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Sharing the good news about Longview Independent School District

Legislative summit returns to Longview Area education officials congregated on Wednesday, Sept. 25, during the annual Texas Public Schools Legislative Summit at the Hilton Garden Inn located in Longview. From state representatives to education lobbists, a variety of speakers were on hand to talk about the 86th Legislative Summit that took place earlier this year.

Organized by Longview ISD in partnership with local businesses and civic groups, it is part of an ongoing effort by the district to raise awareness for education issues that impact all Texans, and the entire nation.

“Dr. Wilcox does a great job of putting it on and it has some great speakers, so I look forward to a great day today,” said Texarkana ISD Superintendent Paul Norton.

“It’s always good to have events like

GROWING STRONG Students practice their gardening skills

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LISD, TEA hold town hall meetings over Senate Bill 1882 The first of four town halls about Senate Bill 1882 was hosted on Monday, Sept.

23, at the East Texas Manufacturing Academy in Longview. The bill, as stated on the Texas Education Agency’s website is, “…an Act relating to a school district contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school or other eligible entity to operate a district campus.”

Senate Bill 1882’s possibilities were also talked about in tandem with TEA’s

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System of Great Schools Network which supports districts that are interested in the System of Great Schools strategy.

According to the TEA website, “The System of Great Schools Network supports districts to develop a locally designed system-level innovation and problem-solving approach with the goal of: Increasing the number and percent of students in top-rated schools and reducing the 1882|Continued to page 6

Opinion Coming Events

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OPINION

Technology may save public education

By Charles Sosnik, Grit Daily

We tend to speak in extremes these days. When online shopping replaces storefront shopping, we call it a Retail Apocalypse. In reality, consumers are simply making choices about how they want to buy. Technology didn’t kill retail shopping. It made it better. You will still have storefront shopping, particularly for things like clothing and furniture. But for other things that don’t require personal choice, it makes more sense to have them delivered to your home.

Most industries have experienced similar improvements.

Take transportation, for example. When was the last time you used a taxi? Why would you, when Uber and Lyft can be at your location in three minutes or less? We can morn the loss of taxi drivers, or revel in the fact that personal transportation became cheaper and more convenient.

Technology tends to make things more efficient. I come

from the newspaper education? Or simply industry. A wave of a more convenient and technology in the 1970s efficient way to acquire and early 80s put a lot knowledge? According of people out of work, to education insiders, as newspapers changed change is inevitable. from movable type to And the education intypesetting technolodustry is having growgy. Then, as you know, ing pains because of it. a few years later the SOSNIK At least 25 percent of Internet made newsschool-aged children papers practically obsolete. It are no longer involved in tradimakes no sense to cut down a tional public education, thanks tree, mill the pulp into paper, in part to the opportunities put the paper through a print- that technology has afforded. ing press and hire drivers to Yet many school and union bring the paper to thousands leaders aren’t exactly hip to of individual homes when you this trend, predicting the end can just look at your phone of public education as we know and get all the news you need. it.

A Newspaper Apocalypse, Perhaps they are right. And or just a better way to get the maybe public education as we news? know it should die. If it were We still need to buy stuff left entirely up to the free from retailers. Now it’s easier. market, that is probably what We still need transportation. would happen. But it’s not.

Now, it’s more convenient.

And it won’t.

We still need news. Now, it’s For a realistic look at what is delivered faster. going on in education, I asked LeiLani Cauthen. She’s CEO GROWING PAINS of the Learning Counsel and is Thanks to technology, famone of the people leading the ilies can now choose how they digital transition in education want their education delivfrom the inside. Cauthen says, ered. Will this be the end of

“Education’s digital transition seems to be taking its toll on everyone involved. Many are asking if it is just growing pains, or if we are sliding down a slope from which we can never ascend?

“The digital transition in schools requires large investments of capital, and administrators are charged with both finding this capital and deciding how it is to be used.

They also have the responsibility of justifying their actions if test scores don’t improve—or worse, if test scores decline.

Teachers, on the other hand, are experiencing a skyrocketing workload. Many are exhausted.

“Additionally, many of these same instructors claim to be spending a lot more hours working. In a Guardian Teacher Network survey, 82 percent said their workload was unmanageable, and about 3/4 said their workload was affecting their physical and their mental health.”

— Charles Sosnik is an education journalist and Editor in Chief for the Learning Counsel.

Ditch the math worksheets, stop killing curiosity

By Kathy Liu Sun, EdWeek

As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle much of her curiosity and creativity that I have witnessed every day during her first few months of life.

