Volume V, Issue 31 (October 18, 2020)

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” ― Francis Bacon

Vol. V October 18, 2020

Sharing the good news about Longview Independent School District

BIG GREEN

Lobo’s marching machine is back, bringing music with them

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ootball season has arrived and with that, so has the Big Green Marching Machine!

While the global pandemic has changed our lives in many ways, one thing that has not changed is the Lobo marching band setting the

mood for the football team tackling their opposition and getting the wind!

Thank you for all of your hard work, Lobos!

Be sure to check out the report on the latest football game on Page 11!

LISD suspends ‘asynchronous’ distance learning Longview Independent School District is transitioning away from asynchronous learning for students in grades 3-12. Effective Monday, Oct. 19th all students in those grades will be expected to either continue remote learning as synchronous students, or return to campus for regular instruction.

Families wishing to continue asynchronous instruction due to extenuating circumstances can contact their campus principal. Requests to continue asynchronous instruction for students in grades 3-12 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Asynchronous instruction will remain an option for students in grades Pre-K to 2nd grade.

Longview ISD will continue to re-evaluate the state of the district on a daily basis, and any information released is subject to change.

We will be sure to keep you informed through all-calls/emails, social media, and on our district website, LISD.org/COVID.

Board honors middle school ‘Duke Scholars’ The Longview Independent School District Board of Trustees recognized 21 middle school honorees as “Duke Scholars,” during their regular meeting Monday, Sept. 14.

Students from Foster and Judson middle schools earned state recognition for their scores on college entrance exBoard|Continued to page 17

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OPINION

Curriculum is key to flexible schools

By William Zhou The Learning Counsel This past spring, schools across the U.S. faced similar challenges but experienced wildly different outcomes. When Covid-19 forced building closures in March, administrators quickly found out which end of the spectrum they inhabited — from “completely ready for remote learning” to “this building closure is basically a school closure.” Many teachers rightly zeroed in on addressing students’ social-emotional needs first, committing to regular checkins with kids and their parents, getting a read on how they were navigating the traumatic events and, if time permitted, then pivoting to academics.

Schools’ and districts’ relative preparedness for distance learning was primarily evaluated based on their technology infrastructures. Districts whose leaders had long ago seen the promise

of online learning, and the world of K-12 that whose teachers were alwe need to get ahead of? ready equipped with the NO MORE right EdTech, were generSNOW DAYS ally more prepared, while Weather-related those adopting new tools closures, cold and flu on the fly found it to be a season, emergencies struggle. Even the bestat home...predictable laid plans in these areas events every school were often undermined year. If we can navigate ZHOU by the digital divide and learning amid a once-inthe lack of home device a-century pandemic, why are we or reliable Wi-Fi access for many still derailed by such mundane families, but communities have events? With the more intentioncome together to find solutions for al adoption of technology and the these challenges, as well. shifting mindset that schooling However, as we look at a new can happen anywhere, things semester — and perhaps the are likely to change in these majority of a new school year — areas quickly. The infrastructure where remote learning continues will be in place for teaching and to be the norm, it’s clear that learning to continue, even when what began as a crisis is quickly everyone can’t be in the building. becoming the long-term normal.

However…

What were the avoidable probTechnology is one part -- and, lems we could have addressed sure, an important part -- of the before the pandemic — which we remote teaching and learning must commit to changing now infrastructure. But it is far from — and what changes are afoot in

the foundation. That all comes back to curriculum. When you heard about teachers having the most trouble this past semester — or perhaps it was you who was struggling — what factors were at play? In most cases, it was the challenge of simultaneously transitioning out of the physical building, setting up the right technology tools for remote instruction, and also figuring out lesson planning. What happened for schools who realized this was going to be more than just an extended spring break and we couldn’t wait out our lack of technology, but also didn’t have the durable curriculum in place to keep teachers confident in what they’d even be teaching — online or otherwise?

In such cases, it was difficult to avoid a semester of lost learning and the unfortunate pitting of education versus public health, as supposedly opposed objectives.

— William Zhou is the CEO of Chalk.

Ways to prepare students for voting

By Julie Holderbaum Education Week My 22-year-old stepdaughter recently told me that she wasn’t planning to vote this year, and then she admitted that she never had before, either.

Two reasons for this came to light. Apathy was not one of them. Instead, she didn’t know what to expect at the polls or have information about local candidates, and she didn’t believe that her vote would matter anyway.

She was nervous to go to the polling place because she had no idea what to expect. As an educator, I have always emphasized the importance of registering to vote to my students. I’ve even helped register several first-time voters over the years. But in my haste to register my students to vote, it never occurred to me to discuss with them the actual act of voting.

