LISD E-Newsletter March 25, 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:
* Thursday March 31 HS Track - Randolph Track Meet Mar 31 2022 12:00 PM *Friday April 1 King Antonio & El Rey Feo visit Lackland Elementary 9:20am |
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Lackland ISD Extends Application Eligibility for Non-resident Transfers
Each year Lackland ISD accepts a limited number of student transfers. Transfer acceptance is based on the number of available slots at each grade level and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Potential transfer students must meet transfer eligibility criteria to be considered. Because a Non-resident Transfer is a privilege rather than a right, it is important to stress that transfer students will be subject to the Non-resident Transfer Agreement.
On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, Lackland ISD’s Board of Trustees approved Superintendent Dr. Burnie Roper’s recommendation to extend non-resident transfer exemptions. Under the newly adopted Board policy, Lackland ISD shall accept a transfer request only for a student who is a military dependent, a child of a District employee, or a child of a civilian employed on Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA). Parents may apply for a non-resident transfer under one of the following exemptions. *The parent is serving on active military duty and is assigned to JBSA. *The parent is retired from active military duty, regardless of when the parent retired or whether the child was enrolled in the District when the parent retired.
*The resident District student becomes a non-resident during the course of a school year, and the parent separates from active military duty in a manner other than retirement. *The parent is employed by the District or is a civilian employed on JBSA. All applications will be processed electronically. All requests will be checked for accuracy. Any false or missing information may result in your application not being processed and/or denied
Effective Monday, March 28, 2022, Lackland ISD will be accepting non-resident transfer applications online. To apply for non-resident transfer consideration, please complete the application using this link: https://lacklandtxc.scriborder.com/ |
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School Health Advisory Council Agenda Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Public Meeting Lackland ISD Boardroom at 3:45 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88099136747?pwd=Z1VsQkQxSnZHVEpLa0t0NlY0YUFhdz09
Meeting ID: 880 9913 6747 Passcode: 8ShjvW I. Opening Remarks and Introductions II. Review and Approve Minutes from the March 9, 2022 meeting
III. Health and Human Sexuality Curriculum Adoption Preview and updates IV. Other Updates
*Wellness Evaluation Reminder *Texas Education Agency School Health Advisory Committee Report *Board of Trustees Report in May V. Close of Meeting Parent & Community Log-In Information for the Health & PE Instructional Materials Adoption (Proclamation 2022)
Goodheart-Willcox (6-12) [Print & digital samples available for Health; Only digital samples available for PE] Go to: https://www.g-wonlinetextbooks.com/ Username: lacklandisd
Password: gwhealthpe * Available until April 27th
The Great Body Shop (K-8) - for use by all teachers and administrators that are on the review committee. [Print & digital samples available] thegreatbodyshop.net
Click on current customer Username - c@lacklandisd.net Password - GBSreview
* Available until April 13th
Please enter public comments regarding the adoption of health and human sexuality curriculum please use the following link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/LacklandISD1/HealthAndHumanSexualityTextbookAdoptionPublicComments |
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Job Opportunities!
Lackland Independent School District is looking for… *Elementary, Middle School and High School Substitutes
*Substitute Nurses *Elementary Cafeteria Monitors *Elementary Cafeteria Monitor/cross-walk *Bus Drivers *Custodians Click on the link to apply https://www.applitrack.com/lacklandisd/onlineapp/default.aspx |
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Congratulations Cadence!!!
1st Place - $250 Scholarship, Bus Art, and Tote Kindness is Blind by Sebastiano Formica - Byron P. Steele High School, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD
2nd Place - $150 Scholarship, Bus Art, and Tote "Kindness" by Cadence Dawson - Virginia Allred Stacey Jr/Sr High School, Lackland ISD |
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3rd Place - $100 Scholarship, Bus Art, and Tote Joyous Memories by Alyssa Gutierrez - Southwest High School, Southwest ISD 2022 High School Art Spotlight Winners
We truly were blown away by the talent, ideas, and interpretations of the theme, “Inspiring Kindness, Beauty, and Joy”. Thank you for your submissions and participation. We wish everyone the best in all you do with your artistic talent and creativity.
The VIA Bus Event Reveal will be held on April 30th, 10AM-11AM. We'll send out email invitations to the winners and teachers with all of the details. Scholarships will be awarded at the Bus Reveal Event.
Totes will be available on our site by April 30th. Tote winners listed here and their teachers will receive an email that the online store is open.
Certificates and swag bags will be distributed at the Bus Reveal Event for the bus winners. Tote winners will receive their certificates and swag bags by mail to the school and attention art teacher.
Above are the scholarship winners of the 2022 High School Art Spotlight. The link here has the list of all of the winners.