In my collaborations with preschool to 2nd grade early-childhood educators over the past five years, I have found that teachers often wrestle with two historically competing philosophies of educating young children. One philosophy embraces the importance of creating play-based environments, where children learn by exploring and engaging in play. The other emphasizes the need to prepare students to meet state and national mathematics standards by focusing on specific academic skills. These two philosophies are not either-or. In fact, mathematical thinking and

learning often happen filled with math probduring play. lems. These worksheets With the adoption often consist of the of the Common Core same type of problem State Standards and just with different an increasing focus numbers (e.g., 1+2 = __; on so-called 21st-cen1+3 = __; 1+4 = __) and tury skills, our thinknoninteractive images ing about supporting for young children to students’ curiosity count or compare.

SUN and creativity has proWhat I am witnessgressed in recent years. ing is not surprising However, as with most change, given our misconceptions of the implementation of our ideas what it means to learn math in hasn’t yet panned out the way school. Many think that math we might have hoped. is all about learning procedures I am finding that teachers and memorizing rules. At both are increasingly feeling the the high school and elementapressure to address learning ry levels, procedurally focused standards in ways that do not learning is not conducive to build upon young children’s insupporting students’ underherent curiosity and inclination standing of important matheto experiment. Math instrucmatical concepts. In fact, a 2016 tion in the early grades is too study published in Scientific often becoming more like tradi- American found that students tional high school math classes. who rely on memorization are I have seen kindergarten and half a year behind their peers 1st grade teachers giving short who approach math by relating lectures followed by having concepts to existing knowledge children complete worksheets and monitoring their own un-

derstanding.

It is important to attend to mathematical learning goals while fostering creativity early in a child’s education. We need to create more opportunities for young children to explore mathematical ideas in interactive and playful ways. Instead of doing math worksheets, young children need intentionally designed activities that allow them to think and engage like mathematicians by testing out different ideas, experimenting with strategies, and explaining their thinking.

— Kathy Liu Sun is currently an assistant professor of education at Santa Clara University.

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ETAA Teachers learn new things We had some ETAA teachers attending Engage2Learn Coaches Innovation Academy in Austin during the last week of September.

They had a great time and learned so much to bring back to our campuses!

LISD campuses welcome volunteers Our campuses are always glad to have volunteers! Parents, businesses, and members of the community are welcome to help out in a number of ways.

From reading to students to helping with an event, there are plenty of volunteer possibilities!

Please contact the LISD Community Relations department at 903-3812200 for more info about how you can lend your time and talents to support our children!

Students get hands on with technology Another amazing teacher from Ware, Ms. Walker, used hands on tech in her lesson this week! The students had to solve math problems by standard. In order to code the robot correctly, they had to solve their problems correctly! Such an innovative way to engage students in math!

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Coming Events October 4 Parent-Teacher Conference Day (No School) 4 p.m. Varsity Lobo Tennis District Quarters (TBA) 5:30 p.m. Freshman, JV Volleyball VS Rockwall (Lobo Coliseum) 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball VS Rockwall (Lobo Coliseum) October 5 8 a.m. SAT Test 8 a.m. LHS Swim at PCA Swim Invitational (Lufkin Swim Center) 10:30 a.m. Lady Dragon Volleyball (Marshall) October 7 6 p.m. Lobo Boys Soccer Parent Meeting (Cafeteria) October 8 9 a.m 5th Grade Hudson Pine Cove Science Camp (Oct. 8-11) 5 p.m. 7th Grade Foster Football VS Nacogdoches-McMichael (Judson Middle School) 5 p.m. LISD Foundation Night at McAlister’s Deli 5:30 Freshman Lady Lobo Volleyball VS North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 5:30 JV Freshman Lady Lobo Volleyball VS North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 6:30 Varsity Lady Lobo Volleyball VS North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 6:30 p.m. 8th Grade Foster Football VS NacogdochesMcMichael (Judson Middle School) October 10 4 p.m. JV Lobo Tennis VS Trinity (LHS Courts) 5 p.m. Lady Dragon Volleyball VS Mike Moses (Foster Middle School) 5:30 p.m. Ned E. Williams STEAM showcase October 11 10 a.m. Hudson Fall Festival Sponsorships Due

Taking a break at Ware to clean up some trash Thank you to these sweet kiddos in Mrs. Webb’s and Mr. Monsivias’s first and second grade class who decided (on their own) to pick up trash on the playground during recess!

Mrs. Duck says they have been talking about being bucket fillers by doing good things for others and their community.

We are very proud of their hearts for service!

