by Sheila Adams | Oct 10, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The Golden Spatula Award goes to Coston Elementary Student Nutrition Services for the month of October. SNS Director, Amanda Calk said, “These ladies have had a great start to the school year. They exhibit great teamwork in the kitchen. They also have shown they are...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 10, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and Lufkin ISD will be hosting a Dyslexia Awareness Parent Night. Please join us for this event on Monday, October 29th at 6 p.m. at the Pines Theater. Parents with students of all ages are invited to learn more about dyslexia and...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 5, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Lufkin Independent School District is the recipient of the U.S. Department of Education Linking Education to Success (LETS) Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant for the fourth time over the past two decades. LETS GEAR UP...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 4, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Bruce Runnels has been a PE Coach at Slack Elementary for the past 27 years teaching kids kinesics, a variety of sports and swallowing worms for a good cause. Coach Runnels said, “I do competitions for the kids. All kinds of things. I’ve even swallowed earthworms, 28...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 3, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Cheryl McCarroll, Anderson Elementary nurse, was given the Purple Heart of Excellence Award, an award given by the Lufkin ISD Health Services department to recognize campus nurses who go above and beyond. Nurse McCarroll has been a nurse at Anderson Elementary for the...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 1, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Lufkin High School seniors Ali Khurshid and Bryce King have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. According to a letter sent to the LHS principal, these two students are among 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation for...
by Sheila Adams | Sep 27, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
“Everyone should know how to change a tire and put brakes on your car,” according to Kevin Thigpen, one of the four district mechanics that works on the school’s bus fleet and service vehicles at the Lufkin ISD Transportation Building. Mr. Thigpen is beginning his...
by Sheila Adams | Sep 26, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The Panther Community Forum, held last night at the Tom Jack Lucas Auditorium, was a platform for discussion on the update of the bond and school safety and security. Superintendent Lynn Torres spoke about the hiring of a Construction Manager at Risk and the details...
by Sheila Adams | Sep 24, 2018 | Lufkin ISD
