Volume II, Issue 9 (October 2017)

“For me, education was power.” — Michelle Obama

THE

ongview Voice

Sharing the good news about LISD!

A publication of Longview Independent School District

Vol. 2 No. 9 October 2017

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Complimentary Copy

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Football season is underway, and Lobo Nation turns out in full force

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hristmas might be “the most wonderful time of the year” but football season is pretty darn special too, especially in Longview, Texas: home of such luminaries as “the Big Green Marching Machine,” the spectacular Viewettes, cheerleaders, fans, and of course those Lobos.

“I never miss a home game!” said longtime season ticket holder Jerry Wilson. “Sometimes the away games are harder for me to make, but I never miss a game at Lobo Stadium. There’s just something special about the game when it’s at home. No matter how much the other team might be favored, it seems like we’ve got a chance to beat ‘em.”

Statistics bear that out, as the Longview gridders have one of the best home records of any football program in the state. But it’s not only the on-field action that draws the Lobo faithful.

“Not a big football fan,” admits Lois Burton with a smile, whose grandkids play in the LHS marching band. “I mean, I root for the Lobos, of course, but I’m really here to watch my babies march. They’re second generation band nerds. Both their parents were in the band. In fact, I think they might’ve first met in band class.”

Still others have other reasons for attending the game.

“Popcorn!” said Ware Elementary 1st grader Josiah Williams. “The popcorn is my favorite.”

LHS athletic director/head football coach John King said he and his players appreciate everyone in the stands, no matter their reason for being there.

“Any time an opposing team comes here, they know they’ve got a disadvantage because our fans will fill both sides of the stadium,” he said. “It means a lot to have so much faithful support year-in and year-out, I know the players appreciate the fans being here to cheer them on.”

All photos by Ricardo Buchanan and Simeon Whitten of MyView

‘Here Come The Lobos’ delights Legislation, education Friday night crowd on agenda for annual

‘Summit’

State representatives met with area education officials Sept. 14 during the annual Texas Public Schools Legislative Summit at the Hilton Garden Inn. The event, organized by Longview ISD in partnership with local businesses and civic groups, is part of an ongoing effort by the district to raise awareness for education issues that impact all Texans, and the entire nation.

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.

This year’s presenters include Tim Lee, executive director of the Texas Retired Teachers Association; Blake Cooper with the Friends of Texas Public Schools; Wayne Pierce, with the Equity Center; Marty DeLeon with the law firm Escalmilla & Poneck; and Amy Beneski, deputy executive director of government relations for the Texas Association of School Administrators.

Continued on page 10, see “Summit”

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Fans of Longview High School football were t re a t e d to something last month in the season opener against Luf k in. A honkytonk tune Here Come T he L obos composed by Nashville recording artist Tony Stampley accompanied the team onto the field, prompting excitement from Lobo fans in attendance.

“It sounded like something you’d hear on the radio, but it was about the Lobos!” said longtime season ticket holder Gail Gibson. “I asked one of the coaches if there was a

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way I could download it, but he didn’t know.

If it was on CD I’d buy it!”

LHS athletic director John King grew up with Stampley in Springhill, L a., and recently asked his buddy to put together a song to help get his team, and the fans, pumped up at the start of each ballgame.

“I talked with Tony about the team, gave him a little background about the program, and he took it from there,” he said. “I really like what he came up with.”

LISD Audio/ Video instructor

Continued on page 10, see “Delights” Josh Scobee Lobo University

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OPINION Dan Patrick hopes to starve Texas schools

By Cort McMurray/Houston Chronicle Texas Lieutenant Governor light to the shadow y Dan Patrick was in town this spots in our benighted week, talking schools, school inner cities. What Patrick finance, and property tax reform. wants is the evisceration These are favorite topics for of the Texas public school Patrick, who, before becoming system, replaced with a arguably the most powerful quasi-public collection of man in state government, was a “charter schools.”

Houston media personality, best Proper t y taxes are known for undergoing an on-air the primary means of vasectomy during a live radio financing public education talk show. In his 2015 inaugural in the state. Earlier this address, tucked between the year, Education Week, a highly Stetsoned hubris and the cowboy respected newspaper, published booted jingoism and the liberal Quality Counts, its 20th annual quotation of Scripture, Patrick analysis of performance in U.S. bemoaned the failure of “our schools. Texas ranked 42nd out inner city schools” and invoked of 50 states and the District of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Columbia in student performance, Dream” speech to articulate a 42nd in “student chances for dream of his own, a “dream of [post-high school] success,” and the day every child gets a quality 45th in quality of school funding. education so they can break the Patrick’s solution to a stretched, binds of poverty and live the struggling, woefully underfunded Texas and American dream.” system? Cut the funding. Starve It was a “conversation” in the schools. which a middle-aged white man Starve them was having a “conversation” in to death. a room filled with middle-aged CH A RTER white men and women, talking SCHOOL LIES about “people in the inner city.”

P a t r i c k ’s Mr. Patrick likes to talk about the alternative, “inner city.” It’s a phrase he uses the charter often. He talks about “inner city” s c h o o l schools, which are invariably s y s t e m , “failing,” and inner city residents, presents its who are “losing their homes” own set of because they can’t afford to pay p r o b l e m s . the gosh-darn property taxes: The popular It’s not the lousy economy or the perception, drugs and gangs or the relentless pushed by tectonic grind of decades of tone c h a r t e r deaf public policy that’s ruining s c h o o l the places where the poor folk b o o s t e r s live. It’s property taxes. r a ng i ng Patrick speaks about “the from Dan Patrick to Bill and inner city” with the smooth Melinda Gates, is that charters confidence of a man who’s never are able to provide educational experienced the challenge but opportunities public schools knows the precise solution. He’s cannot, and that charter school the loudmouthed guy at the kids routinely outperform their end of the bar, explaining how public school peers. to hit a Clayton Kershaw slider.