My stepdaughter wasn’t too worried about not going to vote since the 2016 election convinced her that her vote wouldn’t matter anyway among the millions cast in an electoral system that does not necessarily

reward the candidate who gets the most votes. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes but lost the election because she came up short in the Electoral College.

I was heartbroken by my stepdaughter’s revelation. I hated the thought of her not exercising her constitutional right because she doesn’t believe her voice could make a difference.

Many educators discuss the importance of voting with our students. But could we do more to alleviate their fear of the unknown while also convincing them that their voice matters?

I think we can. Here are some ideas to consider: Share your first-time voting story. You don’t have to disclose who you voted for to tell students where you were and how you felt. Did you vote in person or absentee? Did you feel prepared to vote? I now tell my students how I’ve felt when I’ve seen names on a ballot and not known anything about them: Do I randomly choose or do I not vote in that race? One seems risky, and the other seems disrespectful to all those who have fought for my right to vote as

a woman. I explain the importance of doing the research and the feeling of satisfaction that comes with knowing I am voting for a person (or issue) with intention.

Explain the voting process.

If they are voting in person, encourage your students to tell the poll workers that it’s their first time voting. Most likely, they will be happy to help them navigate each step of the process. Tell them that they are not obligated to vote in every race on the ballot if they don’t have a preference.

Whatever the method (computer, pen and paper, punch ballot), reassure them that it will be private and that no one will see how they vote.

Discuss the history of the fight for suffrage in America. According to the 2020 documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” only 6 percent of Americans were eligible to vote in the first presidential election.

Read articles and show documentaries about enfranchisement and the obstacles that still impede it for so many Americans.

Make it clear that every vote counts. Discuss elections that came down to just a few

votes, including the presidential elections that were decided narrowly.

Demonstrate how to find voting information. Today’s young voters have resources that I did not when I first voted. Websites for each state’s secretary of state and county boards of elections have information about how to check if your voter registration is up to date and more. The nonpartisan organization When We All Vote is another great resource with links to info for every state, and the site has a tool kit for schools to teach kids of all ages about voting.

Build excitement for future voting. What if we could get kids to look forward to their first time voting as much as they look forward to getting a driver’s license or going to the prom? If we start treating voting as an important milestone when kids are young, I think we can build a level of excitement and appreciation for the right to vote. There are books for all ages of children that address elections and voting.

— Julie Rine Holderbaum is an English teacher at Minerva High School in Ohio.

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C I N ASEYOU MIS SED I T Checkout Lobo Strongview

Join Longview ISD and community partners as they help the community of Longview each week. For the first eight weeks, we are partnering with banks, financial advisors, and non profit organizations to bring the Longview ISD family information about financial literacy. Visit https://youtube.com/c/LongviewISDLOBOS to learn more.

Venta de plantas de FFA

El Sábado 31 de Octubre desde las 10am2pm, pueden apoyar a nuestro programa de FFA y agregar plantas bonitas a su jardín. Por favor comunicarse con Aimee Eitel aeitel@lisd.org. Para más información.

PSAT Testing Information

Did we miss your district news?

Did we miss district campus or organization news? Send us the pertinent information to ask@LISD.org and we’ll include it in our next issue!

Free/Low Cost Health Care

Lone Star Legal Aid assists families with the Medicaid/CHIP programs. They submit the application, help with turning in the required information, and stay with the client until they receive a response. If a client is denied benefits, they have an attorney in their team who is able to appeal their case to get that decision overturned.

For more information about Lone Star Legal Aid: https://lonestarlegal.blog/ Here is their tab specifically for our Medicaid/CHIP services: https://lonestarlegal.blog/services/cktc/

Juniors will take the PSAT on Thursday, October 29, at Longview High School beginning at 8:15 AM. More information about this testing will be available during the week of October 12.

Students need to be in their designated testing area on time with sharpened number two pencils (no mechanical pencils are allowed) and a four-function calculator. Testing areas will have a few calculators for students to use, but all testers are expected to bring their own calculators or check one out from their math teachers. Make certain the calculator has fresh batteries. Students must power off their cell phones upon arrival at the testing site and place them in their backpacks. The College Board, sponsor of the national PSAT, is quite serious about consequences if students are caught with a cell phone during testing, including barring students from taking the SAT and Advanced Placement tests. LHS will send an EdConnect call to notify students of their testing location, send the information through Remind, and post lists at school.

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LHS receives preventative measures for COVID-19 In the ongoing effort to ensure the safety of LISD students and staff, Longview ISD has teamed up with Oklahoma-based Guide Solutions to administer a cleaning substance at Longview High School to help the fight against COVID-19.

