Courtesy Ricardo Rangel, (Laredo, Texas)-One hundred students from Dr. Henry Cuellar Elementary enjoyed a special post-Christmas gift celebration at Target on San Dario Avenue. Students from all grade levels at Cuellar Elementary were chosen to participate in a shopping spree to use a $100 gift card as they wished. Students were accompanied by 25 Laredo

 (Laredo, Texas)-Judge Monica Notzon, and County Attorney Marc Montemayor along with their staff helped spread holiday cheer this year to the students of Veterans Memorial Elementary.  Students received toys, visited with Santa Claus and were treated to cookies and punch.

Courtesy Alex Meyer, On December 8-10 United High School ULTIMATE Robotics Team under the direction of Laura Rodriguez, Arturo Rodriguez, Brian Piltin and Jorge Martinez competed in the Inaugural UIL Robotics Pilot State Championship held at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco Texas. Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST), is an organization founded by Texas

Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-The LBJ high school Honor Society donated a total of 440 collected Christmas presents to the students at Kennedy-Zapata Elementary.  LBJ Honor Society sponsors Sara Santos and Leticia Ramirez and 25 members from their organization visited the campus to deliver the gifts. “We wanted to make the holidays brighter for some

Courtesy Alex Meyer, Earlier this month, United ISD’s STEP Academy donated Christmas presents to forty children who attend Kennedy-Zapata Elementary School. Principal Gerardo Rodriguez and his staff are pictured with children and staff from Kennedy Zapata Elementary School.

Courtesy Alex Meyer, Trautmann Elementary School (T.E.S.), celebrated their recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School. The campus was the only elementary school in Laredo to win the 2016 National Blue Ribbon Honors Award from the United States Department of Education. The recognition honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students achieve very high learning standards, or

Courtesy Veronica Cantu, Students at Centenoville, a small city inside Centeno Elementary School, celebrated their 2nd annual grand opening of their minitropolis program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held on December 15, 2016. During the event, actual Commerce Bank employees inducted new student “employees,” who recently received bank training and had the opportunity to

Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Local organization “Proyecto Niños” delivered sixty gifts to students at Kennedy-Zapata Elementary school.  This organization has made holiday donations to the campus for several years. The representative for “Proyecto Niños” is Leslie Rincon. School Principal Thelma Martinez stated that the organization has been like family to her campus. “They bring so much happiness

Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Texas)-For the upcoming holiday season, United Independent School District will observe the following special schedule: -December 16, 2016 –will be the last, full day for all students. Students are expected to arrive at school as regularly scheduled and will be dismissed at their usual time. – December 19, 2016 through January

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-The United Independent School Distict has been notified by American Electric Power (AEP) that Centeno Elementary will experience power outage for about an hour due to an electric line that needs to be fix in order for power to be restored in the community. Classes continue today at Centeno Elementary, officials