The old propagandist’s adage He’s the clueless uncle, giving – Lie big and lie often, and an expectant niece his sure-fire, eventually your lie becomes what drug-free tips for managing pain everyone believes – is at play here. during childbirth. He’s the eternal The conventional wisdom is that talk show host, all honeyed words charter schools produce better and callus-free hands. results than public schools. The What Patrick wants has little reality, as reported by Stanford to do with bringing hope or economist Margaret Raymond

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in her CREDO study of math performance in charter schools, is that just 17 percent of charter students outperform their traditional public school peers. Thirtyseven percent of charter school students underperform the public school kids, and 46 percent achieve levels identical to the students in the traditional schools.

But the most powerful man in state government keeps selling the charter school magic.

In a display of faux sincerity that would have made Eddie Haskell grimace, Patrick told his Houston audience that without immediate school reform, “we are going to have a have and have-not population,” as if he hadn’t noticed that Texas split

into haves and have-nots several generations ago.

While some charters — KIPP Academy and YES Prep are leading lights here in Houston — do very good work, the charter system is rife with questionable curricula, underperforming students, and gross malfeasance.

Last year, the founders of the Varnett Public School, a Houston charter serving predominantly poor, minority students, were indicted by federal prosecutors, charged with embezzling $2.6 million from the school. Harmony

Public Schools, one of the largest charters in the state, has been investigated for ever ything from bias in admissions to accounting irregularities to ties to a controversial cleric in Turkey. Charters may be an aid in improving educational opportunities for some students.

They are not a panacea.

HURTS THE MOST VULNERABLE All over our city, teachers and administrators struggle against those twin Dickensian nightmares, Ignorance and Want, as they try to prepare their students to be productive citizens. They struggle with budgets wholly inadequate to their classroom needs. They struggle to inspire kids who have never known a family member — not an aunt, not an uncle, certainly not a parent — to attend college, much less earn a diploma.

Kids who face pressures that would buckle the knees of most adults — you have not experienced the whole of Houston until you’ve sat down with a 16-year-old who’s taking all AP classes while holding down a 30-hour-a-week busboy job, because without his paycheck, the family would lose their home — find solace and sanctuary at school. Every single public high school in Houston has kids like that. And every single kid like that has teachers and principals who are killing themselves to give those kids every chance to succeed.

All of them, teachers and administrators, teachers and students, struggle against the easy fixes of our state leaders, those French-cuffed Pharisees who breeze into town from time to time, attending special invitation “conversations” in rooms filled with middle-aged white people just like them, where they solemnly shake their jowls and bemoan the problems in “the inner city” and announce that vouchers and charter schools

Continued on page 10, see “Starve”

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Taxpayers better keep a close eye on Austin

By Judge Danny Chambers Local taxing entities are not your enemy. Your elected officials in Austin want to blame local elected officials for your property tax increase, but at the same time using your local tax base to help balance their budget through unfunded mandates.

SB1, the State Budget Act requires an increase of 13.81 percent in school propert y taxes during the next two years. The second sentence under “Formula Funding” reads as follows: “Property values, and the estimates of local tax collections on which they are based, shall be increased by 7.04 percent for tax year 2017 and 6.77 percent for tax year 2018.

One of my colleagues in the County Judges and Commissioners Association put it this way, ”... more accurately, the legislature, the Governor and the Comptroller of Public Accounts have approved a state budget that requires a 13.81 percent increase in school property tax revenues to balance the state budget. Since most school districts are levying the maximum M&O tax rate (to satisfy Robin Hood), they conclude that these additional school tax revenues will be produced by appraisal increases.

Since the Comptroller controls the procedures for property appraisals and audits the appraisal districts, this is a logical assumption.”

The Texas Comptroller’s Office is putting extreme pressure on local

appraisal districts to insure values are being set at the maximum “reasonable” level; that is the source of our appraisal creep.

T hese sc hool t a x increases are necessary to balance the state budget bec ause t he Senate refused to address public education finance reform and/or use the Rainy Day Fund to meet increased enrollment costs as proposed by the House of Representatives.

SB1 reduces the state support of public education from 45 percent in 2006 to 38 percent or slightly lower in upcoming years; this while increasing the local school property tax share to cover the additional 80,000 children that must be educated. This increase will be compelled without any hearings or opportunity for petition or rollback relief.

The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor continue to blame property tax increases on local governmental entities; primarily cities and counties. The truth is about 60 percent of your property tax bill is for school finance. As we’ve seen above the real pressure on property taxes for schools is coming from the State of Texas, to balance the State’s budget.

Cities and counties are generally less than 35 percent of your tax bill. The truth is that pressure on your tax bill from cities and counties also is

primarily due to pressure from the state. The pressure comes in the form of unfunded mandates.

In an effort to go home with a “balanced budget” the Legislature cuts funding for items like Indigent Defense and Indigent Health.

According to Federal Law those services must still be provided, and so the local property taxpayer must pay for those State cuts.

The Lieutenant Governor had an opportunity to truly address property tax reform when House Joint Resolution 73 (HJR73) passed the House. HJR73 would have placed a constitutional amendment on the next ballot to eliminate unfunded mandates, to force the State of Texas to pay their fair share of these programs. Lieutenant Governor Patrick let HJR73 die by not bringing it before the Senate for a vote.

Don’t let the so c alled “conservative” voices in Austin fool you with smoke and mirrors.

The major portion of pressure on our local property tax rates is not coming from local governmental entities.

Instead the pressure is from the State of Texas as the leaders in the Texas Senate and the State House try to achieve a “balanced budget” by making the local property taxpayer cover the State’s unpaid portions and blaming counties, cities, and appraisal districts for the pain.

— Danny Chambers is a Somervell County judge in north-central Texas.

Ravitch rebukes DeVos, school privatization

By Dr. Alan Singer In conjunc tion w it h t heir 4t h annual conference in Oakland, California, the Net work for Public Education is releasing a series of eight video “voices” defending public education in the United States.

The initial video, “Why are Betsy DeVos and Bill Gates so Afraid of this Grandmother?” features Diane Ravitch, author, historian, teacher, and co-founder of NPE. In a 3-minute clip, Ravitch warns that Betsy DeVos’ agenda is a thinly veiled attempt to privatize schools and redefine citizens into consumers.