October 14 Columbus Day 8 a.m. Foster Band Cookie Dough Fundraiser Ends 8 a.m. LISD Foundation Pecan Sale Forms Due 12 p.m. LISD Foundation Pecan Sale Forms Due 6 p.m. Board of Trustees Regular Meeting 6 p.m. Board of Trustees Regular Meeting October 16 8 a.m. PSAT for Juniors, Sophomores Freshman October 18 5 p.m. Green Out Tailgate October 26 8 a.m. ACT Test October 30 12 p.m. Board of Trustees Special Meeting

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GARDEN |Continued from page 1 plinary program combining academic achievement, gardening, nutrient-dense food experiences, physical activity, and school and family engagement.

In the ‘plant-off” students planted carrots, cabbage, beets, lettuce, collard greens, broccoli, and spinach.

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Notice: Limited LISD records to be purged, copies can be requested until October 26 Parents, guardians, and former students at Longview Independent School District have until Oct. 26, 2019 to request records relating to the identification, evaluation and placement of students in the special education program within the 2011-2012 academic school year.

The purge of records is within Texas Education Agency guidelines which require special education programs to keep special education records for a period of seven years.

Parents of students with disabilities who have records on file should notify the Longview ISD Special Education Office at 903-381-2276 to obtain these records or desire that these records be retained by the district.

These records are presently maintained in the Longview ISD Special Education Office and include: referral information; assessment reports including educational, psychological, and medical reports; Admission

Review and Dismissal Committee records; individual education plans, and classroom observation data.

Also included in the purging will be records of students who were tested but did not qualify for special education services as well as records of those who qualified but were not placed. Parents of students or former students are hereby advised that these records may be needed by the students or their parents for Social Security Benefits or other purposes.

Longview Independent School District will retain a permanent record of only the following information: Student’s name, last disability, date of birth, date of last evaluation, and date of record destruction.

Requests for records should be made to: Dr. Maureen Lewis Director of SpEd PO Box 3268 Longview, TX 75606 903-381-2276

Ware learns book settings Literacy comes in so many forms! Ware’s 1st/2nd classes learned how setting can change in a book, as well as why that is important to the story’s plot! We celebrated our learning with fun and creative activities today! Fabulous, fun Fridays—and our students— make for the BEST end of week!

Congrats to FFA on earning 2nd place Congrats to our horticulture students for placing 2nd in the Third Annual East Texas State Fair Landscape Design Contest.

Students: Carson Fleet, Angelica Lambarria, Jenni Barrios, Kevin Moncada

Fairy tale themes used for building activies Ware students on Wednesday, Oct. 25, saw Literacy and STEM join in an AMAZING activity using fairy tale based themes. Students had to

build “Puss in Boots’” boots, “Rapunzel’s Tower”, an escape parachute for Jack from the Giant...and many more!

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this to make sure everybody is on the same page with the requirements and see what other school districts are doing.”

First started by state Reps. Jay Dean and Gary VanDeaver in 2016, the summit focuses on looking at how elected officials can support and represent schools.

One topic that was talked about in length was House Bill 3. The passing of the bill helped increase teacher pay and required lowering of property taxes but it also saw efforts aimed at helping students either don’t get much money or consideration such as dyslexia.

“House Bill 3 is transformative in addressing student populations that were hither to not addressed. Students that are dyslexic or English language learners (for example),” said Marty DeLeon who is an education lobbyist that gave a presentation on HB 3.

DeLeon spoke in front of the crowd on the numerous

number and percentage of students in low-rated schools.”

Parents that were present voiced concerns and questions that they had, ranging from possible academic requirements, thus stopping students from continuing to go to their current campus to asking who would be making the decisions for the campuses.

One such parent in attendance was Councilwoman Kristen Ishihara who wanted to find out if her two children would be able to continue going to Hudson PEP or not.

Executive Advisor for the TEA Paul Pastorek was on hand during the town hall, giving a presentation on the System of Great Schools for the crowd.

Within regards to academic requirements for campuses he said, “The only limitation so far for schools adopted in the state is the one (school that is) for all girls. There are no academic requirements for admission.”

For making campus decisions he stated, “In the traditional school district, we tend to manage from central office.

The idea here is if we can push

positives of the bill which was echoed by Norton.

“House Bill 3 has been a great thing. It’s a good start on making sure we appropriately fund education and make education a priority,” Norton said.

Longview ISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox also seems hopeful of the bill, stating, “I think House Bill 3 looks very promising for Texas education.”

Wilcox does state though that there are some concerns, including the rules.

Over 300 pages’ worth of rules, to be exact.

