by Sheila Adams | May 22, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
In 2013, the School Board established the Outstanding Dual Language Student Award. This award recognizes two graduating seniors that went through the Dual Language Program and have excelled academically and linguistically. Each year, two students are selected, one...
by Sheila Adams | May 22, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Michael Calhoun was named Valedictorian and Allison Todd Salutatorian at the Senior Breakfast at the Convention Center this morning. The two received an additional medal for their honors among the 45 Summa Cum Laude announced at the breakfast. Michael, who had a GPA...
by Dr. LaTonya Goffney | May 21, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Superintendent's Corner
People ask what I am most proud of about my time in Lufkin, and there’s no one single thing I can point to, because there are so many. ■ Establishing the Lufkin ISD Education Foundation and seeing the teachers come up with innovative ideas to benefit students with...
by Sheila Adams | May 21, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The Lufkin ISD school board recognized ten teachers who were trained in dyslexia intervention using the Neuhaus method. After completing their training, which included amassing 200 hours of training in Houston, 700 hours of curriculum, 10 demonstration lessons,...
by Sheila Adams | May 21, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The spelling bee is open to all students and consists of English and Spanish words. The speller may get a Spanish or English word, whichever word is next on the list. For example “Your word is vaca. Vaca is the Spanish word for cow. Vaca.” And they have to spell...
by Sheila Adams | May 21, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
2018-19 Returning student enrollment (The Skyward Mobile App is not available for registration. If you do NOT remember your Skyward Parent login, please contact your child’s current campus or the Administration Office at 634-6696 if during the summer.) 2018-19 New...
by Sheila Adams | May 18, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
1st place and a $1,000 scholarship goes to Osvaldo Santos for his charcoal of a cat. Honorable Mention and a $500 scholarship goes to Alexandra Cura with her watercolor of a landscape. In photography, Louis Lin received 1st place and a $1,000 scholarship for his photo...
by Sheila Adams | May 18, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
During the May Lufkin ISD board meeting, re-elected board members Scott Skelton and Hall Henderson took the oath of office as well as newly elected board member, Matt Knight. Swearing in the trustees was The Honorable Bob Inselmann. Mr. Knight, who is new to the...
by Sheila Adams | May 18, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Herty Primary hosted Special Olympics in the gym and outdoors at the Herty campus. The students were climbing through hula hoops, riding bikes, jumping through bubbles and having a wonderful time. To help out, the Lufkin Middle School students and Herty 2nd grade...
by Sheila Adams | May 17, 2018 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The May Education Foundation board meeting was held at the newly designed educational space called the “STREAM Lab” on the Slack Elementary campus. The Lab’s innovative ideas and conception were dreamed up by staff members Gustavo Monsante, Viola...