Guide Solutions staffers began spraying their “CleanDurance” product at 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7th, at the Career & Technology Education building on the Longview High School campus.

According to information

provided by the company, “CleanDurance modifies surfaces creating an environment unsuitable for viruses, bacteria, and fungi to survive. And unlike traditional cleaners and disinfectants, CleanDurance stays working in place for hours, days, or weeks at a time.”

CleanDurance has undergone EPA testing by third-party laboratories to confirm its safety.

For more information about CleanDurance or Guide Solutions, please visit their website: GuideEnergySolutions.com.

Culinary arts accepts donation from Bubba’s 33 Chef Kevin Hill, who teaches culinary arts at LHS, was at Bubba’s 33 on Thursday with some students to pick up a wonderful donation. They were loading up a meat grinder that Bubba’s 33 has donated to the school’s culinary art students.

“This is really an awesome opportunity for the kids and we’re definitely going to get some use out of it,” Chef Hill said. “We are absolutely thankful to Bubba’s 33 for their donation. We couldn’t appreciate it more.”

What an amazing thing for Bubba’s 33 to do! Thank you for your generous donation!

Students from Ned E. Williams show their STEAM work Look at the STEAMtastic work the students are doing in Ms. Kennedy’s class over at Ned E. Williams!

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Bodacious BAR-B-Q

904 N 6th St 903-753-2714

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415 E Loop 281 903-663-7664 12 Chili’s Grill & Bar

2800 Judson Rd 903-663-2221 13 Cotton Patch

1228 McCann Rd 903-236-4009 14 Cowboy Chicken

3080 Eastman Ste 100 903-663-0777 15 Edible Art

504 W. South Street

903-234-2114 16 Fat Boyzzz

607 North Access Road 903-619-3301 17 Flying Burger & Seafood

322 E Hawkins Parkway 903-475-1537

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106 E Marshall Ave 903-753-8081 22 Jason’s Deli

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110 Triple Creek Cir 903-234-9115 32 Raising Cane’s

212 E Loop 281 903-238-8800 33 Roma’s Italian Kitchen

102 E Tyler St 403-625-7240 34 Rotolo’s Pizzeria

3407 N Fourth St 101 903-212-7448 35 Saltgrass Steak House

411 E Loop 281 903-232-1513 36 Schlotzsky’s

1429 W Loop 281 903-297-8030 37 Slim Chickens

204 E Loop 281 903-824-1735 38 Tuscan Pig Italian Kitchen

401 S High St 903-651-1833 39 Whataburger

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DISTRICT WIDE • International Baccalaureate project partners with “We Help Two” and sells “funky socks” to help supply legs and feet to amputees all over the world.

• LISD schools earned 40 total distinctions on state accountability ratings, an increase from 34 earned last year, and the highest in the region.

• Each year HUNDREDS of out-of-district students transfer INTO Longview Independent School District, citing “education opportunities” as their reason.

• Local corporate partnerships with Eastman and Komatsu and Longview Manufacturing Academy.

• Went totally ‘green’ on all building projects resulting in a $200,000 award from SWEPCO for energy conservation.

• Raising Highly Capable Kids parenting class in partnership with Longview Chamber of Commerce.

• Brand new partnership for innovation with East Texas Advanced Academies which will bring new funding and ideas to public education.

• LIFT program annually paying out close to $1 million in staff bonuses for improved testing scores.

• Signing Santa to help deaf ed students communicate with “Santa.”

• Hosted Adjunct Fair for SFA to help employ Adjunct staff in Longview and through Longview ISD. • Purchased multiple pieces of strategic real estate, without increased debt, for future expansion.

• State and National Technical Student Association winners.

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LONGVIEW HIGH • Longview High School celebrated a class of over 100 International Baccalaureate Diploma students for 201920.

• The senior IB Diploma students have all completed at least 150 hours of service learning activities, culminating over 6500 hours of community service for 2019-20.

• The IB students participated in the campus service learning project, We Help Two, and were able to sponsor 5 clients with prosthetic legs in developing countries.

• Longview High School began the application process to become an IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) school and to offer the IB Career-Related Programme school.

• Longview High School graduated 51 seniors who will also graduate with Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees from Kilgore College for 2019-20.

• Additionally, 80 seniors graduated with at least 24 hours of college credit.

• For the 2019-2020 school year, 594 unduplicated LHS students took a total 7,950 credit hours. This averages slightly more than 12 hours each. These numbers are for hours taken at Kilgore College. Other students took hours through Stephen F. Austin University, University of Texas, and LeTourneau.

• 251 members of 2020 Senior class took 3,617 hours.

