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LISD E-Newsletter

March 21, 2025

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:

 

*Monday March 24

Ft. Sam Houston Boys Golf Tournament

*Wednesday March 26

Ft. Sam Houston Girls Golf Tournament / HS UIL Academic District Meet - Falls City

*Thursday March 27

HS Track Meet - Randolph / JH District Track Meet - La Pryor

*Friday March 28

HS Tennis Tournament - Knippa

Admin Alley 

Celebrating National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) is more than an event—it’s a chance to make a lasting impact on students’ lives by showing them the power of a healthy start to their day. This year’s theme, "Clue In to School Breakfast," brings the fun and excitement of mystery-solving into the cafeteria. Together, let’s celebrate the School Breakfast Program, which provides over 12 million healthy meals daily and helps build brighter futures!

 On average, meals served as part of the School Breakfast Program are more nutritious than breakfast consumed elsewhere. This gives us reason to celebrate! Every March, the nation celebrates National School Breakfast Week (NSBW), which was launched in 1989 to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program.

 

Around the District

 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

 

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

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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

Click here for the SchoolCash online page!!

 

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

 

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.

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. 

Nurses Corner

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.  

Stacey Happenings

Congratulations to Stacey junior Tristyn Myrick, who was recently selected from a group of 26 students (8 finalists) as

the Boys and Girls Clubs Military

Youth of the Year for the State of Texas!

At the competition, she participated in one-on-one interviews with a panel of judges and gave a speech about her personal story involving Boys and Girls clubs. Tristyn was presented a plaque and a scholarship check for $2500 from Kohl’s Cares.

The US regionals will be May 16th in Dallas and the national finals will follow in Washington DC, in June.

                Tristyn is involved in Robotics, CyberPatriot, NHS, UIL Computer Science, LISD Student Advisory Board, Girl Scouts (Board Chair), JROTC, NAACP, Top Teens America, and SaySi Art Club.

                Good luck Tristyn at the next round!

 
 

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Cowboy Breakfast pictures by the Stacey Yearbook crew 

can be downloaded here!!  

YeeHaw!!!

lisd.cc/2025cowboybreakfast

 

Elementary Happenings

MCEC- Military Child Education Coalition has an art contest celebrating the Month of the Military Child.  The top winners get Amazon gift cards, recognition on MCEC social media/newsletters and an invitation to attend the MCEC Global Training Summit in the summer. You submit your art (all medias accepted) directly to MCEC!

https://militarychild.org/programs-and-initiatives/the-call-for-the-arts/call-for-the-arts-contest/#top-content

 

The kids are learning about area and perimeter this week. 

 

5th graders visited middle school and learned all about AVID. 💗

 

Kinder Corner

 

Progress on elementary art teacher Mr. Garcia's lifesize cow he is designing for the 2025 San Antonio Cow Parade benefitting Christus San Antonio Childrens Hospital.

 

"Cow in the City": Redux"

Stained Glass Mosiac and exterior enamel paint

 

 

Yearbook cover preview below

Gifted & Talented Corner

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. Additionally, we are excited to host our second "Cup of Coffee" on April 10th, where we invite GT parents and their students to join us in creating an AI vision board to plan personal goals and dreams. Finally, the LES Robotics Club will be hosting their first intermural competition on April 30th.
There’s so much to look forward to in April— we hope you’ll join us!

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 ____?

 

Click here for Gifted and Talented Websites!!

PTSO Spotlight 

Good Information

MCEC

Webinars for Military-Connected Kids

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.

Join us for our upcoming webinars:

 
 
 
 

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 )

 
 

2024-2025 Parent and Family Engagement Sessions

 

Rhyming and Alliteration with Sesame Workshop Resources

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Session # 101203

9am-11am Virtual session # 103449

 

Caregivers will learn simple learning activities to help build the children's rhyming and alliteration skills. This will be a hand on and lecture session. The resources on Sesame Workshop foster the development of academic and social skills through fun and engaging activities. This free bilingual resource addresses topics such as social emotional learning, traumatic experiences, exploring emotions, learning through play, and more. https://sesameworkshop.org/. This session is presented by our community partner Elisa Resendiz, KLRN Director of Early Childhood Services. 

 

 

 Dangerous Teen Trends

Thursday, March 27, 2025 Session # 101204

9am-11am Virtual session # 103451

 

In today's world, parents of adolescents must be informed about dangerous teen trends that can significantly impact their well being. The session will aim to provide parents with insights into prevalent risks, including vaping, fentanyl abuse, human trafficking, social media pitfalls, as well as eating and sleeping habits. By understanding these trends and their implications, parents can better equip themselves to support and safeguard the adolescents in their lives.

 
 

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.

 
 
 

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

 
 
 
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