Ravitch is especially concerned that charters, vouchers and so-called educational choice proposals w ill undermine American democracy.

Ravitch calls DeVos “the first Secretary of Education in our history who is actively hostile to public education.”

In Michigan, where DeVos was able to use her family’s wealth in campaigns to reshape the school system, “the charter sector is an unaccountable industry that costs the state of Michigan, that costs the taxpayers a billion dollars a year and performs worse than the public schools.”

Charter schools have “high attrition rates, they keep out the kids who have disabilities that need extra care, they push out the kids who are English language learners they push out the kids who are behavior problems.”

Ravitch is worried that “corporate charter chains” will push out public schools leaving families with no options and seriously weakening a national democratic community.

According to Ravitch’s educational vision, “public school is all about... building a sense of communit y, hav ing a sense of democrac y at the local level,

hav ing people from dif ferent backgrounds coming together to solve problems and learn how to be citizens.”

Ravitch is also critical of the “voucher system

in DC which is held up now as a model,” but “causes kids to actually lose ground. They enter low performing and they become even lower performing.

The achievement gaps there are the largest of any city in the country.”

The video is a call to action in defense of public education.

“The privatization movement, charters and vouchers is moving forward full speed ahead, defunding public schools, using test scores to say public schools aren’t good enough. The question before us is how can we stop this steamroller that’s destroying the public sector, that wants to privatize everything, that wants to turn us from citizens into consumers.”

Ravitch and the Network for Public Education advocate “organized and dedicated and passionate resistance.”

— Alan Singer is a professor and historian at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York.

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Coming Events October 2 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Football at Dogan (Rose Stadium) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Football hosts Hubbard (Judson Stadium) 6:15 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Football hosts Moore (Judson Stadium) October 3 8 a.m. ACT Testing (LHS PE Gym) 4 p.m. Varsity Tennis at Mesquite 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Football at Moore (Rose Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Football hosts Dogan (Judson Stadium) 5:30 p.m. LHS Freshman Volleyball at John Tyler 5:30 p.m. LHS JV Volleyball at John Tyler 6 p.m. Lobo Cheer Booster Meeting (LHS Lower Library) 6:30 p.m. LHS Varsity Volleyball at John Tyler 6:30 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Football at Hubbard (Rose Stadium) October 4 4:30 p.m. Lobo Cheer Practice (Turf Room) October 5 7:30 a.m. Cross Country at Lindale Eagle Invitational 3:30 p.m. JV Tennis at Hallsville (Hallsville Courts) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Volleyball at Moore 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Volleyball Dogan 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Boulter (Forest Park Gym) 5:30 p.m. Freshman Football at Rockwall (Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium) 5:30 p.m. JV Football hosts Football (Lobo Stadium) 6 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Volleyball at Moore 6 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Volleyball Dogan 6 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Boulter (Forest Park Gym) October 6 3:30 p.m. Varsity Tennis at Texarkana 5:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball at Rockwall 5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball at Rockwall 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball at Rockwall 5:30 p.m. Varsity Football at Rockwall (Wilkerson-Sanders Stadium) October 7 7:30 a.m. SAT Testing (LHS Main Building) 8:30 a.m. Viewette Mini Camp (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 8 a.m. Swimming Team at Tyler Meet (Tyler Aquatics Center) October 9 Indigenous People’s Day 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 6 p.m. Lobo Boys Soccer Parent Meeting (Cafeteria) 7 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting (Education Support Center) October 10 4 p.m. JV Tennis District Tournament (Tyler) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Football hosts Dogan (Lobo Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Football at Hogg (John Tyler Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Football at Hogg (John Tyler Stadium) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Football hosts Boulter (Judson Stadium) 5:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball at Mesquite 5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball at Mesquite 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball at Mesquite 6:30 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Football hosts Dogan (Lobo Stadium)

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October 2017

ELEMENTARY

LISD, Gregg County JMQ families Ware hosts partners for nutrition support PTA Chamber of T hree of our elementary school campuses h a ve par tnered with Gregg Count y AgriLife Extension and the Junior Master Gardener program to implement the “Learn Grow Eat and Go” curriculum.

“Learn Grow Eat and Go” incorporates best prac tices and combines

the interdisciplinar y elements of nutrition, garden science, physical activity, food preparation, and fresh vegetable tastings to improve the health and wellness of children, families, and the school Community.

Tami Putnam, Gregg county agent and Cat

Morgan (LISD Elementary Science Specialist) will work with principals and teachers at Ware Elementary, South Ward Elementary, and Hudson PEP E lemen t a r y to encourage faculty as they bring the farm to table to life while incorporating Science TEKS into the instr uc tion for 3rd-grade students.

Director of Transportation Ray Miller and his colleagues are the Auxiliary Employees of the Month for September.

Mr. Miller and his team worked overtime to start this school year and we appreciate everything they do for Longview ISD! Would you like your business to sponsor this monthly honor? Call 903-758-6900 to find out how!

fundraiser

Good Food. Great Company.

Having Fun. Raising Money.

Thank you JMQ family and friends for supporting Johnston-McQueen Elementary’s “Dine To Donate” fundraiser last month!

Kudos to Sonic Drive-In for the amazing service and super friendly staff! We were highly impressed and appreciate your support!

The company donated 10 percent of all proceeds to the JohnstonMcQueen P TA! W ho says dining out doesn’t pay off?

Commerce program

Volunteers lead area families during the “Raising Highly Capable Kids” program at Ware Elementary last month.

Chick-fil-A and Baxter Sales Co. provided dinner for participants and volunteers.

Everhart honors worldchanging students

J.L. Everhart Elementary is changing the world one student at a time.

Every Friday the campus starts the school day with a Recognition Assembly honoring good student choices.

Continued on page 6, see “Everhart”

Bramlette studies

science of catapults

Fifth grade students from Bramlette Elementary studied physics and engineering in an interactive and hands-on way this month.

Each class was broken into teams of 3-5 students and were tasked with building catapults with popsicle sticks, rubber bands, spoons and tape.