“We feel like the overall impact is going to be positive, but we’re still concerned about what some of the rules might be, in certain areas such as dyslexia and special ed. But our largest concern with House Bill 3 is making sure that there’s sustainability on the gains made for teacher pay. We just want to ensure that our teachers get the respect they are due for everything they do for everyone else’s child.”

decision making down to the school building, the people who are closest to the kids will be making better decisions for the kids.”

For those who would like to find out more about SB 1882 and the System of Great Schools be sure to check out the three remaining town halls: Oct. 1 at Forest Park cafeteria at 6 p.m., Oct. 8 at Judson STEAM Academy cafeteria at 6 p.m. and Nov. 5 at Longview High School at 6 p.m.

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Saturday, October 5 • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Donations of Peanut Butter or Cash Gratefully Accepted

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Longview ISD honors those who served Show your appreciation to our veterans by nominating them for our “Wall of Honor!”

To thank those who have served in the U.S. armed forces, Longview ISD established a “Wall of Honor” in 2015. Since its induction, Longview ISD has honored more than 20 veterans for their brave service.

The selected nominations will be honored on the wall with a plaque. The honorees will be honored at the football game on

November 1, 2019. Nominations are due on Tuesday, October 15.

Criteria for Nominees:

LISD Graduate (or Judson Grove, Womack High)

Any amount of time served considered

Living or deceas ed military persons

Honorably discharged

Any branch of service To nominate a veteran go to w3.lisd.org/

news. Send your completed form to: LISD Education Support Center Attn: Elizabeth Ross P.O. Box 3268 Longview, TX 75606 Emailed nomination forms will also be accepted, please email them to eross@lisd. org.

For more information please contact Elizabeth Ross at eross@lisd.org or (903) 3812237.

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• Teachers and district staff to receive pay increase, totaling more than $8 million • LISD schools earned 40 total distinctions on accountability ratings, an increase from 34 earned last year • Less than 2 percent dropout rate at Longview High • Brand new partnership for innovation with East Texas Advanced Academies which will bring new funding and ideas to public education • Longview Early Graduation High School for student needing flexible hours • “Playing for Keeps” program: childcare for students with children • Summer backpack program to make sure kids get fed all year round • LISD farm-to-table program, partnering with local farmers for cafeteria produce • Meat Lab building and program- to teach kids where food comes from • Gold Standard Award yearly for financial transparency • On-staff Professionally trained Chef to watch over food prep • 2018 UIL Academic District Champions • Class 6A State Football Champion • Over 6500 hours of college by 2019 graduates • 36 students graduate with Associates Degrees (50 projected in class of 2020) • National Welding Champions • State and National Technical Student Assoc. winners • Graduates matriculating to EMT, Cosmetology, welding, Culinary Arts, Meat and Butchering programs nationally • Largest Public Montessori school for 3 to 5 year old program in the Nation.

Provided free of charge to Longview area children • Totally new state-of-the-art school system • Partnerships in education with UT, SMU, Texas Tech, SFA, KC, Letorneau, and UT -Tyler • Hosted Adjunct Fair for SFA to help employ Adjunct staff in Longview and through Longview ISD • Hosted “Axe”epted East Texas meet

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and greet for area students attending SFA in Fall 2019 • Only IB program east of Interstate 45 • Only free public K-12 International Baccalaureate program in the world • IB Case project partners with “We Help Two” and sells “funky socks” to help supply legs and feet to amputees all over the world • Multiple graduates with offers to Ivy League and other prestigious universities • Purchased multiple pieces of strategic real estate, without increased debt, for future expansion • Every year of Dr. Wilcox tenure school budget has been in the black • The Longview Voice! Only District-produced community newspaper in Texas • Partnership with Eastman and Komatsu and Longview Manufacturing Academy • Privatized Custodial services to save taxpayer dollars • Went totally ‘green’ on all building projects resulting in a $200,000 award from SWEPCO for energy conservation • Three campuses with national STEM certifications (Judson STEAM Academy, Bramlette STEAM Academy, and Ned E. Wiliams) • More than 30 teachers with national STEM certifications • Bramlette STEAM Academy as National Capturing Kids’ Hearts national recognition/award • Eightweek Montessori training for other districts in Texas hosted by East Texas Montessori Prep Academy • Duke TIPS scholars in double digits every year • Perfect scores on PSAT as middle schoolers from Foster Middle School • Elementary, Middle, and High School Robotics competition teams • Summer PSAT classes • Award-winning Theater Arts program with a director who has been with the district for more than 50 years • Award-winning elementary, middle school, and high school choir programs

