LISD E-Newsletter

May 1, 2020

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:

*Distance online learning

Stay safe! We Miss you!

Admin Alley

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 3-9, 2020

We believe it can be said that Teacher Appreciation Week has taken on a whole new meaning. Not only are our regular teachers doing an amazing job teaching our students online and in other creative ways, but parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, and close friends have also taken on the role of “Teacher” as we continue to live in unprecedented times during the COVID-19 pandemic. We already knew how dedicated our teachers were and the many wonderful things they did with our students every day. But now everyone knows and can hopefully appreciate the profession of being a teacher and what it entails. I am so proud of our teachers and the job they have been doing to educate our students virtually. I am sure that our parents appreciate our teachers even more, but we also extend our appreciation to our parents who have become teachers as well. Although we cannot be together to express our appreciation, please know that you have our deepest appreciation and gratitude for the things you continue to do for our students. Please continue to take care of yourselves and be safe!

Around the District

This week we are closing out our Purple Up celebration! We packed this newsletter with podcasts for kids, fun at-home science experiments, as well as Post 911 GI Bill updates for secondary parents to review. We have also kept our emotional wellness resources center stage for those struggling or wanting to simply connect and talk in this season. Our LISD Military Student Transition Consultant is sharing this weekly newsletter to keep families up to date and better equipped with relevant tools during this time we are social distancing. Pay special attention to the video from the Princeton Review for freshmen, sophomore, and juniors who plan to apply to college in the future in light of COVID-19. Excellent tips for our students moving forward!

Check out the weekly newsletter here:

https://tinyurl.com/MSTCnews5

Kamilah Antoine, M.Ed.

Military Student Transition Consultant
Lackland Independent School District

O: 210.357.5113 • C: 210.201.4035

antoine.k@lacklandisd.net

New Parent Portal Login: https://txeis20.txeis.net/ParentPortal/login?distid=015913

Stacey Happenings

Congratulation to Stacey Senior

Kerrigan Gafford

Kerrigan has received three appointments to United States Military Academies! West Point(The United States Military Academy), United States Merchant Marine Academy, and The U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has also received 2 full ROTC scholarships for the US Navy and US Air Force.

Kerrigan has been accepted to seven universities and their Honors programs; The University of Florida, The University of Miami, Florida State University, Florida Atlantic University, University of South Florida, University of Missouri Kansas City, and Long Island University.

She has proudly decided to attend The United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. She is planning to major in government with a concentration on policy and law to graduate as an officer in the Coast Guard with the class of 2024. Go Bears!

World War II: A Nation Comes Together

Students in 7th grade Texas History will soon embark on a journey that defined our nation at its darkest hour: World War II.

In military service and on the home front, Texans supported the nation when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. Almost three-fourths of a million Texans served in the Armed Forces. Texas became a land filled with airfields, Army training bases, Prisoner of War camps, aircraft factories and shipbuilding yards. On the home-front, there were shortages of goods and rationing, but these were little more than inconveniences. More serious were some racial incidents involving African Americans and Mexican Americans, who were victims of segregation and discrimination.

Norman Rockwell, one our pre-eminent illustrators of the day, captured the tone and essences of America's fighting spirit through his Saturday Evening Post Magazine cover illustrations.