Once the team completed its catapult, they tested it by launching a mini marshmallow and measuring the distance. Students followed up on this project by evaluating what worked and what needed to be changed with their designs.

“The science of how things work is important, but so is the science of why things work the way they do,” said Bramlette Principal Nikita Mumphrey. “It’s exciting to see our students engage in this kind of activity, and work creatively to find answers and solutions.”

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‘Moms On The Move’ program underway at South Ward

Last month South Ward Elementary hosted their first “Moms on the Move” group meeting to focus on setting positive examples for their students.

The program stresses the importance of exhibiting character traits parents want for their children; respect, honesty, fairness, and kindness.

In addition, the program encourages demonstrating good habits of health, hygiene, and safety.

Parents are encouraged to show students that they enjoy reading and learning. Your child will imitate you.

Other tips include: When you discipline, be consistent and first but loving.

Never use physical punishment; it teaches that violence is ok.

Work on any person addictions or issues such as anger. If necessary, get help and serve as an example in that way.

Ned E. Williams staffer earns ‘ozbot’

The study of science is done in a variety of experiments at South Ward Elementary.

Last month 5th Grade students conducted experiments using a triple beam balance, measurement devices, and even Skittles candies to better observe and record data about the natural world.

6:30 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Football hosts Boulter (Judson Stadium) October 11 8 a.m. PSAT Testing (LHS Main Building) 4:30 p.m. Lobo Cheer Practice (Turf Room) October 12 4 p.m. Varsity Tennis at All Saints (Tyler) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Hubbard (Judson Gym) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Forest Park (Foster Gym) 6 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Forest Park (Foster Gym) 6 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Hubbard (Judson Gym)

PEP teacher wins books for students

October 13 4 p.m. Varsity Tennis at All Saints (Tyler) 5:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball hosts Rockwall Heather (Lobo Coliseum) 5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball hosts Rockwall Heather (Lobo Coliseum) 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball hosts Rockwall Heather (Lobo Coliseum) October 14 7:30 a.m. Cross Country District Meet (Tyler) 8 a.m. Foster Orchestra All Region Auditions (Tyler)

South Ward SCIENCE! Continued on page 6, see “Moms”

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Congratulations to Hudson PEP Elementary 4th grade teacher Allison Beard! She won $500 in cash and $500 in books for her classroom through a Scholastic Books & James Patterson giveaway.

There were 82,000 entries for the contest and more than 2,000 teachers were chosen to receive this prize.

Beard plans to order picture books to teach with, furniture, and supplies to improve her classroom library.

“I have ordered my first set of books/supplies and we are anxiously awaiting them,” said Beard.

October 16 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Football at Nacogdoches-McMichael (Nacogdoches High School Stadium) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Football hosts Moore (Judson Stadium) 6:15 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Football hosts Hubbard (Judson Stadium) October 17 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Football hosts Nacogdoches-McMichael (Judson Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Football at Hubbard (Tyler Lee High School) 5:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball hosts Mesquite Horn (Foster Gyms) 5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball hosts Mesquite Horn (Foster Gyms) 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball hosts Mesquite Horn (Foster Gym) 6:30 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Football at Moore (Rose Stadium) October 18 7:30 a.m. Viewette Practice for Pep Rally (Lobo Coliseum) 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 4:30 p.m. Lobo Cheer Practice (Turf Room)

Congratulations to the winner of the ozobot at the Elementary Science Professional Development, Cerrica Shead, 2nd grade teacher at Ned E. Williams Elementary!

Mary Hagler

5200 Judson Rd. North Longview, TX 75605

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Independent School District

October 19 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Volleyball at Hogg 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Three Lakes (Forest Park Gym) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Volleyball at Lufkin 5:30 p.m. Freshman Football hosts North Mesquite (Lobo Stadium) 6 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Volleyball at Hogg 6 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Three Lakes (Forest Park Gym) 6 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Volleyball at Lufkin 7 p.m. JV Football at North Mesquite (Mesquite ISD Stadium) October 20 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 4:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball hosts North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 4:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball (SENIOR NIGHT) hosts North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 5 p.m. Foundation Hamburger Tailgate

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Church stuffs backpacks with supplies for needy students

Pastor Richard M. Holloway and the congregation of the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church have partnered with Ned E. Williams Elementary by adopting the campus.

Holloway and church members delivered school supplies that will be used to meet the academic goals for the students of Ned E. Williams.

We are so thankful for the love and suppor t of our community partners!

October 2017 Everhart|Continued from page 4 “Our students are learning that, if they want to change the world, it begins with them,” said Everhart Principal Arthur Brown. “This program act as an incentive for students to pursue culture-changing behaviors, while rewarding those who already exemplify those character traits and behaviors.”

Moms|Continued from page 5 Be financially responsible. Stick to a budget, set aside savings, and be a smart consumer.

Do your part for the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling at home.

When you make a mistake, apologize. Let your child see you can make amends.

Volunteer and/or donate to charities so your child learns the value of helping those in need.

Be a good citizen by obeying laws, staying informed, and getting involved.

For more information about how you can support the Moms On The Move program please call (903) 803-5200.

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Presents

South Ward Elementary 5 th grade student

Emanuel Montes 8P/Y

Emanuel is an honor student in Mrs. Guera’s class and has been chosen by campus teachers for his positive attitude and excellent work ethic. Emanuel says he would like to be President of the United States someday, “because I want to help everyone make their dreams come true!”

Congrats Emanuel and keep up the great work!

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PEP donates to students impacted by recent hurricanes

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October 22 2:30 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym)

Books-A-Million Book Fair supports LISD campuses

paper and hardback books.

“It’s the second year that BooksA-Million has offered this book fair opportunity to our libraries and the communit y,” said Linda Bailey, South Ward Element ar y Librarian.

Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox e x p r e s s e d appreciation for the program, and the company’s willingness “to invest in our most precious resource, our children and their education.”