• Award-winning high school art program • Lobo Band continuing their string of 69 consecutive first-level honors at State Sweepstakes • Lobo University to help prepare students and parents for life after high school • LIFT program paying out close to $1 million in bonuses for improved testing scores • Partnership with Longview Chamber of Commerce to help foster community partnerships and mentors for Ware students • 2018-2018 School Board of the Year from Region 7 • Orchestra offered at elementary, middle and high school • LHS students who performed at Carnegie Hall • 523 LHS students taking dual credit courses 2018-2019 • 116 incoming Freshman applying for dual credit courses • 236 unduplicated seniors with dual credit hours • 6,531 semester credit hours for dual credit • 2,601 Workforce hours earned • Culinary Arts CTE students start catering program in Fall 2018 • Horticulture Program harvests own bee hives to sell honey, wax, and wax products at FFA shows • Wall of Honor to honor Veteran graduates and their families • More than 100 teachers earned Project Based Learning certifications in Spring 2019 • May 2019 hosted first LHS CTE Signing Day for students going to college or workforce • Class of 2019 earned $8.5 million in scholarships • Raising Highly Capable Kids parenting class with Longview Chamber of Commerce • Fall 2018 LHS donated more than 400 coats to KLTV’s Coats for Kids • Signing Santa to help deaf ed students communicate with “Santa”

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SPORTS

BREAKING THE WALL

Lobos crush Rockwall 49-3 in District 11-6A opener

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ongview’s defense ran roughshod over Rockwall’s “high-flying” offense last week, as the Lobos started District 11-6A competition with a 49-3 rout of the Yellowjackets.

With the win, Longview improved to 5-0 on the season and expanded their winning streak to 21 games, the longest current winning streak in the entire state.

Drew Beltran, Tyshawn Taylor, Cedric Smith, Dakirin Buchanan, Kybrien Jackson-Jamerson, Sawyer Goram-Welch, and the entire Lobo defense battered the Rockwall squad with relentlessly physical play, holding the offense to just three points and less than 200 yards of total offense. The ‘Jackets had averaged well over 500 yards and 50 points per game before Lobos|Continued to page 17

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Horn vs Longview

Lobos travel to Metroplex take on upset-minded Jags The District 11-6A playoff race is wide open after Longview’s dominating 49-3 win over Rockwall last week, and the Lobos next opponent hopes to take advantage of the opportunity.

“Mesquite-Horn is a team with a lot of talent on the field, they play hard, and if you unKING derestimate them they’ll make you pay,” said Coach John King.

King is counting on a big game from stalwarts like Sawyer Goram-Welch, Drew Beltran, Tyshawn Taylor, Cedric Smith, Dakirin Buchanan, and Kybrien Jackson-Jamerson.

“Really proud of how our defense has put themselves in position to make plays,” he said.

BELTRAN “But we’ve still got to keep challenging ourselves to get better ... with each week of practice and each game, there’s still a long way to go to get to where we need to be.”

Despite coming up short in some shootouts against Highland Park, Cedar Hill, and Arlington High, Horn looked impressive in wins over John Tyler and Mesquite High.

King added that his team will be making a road trip, giving the Jaguars a home field advantage.

“Thankfully our fans travel well, so we know we can count on their support,” he said.

“There’s nothing like a bunch of loud Lobo fans to turn another team’s stadium into a home game for us.”

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Hanby Stadium in Mesquite.

For information about tickets please contact the Athletic Office at (903) 381-3950.

Viewette Fall Mini Clinic returns this month The Viewette 2019 Fall Mini Clinic registration is now live! The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8:30 a.m. The clinic will Include: the Lobo fight song, the Lobo school song, a fun Viewette chant, learning a fun pre-game dance, parents show off at 11:45 am, a pre-game performance of the Oct. 18 Lobo home game and get to sit in the stands with the Viewettes during the first quarter of the game.

A snack and t-shirt will be given during the mini-clinic.

For questions, email dmc gowan@lisd.org or mejones@ lisd.org

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Lobo tennis fights hard, falters against Tyler The varsity Lobo tennis team received their first district loss after battling it out with Tyller Lee, 15-4.

This sees them at 10-8 overall and 4-1 in district.

