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January is School Board Recognition Month and LISD is celebrating its trustees for their dedication and commitment to the district and its students. Thank you, LISD Board President Monica Garcia! #LISDLeadingTheWay
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Congratulations Cigarroa High School student Karina Gomez for winning the Reserve Grand Champion at the Zapata-Falcon Lake Classic Prospect on Jan. 7, 2023.
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Communities in School & Diploma Plus Foundation awarded MHS students with the Diploma Plus & Step-Up Scholarship. Students met the required qualifications such as good behavior, 90% or better in attendance & 70+ academically.
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Congratulations to Macdonell Elementary School's own Francisco Maldonado for receiving a generous grant to help him reduce college student loan debts through Senator Judith Zaffirini Teachers' College Student Loan Debt Grant Program. #LISDLeadingTheWay
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Congratulations to Martin High School student Fernanda Velasco who advanced all the way to the District Competition of the American Legion Oratorical Speech Contest in Hondo, Texas! She was the only student out of LISD to advance and 1 out of only 2 students from the city!
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Congratulations to Cigarroa High School's amazing Teachers, Counselors, and Paraprofessionals for earning the "Laredo ISD Leading with Heart" Awards. #LISDLeadingTheWay
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A big congratulations to VMT Choir’s TMEA State candidate, Isabella Lopez, who achieved 3-Year All-Stater status and received 2nd chair as a Soprano 1. Isabella will perform in the TMEA Mixed Choir.
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Congratulations to Leon Daiches Elementary School Kinder Teacher Ms. Kristina Treviño, Counselor Ms. Lidia Oviedo, Science Lab Manager Ms. Melissa Gonzalez and Head Custodian Ms. Paty Alvarado for INSPIRING CHANGE and all they do for our school, our students and our staff!!
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CHS Communities In Schools and Student Council had the privilege to delivered toys to students at Don Jose Gallego elementary and Santo Niño elementary. 🎄💙🎄✨
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Congratulations to Mariana Vega from Cigarroa High School, Andrea Garcia from Nixon High School, and Alejandro Trejo of Martin High School for being named LISD' December Youth of the Month
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CHS Students certified in STOP the Bleed 🩸
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What a jolly month for the Blue Jays! The Texas Army National Guard with their "Young Heroes of the Guard" program, represented by Sergeant Sanchez and Private Silva, distributed toys to the students.
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Martin High School held the 5th Annual “Christmas in Tigerland” Drive Thru, hosted by LISD Board of Trustee Secretary Guadalupe Gomez. Over 1,000 Christmas gifts were presented to students from Bruni, Dovalina, Farias, Leyendecker, Macdonell, and Santa Maria Elementary School.
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The Pride of South Laredo is Walking in a Winter Toro Land! LISD Board President Monica Garcia distributed over 1,000 toys to Zachry, Kawas, Ligarde, and Santo Niño Elementary Schools. Merry Christmas!
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As part of the 2022 Angel Tree Program, hosted by the Texas A&M International University Police Department under the command of Chief Cordy Perez, Santa Maria Elementary School students recieved toys! Thank you, TAMIU PD! 🎄
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LISD Board President, Monica Garcia to host 2nd Annual Winter Toro Land at Cigarroa High School.
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Congratulations, Brandon! He is the first student barber to make history in the NHS first year program at a high school level by receiving his license! Gooooo Mustangs!!!
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LISD Elementary Honors Choir Christmas Concert featuring students from the Mustang Team.
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LISD Day:
6:30 p.m. - Grinchmas at Alma Pierce Elementary School! Can't skip that!
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LISD's own Veronica Contreras received a generous grant that will help her reduce her college student loan debts through the Senator Judith Zaffirini Teachers' College Student Loan Debt Grant Program.
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