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Woods’ Kudos NISD cheer squads jump to win NISD high school cheerleading squads competed at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) National Championships in Dallas. For the second year in a row, Brennan HS was named national champions in their division. Click here to see all the results. German students advance to state NISD high school students from across the District participated in the regional competition for German Language and Culture “Sprachfest” at UTSA recently. There were more than 500 students from across the region participating. Congratulations to all the NISD students who qualified for state competition from Brandeis, Clark, O’Connor, and Warren high schools. PTA highlights outstanding volunteers During the recent PTA Founders Day celebration at Warren HS, several individuals and schools were recognized by the PTA for outstanding service. Blanca Hemann, principal at Beard ES, received the Outstanding Principal of the Year award; and Mark Sandoval, vice principal at Scarborough ES, received the Outstanding Vice Principal of the Year award. In addition, Joseph Black, Valley Hi ES, and Jose Leija, Glenn ES, were named Texas PTA Lifetime Members. Membership Awards went to Aue and Beard elementary schools, and Folks MS. View the Facebook album of pictures from the event. Northside Independent School District, San Antonio TX 78238-1606 www.nisd.net/inw February 14, 2018 join like us follow us watch us Los Leones combines student art and NISD history You won’t want to miss this year’s Los Leones Art Show scheduled for Saturday, March 3 at Marshall HS as it promises to be the most exciting show yet. The entire show has been created to center around the 11 rural schools that served as the “roots” of Northside ISD. The family-oriented event, which is free to the public, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each high school cluster, consisting of the middle and elementary schools that feed into the high school, have researched and developed an artistic representation that brings out the unique education that was provided during the early days of their rural school. In addition, performances by vocal and instrumental musicians, dancers, and theatre presentations will share some of the literature and culture of their founding communities. There will be three performance venues for performing artists, a large variety of food booths, and an exciting chalkfest. If you have never witnessed a chalkfest, come out and see how campus teams of artists “compete” with chalk and concrete for business scholarships. Due to the massive size of the art programs and the number of schools involved, only half of this historic project will be shown at Los Leones and the other half of the project will be shown at the Fine ArtFest to be held in April at the Northside Sports Gym. Los Leones is a partnership among the NISD Fine Arts Department, NISD Partnerships Office, and the NISD Museum. This year, Los Leones is a SA Tricentennial sanctioned event. This year’s grand prize winner in the publicity contest is Megan Spruiell, a 12th grade student at Taft HS. Her winning art, titled “Ties that bind us” will be featured on the publicity poster and event t-shirt. Her art teacher is Stephanie Russell. Hatchett students deliver heartfelt gifts Students at Hatchett ES celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week by creating Valentine’s Day cards for strangers. Students discussed and learned about random acts of kindness as part of their Student Leadership buddy classes. Together, students brainstormed ways that they could show kindness to strangers and what it means to be kind to everyone. Cards were delivered to various locations across San Antonio including the Sorento Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, military patients at San Antonio Military Center, and the Methodist Children’s Hospital in hopes to brighten someone’s day. Pictured is Aribella Martinez, a 2nd grade student, delivering some of the cards to Methodist Children’s Hospital.
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Woods’ KudosNISD cheer squads jump to winNISD high school cheerleading squads competed at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) National Championships in Dallas. For the second year in a row, Brennan HS was named national champions in their division. Click here to see all the results.
German students advance to stateNISD high school students from across the District participated in the regional competition for German Language and Culture “Sprachfest” at UTSA recently. There were more than 500 students from across the region participating. Congratulations to all the NISD students who qualified for state competition from Brandeis, Clark, O’Connor, and Warren high schools.
PTA highlights outstanding volunteersDuring the recent PTA Founders Day celebration at Warren HS, several individuals and schools were recognized by the PTA for outstanding service.
Blanca Hemann, principal at Beard ES, received the Outstanding Principal of the Year award; and Mark Sandoval, vice principal at Scarborough ES, received the Outstanding Vice Principal of the Year award.
In addition, Joseph Black, Valley Hi ES, and Jose Leija, Glenn ES, were named Texas PTA Lifetime Members. Membership Awards went to Aue and Beard elementary schools, and Folks MS. View the Facebook album of pictures from the event.
Northside Independent School District, San Antonio TX 78238-1606
www.nisd.net/inw
February 14, 2018
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Los Leones combines student art and NISD history You won’t want to miss this year’s Los Leones Art Show scheduled for Saturday, March 3 at Marshall HS as it promises to be the most exciting show yet. The entire show has been created to center around the 11 rural schools that served as the “roots” of Northside ISD.
