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Memorial High School
Campus Newsletter-updated 6/17/24
Principal Message
I hope this message finds each of you in good health and good spirits. I would like to congratulate our Class of 2024, who were recently recognized at their graduation ceremony. You can find pictures of our graduation ceremony at the following link Graduation 2024 MHS - Edgewood ISD (smugmug.com).
We hope that by now everyone has received their child's report card. If for some reason you have not received your child's report card through the mail, please reach out to us. Please make sure to see important documents in the envelope mailed out to families, to include a parent survey that we would like to be completed, and also our Summer Intersession flyer, as some students may need to attend Summer Intersession that started on June 3, 2024.
I hope you all have a restful summer and I look forward to seeing you and supporting your family throughout the next school year. Reminder that the first day of school will be August 13, 2024, and that our school day will be from 8:30 AM -4:00 PM.
Our Memorial staff is committed to supporting each student and family we serve, so please reach out to us if you need any assistance. I hope that everyone has a Blessed and restful summer. I can be reached at 210-898-4110 x 8301 or at miguel.elizondo@eisd.net . Blessings to each of you and your families.
Respectfully,
Mr. Elizondo
Principal
Mensaje del Director
Espero que este mensaje encuentre a cada uno de ustedes con buena salud y buen ánimo. Me gustaría felicitar a nuestra Clase de 2024, que recientemente fue reconocida en su ceremonia de graduación. Puede encontrar fotos de nuestra ceremonia de graduación en el siguiente enlace Graduation 2024 MHS - Edgewood ISD (smugmug.com).
Esperamos que a todos hayan recibido la boleta de calificaciones de sus hijos. Si por alguna razón no ha recibido la boleta de calificaciones de su hijo/a por correo, comuníquese con nosotros. Asegúrese de ver los documentos importantes en el sobre enviado por correo a las familias, para incluir una encuesta para padres que nos gustaría que se completara, y también nuestro folleto de Sesión de Verano, ya que es posible que algunos estudiantes deban asistir a la Sesión de Verano que comenzó el 3 de junio de 2024.
Espero que todos tengan un verano tranquilo y espero verlos y apoyar a su familia durante el próximo año escolar. Recordatorio de que el primer día de clases será el 13 de agosto de 2024 y que nuestro día escolar será de 8:30 a.m. a 4:00 p.m.
Nuestro personal del Memorial está comprometido a apoyar a cada estudiante y familia a la que servimos, así que comuníquese con nosotros si necesita ayuda. Espero que todos tengan un verano bendecido y descansado. Puede comunicarse conmigo al 210-898-4110 x 8301 o a miguel.elizondo@eisd.net . Bendiciones para cada uno de ustedes y sus familias.
Respetuosamente
Sr. Elizondo
Principal
Important Dates
School Calendar Items
6/3/24-6/28/24: Summer Intersession and Summer Testing
6/19/24: No Summer Intersession Student/Staff Holiday
7/1/24-7/8/24: Campus will be closed
7/30/24: 9th Grade Camp for first time 9th graders.
8/13/24: First Day of School
Parent Meetings/Juntas para familias
Saturday School/Night School Dates
Seeking Parent Volunteers/Padres Voluntarios
Por favor, póngase en contacto con nosotros si está interesado en ser voluntario/a. Necesitamos ayuda con los tablones de anuncios, hacer copias, abrir puertas y más.
Student Support Services
Counselors Corner
Our counseling department is here to provide support and guidance to our students that fosters student success for every student at Memorial High School. We live by our value statement: "We Help Without Exception." We would like to introduce our counselors:
Ms. Eads (last names A through Herrera, and PTECH) Carla.Eads@eisd.net
Ms. Villareal (last names Hidalgo through Z) ronda.villarreal@eisd.net
Renee Michale Reyes (Class of 2024 Ojeda-Z and College Career Readiness) Renee.Reyes@eisd.net
Theresa Fisher (Lead counselor and Early College High School students) tfisher@eisd.net
Kristeena Dewberry (SEL counselor) Kristeena.Dewberry@eisd.net
The DREAM center is ready to help your senior apply to college, submit FAFSA, search and apply for scholarships, and explore career and military options. Please have your senior meet with DREAM center staff as soon as possible to meet application deadlines. We also ask you to join us for upcoming parent evening events about how high school works, advanced academics, college readiness, and other college going activities.
Hope you have an outstanding second semester!
Thanks,
Ms. Fisher
Lead Counselor
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MHS Highlights
Congratulations to Alejandro Rodriguez who was recognized at our EISD Board Meeting on 4/23/24, as EISD Leader of the PAC. Congratulations Alejandro for this great accomplishment, and for modeling our EISD P.A.C. Core Values.