Foundation offering staff scholarship For the second year, the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce it is offering the Employee Scholarship Award to assist district staff who are pursuing classes and/or certifications related to classroom education in English, math, science, social studies, bilingual education, special education, STEM, or counseling with the intent of improving classroom instruction and direct services to students in LISD. The scholarship will not be awarded to employees seeking administrative certification with the intent of leaving the classroom.

The Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. will

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award two $500 scholarships, one at the elementary level and one at the secondary level.

The employee must have completed one (1) year of employment with the district and must be continuing his/ her employment with the Longview Independent School District.

The employee must have demonstrated the following: Outstanding work ethic and teaching ability Participation in school and community organizations and activities Leadership ability The employee must complete the scholarship application and include two letters of reference from individuals who represent different sources and who are not related to the applicant (example: principal, instructional supervisor/coordinator, pastor, member of a community organization). Reference

6 p.m. JV Volleyball hosts North Mesquite (Lobo Coliseum) 7:30 p.m. Varsity Football (LITTLE LEAGUE NIGHT) hosts North Mesquite (Lobo Stadium) October 21 8:30 a.m. Swimming at Lufkin Panther Invitational (Lufkin Swim Center) 9 a.m. Regional Marching Contest (Lobo Stadium)

School supplies donated from Hudson PEP went to Twin Creeks Middle School and a neighboring elementary school in Spring ISD! They were very thankful! Thank you Pepsters!

Long view ISD l ibr a r ie s h a ve recently been the recipients of a generous donation of new books from patrons of BooksA-Million.

B o o k s - A Million’s Longview store conducted a book fair during the month of August giving customers the opportunity to donate books to the Longview ISD library of their choice.

The new M o n t e s s o r i Academy and South Ward received a large amount of books with South Ward t he new owners of over 150

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letters do not need to be in a sealed envelope.

Completed application and letters of reference must be submitted to the Foundation by Monday, November 10, 2017.

Scholarship recipients will be announced by Friday, December 15, 2017.

Questions? Contact Kay Ray at 903452-7015 or 903-663-7129 at Longview High School on Monday or Wednesday only or at gray@lisd.org.

Completed application and letters of reference must be submitted to the Foundation by Friday, November 10, 2017.

Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. Attn: Kay Ray, Director P. O. Box 2807 Longview, Texas 75606 Questions? Contact Kay Ray at 903452-7015 or 903-663-7129 at Longview High School on Monday or Wednesday only or at gray@lisd.org.

October 23 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Football hosts Dogan (Judson Stadium) 6:15 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Football hosts Forest Park (Judson Stadium) October 24 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 5 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Football at Dogan (Rose Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Football hosts Foster (Judson Stadium) 5:30 p.m. Freshman Volleyball at Tyler Lee 5:30 p.m. JV Volleyball at Tyler Lee 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball at Tyler Lee October 25 11:30 a.m. Board of Trustees Special Session (Education Support Center) 4:30 p.m. Lobo Cheer Practice (Turf Room) October 26 Varsity Tennis Regionals 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 5 p.m. Freshman Football at John Tyler 5 p.m. JV Football hosts John Tyler (Lobo Stadium) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Dogan (Judson Gyms) 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Volleyball at Hubbard 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Moore (Foster Gyms) 6 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Dogan (Judson Gyms) 6 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade at Hubbard 6 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Moore (Foster Gyms) October 27 Varsity Tennis Regionals 8 a.m. GT Testing Grades 6-8 7:30 p.m. Varsity Football at John Tyler (Rose Stadium) October 28 7:30 a.m. ACT Testing (LHS Main Building) 8 a.m. Math Science Meet (Foster Middle School) 8 a.m. All State Orchestra Taping Session (Melton Auditorium) October 29 1:30 p.m. Lil Spikers (Lobo Coliseum and Practice Gym) October 30 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Foster 7th Grade Football hosts Hogg (Judson Stadium) 5 p.m. Forest Park 7th Grade Volleyball hosts Dogan (Forest Park Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Volleyball at Tyler Boulter 6 p.m. Forest Park 8th Grade Volleyball hosts Dogan (Forest Park Gym) 6 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Volleyball at Tyler Boulter 6:15 p.m. Judson 7th Grade Football host Forest Park (Judson Stadium) October 31 Halloween 9 a.m. Foundation Raising Cane’s Fundraiser 4:15 p.m. Foster Middle School Majorettes (Foster Gym) 5 p.m. Judson 8th Grade Football hosts Forest Park (Judson Stadium) 5 p.m. Foster 8th Grade Football at Hogg (Tyler Lee High School)

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Record-high turnout for 2018 Campus Initiative ‘Mini Majorette’ program Grant Program now open More than 100 girls ages 4 through 8th grade attended Mini Majorette Camp hosted last month by LHS Majorettes.

Campers learned a routine that was performed Sept. 15 during the first quarter at the Lobo football game against South Oak Cliff.

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The Board of Directors of the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. has proudly announced the eighth annual Campus Initiative Grant Program. Working with campus educators, LISD principals can apply for funding up to $5,000 for initiatives unique to the individual campuses. These initiatives must complement and align with Campus Improvement Plans and the LISD District Improvement Plan.

The Longview ISD Foundation is proud to offer this grant initiative that will provide additional funding to maximize educational opportunity in Longview ISD for all students. The Foundation believes that this grant program, targeting overall campus improvement, complements the Foundation’s annual Great Rewards for Great Ideas Program, now in its twenty-third year. Since the inception of this grant program, the Longview ISD Foundation has funded twenty-seven Campus Initiative Grants for a total of $70,735.52.

Campus Initiative Grant applications are due to Kay Ray, executive director, by Monday, December 11, 2017.

The Foundation will announce the Campus Initiative Grant recipients in March 2018.

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Page 10 Starve|Continued from page 2 will make everything all better.

In Houston, the “inner city” is everywhere. Dan Patrick doesn’t seem to understand that. It’s in Sunnyside and Denver Harbor. It’s in Aldine and Spring, a blown kiss (or a waved middle finger, take your pick) away from the forested affluence of Kingwood and The Woodlands, places where the Dan Patricks of the world congregate.

It’s in Alief and Galena Park, Rosenberg and Galveston, Spring Branch and Pasadena.