Congratulations to the teacher, Irene Suniga from Harlan High School, NISD who won the $100 random drawing! |
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Stacey Drama Club
On March 11th the Stacey Drama Club competed in the UIL One Act Play competition with their production of "Desdemona in the Afterlife." Their play advanced to bi-district competition with Siarra Smith winning a technical award, Fanny Johannson and Alex Ho winning Honorable Mention All Star Cast awards and Maggie King, Grace O'Brien and Ivy winning All Star Cast honors. At bi-district competition in Kerrville on March 17th the play did not advance to area competition but Slater Reid won a technical award, Ivy won Honorable Mention All Star Cast and Maggie King was named to the All Star Cast. Additionally, the entire technical crew of Caila Crincic, Slater Reid and Siarra Smith were awarded Best Technical Crew, a special award from the host school Kerrville Tivy High School. Stay tuned for details about upcoming public performances of "Desdemona in the Afterlife" here at Stacey.
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The Bots In Blue, Stacey’s FRC Team 3545, competed in the 3-day Austin Regional event March 17-19. The team made some good friends, some great memories, and they also made a cool robot.
There were 39 teams at the tournament out of the 165 teams in Texas. After a grinding 12 qualifying matches, the Bots In Blue were selected by the number 2 ranked team to be an alliance partner for the playoff rounds. The alliance won their Quarterfinal match and were seconds away from winning the Semifinal tie-breaker match.
The team walked away with the Imagery Award and is currently tied for 82nd in Texas. (Most of the teams in Texas are from large 6A schools or are composed of students from many high schools and represent an entire school district.) Next up will be another 3-day Regional Event at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas March 31- April2.
Go Bots In Blue! Team Members: Sandra Williams, Anna Williams, Amy Kreil, Simone Sheehan, Dahlia Vargas, Seth Yeager, Khamari Hills, Tristan Anderson, Perry Weller |
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Our 2022 UIL Academics District Meet was held at Falls City High School on March 23. Eighteen Stacey HS students worked with their coaches over the last several months and participated in this District Meet.
Stacey HS placed 3rd overall as a Team! All students who placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd individually or as part of a 1st place team qualify to participate in our Regional UIL Academics Meet on April 22-23. Those students who placed 4th or 5th will be alternates for this meet. All our students did a phenomenal job! Please congratulate the students in the following events: |
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Latino History Competition Shanna Flores-Betancourt Number Sense Maggie Bartlow – 1st Ready Writing Alyssa Hudson – 4th Dorian McCray – 7th place tie Current Events Daniel Stone – 8th Maddie Wilcox – 4th
Calculator Applications Kaitlynn Huerta – 12th Saniya Willis – 14th Copy Editing Daniel Stone – 6th Maddie Wilcox – 7th place tie
Maggie Bartlow – 1st Persuasive Speaking Saniya Willis – 5th News Writing
Gaby Leon – 4th Maddie Wilcox – 5th Moira O’Malley – 1st Speech Team – 5th |
| Science – 1st Place Team! Jaden Deegan – 7th Maggie Bartlow – 1st & Top Chemistry Maria Orencia – 10th Parker Archibald – 5th Perry Weller – 4th & Top Physics Olivia Charles – 17th Feature Writing Allison Flores – 2nd Gaby Leon – 1st
Computer Science Parker Archibald – 5th Perry Weller – 1st Editorial Writing Allison Flores – 4th Lauren Sawvel – 6th Mia Flores – 7th place tie Mathematics Jaden Deegan – 3rd place tie Maggie Bartlow – 1st
Headline Writing Maddie Wilcox – 6th Maria Orencia – 5th Mia Flores – 7th place tie Literary Criticism Lauren Sawvel – 6th Journalism Team – 2nd |
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Please also congratulate our coaches: Ms. Baltazar, Mr. Keller, Ms. Larkins, Ms. Polis, Ms. Rabidas, and Mrs. Strahan. They all worked to help prepare our students for these meets! |
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Springtime Fun in San Antonio |
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Spring often brings ideal temperatures to San Antonio, with pleasant highs and cool lows. What this means for travelers and our San Antonio community is that spring is a truly pleasant time to be exploring this otherwise sultry Texas destination. You’ll be able to enjoy relaxing walks on the Riverwalk
, strolls through the San Antonio Zoo, or spend an afternoon at SeaWorld without worrying about the oppressive heat. If you’re in search of a few things to do in San Antonio in Spring 2022, check out these suggestions. Here is a list of things you can do in San Antonio this spring and into the summer: San Antonio River Cruise SeaWorld® San Antonio Six Flags Fiesta Texas
San Antonio Museum of Art Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour And more!
Grab a hat, sunscreen, snacks, water bottles and have fun exploring our amazing city! Pam Torre 6th Grade World Cultures and Geography 7th Grade Texas History Stacey Jr/Sr High School Bldg 8244/Room 4404
*********** Sumeria: First Civilization in Mesopotamia: 4000 BCE-612 BCE |
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Sumeria was the first civilization in Mesopotamia and developed around 4000 BCE (Before the Common Era). The Sumerians relied on annual floods to deposit rich soil onto the riverbanks every spring. The Sumerians used irrigation and drainage ditches to control the flow of water. There were still "surprise" floods that washed entire areas out. This convinced the Sumerians that other forces were at work; people turned to religion to explain destructive floods.
