Courtesy Armando Saldaña,
(Laredo, Tx)-TXDOT is pleased to sponsor the presentation of the Texas Safe Routes to Schools Course that will take place tomorrow Feb.1 at Alma Pierce Elementary School 800 E. Eistetter from 8a.m. to 4:30p.m.  Join community leaders, school officials, health and transportation professional, law enfor3ecement officers, parents and neighbors for a presentation using safe routes to school to make it safer and more appealing for children to walk and bicycle to school. 
For more information call the Alma Pierce Elementary School office at 956-795-4050.

Courtesy Roberto Trevino,
 In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Monday, January 16, teachers throughout Laredo ISD will be educating students through various activities on how the civil rights leader’s significant contributions impacted our country and changed the world. 
LISD students are expected in class at their schools as regularly scheduled on Monday, January 16.
 Cigarroa High Schools U.S. History and U.S. Government students will observe the day by participating in a march celebrating freedom and honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at 9:45 a.m. at the …

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
 The Laredo Independent School District employees can learn more about this year’s Early Notification Incentive Program.
 “A series of meetings are planned to formally introduce the program to all of our faculty and staff,” stated David Garza LISD Director of Human Resources. “Meetings will be held on the following days and locations by feeder pattern.” 
Monday, January 9, 2012 – Cigarroa High School Library at 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – Martin High School Library at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 – Nixon High School Annex at 5:00 p.m.
 In …

(Laredo, Tx)-In celebration of “EL Dia de los Reyes Magos” (the Day of the Three Kings), 65 LISD elementary migrant students  recieved gifts Friday morning on  behalf of the LISD Transportation Department staff. The staff raised funds  amongst themselves to purchase the new gifts for the students. Traditionally, the day commemorates the visit of the three Wise Men (the Magi) to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.

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(Laredo, Tx)- Hooah, Locked and Loaded, Comms, Self-Sufficient Tactical Road March, and Call for Fire are not the typical words you will find on a word wall in Gilberto Gonzalez classroom at Macdonell Elementary School. Gonzalez, along with Humberto Frausto Jr, Martin High School Police Officer, used these words daily as part of their training exercise in the Kita-Fuji Training Area, Japan recently during the Orient Shield 2011 training exercises.
 Gonzalez and Frausto, along with 110 members from the Texas National Guard’s Third Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment joined members of …

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(Laredo, Tx)- Laredo Independent School District campuses and administrative offices will be closed due to the Christmas Holiday beginning Monday, December 19, through Monday, January 2, 2012.
 However, the LISD Tax Office will be open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday December 19, 20, and 21, and Tuesday and Wednesday, December 27, and 28. The Tax Office is located at 904 Juarez Ave. and will be open during regular business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 LISD campuses and administrative offices will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 for staff development training …

(Laredo, Tx)-The J.W. Nixon High School Golden Spurs/Cheerleaders are hosting a FREE Dance Workshop that has been a December tradition since the school opened in 1964.   Ani Vera, former Silver Spur Dancer will be conducting a Hip Hop style workshop for LISD students ages 14 years and older.   The event will take place Monday, December 19, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Nixon High School Gym.  For more information, please contact Cynthia Haynes Ramirez at 724-9904
 

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
(Laredo, Tx)- Laredo Independent School District high school students will be taking their mid-term final exams beginning Tuesday, December 13, through Friday, December 16. The mid-term exams will be administered to students in ninth through 12th grade.
LISD would like to share the following tips with our parents. Each student needs a good night’s sleep before their mid-term final exams. Eat a healthy breakfast; young minds perform better on tests when they have been well fed. Breakfast and lunch are available for free to every student at every LISD campus. …

(Laredo, Tx)-As part of its 10th annual bike donation Academy Sports & Outdoors  will distribute bikes and helmets to 30 students at Dovalina  Elementary. The 30 students were selected based on their outstanding academic performance, perfect attendance, and good  behavior.   The presentation will take place today at the school.
 

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
(Laredo, Tx)- Laredo Independent School District campuses and administrative offices will be closed beginning Monday, November 21, through Friday, November 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. However, the LISD Tax Office will be open Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23. The Tax Office is located at 904 Juarez Ave. and will be open during regular business hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They will be closed Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25. All LISD campuses and administrative offices will re-open Monday, November 29. Students will …