For thirty years, we have f idgeted and wrangled over equitable school finance. We have filed suits and countersuits.

Our leaders have turned a deaf ear to teachers, parents, and administrators, and left two generations of our kids to twist slowly in the new digital economy. We have slowly starved our schools. And we’ve built football stadiums. There’s always money for football stadiums.

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Now, when the crisis is ripe, our lieutenant governor comes to Houston, cooing soft words about our troubled inner cities, and declaring that the solution is “school choice.”

This state, like the rest of the United States, was built on the notion of universal public educ at ion.

The school was the center point of the community: It was the one building in the neighborhood that belonged to everyone, no matter their race, their creed, or their gender. We all had a place there. We all had a stake there. And that common stake, that sense of place, enabled a collection of farmers and factory workers to raise children that became scientists and poets

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and world-changers. The public school gave us hope. It inspired people to look past the troubled places, to believe that there was a reason to believe. It made us America.

Dan Patrick needs to think

about that the next time he comes to town for a conversation.

— Cort McMurray is a Houstonarea businessman and a frequent contributor to the Houston Chronicle.

Summit|Continued from page 1 Presentations consisted of topics on various bills that are on the floor and passed during the 85th Legislative Session. Other presentations included: “From Mayhem to Miracle: The Challenge and the Opportunity,” “Goals for Friends of Texas Public Schools,” “Report Card on House & Senate Members Concerning Public Education.”

Dean, VanDeaver, Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin), and Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) took questions from educators and talked about the challenges facing public education in Texas.

All four elected officials expressed opposition to “vouchers” or exhorted the importance of school administrators and board members to let their convictions guide them in the ballot box.

“Funds have to benefit every kid in every zip code,” said Pierce.

Delights|Continued from page 1 Michael Palmer produced a video of Lobo highlights to go with the song, and said that he will be updating the video each week with up-todate highlights.

The lyrics include various references to Lobo nicknames, “Green Machine,” “Beast from the East,” and alludes to Longview’s tradition of smashmouth football. But the song also credits the Big Green Marching Machine, Viewettes, Cheerleaders, and infamous touchdown train whistle.

King said he hopes to have the video played prior to each ballgame, and would like for it to become yet another Lobo tradition.

“It’s just a little something to celebrate the tradition of excellence that Lobo football is known for,” he said.

Here are the lyrics to Here Come The Lobos, by Tony Stampley: Here come the Lobos, puttin’ on a show, Thumbs Up for the Green, White, and Gold!

Hear ‘em howl, they’re on the prowl, strap it on, here come the Lobos!

Green Machine is scoring touchdowns, just give us the ball, Mean Green’s gettin’ after ‘em all!

Beast from the East, howlin’ at the moon, Lobo Nation winning’s all that we do!

We’re playing smashmouth, Down South, Texas way, and Coach King he’s calling all the right plays!

Here come the Lobos, puttin’ on a show, Thumbs Up for the Green, White, and Gold!

Hear ‘em howl, they’re on the prowl, strap it on, here come the Lobos!

We’ve got the Big Green Marching Machine, Viewettes, Cheerleaders, and the ROTC. Watch ol’ Lobo hear that train whistle blow, Lobo Nation is ready to go!

Cooper agreed, adding that Texas voters “have to cut the head off the snake.”

“In some of these districts, it is less than 100 votes that separate us from doing so,” he said. “We have to get under the same umbrella and join forces to clean up Austin. Our kids cannot be political pawns to privatize education.”

Longview ISD Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox echoed these sentiments.

“We are all singing the same song, but it means nothing without action,” he added.

Here come the Lobos, puttin’ on a show, Thumbs Up for the Green, White, and Gold!

Hear ‘em howl, they’re on the prowl, strap it on, here come the Lobos!

Hear ‘em howl, they’re on the prowl, strap it on, here come the Lobos!

GO LOBOS!

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SPORTS

Sports programs excelling, overcoming challenges Athletics across Longview ISD are seeing their fair share of success “We’re in a great position right now — district-wide and in to continue to make strides as this school year continues,” said

Volleyball

Despite being in one of the most competitive 6A districts in the the hunt for a league title.

Longview’s record is 21-10 (3-2 in district) but that’s enough to “Coach Chaka Jackson has those girls playing some serious “Even in the games they’ve lost, they’ve things go their way, they could make some noise in the postseason.”

and challenges. multiple programs — and we look LHS Athletic Director John King. entire state, the Lady Lobos are in put them within pouncing distance. volleyball right now,” King said. been in it ‘til the end. If a couple

Football

Lobo football jumped out to a quick 3-0 start with wins over state-ranked lufkin, rival Marshall, and a South Oak Cliff team filled with NCAA-recruited talent, before taking it on the chin against Mesquite-Horn in the district opener.

King said the best way to get past a tough loss is with hard work.

“No one is going to feel sorry for us and we can’t feel sorry for ourselves,” he said. “It’s a matter of going back to work, everyone, and correcting the mistakes we made. We’ve got to prepare better, plan better and execute better.”

After their Sept. 29 league contest against Tyler Lee, Longview continues District 11-6A action on Oct. 6 hosting the Rockwall Yellowjackets, before traveling back to the Metroplex on Oct. 20 to face North Mesquite.

District play continues Oct. 27 with a homestand against John Tyler, before heading west again Nov. 3 to face Rockwall-Heath.

Longview returns to Mesquite once more on Nov. 10 to face the Skeeters in the season finale.

Tennis

Lobo tennis returns last year’s state finalist Simran Kortikere who has led the girls team in both singles and doubles, supported by teammates Julia Miller, Kelsey Quiett, Bhavna Singh, Elizabeth Wall, Fatima Somers, Cameron Roberts, Delia and Diana Acuna.

Boys teams feature Austin Greifenkamp, Nitin Rangu, and Zach Fasang who lead a talented group of netters than includes Chris Holyfield, Gaurav Singh, Matthew Nguyen, Corey Hill, Connor Gilliland, and Bobby Hough.