This averages slightly more

• Every year of Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox tenure the LISD budget has been “in the black.”

• LISD farm-to-table program, partnering with local farmers for cafeteria produce.

• Hosted “Axe”epted East Texas meet and greet for area students attending SFA in Fall 2019.

• Partnerships in education with UT, SMU, Texas Tech, SFA, KC, Letourneau, and UT-Tyler.

• Longview ISD middle school students earn “Duke Scholar” honors every year.

than 14 hours each. These numbers are for hours taken at Kilgore College. Other students took hours through Stephen F. Austin University, University of Texas, and LeTourneau.

• 99 more of the 2020 LHS seniors qualified for the KC Connection Scholarship that allows them to complete their Kilgore College Degree or Certificate at the reduced tuition rate of 60% of regular tuition. These scholarships represent an average of $1,500 each year per student.

• LHS opened the GO Lab for students to use as needed for course work.

• Longview High School hosted it first Magnet Showcase Night.

• Largest FREE public Montessori school (for 3-to5 year-olds) in the nation, provided free of charge to Longview area children.

• Eight-week Montessori training for other districts in Texas hosted by ETMPA.

Principals, did we miss your school’s achievements? Please send us your brags and we will include them!

ask@LISD.org

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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

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JUDSON NEWS

Judson takes on the future: coding Judson STEAM students on Tuesday, Oct. 13, had the opportunity to present their achievements in their coding classes. The curriculum is designed to help students use coding and math to build online gaming programs.

We’d like to thank the staff and parents for working so hard with these young men. Help us congratulate their achievements while we continue to help them explore educational leaps.

Students gather data through ‘scatterplots’ project Ms. Parker and Mrs. Reints collaborated and brought their classes together to gather data for creating scatterplots and determining the correlation between things such as arm length vs. distance you can throw a football, shoe size vs. time to run a 40 yd. dash and height vs. the number of free throws made.

Leadership plans a flight path to drones Judson leadership is collaborating with various volunteers and experts to integrate a drone element to IB Design courses!

Patrick Johnson ‘Band Jumper’ underway helps at-risk youth Judson’s sergeant major Patrick Johnson works with atrisk youth to turn to positive influences; to become accomplished, principled individuals, who contribute to their families, communities, and the world around them. We are so thankful for the JSTAR Program and Mr. Johnson!

The Band Jumper initiative is well underway at JSA! Ms. Fernandez presented a motivational video regarding goal setting and growth mindset.

Boy, did Judson students show up! Band Jumpers are identified by comparing common assessment scores to the previous STAAR test.

Students who go to the next “band,” or “level up,” receive recognition and attend a ceremony! All “master” level students are designated as band jumpers!

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We appreciate our hard working HR department!

The HR department works so hard that we wanted to show them a day of appreciation.

Thank you for all that you do!

Character and kindness recognized at Judson Maddison Schooley, Kamiko Neely, Edmond Caldwell, and Gabriela Guerrero were recognized as exemplary student citizens for character and kindness through the Blue Devil Recognition program at JSA! Congratulations!

‘Blue Hearts Club’ passes out kindness Judson Blue Hearts Club passes out kindness and unity slips to JSA staff and students. What a wonderful thing to do!

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SPORTS

‘REELING IN’ SUCCESS

Longview fishing team wins big at event that sees over 100 boats compete

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ongview High School Fishing Team did well in Saturday’s tournament on Lake Tyler. Fishing was extremely tough, but the team was able to pull in a few fish.

With over 100 boats competing: Cooper Mayes and his partner who fish the Ultimate fishing series, finished 2nd with a 10.76 lbs limit.

Bret Gordy and Lane Healy finished 19th with 4.25 lbs.

Sam Sherman and Cory Clark finished 31st with 2.91 lbs.

Tommy Hickman and Andrew Greifenkamp finished 39th with 2.08 lbs For any students interested in joining the LHS Fish|Continued to page 13

Lobos defeat West Brook for 51-28 win The Lobos took on West Brook on Thursday, Oct. 15.

They came out with a win, 51-28. This improved their record to 3-1 as they head into district play!

Kaden Meredith scored the final points with a touchdown in the fourth quarter!

Well done Lobos! Keep it up!

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Lobo tennis continues district win streak Lobo Tennis wins again! Longview win 14-5, 9-4 overall record and 5-0 in district.

Longview has a five game winning streak defeating Whitehouse 15-4. Standouts for Longview were seniors; Gabe Montoya, Kelsey Quiett, Delia Acuña and Harrison Lin who were undefeated on the day.

Longview hosted Lindale on Friday, October 16.

