Pam Torre KENS 5 ExCel Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Pam Torre, the ExCel Teacher of the Year for the Lackland Independent School District. The ExCel Award is the combined effort of KENS Television Station and the San Antonio Credit Union to recognize

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On January 11, Ms. Torre was presented with a Golden Apple trophy as well as a check for $1000 as third grade students and teachers gave her a standing ovation. Ms.

Torre began teaching at Lackland Elementary in 2007. She has taught sixth grade language arts and social studies, and

this year she is teaching third grade. In Ms. Torre’s class there is no such thing as “I can’t.” Ms. Torre is often heard saying, “We build leaders at Lackland Elementary School,

we do not build followers.” Ms. Torre is a dedicated teacher who was nominated by her third grade team for this honor because they recognized her many outstanding qualities. In addition to teaching third grade, Ms. Torre coordinates the elementary school’s recycling program with her “Clean the

Earth” club. Ms. Torre can be found at the school from early morning until late in the evening, tutoring, meeting with parents, and contributing to a variety of committees

including the Campus Improvement Committee. In addition to her commitment to the students at Lackland Elementary School, she is also a member of the 149th Tactical Fighter Wing Texas Air National Guard assigned to Lackland Air Force Base. We are honored to have Ms. Torre,visionary

teacher, committed patriot and compassionate colleague, at Lackland Elementary.

J i l l D iGiampaolo & Dav id A. Garc ia – Ed i tors

D ig iampaolo. j@ lack landisd.net

January 14, 2011

www.lack landisd.net Admin Alley

Upcoming Events: Friday Jan.14

Student Holiday / Girls’ V & Boys’ JV & V Basketball @ Stacey vs. LaPryor 5:00/6:00 & 7:30pm

Monday Jan. 17 MLK Holiday

Tuesday Jan. 18 JV & V Basketball @ Stacey vs. Gervin 5:00/6:30 & 7:30pm

Wednesday Jan. 19 Booster Club Meeting 5:00pm Lyon Center

Thursday Jan. 20 11th grade ASVAB Test

Contents:

Admin Alley 1

Upcoming Events 1

Stacey Boys Basketball 2

Awesome Speaker 3

Stacey News 4

Raising Readers 5

Elementary Stuff 6

Cowboy Breakfast 7

St. Philips Opportunities 8

Media Center 9

Science & Math Academy 10

Rock Your Future 11

Random Shots 12

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Congratulations to the varsity boys basketball team for defeating Sabinal on Tuesday January 11, 2011 54-50. The team was led by Dylan Moton with 20 points and 19 rebounds. Desmond Clark also

had a strong performance with 19 points and 5 steals. The bench played an integral part to the victory. Also, on Friday January 7, 2011 the varsity boys beat Brackett 66-28 with Dylan and

Desmond leading the way with 22 and 17 points respectively. The eagles record is now 12-8 overall and 3-1 in district.

The Junior Varsity also beat Brackett 35-27 with Dustin Hedrick leading all scorers with 18 points. Mikel Corpening scored 9 points to help lead the eagles to victory. Please come support the eagles

this Friday January 14, 2011 as we take on the Bulldogs from La Pryor.

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Justine Schluntz the 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year speaks to Lackland Elementary School 4th graders!

Justine Schluntz, a former swimming student-athlete at the University of Arizona, past-NCAA champion and 2010 Rhodes Scholar, is the 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Schluntz accepted the award – among the most prestigious the NCAA bestows – during the 20th annual NCAA Woman of the Year event Sunday, October 17, at the Indiana Convention Center. The award honors female student-athletes who have completed their eligibility, demonstrated academic and athletics excellence while demonstrating extraordinary community service and leadership.

Schluntz majored in mechanical engineering at Arizona and graduated summa cum laude.

“Studying engineering as a female generated many challenges, but by working through these, I learned to persevere in the face of adversity in any setting,” she said in her personal statement on her nomination form. A committee of representatives from NCAA schools and conferences selected nine finalists from a pool of 30 selected honorees. Those individuals were identified from an initial pool of 131 conference and independent honorees representing all three NCAA divisions and multiple sports.

Justine Schluntz receives her award

Awesome Speaker

Lisa, was born and raised in San Antonio. In 1999, I moved to North Carolina. I married a United States Marine and was stationed at Cherry Point. For the past ten years, I have worked as a director and program coordinator for an elementary school in Havelock NC. I will be completing my bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education (birth-kindergarten) at the end of this month. I have a 3 yr old daughter, named Avery. I am so grateful to be a part of an awesome school. I look forward to an exciting school year.

Stacey Spirit

BOOKS FOR A CAUSE Written by Janae Lewis

Are you interested in donating your gently used books to a good cause? Well if you are, then please read on. Mrs. Duron's Family and Community Services class has taken upon the task of collecting books to donate to Haven for Hope. Haven for Hope is a homeless shelter in San Antonio that provides a place to stay for homeless families. In this facility

they have a library. The only thing wrong with the library is that it doesn't have very many books, and we want to change that.

We are collecting books for children ages 3-12. Holiday books, books about culture, picture books, and fun books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid are a few types of books that

would be great! You can drop off yours books in Mrs. Duron’s room, which is located by the high school patio. We will collect books from Tuesday, January 18th until Tuesday,

February 1st.

