
Laredo Independent School District proclaimed September as Attendance Awareness Month during a ceremony on Monday morning. The proclamation was conducted in the foyer of the LISD Performing Arts Complex Auditorium.
Students, campus principals, assistant principals, attendance officers, and administrators filled the foyer in support of daily student attendance.
LISD Board of Trustees Vice President Rick Garza and Superintendent Dr. Sylvia G. Rios took turns reading the proclamation.











Parents please join us for our Parent and Family Education Workshop & Community Resource Fair
Saturday, September 16, 2023
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Please scan barcode to register for this event!



🍎Attention parents: the Parent and Family Engagement Department is offering parent trainings for the month of September. Please see the calendar below.🍎



🦄 Ligarde will be closed on Monday, 9/4/23, in observance of Labor Day. We will resume classes on Tuesday, 9/5/23, at our regularly scheduled time. Enjoy your long weekend!🦄


🔬🥼🧲Ms. Paredes' Class visited our science lab today and explored which items are attracted to magnets! Last week they investigated turning a liquid into a solid by turning heavy whipping cream into butter!🧈Great job unicorns!🦄










😀🦄It's been a busy week at Ligarde filled with tons of fun learning experiences. In first grade students conducted a science experiment on changes in materials due to heat. The students tested whether the sun ☀️ would melt chocolate🍫 . 😉The chocolate did in fact melt! 🦄😀
#LigardeIsLeadingTheWay
#UnicornScientists









🍕Support Ligarde Elementary by eating at Peter Piper on September 11th from 11 am - 9 pm! Just mention Ligarde when you order!🍕


📕Ligarde Library will be open from 3:30-5:00 tomorrow for students to read and AR Test. Parent/Guardian must come with students to the library. We hope to see you at our extended library. 📕


LISD will resume classes
Upon completion of appropriate law enforcement agency facility checks, Laredo ISD will resume classes tomorrow, August 29, 2023.
LISD reanuadaran clases
Una vez completadas las verificaciones apropiadas de las instalaciones de las agencias policiales, Laredo ISD reanudará las clases mañana, 29 de agosto de 2023.


LISD and UISD are releasing students early today, Monday, August 28.
Out of an abundance of caution in response to a general safety threat made to schools in the South Texas area, Laredo ISD and United ISD will be releasing students early today, Monday, August 28th as follows:
1. High schools at 12:30 PM
2. Middle schools at 1:00PM
3. Elementary schools at 1:30 PM
Any threat received is taken seriously, therefore, local and federal law enforcement agencies as well as school district administration believe this early release is a precaution to ensuring the safety of students and staff.
Immediate investigation by local and federal law enforcement officials continues.
Plans are to resume classes tomorrow, August 29, 2023, upon completion of appropriate law enforcement agency facility checks.


ATTENTION! LISD releasing students at all campuses due to Tropical Storm Harold
After assessing current weather conditions and participating in discussions with City of Laredo Emergency Management Team (EMT) and UISD, the Laredo Independent School District is releasing students at all LISD campuses today, Tuesday, August 22.
LISD high schools will release students at 11:00 a.m. LISD middle schools will release student at 11:30 a.m., while elementary school students will be released at 12:00 p.m.
Parents are asked to please pick up their children as soon as possible.
LISD Transportation Department has already sent buses for those students who rely on bus transportation.
Classes at LISD will resume on Wednesday, August 23, at their regularly scheduled time.
LISD will continue monitoring the weather situation and notify the public of any other changes in our schedules via the district’s social media and the local media.
For more information, please contact your school district at LISD Office of Communications at (956) 273-1730 or the UISD Office of Communications at (956)473-6244.


📚🎽🦄 Today we dove into reading and wore our blue shirts in celebration of AR kickoff week! Tomorrow we will continue diving into good books while wearing our mermaid crowns or fishing hats!🧢👑📚





🥜Attention parents: Ligarde is having a peanut butter donation drive for the homeless sponsored by Cigarroa High. Please drop off jars of peanut butter at the gym until August 26th. Thank you to those who have donated!🥜


📚🍎🥳Next week is AR kickoff week! Let's show our school spirit and dress according to the attached picture every day!🥳🍎📚


Unicorns Save the Date! We will be holding a Fall Harvest Festival on October 27th!


📕Ligarde Library will be open from 3:30-5:00 every Wednesday for students to read and AR Test. Parent/Guardian must come with students to the library. Our first extended library of the 2023-2024 school year will be this Wed, 8/16/23.📕


🏐🏆🦄 Ligarde will be holding Volleyball Tryouts for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades from Monday, August 14th - Thursday August 17th. Tryouts will be held during the PE times for each grade level involved.🦄 🏆🏐


🏈🏆🦄 Ligarde will have Flag Football Tryouts for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades from Monday, August 14th - Thursday August 17th. Tryouts will be held during the PE times of each grade level involved. 🦄🏆🏈


Throughout the week and in preparation for the 2023-2024 school year, LISD teachers have been attending Smart Conference Training. They are absorbing information about new strategies and techniques they can use in the classroom to improve student learning.











🤠🦄 Ligarde faculty and staff attended the LISD Convocation today! We are so excited to welcome back our unicorns on August 9th!🦄🤠
#LigardeIsLeadingTheWay
#AlwaysBlazingATrailTogether