The Sumerians were a polytheistic people. They hoped that if they obeyed and served the gods, they would get a good harvest. They built and dedicated ZIGGURATS to the chief god or goddess of a city. Ziggurats were temples shaped like pyramids. The Sumerians' ziggurats were massive towers made of clay bricks, with steps leading to the top, but they did not last through time like stone pyramids in Egypt.
So, if most of the Sumerian ziggurats were destroyed, how do we know of their existence today? Technically, not ALL of the ziggurats were destroyed. As a result of slow erosion and later, construction over their sites, many ziggurats were buried. Over time, archaeologists were able to dig up the ruins and find clues of the ziggurats' former existence. |
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Show your school spirit!! Hoodies are on sale now from the Stacey Jr/Sr High School Office, get yours TODAY!! |
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Nineteen 4th and 5th graders with the elementary Art Club visited the McNay Museum of Art. Students were led on tours by the museum's amazing docents who talked about artworks and got great feedback from our kids. The last piece viewed was "Sole Sitter" by New Jersey artist Willie Cole. The club is participating in a "Spotlight" program making clay pieces inspired by this sculpture. They will create a team sculpture to be shown at the museum in May. Details to come! They then had lunch in the museum's learning center. It was quite an experience!
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Three of our students were big winners in the JBSA Lackland Library bookmark design contest last month! Winning designs were printed and distributed at the base library. Stop by to pick one up to support our talented artists! |
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Avry Elise Thott, Kindergarten |
| Prize Drawing Winner: Aurora Haley |
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Yvonne Lopez, Kindergarten |
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4th graders study Moon phases with Oreos |
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SFA student's from 1st - 5th grade practice team building for the final quarter of school! |
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Fact or Fiction? Using a pacifier causes speech and language problems ►Unclear
The verdict on this issue may still be out. Prolonged pacifier use has been linked to dental problems and increased ear infections, both of which can have a negative impact on speech and language learning. However, a couple of recent studies examining the speech (pronunciation) of children with prolonged pacifier use found different results. One study found no difference in the speech (pronunciation) of children who used a pacifier for a long period. However, in 2010, another study found increased odds of speech disorders among children who used a pacifier for 3 or more years or sucked their fingers extensively.
Boys talk later than girls. ►True
It is true that boys produce their first words and sentences later than girls. However, these differences are only in terms of a matter of a few months. There is a normal range within which children acquire certain language milestones. “Girls tend to be on the earlier end, and boys on the later end, of this age range”, according to researchers Seyda Özçalskan and Susan Goldin-Meadow (2010). Therefore, boys are not actually delayed in their language development, just a little behind girls. So if a young boy is really lagging behind in his speech and language development, don’t assume that it’s because he’s a boy and that it’s perfectly normal. He may require some speech and language intervention.
Twins are at greater risk for language delay. ►True In a review of the research regarding the development of twins, Karen Thorpe summarized the following in her 2006 article: Twins, particularly male twins, have higher risk of language delay.
Language delay is usually mild, and it seems to reduce by middle childhood. There is great variation in language scores among twins Learning two languages at the same time (bilingualism) causes language delays in young children. ►False
Children learning two languages at the same time will go through the same developmental patterns in both of their languages and at roughly the same time as children learning one language. While the vocabulary of each individual language might be smaller when counted separately, the total vocabulary of bilingual children is comparable to monolingual children when both languages are taken into account. Sometimes young children learning two languages mix words or grammar from their two languages, known as “code mixing” or “code switching”. This is very normal and does not indicate that the child is having difficulty with language learning. There may actually be benefits from bilingual language learning, as children who are fluent in two languages have strengths in “metalinguistic skills” (the ability to think about language), as well as in cognitive skills, such as attention.
Credit: Lauren Lowry: Hanen Certified Speech-Language Pathologist http://www.hanen.org/helpful-info/articles/fact-or-fiction--the-top-10-assumptions-about-earl.aspx |
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April 2: Physics and Engineering Festival 2022 Greetings, K-12 educators! We’re excited to announce Physics and Engineering Festival 2022 for Saturday, April 2, 2022! Would you share this with your teachers, students, and district families?
This year’s festival will feature both in-person AND virtual science fun!
The festival website, https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu, has the schedule, information about parking for passenger vehicles and school buses, photos and videos from previous festivals, and
a link for downloading the 2022 festival poster for your classrooms.
Students can submit their questions to our outreach team AND enter for a chance to win a box of science goodies! Teachers and school administrators can also enter to win goodies in a giveaway exclusively for schools!
PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING FESTIVAL Department of Physics and Astronomy | Texas A&M University
4242 TAMU | College Station, Texas 77843-4242
979.845.7717 | festival@physics.tamu.edu
http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu |
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Supporting Your Child's Communication
77078 March 30, 2022 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Want to support your child's communication needs at home? Come learn about various tools and strategies to help support your child in their quest to communicate.
Note: This session will take place in the form of a webinar. You will receive a confirmation email from Connect20 after you register containing the Zoom link |
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