If you donate 10 books, you will receive a coupon for a homemade ice cream sandwich. This book drive is for a really good cause, and we won’t be successful without your help.

Thank you for your support.

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SFA Teachers’ Ms. Cassie Boatwright and Mr. David A. Garcia hosted their second raising readers. Parents

joined their children and learned about clarification, word meaning, fluency, and core strategies used for

summarization and prediction!

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Check out this soil! 

First graders in Mrs. Allen’s class use their scientific observation skills to carefully observe how soil looks up close. This excited them to use the magnifying glass as a “hands‐on” way to discuss soil and its properties. 

 

         

FANTASY FOOTBALL UPDATE Football’s regular season has ended, and 5th grade teacher Ms. Fohlmeister is working hard to verify all the stats that were calculated this fall. We hope to have the winners announced by the end of the month! However, we just couldn’t give up on Fantasy Football! After doing 17 weeks of statistics, we are now focused on probability, so to explore this more we are now doing a Fantasy Football Pick’em Playoff Challenge. Each week students will make picks on which teams will win and advance on towards the 

Super Bowl. Each correct pick is worth 4 points. The student in each class with the most points will win a separate prize. In the result of a tie, a tie‐breaker dealing with the actual points scored during the Super Bowl will determine the winner. Here are the 

leaders after the Wildcard Weekend:  

Mendoza’s homeroom Scoring 8 out of 16 possible points are: Vladimir Espinoza Marcus Foxx Brady Morris Unique Tidwell Keith Widener Brayan Yandun Ms. Fohlmeister 

Fohlmeister’s homeroomScoring our ONLY perfect score: Jazmin Perez Scoring 12 out of 16 possible points are: Adrian Garcia Victor Oliveras Allison Price 

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Cowboy Breakfast

Students, staff and parents are invited to Lackland

Independent School District for our 7th Annual Cowboy

Breakfast, Friday, January 28, 2011.

6:30 am-7:15 am LISD Administration Bldg.

Parking lot. 2460 Kenly Ave.

Today in Math History (Taken from Day‐By‐Day Math by Susan Ohanian, © 2000 by Math Solutions Publications) 

 On January 14th, 1984, Tim Collum of Boyd, Texas, is crowned United States Video Game King in Ottumwa, Iowa.  According to the Sports Illustrated for Kids Omnibus, 49 percent of girls in the United States spend less than one hour a day playing video games.  Almost 37 percent of boys spend two hours or more a day playing video games.  

 

 

Students Investigate… How much time do you spend playing video games?  Do the boys in your class like video games better than the girls do?  Does age make a difference?  Take a poll and graph the results. 

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Women Breaking Through (WBT) Deadline:  Wednesday, April 6th 

 Saturday, April 30th St. Philip’s College will host the second annual “WBT Girls’ 

Conference”.  It will focus on exploring the professional world of STEM.  The event is free and will be hosted at our Southwest Campus in our brand new Centers of Excellence 

(COE) in Math and Science’s engineering, alternative energy and meteorology labs.  We will be discussing current events in STEM, i.e. environmental science, renewable energy, 

and engineering.  Also, we hope to offer multiple scholarships ranging from $500‐$1,500!  We are currently updating the individual RSVP/application forms now, and it should be available soon on our Facebook and  Mathematics and Natural Science 

departmental web pages.  However, large groups can RSVP now at my contact info.  For now, please save the date for this event.  FREE! FREE! FREE! 

 

Prefreshmen Engineering Program (PREP) Deadline: Monday, January 31st 

 This summer St. Philip’s College will be level I PREP site from June 13th to July 29th.  PREP is an awesome mathematics‐based, academic enrichment program.  It emphasizes the 

development of abstract reasoning and problem solving skills.  With proven results, PREP helps students prepare for careers in the fields of mathematics, science, technology, and engineering.  The program includes course work, team projects, class presentations, 

examinations, career awareness speakers, field trips, and special events.   Cost: $300 

 

Science and Math Summer Academy (SAMSA) Deadline: Monday, February 28th 

 From July 11th ‐ 28th St. Philip’s College‐COE will be hosting SAMSA at its new Centers of Excellence in Mathematics and Science at our Southwest Campus.  The academy will focus on STEM activities designed to appeal to students from ages eleven to fifteen. 

 Compared to PREP, SAMSA offers students the opportunity to experience a lighter side math and science.  Although still very educational, themes include hands on activities on clean energy, atmospheric and ocean sciences, space exploration, math and science in art, chemistry, and technology.  Students will also go on weekly field trips centered on lessons taught in classes.  For more information and applications, visit us on Facebook or 

browse our  HUSAMSA WebsiteUH.    

FREE! FREE! FREE! 

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New Books in the Media Center This week we have some great new reading for both

fiction and nonfiction lovers!

For science buffs, we have a great little series of science books for a middle school perspective on

things: Rocks and Minerals: A Gem of a Book!

Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction!

Biology: Life as We Know It!

Planet Earth: What Planet are You On?

The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!

Astronomy: Out of this world!

Physics: Why matter matters

And for fiction lovers, we have some great upper

elementary or tween novels and poetry: I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President

The Adventure of Nanny Piggins

The Dreamer

Ignatius MacFarland, Frequenaut!

Moon Shadow: Rise of the ninja!

And from the NERDS series, Book 2: M is for Mama’s Boy

We have many more new titles as well. Come check us

out!

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