Tyler Boys Doubles Connor Gililand/ Elliot Murphy vs E. Eschenbach/ Gaston 5-7, 5-7 Harrison Lin/ Matthew Nguyen vs C. Eschenbach/ Bains 6-1,6-1 Jake Chamberlin/Aditya Jagarlamudi vs Nowlin/ Bennett 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 ( 9-11) Girls Doubles Simran Kortikere/Gowri Rangu vs Zips/ David 6-0, 6-1 Kelsey Quiett/ Elizabeth Wall vs Von Eschenbach/ Morris 2-6,1-6 Julia Miller/Rachna edalur vs Hekier/ Wegener 6-2, 6-2 Mixed Doubles Jonathan Vázquez/Delia Acuña vs Beaulieu/ Deatherage 0-6, 0-6 Iniabasi Ekpenyong/Diana Acuna vs Guy/ Brown 3-5, 5-3 (10-6) Girls Singles Simran Kortikere vs Lilly Deathrage 2-6, 6-4 (3-10) Kelsey Quiettvs Grace Von Eschenbach 3-6, 6-2 (7-10) Rachna edalurvs Marla David 3-6, 6-2 (7-10) Gowri Rangu vs Megan Morris 6-1, 6-3 Elizabeth wall vs Carleigh Zips 6-4, 6-1 Diana Acuna vs Aniston Guy 3-6, 1-6 Julia Miller vs Adina Hekier 5-3, 4-2 Delia acuna vs Isabella Wegener 4-2, 5-5 (7-5) Boys Singles Jake Chamberlain vs Jared Maeker: 5-7, (default) Mathew Nyguen vs Andre Samaraweera: 6-4, 6-0 Connor Gililand vs Stefan Gregg: 6-1, 6-1 Elliot Murphy vs Luke Lang: 6-3, 6-0 Aditya Jagarlamudi vs Taegan Terry: 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 Harrison Lin vs Sam Lee: 6-0, 6-1 Ini Ekpenyong vs Evan Castner: 4-0, 4-1 Erick Van Zyl vs Sam Lee: 0-4, 5-3, 10-8 Gabe Montoya vs Stephan Duran: 4-0, 4-2

VINTAGE LOBO FOOTBALL GAME FILMS 1937 - 1940

From the LeBus Family Collection

NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD Includes 2nd Half of 1937 State Championship Game

1937 State Championship Game 1938

While Jeremy Cotham was researching information for his book “Friday Night Howl,” the 100+ history of Lobo Football, he interviewed Charles LeBus whose father Frank LeBus was the starting QB for the 1937 State Championship Team. During the interview Charles mentioned that he thought he might have some old 8mm films from 1937-1940 in his family’s collection.

We are excited to announce that the LeBus films have been found, preserved and transferred to DVDs. And the best news is that the DVDs are for sale for all to enjoy!

• Over an hour of game films from 1937–1940 1940

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FOUNDATION

Annual bash returns in October T

he Bash Before the Clash— 5th Annual Lobo Hamburger Cookout Tailgate Party, Friday, October 18, Before the Lobo Game with the Rockwall Heath Hawks.

Starting at 5:30 PM, the bankers from Vera Bank, formerly Citizens National

Bank, in Longview will grill hamburgers with all the trimmings for the 5th annual hamburger cookout tailgate party to be held in the breezeway of Longview High School.

Fans are invited to join the party and enjoy a hamburger, cheeseburger, chips

and a cookie for a donation of $5.00 which will benefit the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. The Longview High School Viewettes will be selling ice cold drinks for a nominal charge. Lobo fans, come out and join the fun of the evening.

Get your tickets at the tailgate!

Announcing the 5th Annual Bash Before the Clash Hosted by Vera Bank and the Vera Bank Grilling Team

Benefiting the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc.

Lobo Hamburger Cookout Tailgate Party Friday, October 18, 5:30 PM in the LHS Breezeway Before the Lobos Play the Rockwall Heath Hawks at Lobo Stadium!

A $5.00 donation buys you a freshly grilled hamburger or cheeseburger with all the trimmings, chips, and a cookie.

The LHS Viewettes will sell cold canned drinks and water for a nominal price.

The Longview ISD Foundation has returned $810,000 to LISD classrooms so that students can receive a better education! Support Bash Before the Clash and help the Foundation return even more money!

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LISD Foundation brings freshly shelled Azalea Brand Pecans Longview has enjoyed Azalea brand pecans for many years, and now the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. is bringing them annually to you for your holiday and every day enjoyment.

The Longview ISD Foundation is offering one-pound bags of fresh, golden, delicious Mammoth Pecan Halves and one-pound Azalea Gourmet Mix of toasted and salted pecan halves, cashews, brazil nuts, hazel nuts, and large almonds for delivery before Thanksgiving week.

One pound packages of mammoth pecans are $15.00 each; one pound packages of mixed nuts are $13.00 each.