BOYS DOUBLES

Erick Van Zyl/Luke Archer vs Almazon/ Agular — 6-2, 6-4; Elliot Murphy/Gabe Montoya vs Anderson/Fulmer — 6-1, 4-6, 5-6 (default WH injury); Daniel Pelaia/ Jake Chamberlain vs Andre/Weippert — 6-0, 6-0; Will Lenhart/Alec Germanwala vs Chararia/Bailey — 8-3; Jagger Barton/ Ayaan Khan vs Allen/Peters — 9-7

GIRLS DOUBLES

Kelsey Quiett/Gowri Rangu vs Teves/ Anderson — 6-1, 6-0; Dylan González/Sofia Massare vs Morroe/Leach — 6-2, 6-1; Namita Reddy/Gabbi Nguyen vs Almazon/ Gregory - 2-6, 1-6; Lauren Fisher/Haven Still vs Fulmer/White — 8-6

MIXED DOUBLES

Harrison Lin/ Rachna Edalur vs Cox/ Cook — 6-2,6-1

Justin Beltran selected for American rivalry Congratulations to Lobo senior Justin Beltran on earning the prestigious title of Great American Rivalry Series Scholar Athlete! He is one of 144 Scholar Athletes across the country selected by LISD as a result of his commitment to excellence on the field and in the classroom. Beginning Oct. 19, friends, family and community members can show their support and help Justin secure his spot on the GARS Scholar Athlete HOF Team roster!

The 25 Scholar Athletes that gain the most votes will earn an additional scholarship reward and recognition from the Great American Rivalry Series and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As soon as they release the link to vote, we will let you know. Check out this video for more information: https://vimeo. com/467774642/9e6e273fdd

Trent Bush commits to Dallas BU! Lobo senior Trent Bush has committed to Dallas Baptist University!

BOYS SINGLES

Jake Chamberlain vs Grant Anderson — 6-1, 6-2; Elliot Murphy vs Ashton Aguilar — 3-6, 6-7 (0-7); Erick Van Zyl vs Joriel Almazon — 6-2, 6-0; Daniel Pelaia vs Adam Cox — 4-6, 6-3, 11-13; Luke Archer vs Taylor Andre — 6-2, 6-2; Gabe Montoya vs Riyan Charania — 0-6, 6-1, 10-8; Harrison Lin vs Joseph Weippert — 8-2; Will Lenhart vs Nathan Bailey - 8-4; Alec Germanwala vs Cameron Allen — 8-2; Jagger Barton vs Nolan Peters — 8-5; Ayaan Khan vs 8-5; Joey Hough vs — 8-4

GIRLS SINGLES

Gowri Rangu vs Sarah Teves — 6-2, 6-1; Kelsey Quiett vs Ainsley Anderson — 6-2, 6-1; Rachna Edalur vs Skylor Leach — 6-2,6-0; Dylan Gonzalez vs Kaitlyn Monroe — 6-7, (7-9) 4-6; Delia Acura vs Jacia Gregory - 8-5; Namita Reddy vs Arril Cook - 4-6, 6-1, 7-10; Gabbi Nguyen vs Sara White — 5-8; Lauren Fisher vs Kayla Fulmer- 8-5, 8-3; Haven Still vs Emily Clendaria — 8-2; Hibah Khan vs Leiaj Almazon — 3-8; Hibah Khan vs Nhi Nguyen — 8-9, (1-7)

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LISD COVID-19 dashboard is live Curious about active COVID cases (and recoveries!) on Longview ISD campuses?

Check our COVID-19 dashboard here: LISD.org/ COVID/ The dashboard breaks down student and staff cases by campus and includes a separate section for other non-campus staffers such as maintenance, transportation, or administration.

The information in this report is correct as of Friday morning, Oct. 17.

FISH |Continued from page 11 Bass Fishing Team: Please join us on Thursday, October 29th at 6:30pm at the Ag Barn on Airline.

Mike Cagle, president of Ultimate High School Fishing, will be in attendance to share information about the organization, the point system for the tournaments, scholarship money opportunities and more! Any 8th grade students/parents who are interested for freshman year fall of 2021 are encouraged to attend!

Please contact Mr. Braylon Session at bses sion@LISD.org with questions.

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LOBO HOMECOMING

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Longview ISD offers classes on video game design

By Jamey Boyum KLTV They are in seventh grade and already working on potential careers.

Several classes of students at Longview ISD schools are learning software that can build video games. And that software can lead to careers in architecture or animation.

Nic Moore teaches the game design class at Judson Middle School, and students learn to write pretty much a foreign language: code.