“Coach Anders and Faulkner have been doing an excellent job in developing those athletes,” King said. “There’s a good mix of youth and experience, so it’s safe to say that Lobo tennis will continue to excel.”

Middle Schools

Speaking of youth, King boasted in LISD’s middle school coaches as well. Citing the winning records shown by football and volleyball programs at Foster, Forest Park, and Judson as proof that Lobo athletic excellence will remain a tradition for the foreseeable future.

“We’ve got great participation in the middle school athletic programs, but also great success,” he said.

“District championships in middle school football and volleyball usually come down to one Longview ISD campus or another one. It’s the kind of rivalry that, no matter who wins, benefits the entire Lobo Nation.”

Looking Ahead

King praised the pre-season preparation being made by incoming basketball and baseball coaches currently in off-season mode.

Earlier this year Don Newton was hired as the boys head basketball coach and Jim Goldman as the head baseball coach. Robert Cochran was also hired to coach girls basketball.

“All three have been terrific additions to the Longview ISD coaching staff,” he said. “So we’re anticipating some immediate improvement, with an eye toward building for the future.”

“It’s certainly a great time to be a Lobo,” he added.

Josh Scobee honored during Marshall game

Congrats to Josh Scobee for being honored Sept. 8 during the Great American Rivalry Series game against the Marshall Mavericks!

“It’s great to be here,” Scobee said. “It brings back a lot of memories.

Scobee, a 2000 Longview High School graduate, joined the Lobo football team during his senior year at LHS and went on to a standout career at Louisiana Tech.

“Even though I only played one season here, it still brings back some fond memories of the big crowd and the Friday night Texas high school football lights. It’s nothing but

good memories.”

After a four-year standout career at Louisiana Tech, Scobee was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.

He appeared in 128 games for the Jaguars, the third most in franchise history, and his 11 seasons are second most in Jacksonville.

Over that time, Scobee became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer with 1,022 career points, one of several franchise records in Jacksonville, where he currently resides.

After being traded by Jacksonville to the Pittsburgh Steelers in August 2015, Scobee signed a one-day deal in April to retire as a Jaguar.

Now, retirement has Scobee actually sitting back and watching football as he did Friday night in his return to Lobo Stadium.

“I’m enjoying going to football games and not being worried about the actual games,” he said. “It’s nice to be able to spend time with my family and do the things that I like to do without worrying about practice the next day.”

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New shopping app helps support Lobo teams

HEY! Want to support Lobo athletics? Visit ShopLoboNation.com to download our free shop and save app for products and discounts at retailers like Amazon and Walmart.

Retailers will pay us a 3 percent referral fee for all purchases, so get your app at ShopLoboNation. com today!

For online phone instructions, open your browser and click the upload symbol, then click “Add to Home Screen.”

Click add when the web address is shown and then create your user and password. This will add the quick app to the Home Screen on your phone to make it even easier to shop.

For more information about the app, please call the Athletic Department at (903) 381-3950.

2017 Wall of Honor ‘Bash Before The nominations due Oct. 13 Clash’ set for Oct. 20 Show your appreciation to our veterans by nominating them for our “Wall of Honor!”

To thank those who have served in the armed forces, Longview ISD established a “Wall of Honor” in 2015. Since its induction, Longview ISD has honored more than 10 veterans for their brave service in the armed forces.

The selected nominations will be honored on the wall with a photo and plaque. The honorees will be honored at the football game on November 3, 2017.

Nominations are due on Friday, October 13.

Criteria for Nominees: • LISD Graduate (or Judson Grove; Womack) • Honorably discharged • Any amount of time served considered • Living or deceased military persons • Any branch of service To nominate a veteran please contact Elizabeth Ross at eross@lisd.org or (903) 381-2237.

The Bash Before the Clash— 3rd Annual Lobo Hamburger Cookout Tailgate Party, Friday, October 20, Before the Lobo Game with the North Mesquite Stallions Starting at 5:30 PM, the grilling team of bankers from Citizens National Bank in Longview will grill hamburgers with all the trimmings for the 3rd annual Green Out tailgate party to be held in the breezeway of Longview High School.

Fans are invited to join the party and enjoy a hamburger or cheeseburger, chips, and a cookie for a donation of $5 which will benefit the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. The Longview High School Viewettes will sell ice cold drinks for a nominal charge.

Lobo fans, come out and join the fun of the evening.

Be there for the Bash Before the Clash with the North Mesquite Stallions!

Get your tickets at the tailgate or at the LISD athletic office from October 16-20.

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Foster Middle students help hurricane victims Students in Foster Middle School choir teacher Angela Reagans’ class were concerned about Hurricane Harvey victims, so they took action.

They started taking donations for cases of water and plastic bags to send with the Highway 80 Mission on their trip to Beaumont. They advertised to students and teachers from Foster Middle by putting up posters and making announcements. Their goal for this service project was 100 cases, which they surpassed.

“Beaumont still has areas that are flooded and do not have fresh water,” Reagans said. “The students were really excited to help those who were in need. It gave them a sense of purpose after such a terrible storm.”

Future student journalist Amber Chadwick asked the representatives from the HWY 80 Mission if this was the biggest donation they have ever received. Her curiosity was confirmed when he told her that is was the biggest donation from a single place.

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GT nomination, testing now underway

In accordance with the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/ Talented Students, the Longview Independent School District will consider students in grades K-8 (who are not yet identified as gifted and talented) for nomination and screening for gifted and talented program services.

Anyone interested in the educational welfare of these students may nominate them for assessment. Nomination and consent for assessment forms are available at all elementary and middle schools in the counselors’ offices.

The forms for students in grades 3-8 must be returned to the counselor

by Friday, Oct. 13. Assessment will begin on Monday, Oct. 16, for 3-8 students.

Nominations for students in grades K-2 students must be returned to the counselor by Friday, Oct. 27. Assessment for K-2 will begin on Monday, Nov. 27.

For more information about the screening and identification process, parents may contact the school counselors at their children’s campuses or Catina Love, State Assessment Coordinator, at (903) 381-2245.