Order forms are available at the Longview ISD Foundation’s website, www.lisdfoundation.org, or buyers may call Kay Ray, Foundation director, at 903-452-7015 or email her at gray@lisd.org. The order form is printed below.

The Longview ISD Foundation is an education foundation that requests, receives,

maintains, and uses funds to maximize the quality of education available to all students in LISD. Since 1996, the Foundation has returned $832.000 to LISD classrooms and campuses to fund programs and learning tools

that are beyond the district’s budget. Every day students enjoy programs and equipment made possible through the fundraising efforts of the Longview ISD Foundation. Thank you for your support. Enjoy your delicious pecans!

For the second year, the Longview ISD Foundation brings you freshly shelled Azalea Brand Pecans, golden, meaty pecans and mixed nuts from one of the South’s finest Georgia orchards at a great price for a great cause!

These pecans are GREAT for snacking and cooking! The mixed nuts make a great snack treat!

Longview has enjoyed Azalea brand pecans and mixed nuts for many years, and now the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. is bringing them annually to you for your holiday and every day enjoyment.

The Longview ISD Foundation is offering one-pound bags of fresh, golden, delicious Mammoth Pecan Halves and one-pound Azalea Gourmet Mix of toasted and salted pecan halves, cashews, brazil nuts, hazel nuts, and large almonds for delivery to LISD campuses during the week of November 4-8.

Complete the order form below and return cash or check or money order made payable to the Longview ISD Foundation by one of two ways: (1) Mail to the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc., Attention: Kay Ray, P. O. Box 2807, Longview, Texas 75606 no later than Monday, October 14, 2019.

OR (2) Give to your child’s teacher or campus clerk to return by school mail to Kay Ray, Foundation’s executive director, at the LISD Education Support Center no later than Monday, October 14, 2019.

Please print CLEARLY! Name of Person Placing the Order__________________________________________ Telephone Number ______________________________________________________ Email address ___________________________________________________________ Name of LISD student and LISD campus where delivery should _______________________________________________________________________ Number of Bags Ordered

Item Description One-pound bag Mammoth Pecan Halves One-pound bag Azalea Gourmet Mix Total Payment Enclosed

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Price Per Bag $15.00 $13.00

The Longview ISD Foundation is an education foundation that requests, receives, maintains, and uses funds to maximize the quality of education available to all students in LISD. Since 1996, the Foundation has returned $832,000 to LISD classrooms and campuses to fund programs and learning tools that are beyond the district’s budget. Every day students enjoy programs and equipment made possible through the fundraising effort of the Longview ISD Foundation. Thank you for your support. Enjoy your delicious pecans and mixed nuts!D Faculty or Staff

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What peekaboo teaches kids about the world Researchers say hiding games play an essential role in child development

By Elizabeth Preston, Forge

You cover your face with a blanket, then uncover it to see your baby’s reaction. Cover.

Uncover.

Two years later, your toddler is standing in front of you with her hands over her eyes, yelling “Can you see me?” for roughly the hundredth time in a row.

It’s cute and mind-numbing parental labor — and it says more about your child’s brain development than you might guess.

“Peekaboo surely must rank as one of the most universal forms of play between adults and infants,” wrote cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner with a colleague in 1976. Researchers have studied peekaboo games from South Africa to Germany to Japan (where a parent might chant “Inai inai ba!”), using the ubiquitous game to look at children’s smiles, laughter, expectations, and perception of others’ emotions. They’ve even studied the brain activity of nine-montholds during a game of peekaboo.

Iris Nomikou, a linguist in the Psychology Department at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, has found the hiding game to be a powerful window into the developing mind. In a 2017 paper, Nomikou and her colleagues made video recordings of Polish mothers playing peekaboo (“A-kuku!”) with their babies at four and six months old. The older infants were more engaged in the game, but even as early as four months, babies made some attempts to participate — by reaching for a cloth covering

the mother’s face, for example.

And babies’ smiles and vocalizations didn’t come at random times but were more likely to happen at certain moments, such as smiling when Mom’s face reappeared.

Peekaboo is “like a dialogue,” Nomikou says. (Other researchers have called it a “protoconversation.”) “We sort of assume that these kinds of interactions are key for language development.” The game has a predictable back-and-forth, which the infants in the study seemed to learn over time; Nomikou saw that babies were more likely to participate when mothers made space for them by pausing and waiting. Inviting a baby to participate in the game, rather than just observe, she says, may be a powerful factor in the child’s development.