“They learn how to use code and sort of use their critical thinking skills to piece together code to create video games and some animations and things like that,” Moore said.

Right now they’re designing two dimensional games.

“But when we get later into the course we’ll start getting into 3D design and 3D animation. We’ll go into things like

architecture, engineering. We use things like tool that they would use to design houses and design parts and pieces for engineering projects,” Moore said.

Trenton Wallace is not really having a problem with this class.“I like building. I know how to put pieces together; put things together so I was like,

sure. Let’s make some games,” Wallace said.

And they are, all from ideas they have in their heads, although a few are copying classics.

“Right now they’re learning the basics of the logic, the basics of learning how to think like a programmer, how to just put those things together and think

in that way that they can logically construct; think like a computer, so to speak,” Moore said.

And some of the students are already thinking several years ahead.

“I’m also looking to get into a college that allows you to make video games,” Wallace said.

“Anything you use on the computer or phone, everything was coded by someone,” Moore said.

Without code, all our devices would still be sheet metal, wire and plastic since there would be no point building them. These students know that, and know that with coding the future could be looking at them and saying ‘you win”.

The students can continue with coding all the way through their senior year at Longview ISD. And Moore says the district is in the process of partnering with Gearbox software out of Dallas. They make games like “Brothers in Arms” and “Borderlands.”

Longview firefighters return from fighting wildfires On Thursday, Oct. 15 at about 2 p.m. the final four Longview firefighters returned home from their deployment to California to assist with the wildfires. These employees had been in California since Sept.

28, when they were sent to relieve the initial three firefighters who had been fighting the wildfires since Sept. 11.

The firefighters will be allowed to spend some time with their families and rehab before returning to work next week.

Red Ribbon Week Hudson PEP Activities Stick With Being Drug Free-October 26-30 Monday 26

Tuesday 27

Wednesday 28

Thursday 29

Friday 30

Voting for my Future to be Drug Free

Too Smart to Start: Nerd Day

Drugs Can’t Find Me.

Team Up Against Drugs.

Scare Drugs Away

Students will receive red ribbons. WEAR Red, White and Blue.

Students wear best nerd outfit.

Students may wear Camo or Animal print shirts.

Students may wear favorite team shirt.

Students may wear their Halloween costume with tennis shoes. No face or hair paint.

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OBITUARIES Longview ISD offers our most sincere condolences to our extended Lobo family Mary Pearl Graves Mary Pearl Graves was born in Longview on May 9, 1921, to Sudie Honea Graves and James W. Graves, Sr and died on October 3, in Dallas Texas at the age of 99. She is preceded in death by her halfbrother, James W Graves, Jr. and half-sister, Sara Elizabeth Kuykendall. She is survived GRAVES by a nephew, Wayne Graves; a grandniece, Dianna Martin, and a cousin, Sandra McDaniel, and her God-daughter, Sarah Laurence. Mary graduated from Longview High School in 1938. She attended business and secretarial school after graduation. During World War II, she was part of the War effort and worked in Corpus Christi. After the War, she had a variety of jobs in Dallas and ended her career as the legal secretary for 30 years to Judge Joe E. Estes.

Mary lived for over 50 years in the Lakewood

area of Dallas. She sold her beloved home on Sperry Street and moved to Three Fountains Independent Living and had resided in Assisted Living at Monticello West for the last 11 months of her life.

Mary was a devoted Christian member of Highland Park United Methodist Church. Mary enjoyed organizing lunches, attending estate sales and collecting antiques, playing bridge and reading. In 2007 Mary hired Kevin Middleton, a recent evacuee of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to assist her. Kevin became Mary’s best friend and support system for the last 13 years of her life. Kevin was introduced to Mary by Wanda Black, her friend of 80 years. Mary will be missed by her luncheon friends who consisted of Gretchen Garst, Harriet Miers, Jane Orrock, Carlyn Reding, Ann Shaw and Diane Stanford.

The family would like to thank the care givers, Debra Johnson and Olga Mayes and everyone at Monticello West.

A Life Celebration® graveside service for Mary Pearl Graves, was held on Tuesday, Oct. 6th, in the Old Summerfield Cemetery.

How a 2nd-grade class sent a science experiment to space

By Kenneth Chang The New York Times Back in 2015, students in Maggie Samudio’s second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette, Ind., were contemplating an offbeat science question: If a firefly went to space, would it still be able to light up as it floated in zero gravity?

Ms. Samudio said she would ask a friend of hers, Steven Collicott, an aerospace professor at nearby Purdue University, for the answer.

“He teaches a class on zero gravity, and he would be the perfect person to answer the question,” Ms. Samudio recalled in an email.