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HIGH SCHOOL

ROTC students earn top honors This summer marked a first for the JROTC Lobo Battalion; they received the Grand Champion Trophy in the Birdville Drill Competition. The Lobo Battalion competed against 30 other schools and has competed in this competition for 12 years.

The battalion also received a total of 11 awards from this competition, which is the highest number of awards they have earned from the Birdville Competition.

“Selflessness is where TEAMS are born,” said Major Beasley. “This is what created the chemistry that inspired the cadets to bring back the GOLD.” Major Beasley said that participants for drill competitions are chosen based on academics, conduct, and attending af ter-school J RO T C practices. Students can join the JROTC program at the age of 14 and once enrolled in 9th grade.

To honor America…

D’Ker iyan A lexander sing ing t he Nat ional Anthem at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Sept. 23 in Heritage Plaza. D’Keriyan is a member of the choir at Longview High School.

Members of the Viewettes and Anchor Clubs also volunteered their time and efforts at the Walk, and some of them even walked the 5k course.

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EMT students earn professional hours in summer program While a lot of high school graduates were on summer vacations, getting their ducks in a row for college, or clocking in at their summer jobs, class of 2017 graduates, Morgan Norvell and Issamar “Issie” Ibarra were logging clinical hours as student EMTs.

Norvell and Ibarra were two of the original 18 in the EMT Health Science Dual Credit cycle. After graduation, they attended Kilgore College to complete their clinicals and begin riding in an EMT rig. “Students cannot ride in an EMT rig until they graduate high school,” said Sandy Collins, Health Science Dual Credit instructor.

Collins also noted that without the L ong v iew High School CTE program, it would have been much more expensive and added an extra year to their education.

While working w it h t he Fire Department EMTs,

Ibarra and Norvell had the opportunity to deliver babies, work in the ER and be hands-on in field emergencies.

They both said they wanted to work in the medical field and originally wanted to start with nursing. What the health science courses through Kilgore College and Longview ISD showed them was there is much more to the medical field and there are many places to begin a medical profession. “I always knew I wanted to do something in the medical field, but Mrs. Collins pushed me and helped me put my foot in the door.

I was planning on starting out with nursing, but with the EMT program, I get to see the logistics behind how emergency care starts from beginning through hospital entry. The LFD treated me like I was one of their own.”

Both Norvell and Ibarra will continue to pursue those dreams of nursing, but in the meantime, they plan to earn their paramedic certification so they can work while earning additional degrees. Ibarra also

plans on attending the Fire Academy.

Although summer can lead students down many paths, not many get to experience suctioning a baby’s nose and mouth right after it is born or give compressions/insert airways while someone is under cardiac arrest.

The East Texas area can rest easy knowing we have students like these pursuing their love of medicine and helping those who need it most.

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‘Lobo University’ to last through school year It’s never too early for high school students to start preparing for college and the LHS College and Career Center is hosting a series of events to help spur students to consider their options now that the school year is underway.

• Session 3: Monday, November 13, 2017, Greater East Texas College Night at Maude Cobb Activity Center sponsored by the Greater Longview Organization for Business and Education (GLOBE) 6:30 p.m. Free admission.

Target Audience: 9th through 12th grade parents and students Representatives from over one hundred colleges, universities, and technical schools and the military will be present to answer questions about admission, financial aid, and academic programs. This is a great opportunity to be added to the schools’ mailing lists and to visit with college recruiters.

• Session 5: Tuesday, January 10, 6:30 p.m., outside the LHS College and Career Center on the second floor of the main building Topic: “The PSAT, SAT, ACT and Getting Juniors Ready to Apply to College” Target Audience: 9th-11th Grade Parents First, Kay Ray and Linda Buie will distribute the official College Board PSAT score reports that are set to arrive in early January 2018 and then explain the components of the score report. All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who took the October 2017 PSAT and their parents are encouraged to attend.

Next, Kay Ray, scholarship coordinator, and Tieraney Beall, academic advisor, will explain all that juniors need to do during the spring semester so that they are ready to apply to college in fall 2018 of their senior year.

Information will include taking college admission exams, writing college admission essays, and meeting college deadlines.

• Session 6: Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 6:30 p.m., outside the LHS College and Career Center on the second floor of the main building Topic: “Earning College Scholarships” Target Audience: 12th Grade Parents Kay Ray, scholarship coordinator, will explain how students can earn thousands in scholarships from local community organizations, businesses, churches, and school organizations. Mrs. Ray will also explain the importance of the student resumé, giving examples to follow so students can create an outstanding resumé, and the importance of letters of recommendation. She will have a list of all the local scholarships LHS students won by the Class of 2017.

Visit the Longview High School Counseling and Guidance Website for information about college, college visits, college recruiters visiting LHS, college admission testing, and scholarship resources and available applications for LHS students. Please check the daily announcements for the latest information.

For more information please contact Longview High School at (903) 663-1301.

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Sonic supports the Lobos!

Customers at the Sonic Drive-In near the intersection of Eastman Road and Highway 80 on Friday may notice staffers styling some clean green T-shirts with the familiar rockin’ L logo.

Team members Milton Curlin, Jenny Todd, and Tanesha Richardson modeled the new gameday look on Sept. 15 in a show of support for the green and gold on Homecoming Day. “We’ve got a lot of Lobo alumni who are customers, so the response has already been positive,” said Curlin. “It’s all part of our goal of being a good community partner.”

Todd said in addition to rocking the L in gameday shirts, the company offers a special discount to Longview ISD staff.

“Orders of 50 or more are half-off,” she said. “And we will deliver.”

LHS to host heart testing Oct. 14 Longview High School is taking the extra step to protect your child by providing EKG and echocardiography testing for students aged 12-25 on school grounds on Saturday, October 14th.

The testing detects heart abnormalities that can cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest. According to the American Heart Association, every 3 days in the US, a young athlete dies from SCA. There are no upfront costs – your health insurance will be billed for the testing,

and waivers are available to eliminate balance due for deductible.

For more information and to register please visit WimbledonHealthPartners.com/Longview or call the Athletic Office at (903) 381-3950.

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