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Family Newsletter
By Nayeli Santoyo & Collaborators听鈼徛Apr 25, 2024
Smart Brevity庐 count: 2.5 mins...728 words
Hello families!馃憢馃尭
Hope you all are enjoying the last days of April.
馃摚 Reminders: Board regular board meeting this evening. Check the to learn more about the agenda items.
馃搯 Don鈥檛 forget to check the 2024-25 school year calendar! The Board of Trustees approved the calendar in December and here two important things to know:
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果冻传媒app ISD Spring Break is not aligned with SXSW next year. The district adopted the calendar, along with UT and ACC, before SXSW organizers announced its new dates.
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Aug. 20 is the first day of school.
鉁 Vote, vote, vote for the May 4 election! Early voting is open to elect three members of the Travis Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.
馃帀 We鈥檙e celebrating 果冻传媒app ISD Administrative Professionals and School Volunteer Appreciation Week! Thank you to our indispensable staff and dedicated parent volunteers for their incredible support. 馃挍
Now, let鈥檚 start with this edition鈥
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1 big thing: It鈥檚 果冻传媒app ISD Earth Week!
果冻传媒app ISD students during "The Food of the Future" tasting event at Central Office.
This week we鈥檙e putting our focus on Mother Earth as we celebrate and learn how to live sustainably to ensure a healthy future for our planet.
Why it matters: We鈥檙e growing a new generation of stewards of our environment and the work that happens in our schools will affect our communities for years to come.
Check out the great things happening at our schools as part of Earth Week:
铀 Cyril Summerfield, a Marshall Middle School sixth-grade student created a machine-learning project to detect waste to help students and staff put the waste into the correct bins (think compost, recycling, trash bins).
馃 This semester, students from four high schools teamed up with chefs and food producers to create innovative dishes using unique and sustainable ingredients such as seaweed, crickets, mushrooms and plant proteins. Read more about 鈥淭he Food of the Future鈥 project.
鈽赌 果冻传媒app ISD鈥檚 commitment to renewable energy is unmatched, producing more !
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McCallum student named 2024 national Journalist of the Year
Alice Scott is Texas鈥 eighth winner of the , which consists of a $3,000 scholarship, according to the Journalism Education Association.
Why it matters: JEA awards gives students a platform to showcase their work and receive the recognition they deserve.
What they鈥檙e saying: 鈥淚 think what鈥檚 really special about this award it鈥檚 not just something someone has nominated me for or that they looked at one of my stories and said, 鈥榯his is great,鈥欌 Scott said. 鈥淚t was really showing everything I鈥檝e gotten to do while I鈥檝e been here.鈥
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Scott is the co-editor of The Shield; an online and print publication by journalism students in the newspaper production class at McCallum High School.
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In February Scott was named Texas Journalist of the Year by the Texas Association of Journalism Educators.
Scott plans to attend college where she鈥檒l major in journalism and a minor in Spanish.
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This week, I had the opportunity to explore the 'Food of the Future' tasting! Chatting with the students at the food showcase was a blast. They used healthy and unique ingredients 鈥攍ike crickets, and every dish was beautifully presented.
Amazing talent!馃槏
Musubi, Kelp Shells, Chocolate cinnamon cricket cake, Mushroom bread bowl (Left to Right)
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I tasted all the dishes鈥 YES!鈥ncluding the cricket cake 馃馃馃槷鈥嶐炼
All of them were delicious, but the 馃崉 mushroom bread bowl was hands down my favorite! I'm not a mushroom lover, but this dish was delicious!
馃弳 Kudos to all participating students, dedicated teachers, chefs, the food service department, food partners and all who made this event a success.
馃摚 Families, don鈥檛 forget鈥果冻传媒app ISD offers many programs that empower your kids with skills to chase their dreams post-high school!
Nayeli 馃挍
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