Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  The “Teens in the Driver Seat Organization” of the Vidal M. Trevino School of Communications and Fine Arts together with Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar will be hosting the National Arrive Alive Tour 2010 in Laredo.  The DWI simulator event will be visiting the VMT Magnet School on Friday, February 5, 2010

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  Laredo Independent School District’s Health Services Department recently completed H1N1 vaccine clinics for all its staff and students. LISD hosted 25 H1N1 vaccine clinics and immunized a total of 9,933 individuals vaccinated against H1N1.  Since November, the LISD Health Services Department has immunized 6,876 students, which represents 27.20% of LISD student population,

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  For the second year in a row Martin High School students will be participating in the AT&T/ Junior Achievement Worldwide Job Shadow Initiative. More than 20 students will shadow 10 AT&T employees on Friday, January 29 at AT&T mobile store located at 5704 San Bernardo.  Building on the program’s success and positive

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  The Vidal M. Trevino School of Communications and Fine Arts will be hosting a voter registration drive at all LISD high schools to register students to vote. On Friday January 29, the magnet school will visit Cigarroa High School at 8:15 a.m. and Nixon High at 10:15 a.m.  The registration drive is

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  The Vidal M. Trevino Magnet School will be holding recruitment week for LISD middle school students with eye-catching Mardi Gras style parades at all LISD middle schools. The VMT recruitment week will kick-off on Monday, January 25, at 12:00 noon at Cigarroa Middle School.  Representatives from each communications and fine arts department

Courtesy Roberto Trevño,  Leyendecker Elementary School, in conjunction with the Laredo Chess Club, is hosting the first chess tournament of the year.  The tournament is scheduled for Saturday, January 23, at 12:30 p.m. at the Leyendecker Elementary School gymnasium located at 1311 Garden St.  The four round Swiss System tournament is open to all scholastic

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  Laredo Independent School District’s Health Services Department continues its successful implementation of the H1N1 vaccinations. Three LISD campuses will host vaccine clinics this week.   ·         Cigarroa High                           Wednesday, January 20              3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ·         Sanchez-Ochoa Elementary        Thursday, January 21                 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Laredo ISD campuses will celebrate the birth, the life, and dream Dr. Martin Luther King.  On Monday, January 18, teachers throughout the district will be educating students through various activities on the significant contributions King made to our country.  Dr. Diana Linn, assistant professor of education at Texas A&M International University will talk about Kings

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,  For the seventh year in a row Laredo Independent School District received a rating of “Superior Achievement” under the Financial Integrity Rating System (FIRST), the state’s finance accountability rating system for fiscal year 2007-2008. The Superior Achievement rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating the quality of Laredo ISD’s financial management and reporting