A day later, Dr. Collicott replied, and Ms. Samudio was surprised by his answer: Instead of guessing, why not actually build the experiment and send it to space?

Blue Origin, the rocket company started by Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, was planning to offer the ability for schools to fly small experiments on its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for as little as $8,000.

“That is a game changer,” said Erika Wagner, the payload

sales director at Blue Origin.

“Kids as young as elementary school are flying things to space.”

Dr. Collicott, who had sent several fluid flow experiments on New Shepard launches, pointed Ms. Samudio and her Space|Continued to page 19

PUBLIC NOTICES LISD Board special meeting set for Oct. 28

Trustees usually meet in the boardroom of the LISD Education Support Center, but often set special-called meetings at various locations around the district. The next special meeting is tentatively scheduled for noon on Oct. 28.

For more information about the Longview ISD Board of Trustees go to LISD.org.

Erma Dean Richardson Erma Dean Eddings Richardson was born to the late Will Eddings and Bertha Hall Eddings on May 3, 1926 in Deberry, Texas. She RICHARDSON was educated in Deberry and moved to Longview as a young woman.

Mrs. Erma worked for Dr. and Mrs. Henry McGrede for a number of years. She also worked for Longview ISD as a cook and as a custodian for a number of years.

Mrs. Erma became a member of East Cotton Street Church of Christ as a young adult. A faithful member until she became too sick to attend.

Mrs. Erma passed away at Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center on October 5, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving and caring husband Mr. R. D. Richardson, grandson Michael Brooks, great-grandson Dominic Brooks, family friends D. C. Caldwell and Ocie Skinner, son-in-law Claude Beard; 3 brothers, 6 sisters, a sibling that died at birth, and one special brother-in-law Robert Bouchum.

Loving memories will be cherished by her children, Diane Beard, Donald (Terie) Richardson, Juanita Richardson, Timothy Richardson and Carolyn (Larry) Jackson ; one sister, Mendy Richardson; 9 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; a number of nieces, nephews, cousins that truly loved her; her church family, great friends and special friends, Ann McGrede Ashcroft and Callie Ingram.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

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MATTHEW 5:4

THE LONGVIEW VOICE — October 18, 2020 BOARD |Continued from page 1 ams. These students are among the top 25 percent of Duke University’s annual 16-state talent search.

Not only that, but Longview ISD Director of Instruction Mrs. Beth Bassett said four students also received national recognition.

“Basically what that means is these middle school students scored better than 90 percent of college-bound juniors and seniors taking the SAT or ACT tests,” she said. “That’s really quite remarkable.”

2020 Duke Identification Program scholars earning Grand Recognition are James Angus, Taylen Johnson, Mason Lundy, and Jacky Wang.

Longview ISD students earning State Recognition are: Bly Caraway, Grant Carlile, Benji Cox, Bao Dang, Diego D’Arbell, Samuel Felipe, Riley Gonzalez, Juan Gurrola, Kennedy Hatcher, William Hilton, Avery Lambright, Jackson Land, Carlisle Land, Julz Norman, Madison Sandoval, Addison Soape, and Lanie Weber.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program is a nonprofit organization that helps academically talented students access the extent of their abilities by allowing above grade level testing and recognition of their achievements. The program’s seventh-grade talent search is the entry point for the program’s resources.

Students can qualify by scoring at or above the 95th percentile on state testing or scoring at least 125 on an IQ test.

Bassett said more than 100 students from the three LISD middle schools qualified to take the test based on their performance on the STAAR test.

Of that total number, approximately 40 enrolled to take either the SAT or ACT, the same tests that college bound high schoolers take.

“The results are not about getting into college but about evaluating academic potential,” she added.

Recognition is determined by the scores on the college entrance tests and include State and Grand Recognition.

Bassett said the program “identifies and supports academically talented students.”

“Students identified to participate in the TIP complete either the SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT Assessment college entrance examination,” she said.

“The goal of the program is to assist young people with excellent mathematical or verbal aptitudes by providing comparative information concerning their academic abilities and resources

for unique educational opportunities.”

Bassett said some options to be considered for these students include enrolling in an advanced or honors level course, conducting in-depth independent study in the area of strength, and participating in accelerated and/ or enrichment programs during the summer.

ELECTIONS

Board members also approved a revised interlocal agreement with the Gregg County Elections Office for the rental of equipment and software support.

Gregg County and Longview ISD will conduct a joint election on Nov. 3rd following the proclamation issued from Gov. Greg Abbott on March WELGE 18th.

Dennis Williams, Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Services, said the revised agreement with the Gregg County Elections MILLER Office allows for cost efficiency by renting the electronic voting equipment

and associated software.

