UISD NEWS
Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Congratulations to members of the Alexander High School Mighty Bulldog Band on their recent performance at the Texas Music Educator’s Association’s Region 14 Clinic and Concert. Select members auditioned for a panel of judges in Alice, Texas on December 2, 2017 and earned chairs in one of the Region 14 performance
Courtesy Yvette Treiño, (Laredo, Texas)-Maria Teresa Garza, Librarian at Salinas Elementary, hosted Fifth Grade students from Mrs. Gonzalez’s class for an activity called “Hour of Code” in which students participated in global coding activities with students across the world. Students learned various methods on how to write codes using familiar themes like Minecraft, Make it
Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-United High School senior Omar Cervantes signed his letter of intent to play baseball for Grayson County College in their NJCAA Division 1 Program. The Grayson Baseball Program holds several titles, including back to back championships of the JUCO World Series, making them the 6th team in history to win the
Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)-Third Grade students at Matias DeLlano Elementary were in for a treat this morning when none other than the Honorable Mayor Pete Saenz paid them a visit to read them a story. The visit comes after students in Ms. Alcaraz’s class during a lesson on “writing with a purpose” decided to
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-The BBVA Compass Foundation brought its 6th annual Project Blue Elf initiative to Perez Elementary School. This year, the program surprised and delighted 248 kindergarten, first and second-grade students. After a reading of The Gingerbread Man,BBVA Compass Bank elves helped students decorate holiday cookies and gave each one a toy. In addition, each
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Kazen Elementary School ended the month of November with Kazenopolis. Students and staff prepared for the event by transforming their campus into an minitroplois. The setting gave Kazen students an opportunity to elect their own governing body and operate a mock IBC bank, H.E.B. store, post office, recycling center, farmer’s market, visitors center, utilities company and
Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-During a Regular Board Meeting held on November 15, 2017, the United ISD Board of Trustees granted final approval to name the District’s tenth middle school after the late Raul Perales. Following his graduation from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1960, Perales joined the U.S. Navy to serve on the USS Randolph,
Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)- Students from Bonnie Garcia’s National Elementary Honor Society held a food drive at their campus to benefit members of the community who may struggle with putting food on the table during the holidays. The students reached out to their fellow classmates and were able to collect over 1,000 cans of food that they
Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)-Mayor Pete Saenz made a citywide proclamation calling for November to be Bilingual Education Awareness Month. The proclamation came after a request was submitted from United ISD Bilingual Education Director Carmen Pompa to the Mayor’s Office. Throughout the month of November, United ISD celebrates Bilingual Education with a series of Dual
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-UISD held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony this past Monday at the new Freedom Elementary School located at 415 E.G. Ranch Road. The 104,445 square foot campus encompasses grades Pre-K through 5th grade, and can accommodate up to 900 students. The school was built on land previously owned by the
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