special expires on Oct 31st.
Here is the link to order: https://www.lisd.cc/yearbook |
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(front) Leigha Beatty, Leah Echavarria, Raelyn Jacobsen (middle) Sayuri Rojas, Adrian Hughes, Gabby DeLambo, Heidi Turnage, Audrey Upton, (back) Ryleigh Briggs, Eliana Flores, Lazaro Barajas, Liz Note, Jack DeLambo, Tristan Armstrong |
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Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Lackland Elementary Fire Safety Poster contest. There were so many amazing entries! Sparky and the crew from the fire department came to the elementary gym to talk about fire safety and give awards to the top 3 artists from each grade level - Kindergarten through the 5th grade. After practicing Stop, Drop, and Roll, awards were handed out as kids and proud teachers cheered on!
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Kindergarten - Olivia Gomez - 2nd place, Zara Clark - 1st place,
Alexander Herboth - 3rd place. |
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First grade - Theodore Bennett - 2nd place, Harper Drawdy - 1st Place. Maximilano Adorno - 3rd place. |
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Second Grade - Sol Mathews - 2nd place, Arianna Rios - 1st place, Roselina Fears - 3rd place. |
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Third Grade - Frances Richwalski - 2nd place, Levi Zachary - 1st place,
Kensington Phlegar - 3rd place. |
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Fourth grade - Arya Frias - 2nd place, Ashley Livingston - 1st place, Zoe Maier - 3rd place. |
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Fifth grade - Aubrey Yang - 2nd place, Alessandra Martinez - 1st place, Zayleigh Rogers - 3rd place. |
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Field trip to the Fire department |
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Lackland Elementary School’s 3rd-grade students are ready to read and win! Our students are the first in the city to host a launch event for the Read to the Final Four competition. To prepare the students for competition we had a pre-competition of our own. All 3rd grade students were given from 9/30-10/9 to read as many minutes as possible. Wyatt Gamble lead the way with a whopping 1,032 minutes and joined Dr. Greeness and Dr. Roper at the official tip-off event on Oct. 17, 2024! The Read to the Final Four program is an annual literacy challenge for third graders that aims to inspire a love of reading and improve reading skills. As of September 25, there are 28 school districts that include 299 schools, 1318 classrooms, and 26,186 students who will compete in a bracket-style challenge to see which classrooms can read the most minutes. The challenge starts November 4, 2024, and will lead up to the Men’s Final Four in April of 2025. Students and teachers will receive incentives to win books and prizes and participate in reading pep rallies along the way. The top four classes with the most minutes read will be invited to Reese’s Final Four Friday and the winning class will receive a $5,000 library makeover for their school.
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Students were working in groups on murals representing information they have learned throughout the last two weeks.
Each group was assigned a American Indian Tribe and they had freedom to design the mural how they like ☺️
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Mrs. Flores's students enjoyed their Quarter 1 SFA party! Also, we had fun this week exploring force in motion using a spring scale in Science, writing a book about multiplicative comparisons in math, and researching how the adaptations of farms, forests, roads and building cities have affected our economy. |
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What is Physical Bullying?
Texas Education Code (TEC) §37.0832 identifies bullying as a single significant act or a pattern of acts by one or more students directed at another student that exploits an imbalance of power and involves engaging in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct.
What is physical bullying?
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes: Hitting/kicking/pinching
Spitting Tripping/pushing Taking or breaking someone’s things Making mean or rude hand gestures
How to STOP physical bullying: You have the right to feel safe at school
Tell an adult immediately |
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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.
https://www.txgifted.org/podcast |
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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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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to a new school year! We look forward to a year filled with growth, learning, and success. Our dedicated team is here to support your child’s unique needs and help them reach their full potential. We believe in the power of collaboration and are excited to work closely with you to create an enriching and supportive educational experience.
As we embark on this journey together, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, concerns, or ideas. Your insights and feedback are invaluable, and we want to ensure that we are meeting the needs of your child in the best possible way. Below is an opportunity for students with sensory needs to partake in the Nutcracker performance.
December 6-8, 13-15
SENSORY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE
Our Valero Sensory Friendly performance, is danced by the professional dancers of Ballet San Antonio and is specifically designed for individuals with sensory sensitivities. Due to the incredible generosity of our sponsors, this performance is free to attend, but tickets are required.
The Nutcracker: Sensory Friendly Performance: https://balletsanantonio.org/for-the-kids/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery |
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2024-2025 Parent and Family Engagement Sessions What Parents Should Know About Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Session # 101163
9am-11am Virtual session # 103392
Everywhere you turn in the news and social media, there are posts about Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and CoPilot. As a parent, what do you need to understand about the tools? How can you utilize them for your own purposes? What should you know when guiding your children? In this session we'll review key tools and questions to ask as a parent when utilizing Artificial Intelligence tools.
Parent Cafés: Protective Factor--Knowledge
Thursday, October 24, 2024 Session # 101165 *9am - 11:30 am (In-person only)
During this session parents will be introduced and discuss knowledge of parenting and child development. Being a great parent is part natural and part learned. Children don’t come with a manual. Parenting is a continuous learning process, and it’s important to understand normal child development so that we can have reasonable expectations for our children. This session is presented by community partner Carlos Chavez from the Early Childhood Systems Building Program at University Health.
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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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