May 16, 2022

Your weekly destination for the latest news and happenings from the Lubbock Independent School District.

Featured News

2022 Lubbock ISD Retirement Banquet

The Lubbock ISD family came together last Thursday to honor some amazing members of our Lubbock ISD family who are ready to move on to the next chapter of their lives. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding individuals for their tremendous service! We wish them nothing but the best in retirement.

Dupre Farewell Celebration

Please join us as we honor the legacy of Dupre Elementary School on Tuesday, May 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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Other News and Humblebrags

Kami Finger appointment

Congratulations to Kami Finger on being promoted to Assistant Superintendent for School Support and Special Services! The move was approved last Thursday by the Board of Trustees.

Lubbock High Military Enlistment Ceremony

Lubbock High School hosted a Military Enlistment Day Ceremony last Wednesday for six members of its Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC) who will be enrolling into the United States armed forces upon graduation. With the Army Jazz band in attendance to perform, Lubbock High recognized three students who will be joining the Marine Corps, two who will be enlisting in the Navy, and one who will be joining the Army. Both future sailors received scholarship awards as Ethan Morton received a $200,000 NAVY ROTC Scholarship to attend Texas A&M University and serve in their Corps of Cadets, while Sanchez Santiago received $180,000 from the G.I. Bill, Hazlewood Act, and bonuses.

Prestigious Don & Sybil Harrington Scholarship awarded to MHS, LHS seniors

The Community Foundation of West Texas announced the eight Lubbock County high school students selected to receive the prestigious Don & Sybil Harrington Scholarship, and seven students of the eight recipients are Lubbock ISD products. Congratulations to Monterey’s Braden Chilcutt and Lubbock High’s Jonathan Wang, Lily Wang, Olivia Chen, Tyler Kim, Nihil Nandakumar, and Derek Zhou. The scholarship awards $20,000 to each senior. 

Monterey hosts visit from Chris Nikic

After reading and learning about the inspirational story of Chris Nikic in English classes, Monterey High School had the opportunity to welcome the 21-year-old IRONMAN athlete with Down syndrome on their campus last week for a host of activities. Chris spent time with Monterey’s special education kids, challenged the Plainsmen football team to his 1% Better Challenge, spoke at an assembly, and also worked with the Plainsmen track and cross country teams. 

LHS One Act Play finishes as state second runner-up

Congratulations to all of the students and staff involved in Lubbock High Theater’s One Act Play as their performance of “The Unreturning” earned second runner-up in Class 5A at state last weekend! Lubbock High had two of the eight All-Star Cast honorees in Jeron Robinson and Nathaniel Coward, while McKenna Fransen received honorable mention All-Star Cast recognition. 

Alumni Spotlight: Professional golfer J.J. Killeen

Coronado High School alum J.J. Killeen was featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week prior to the AT&T Byron Nelson, a Professional Golf Association (PGA) tour event in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Killeen was a Class 5A state medalist on Coronado’s state championship team in 2000 before winning four conference titles at TCU from 2001-05. Once considered a rising star in the sport, Killeen has struggled to maintain tour status much of the last decade, but played his way back into a PGA Tour event with a recent tournament win. It just so happens that the event he qualified for is the Byron Nelson, right in his old college stomping grounds. 

College Access Champions

Congratulations to our College Access Champions for the month of April! Along with meeting their monthly goals, Estacado High School, Lubbock High School, and Talkington School for Young Women Leaders were recognized for completing their FAFSA/TASFA goal. Well done!

Wellness and Benefits

Ladies Night Out mammogram screenings

UMC Health System and Texas Tech Physicians will be hosting a special after-hours mammogram screening event on Thursday, May 19, from 4:30-7 p.m., at the UMC Breast Imaging Center, located in MOP II at 808 Joliet Ave. on the third floor. The UMC Cancer Center, with its team of experts and latest medical technology, leads the way in breast care from diagnosis to healing. Please schedule your appointment by calling 806-761-0981 or by emailing ladiesnightout@umchealthsystem.com .  

Employee Perks

Tutoring to a Tee

Lubbock ISD is proud to partner with Tutoring to a Tee, which provides math and science tutoring at an affordable rate both online and in-person. For $40 per hour, you can have a local Texas Tech graduate student assist in helping your student in chemistry, biology, anatomy and physiology, animal science, algebra, statistics, calculus, and more. Contact them at www.teetutoring.com , help@teetutoring.com , or by calling 503-897-0086. 

Featured Partner in Education

PIE Committee and FFE Grant Committee

Lubbock ISD would like to thank members of its Partners in Education (PIE) Committee and members of its Foundation for Excellence (FFE) Grant Committee for their service this year. Both committees met last Wednesday for the final time this school year. 

• The PIE Committee consists of more than 20 community members who meet six times a year to organize various activities such as gift card drives and adopting families during the holidays, all of which play a key role in our community partnership efforts. 

• The FFE Grant Committee, also around 20 members strong, is a hard-working group of community partners and volunteers. They meet eight times a year to review all teacher and student grant requests each month and award funds. 

Lubbock ISD in Photos

Maedgen ES: STAAR pep rally

Dunbar CPA: Mother's Day Choir Performance

Byron Martin ATC: SPEC safety demos

Ramirez ES: High fives for heroes

Talkington SYWL: College Day

Calendar/Events

Calendar/Upcoming Events

🚓 - May 15-21: National Police Week
🏆 - May 16: Teacher of the Year Banquet
🎖️ - May 21: National Armed Forces Day
⚖️ - May 26: Board of Trustees meeting
🎓 - May 26: Talkington SYWL Graduation Ceremony
🎓 - May 27: Lubbock High Graduation Ceremony
🎓- May 28: Estacado, Coronado, and Monterey Graduation Ceremonies
🌹 - May 30: Memorial Day

May Observances

📆 - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

📆 - Better Hearing and Speech Month

📆 - National Physical Fitness and Sport Month

📆 - National Mental Health Awareness Month

This Week In History

🎬 - May 16, 1986: “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise premieres

🏛️ - May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka rules racial segregation in public schools as unconstitional

🎶 - May 18, 1999: Backstreet Boys’ third studio album “Millennium” is released

🗺️ - May 19, 1643: Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England

👖 - May 20, 1873: One of the world’s most famous garments, the blue jeans, are born

But Wait, There's More!

Did You Know?

Applications are currently being accepted for the Lubbock ISD Fire Academy program for 2022-2023. This is a one-year program for incoming seniors that is offered at no cost. More information can be found here . The deadline to apply is May 18. 

Trivia

This Week's Question:

Dupre Elementary School opened in 1927 and was named after Marcy Mathias Dupre, Sr., who served as a superintendent of Lubbock ISD. How many superintendents served before him?

Email your answer to Ty.Parker@LubbockISD.org

Last Week's Winners

• Joetta Gallardo (Lubbock High)

• Laquita Harris (Brown ES)

• Lynn Jackson (Health Services)

• Terrie Lopez (Dupre ES)

• Rosemary Ramirez (Rush ES)

• Jason Trook (Coronado HS)

• Kevin Bearden (Coronado HS)

• Brett Berridge (Monterey HS)

• Jennifer Walden (Monterey HS)

• Kelly Lozada (Monterey HS)

• Ivy Zepeda (Roscoe Wilson ES)

• Isabel Ramirez (Coronado HS)

• Nancy Nanny (ATC)

• Jay Bitela (Special Services)

Quote of the Week

“Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful.”

- Beau Taplin, author

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