Week of January 17

The San Marcos High School Fine Arts Program delivered five phenomenal shows of Disney's The Little Mermaid this weekend inside the San Marcos High School Performing Arts Center. The four-day event was led by SMHS students in our theatre department, orchestra, choir, fashion design, band, and their instructors Tommie Jackson, Gabriel Balderrama, Brigitte Smith, Dawn Sheridan-Reinhub, Jade Cuellar, Brandy Lopez, Peyton Grover, Shelbi Tippie, Damon Knight, Corrine Bean and Fine Arts Coordinator, David Underwood. Congratulations to all of our students and teachers on a fantastic weekend full of great performances.

Project AWARE is proud to partner with The Core Four Partnership to bring Youth Mental Health First Aid. This is an opportunity for SMCISD to connect as a whole community. For more information, please click the button below.

Communities In Schools hosted their second annual CIS Day on Friday, January 20th across San Marcos CISD campuses. During the school-day event, CIS spent time promoting self-care and mindfulness as well as highlighting the history of the organization. Member of Communities is Schools also offered mindfulness tips that teachers could implement in their classrooms. San Marcos CISD is proud to have Communities in Schools inside our school buildings to ensure the mental health of our students and staff is in the forefront of our school culture.

The Mendez Strikers rallied together on Friday, January 20. Strikers competing in the Academic UIL competition paraded around the halls of Mendez Elementary while their teachers and peers cheered for them as a good luck sendoff.

The San Marcos High School Construction Management Program received a donation from AirOne of a fully equipped, HVAC training rig this week. This equipment will allow students in the program to work with real-life, industry standard items to further their learning in the construction industry. In addition to the equipment itself, Lance Beck, AirOne owner, will volunteer to partner with the Construction teacher, Mr. Lively Bryner, to provide instruction on the operation, diagnostic review, and repair of an HVAC system. This will provide students a direct connection to an industry expert as they move through the Construction Management program of study.

The rig includes all components of a normal commercial air conditioning system, allowing

students to study how to install the pieces, determine where problems may exist in the system,

and correct those issues. Students in the Construction Management program of study utilize a tiny-home curriculum that sees them design, build, and complete a full tiny home project throughout the school year. With additions like this equipment from AirOne and future partnerships in the electrical and plumbing industries, students will get more exposure and better training in their craft.

SAVE the DATE!! February 25, San Marcos CISD will host our community Health Fair inside the SMHS Student Activity Center. Please join us for FREE Games, Food, Prizes, a Rattler Fun Run and much more!

Rodriguez Elementary kindergarten students have successfully completed the introduction to all of the Letterland characters and hosted a Letterland Day parade on January 20 to celebrate! Letterland is an imaginary place where letters come to life. The friendly Letterland characters, such has Kicking King, Red Robot, Quarrelsome Queen, help children to easily understand the sound and shape of letter - one of the key skills needed when learning to read and write.

Thank you to Goodnight and Miller MS for hosting all San Marcos CISD 5th graders. Students were able to witness performances and activities, as well as engage in Q&A sessions to better inform them of their academic course options.

Over the last two months, San Marcos High School students in Ms. Fennell’s AVID class have visited multiple colleges, universities, local historical landmarks, and more. The students visited St. Edward’s University, Texas State University, the San Marcos Courthouse, the Historic Courthouse, and the historic jail located in downtown San Marcos. Thank you to the San Marcos HS AVID program for extending these opportunities to our Rattlers!

On Wednesday, January 18, the SMCISD Human Resources a.k.a. the Happy People Department spent the day working out of Travis Elementary. San Marcos BBQ generously donated tea and desserts for HR to share amongst Texan staff.