by Sheila Adams | Jul 18, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
Before integration of Lufkin ISD in 1971, African American students attended Dunbar High School, home of the state champion Dunbar Tiger football team. The team, led by head coach Elmer G. Redd, won state championships in 1964, 1966 and 1967. Many students went on to...
by Sheila Adams | Jun 27, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
Summertime is enrichment time at Lufkin ISD. Fun camps and activities over the summer keep students engaged and enthusiastic to learn. Our administrative team has done an outstanding job preparing to make this summer one of the best for our students. The GEAR Up...
by Sheila Adams | May 23, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
Over the past few weeks and leading up to the end of school, we have celebrated and will continue to celebrate the academic achievements of our students in honor societies, the superintendent’s honor roll breakfast, and induction ceremonies for the STEM Academy and...
by Sheila Adams | Mar 21, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
Preschoolers have all the fun. Now parents and community members can see what it’s like to have a day in the life of a preschooler at the Pre-K Experience. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. March 29 at Garrett Primary with animal crackers and juice boxes, sitting...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 21, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
There is one huge event that happens in February that shapes the course of the next two years: UIL realignment. Schools anxiously awaited their fate and their game pairings on the morning of Feb. 3. No surprise to Lufkin that we would be charting new territory and...
by Sheila Adams | Jan 18, 2022 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD, Superintendent's Corner
STEM studies are here to stay. Who knew that STEM, a curriculum based on four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — began long ago with the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik? After that event, Americans were challenged to step...