Besides teaching the rhythm of social interaction, peekaboo is also a very early education in physics. Object permanence — the understanding that things don’t disappear just because we stop seeing them — develops between four and seven months of age. As infants start to discover this principle, they’ll experiment by, say, chucking things off their high chair and then leaning over to look for them, says Tovah Klein, director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development and author of How Toddlers Thrive. Their developing grasp of object permanence is likely part of why babies enjoy peekaboo, Klein says.

Older infants may initiate peekaboo games, such as by putting a blanket over their

face and then pulling it off again. Klein says that since self-awareness doesn’t develop until toddlerhood, these babies probably aren’t trying to hide themselves. Instead, by covering and uncovering their eyes, they’re making the people around them go away and come

back — another experiment in object permanence.

But as infants become toddlers, their interest in peekaboo becomes more about separation, Klein says. As toddlers develop independence and start to explore the world on their Hide|Continued to page 19

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LOBOS |Continued from page 11 they faced Longview.

“Really proud of [the defense], proud of their effort from beginning to end,” said Coach John King. “They’re continuing to improve week to week, and this game shows the progress they’ve made.”

On offense the Lobos rolled up more than 300 yards, most of it on the ground, with senior signal-caller Haynes King scoring six times (five rushing, one passing).

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“We made some progress,” said Coach King. “We had some opportunities that we should’ve taken advantage of, but it’s hard to complain about 40 point win.”

Offensive standouts for Longview were Haynes King, Xavier Jimmerson, JD Williams, bulldozing fullback Kevin Jones.

Freshman wideout Jalen Hale also made his first varsity reception count, pulling in a 12-yard touchdown.

The Lobos travel to Mesquite next week to take on Horn in District 11-6A play.

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Longview ISD School Menus Montessori Breakfast 7

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Morning Sausage Honey Graham Crackers Milk Syrup Fruit Choice

Scrambled Eggs Sausage Patty Toast Honey Graham Crackers Milk Syrup Fruit Choice

French Toast Sticks Honey Graham Crackers Milk Syrup Fruit Choice

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Beef Rotel Dip Chicken Rotel Dip Charro Beans Spanish Rice Salsa Milk Fruit Choice

Sub Sandwich Turkey Hoagie Milk Mayonnaise Fruit Choice

11 Chicken Rings Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy Green Beans Honey Wheat Roll Milk Fruit Choice

Hot Dog Colossal Crisp Potatoes Baked Beans Milk Mayonnaise Fruit Choice

Middle School Breakfast 7 Mini Cinnamon Roll Honey Graham Crackers Milk

8 Morning Sausage Kolache Honey Graham Crackers Milk

9 Honey Graham Crackers Toast Milk Scrambled Eggs Sausage Patty

10 Breakfast Sausage Pizza Honey Graham Crackers Milk

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8 Chicken Fried Steak Honey Wheat Roll Broccoli Casserole Carrots Roasted Potatoes Milk

9 Taco Salad Milk Condiments

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11 Hot Dog Hot Dog with Chili Baked Beans Season Fries Milk

Beef Rotel Dip Chicken Rotel Dip Spanish Rice Shredded Romaine Lettuce Charro Beans Pico de Gallo Milk

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HIDE |Continued from page 16 own, they need the security of knowing loved ones will still be there. “What they’re playing out in these rituals is this idea that when someone disappears, even momentarily, then they reappear,” Klein says. “[Peekaboo] kind of goes through childhood,” she says, transforming into the more sophisticated game of hide-andseek as kids age.

Toddlers start out as enthusiastic but inept hide-and-seekers. But Sangeeta Parikshak, a clinical child psychologist with the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, says that in her experience, kids im-

prove at hide-and-seek around age three or four. In her clinical work, Parikshak has used peekaboo and hide-and-seek as therapeutic tools with kids ranging from 12 months to five years.

For children who have experienced trauma or are in foster care, Parikshak says hide-and-seek can build their sense of trust: The adult always comes back. She has used the game to help children face other challenges as well. She recalls a kid with motor delays who improved his coordination by practicing fitting into hiding spaces, and another who ignored his fear of heights to climb up and hide on a bunk bed.

Similarly, parents can use hiding games at home to help their kids hit developmental milestones, Parikshak says.

Hiding an object under a blanket might entertain a baby who doesn’t love tummy time.

Pushing a covered object just out of reach can encourage babies to learn to crawl toward it. Hide-and-seek can help toddlers and preschoolers learn how to deal with conflict with

Page 19 their peers by teaching them to take turns: Now I hide, now you hide.

Of course, the game may not be as scintillating for you as it is for your toddler. “A twoyear-old goes and hides in the exact same place, and you see 90% of their body,” Klein says.

But parents who point out that their kids are perfectly visible are missing the point, she adds.

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