“Gregg County Elections Office will also be responsible for the counting of paper mail ballots,” he said Estimated cost of the contract is $3,735.12, but Williams added that “there may be changes made to the contract closer to election date.”

Terms for Place 2 trustee Ava Welge and Place 4 trustee Ginia Northcutt are expiring, with both members planning to run for re-election.

Mrs. Northcutt drew no opponent, but local attorney Brett Miller has filed to run against Mrs. Welge in Place 2.

Trustees are elected to serve three-year terms.

Early voting by personal appearance will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13-30 at the Longview Community Center, Greggton Community Center, Elderville Community Center, Stamper Park Resource Center, and Broughton Recreation Center.

AG PROGRAM

Board members also approved the purchase of a 2020 Chevrolet Truck for $49,712.90 from Peters Chevrolet of Longview, with another $2,000 for the addition of a gooseneck hitch and a bed liner.

The vehicle will be used by the high school Career and Technical Education (CATE) department.

Mr. Gary Krueger, CATE

Page 17 Director for Longview High, said “the current truck we have is a 2009 model, with 159,226 miles on it [...] at this time we do not feel it is a dependable vehicle to transport students and livestock.”

IN OTHER BUSINESS

During the course of the meeting, the LISD Board of Trustees also approved: a donation of $26,828 from Hudson Pep Elementary to purchase 31 Dell monitors for all classrooms; Time Use Tracker for the Sept. 14th Regular Meeting; the 2019-20 4th Quarter Investment Report; additional District Appraisers for 2020-21; and Budget Amendment No. 2.

FOR MORE INFO

Trustees usually meet in the boardroom of the LISD Education Support Center (1301 E. Young Street), but often set special-called meetings at various locations around the district.

The next regular meeting is tentatively scheduled for 6 p.m.

Nov. 9th.

Due to public health protocols currently in place, anyone wishing to attend the meeting in person must abide by COVID-19 guidelines, as only limited seating capacity is available. The meeting will be streamed online at LISD.org/ BoardroomLive.

For more information about the Longview ISD Board of Trustees please go to LISD. org.

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SPACE |Continued from page 16 second-graders to Blue Origin.

“For the small payload 4 inches square by 8 inches tall, we’re able to fly that for half the cost of high school football uniforms,” Dr. Collicott said. “So really any school district now that affords football can afford spaceflight.”

Cumberland Elementary has not been the only school to see the value of paying for an experiment aboard the New Shepard rocket. A Montessori middle school in Colorado sent up a sensor package designed and programmed by the students. An Alabama high school launched an experiment to test temperature fluctuations in microgravity. And this past December, an elementary school in Ohio sent up baby jellyfish.

On board for the latest flight, which launched Tuesday, were 1.2 million tomato seeds, which will be distributed to students in 15,000 classes, kindergarten through high school, across the United States and Canada.

Following Dr. Collicott’s suggestion, Ms. Samudio’s children at Cumberland got to work, collaborating with Purdue students in Dr. Collicott’s classes.

“For the next two years, I had aeronautical engineers in my second-grade classroom teaching mini-lessons on basic principles of flight and propulsion as well as the basic principles of ‘firefly’ chemistry,” Ms. Samudio said.

On Dec. 12, 2017, the firefly experiment was on board New Shepard. It did not contain any actual fireflies. “It appears when scared, fireflies don’t light up,” Dr. Collicott said. “And we were concerned that the boost would scare them. And then there’s also issues of I don’t know how to keep fireflies alive and keep them happy.”

Instead, the apparatus replicated the chemistry of how fireflies generate light, with syringes mixing the glow-creating substances together as the capsule reached the top of the trajectory more than 60 miles above West Texas. A tiny video camera recorded what happened in the payload box.

Dr. Collicott attended the launch, and two days later, was back in Ms. Samudio’s classroom presenting the results.

Fireflies can indeed glow in space.

“That kind of turnaround is just amazing, that spaceflight to these students is not distant,” Dr. Collicott said. “It happens fast. It’s kind of cool.”

The space experiment wrapped into a larger project undertaken by Ms. Samudio’s classes. One of her students, Kayla Xu, had noted with dis-

tress that most states had a state insect, and Indiana did not, and she wanted to fix that.

That effort succeeded too. On March 23, 2018, Governor Eric Holcomb went to Cumberland

Elementary School to sign a bill that declared the Say’s firefly, a species native to the area, the state insect of Indiana.

“Several parents told me that the simple question of asking their

child what they had done in school that day exploded into amazing family conversations, extra reading and research, and the contemplation of future personal pursuits and goals,” Ms. Samudio said.

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