The family-oriented event, which is free to the public, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Each high school cluster, consisting of the middle and elementary schools that feed into the high school, have researched and developed an artistic representation that brings out the unique education that was provided during the early days of their rural school. In addition, performances by vocal and instrumental musicians, dancers, and theatre presentations will share some of the literature and culture of their founding communities.
There will be three performance venues for performing artists, a large variety of food booths, and an exciting chalkfest. If you have never witnessed a chalkfest, come out and see how campus teams of artists “compete” with chalk and concrete for business scholarships.
Due to the massive size of the art programs and the number of schools involved, only half of this historic project will be shown at Los Leones and the other half of the project will be shown at the Fine ArtFest to be held in April at the Northside Sports Gym.
Los Leones is a partnership among the NISD Fine Arts Department, NISD Partnerships Office, and the NISD Museum. This year, Los Leones is a SA Tricentennial sanctioned event.
This year’s grand prize winner in the publicity contest is Megan Spruiell, a 12th grade student at Taft HS. Her winning art, titled “Ties that bind us” will be featured on the publicity poster and event t-shirt. Her art teacher is Stephanie Russell.
Hatchett students deliver heartfelt giftsStudents at Hatchett ES celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week by creating Valentine’s Day cards for strangers. Students discussed and learned about random acts of kindness as part of their Student Leadership buddy classes. Together, students brainstormed ways that they could show kindness to strangers and what it means to be kind to everyone.
Cards were delivered to various locations across San Antonio including the Sorento Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, military patients at San Antonio Military Center, and the Methodist Children’s Hospital in hopes to brighten someone’s day.
Pictured is Aribella Martinez, a 2nd grade student, delivering some of the cards to Methodist Children’s Hospital.
OF THE WEEK
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Grant of the Week
Students celebrate 100 days of learningA day later thanks to an ice storm in January, the 100th day of school in Northside was Feb. 7, and schools across the District celebrated the number 100 in hundreds of ways. Here are a few examples.
Brauchle ES Second grade students in Rebecca Folds’ class made 100 day hats, counted to 100 in a variety of ways, read stories about things that come in 100’s. Students were able to hold and examine a real 100 dollar bill and wrote what they would do if they had $100 to spend. Pictured wearing their 100 day hats are (front row, from l-r) Sophia Vela, Ariana Zuniga, and Ava Montemayor; (middle row) Naomi Ross, Maryah Montalvo, Alyssa Arguell; and (back row) Mark Johnson,Rebecca Folds, and Kelsey Dalby.
Powell ES Students and staff at Powell ES wore shirts with 100 items, created 100th day school posters, and dressed as if they were 100-years-old. During lunch, every 100th student was crowned a lucky winner and led the 100th Day of School parade. Pictured are the four campus winners: Noah Roque, kindergarten; Ava Gonzales, 1st grade; Elida Ramirez, 3rd grade; and Giankarlo Viva, 2nd grade.
Langley ES First grade students at Langley ES transformed from their six-year-old selves to 100-year-olds with gray hair, canes, and wrinkles in celebration of the 100th day of school. Pictured are the students from the classes of Jennifer Fyall, Lisa Ochoa, Dulse Villanueva, Alicia Arevalos, Traci Rhea, and Kelsee Perales.
Driggers ES Kindergarten students at Driggers ES celebrated the 100th day of school by taking part in a variety of activities such as organizing 100 yummy snacks to eat and decorating their shirts. The day concluded with the 100th Day of School Fashion Show where each child walked the runway modeling their 100th Day attire. Pictured are (from l-r) Zoe Garces, Brookelynn Schermann, Samuel SanMiguiel, and Lily Amezquita.
Fender Music Foundation GrantThe Fender Music Foundation awards instruments and equipment to eligible music instruction programs. These items are lightly used, blemished, or otherwise imperfect and have been collected from manufacturers and retailers. Descriptions regarding the specific imperfections of each instrument will be available to selected programs. For more information, contact the Grants Department at 210-397-8562 or click here.
Show your senior some loveSignature Photography, Inc. is offering senior portraits as low as $25 to NISD employees with a valid employee ID and promo code SPIGRAD2018. The studio session package provides one sheet and is first pose only. The sitting fee is waived. Click here to schedule an appointment.
NEF hands out $95K to fuel classroom innovationThe Northside Education Foundation (NEF) Prize Patrol recently visited 22 campuses and surprised teachers with NEF Innovation Grants totaling $95,000. Click here for photos.
There are more NEF grants available. The NEF Spring Innovation Grant (up to $5,000) application deadline is Feb. 22. Click here for more information.
Pictured is Carson ES Reading Specialist Elizabeth Soto who was overjoyed to receive a $4,982 NEF grant presented by AXA Advisor Dominick Zucconi and NEF Mascot Apple Eddie.
