by Sheila Adams | Feb 27, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The Lufkin school district has named Josh Williams, current director of Technology, the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Brad Stewart, previous CTO, resigned to take a position with the private sector. Williams earned his Bachelor of Technical Management from DeVry...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 26, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
R2 GEAR UP has fourteen Lufkin Middle School eighth grade students selected to participate in the GeoFORCE Academy for the next four summers. GeoFORCE is a partner out of the UT Austin Jackson School of Geosciences that provides summer academies which introduce GEAR...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 23, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Lufkin Middle School hosted a Touch-A-Truck event today where students had the opportunity to interact closely with a variety of vehicles ranging from a towering fire truck to sleek patrol cars, a SWAT vehicle, an ambulance and even a helicopter. The drivers/pilots...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 22, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Brookhollow Elementary held its first Nacho Average Family Night on Monday, Feb. 19. Parents and students enjoyed a free nacho snack while listening to a STAAR informational presentation prepared by grade level teachers. Following the presentation, parents and...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 20, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Adriana Solis has been named the director of Bilingual/ESL Programs with Lufkin ISD. She will replace Dr. Betsy Mijares who has been with the district for the past 19 years and is taking a position with the T.L.L Temple Foundation as the program officer of Education...
by Andy Adams | Feb 20, 2024 | Athletics, Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
The District Assignment Appeals Committee of the University Interscholastic League this morning approved Lufkin ISD’s request to move the Panthers varsity football team from District 7-5A (Division 1) to District 9-5A in the 2024-26 seasons. Lufkin is expected to be a...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 20, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses prepare students for a competitive job market. Lufkin ISD offers 31 certifications for students to have a jump on that competition. “I believe that my CTE classes have prepared me for my future career because I would like...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 19, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
Brandi Moreland, eighth grade English/Language Arts teacher at Lufkin Middle School, was fascinated by a story in one of the textbooks that taught about a young man from Kenya who used a series of flashing lights to deter lions from eating the tribes’ livelihood...
by Sheila Adams | Feb 19, 2024 | Homepage Featured, Lufkin ISD
“Resemblance,” Nevaeh Williams, fifth grader from Brandon Elementary, said when asked why she drew a picture of Claudette Colvin, the American pioneer of the 1950’s civil rights movement. “She was before Rosa Parks,” Nevaeh said....
