| 👋 Welcome back! I hope you had a great spring break! My family and I had an amazing time in the Pacific Northwest for a few days. 🗻 🌲🆠Congratulations to Bowie High School’s The Dispatch newspaper, led by Michael Reeves, for winning a Silver Crown award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.ðŸ–ï¸ April 6 is Early Learning Day! All our elementary campuses will be open for registration help, tours, principal meet and greats, and more. Come on out and bring a friend!Let’s dive in for my last newsletter ever! More on that in the outro… |
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| By Cristina Nguyen + Jason Stanford â— Mar 25, 2022
Smart Brevityâ„¢ count: 3 mins... 801 words
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👋 Welcome back! I hope you had a great spring break! My family and I had an amazing time in the Pacific Northwest for a few days. 🗻 🌲
🆠Congratulations to Bowie High School’s The Dispatch newspaper, led by Michael Reeves, for winning a Silver Crown award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
ðŸ–ï¸ April 6 is Early Learning Day! All our elementary campuses will be open for registration help, tours, principal meet and greats, and more. Come on out and bring a friend!
Let’s dive in for my last newsletter ever! More on that in the outro…
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1 Big Thing: Why we celebrate Pride
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It’s Pride Week in ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD—a week dedicated to inclusion and celebration of our LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and community members.Â
Why it matters: We’re teaching students about diversity, inclusivity, acceptance and identity through classroom activities, books and educator-approved lessons all this week.
Yes, but: Some have misunderstood or mischaracterized Pride Week.
The truth is these are broad lessons that almost everyone in our community can get behind.
What they’re saying: “This year, it’s important to me personally that LGBTQIA+ students know they are respected and safe, too, and lest anyone have any doubt, that absolutely goes for our trans kids. We are ALL ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD. We embrace diversity,†said Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde.
Scott’s thought bubble: from one of our design coordinators summed up perfectly to me why we celebrate Pride.
Dive deeper: Read about the truth behind some of the online rumors via Cristina Nguyen’s Mythbuster article, and check
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We’re in the new phase of the pandemic
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Our COVID cases are lower than Shemika Charles-Campbell.
By the numbers: Within the past month, we’ve only seen COVID-19 cases at 36 out of our 130 campuses or facilities.
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Bear Creek student receives recognition for teaching others to code
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A Bear Creek Elementary fourth grade student is a finalist in a national competition for his videos teaching students how to code.
Why it matters: Elliot Ma loves to code, and he wants to spread that love to his fellow students.
Driving the news: Ma’s videos are a finalist for the Class Intercom 2022 Content Generation Award, and voting ends today!
Dive deeper: Learn more about Ma’s videos and vote for him at the
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âœï¸ Don’t forget to check your email for the annual Climate Survey! It’s been redesigned to be easier-to-take.
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Trustee redistricting is underway
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The redistricting process is underway, which means we’re redrawing the boundaries of our seven single-member school board districts.
Why it matters: Every ten years, district boundaries are changed to make sure that each voter in ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD has a roughly equal chance of electing their candidate of choice.
What's next: Join us to learn more about this process, ask questions and share your feedback about the proposed new maps.
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So, some personal news.
This is my last newsletter because I’ve accepted a position with another organization.
Writing this newsletter has been the highlight of my career in ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD. The fact that you all have not only read it but taken the time to write me to provide your praise (and occasional criticism) means the world to me. It’s been a true joy to get to correspond with each of you week to week.
I’ll keep rooting for AISD as a parent and community member, and this newsletter will continue with a new writer. Who will the lucky person? Stay tuned next week to find out.
Scott Thomas signing off.
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