Senior Madison Tijerina was recently announced as a Baumberger Scholar. Madison will receive about $20 thousand in scholarship funds during the next 4 years. She plans on attending UTSA to pursue a degree in Psychology. Go Minutemen!
Very proud of our athletes who will playing sports at the collegiate level. Wishing them the best of luck!
New Girls 400 M Dash Record
Congratulations Magdalena for breaking the school record and advancing to area meet!
Our staff is proud of recent MHS Alum who is doing great at Texas A&M College Station. Great job Penelope! Go Minutemen!
Felicidades Minutemen Bi-District Champs with a big win of 4 to 1 with amazing goals from our boys, and greats stops from our goalie. Go Minutemen!
Congratulations to Sr. Jordan Ortega who qualified for the golf regional tournament. Great job Jordan! Go Minutemen!
Congratulations to Izabella who was selected as a 2024 Shirane Scholar. Izabella is now eligible for an educational trip to Japan, where she will learn about Japan's culture, history, and industries.
Recently our wonderful, thoughtful, campus officers surprised Julian with a brand new walker. This new walker is collapsible in order to be used at home and at school. Julian and mom are very grateful! Thank you Officer Gomez and Officer Salazar!
Our Leadership Team recently delivered snacks and drinks to our amazing staff. Always grateful for having a dedicated staff who are passionate about supporting our MHS students and community. Minutemen Pride!!
Our CO24 seniors recently took their graduation pictures. A special memory for our seniors who are finishing up their last year of high school.
Our seniors were given an opportunity to visit Texas A&M-San Antonio. Many seniors have already been accepted & were excited to visit. A huge shout out to our CCR counselor Ms. Reyes & our Advise Tx Advisor Mr. Blundell for planning our college visits. Destino al Colegio!
Recently our CCR Team took our 11th grade students to Angelo State University, in San Angelo, TX, where our students learned about college life. Our Minutemen R College Bound!
Congratulations to our December PBIS winners. These amazing students were nominated by their teachers for exhibiting positive behaviors in school.
Caught in Action Students of the Week: Christian llerenas, Miguel Salas, Edgar Valdez, and Diego Maldonado took their time after school to help a teacher look for a key that fell from her lanyard. Our Minutemen are amazing every day! Great job Minutemen!
Congratulations to Jadyn who was selected to serve in the Mayor's Fitness Council Student Ambassador during the next 2 years. We are proud of her for demonstrating a commitment to promoting health and wellness in our Memorial and SA community. Our Minutemen are amazing!
An amazing pep rally for Jordan Ortega who was selected as the Kens 5 Great Day SA All-Star Athlete. A well deserved recognition for a young man who models great leadership both on and off the field, while always sharing a smile with others. Go Minutemen!
Very proud of our students who participated in our EISD District spelling bee and won 2nd place. Go Minutemen!!
Celebrating Officer Gomez and Officer Salazar on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Great turnout at our Community Posada hosted by our Teaching and Learning CTE program. Great job Ms. Lopez and students for putting together this great community event.
Congratulations to Senior #21 Mystery Ojeda for earning EISD All Tournament selection!
Congratulations to our volleyball players who received All Academic Honors for their performance on the court and in the classroom!
Staff Recognition 23-24
We are honored to have two TIA Teachers, Ms. Lopez, and Coach Castillo, who were recently recognized as being highly effective teachers by our EISD Board, Superintendent, and Leadership Team.
Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Ms. Rodriguez, who teaches health science. Thank you Ms. Rodriguez for going above and beyond to support our students, staff, and community.
Congratulations to our teachers and staff members of the month for January and February: Ms. Cardena, Coach Aleman, Ms. Compean and Ms. Stewart. Our Minutemen staff is amazing!
Recently, Mr. Elizondo presented Shining Star Trophies to 3 staff members who have gone above & beyond. Ms. Lopez had 100% progress in math EOC, Officer Gomez helped a student in crisis & Ms. Ramirez de Lopez hosted our Posada that had a great community turnout. MHS staff is Amazing!
Congrats to our December Teacher of the Month Ms. Clepp and our Staff Member of the Month Mr. Pintor, who were recognized at a pep rally. Always thankful for the amazing staff members who choose to make a difference in our MHS community. Go Minutemen!
We recently celebrated our amazing counselors, during counselor appreciation week. Always thankful to our amazing counselors for their amazing support, from academic support to social/emotional support to College and Career Readiness support, our team does it all!
Congratulations to Ms. Lopez, CTE teacher, for being voted Teacher of the Month!
Thank you Mr. Mota, our cafeteria staff members, our cheerleaders, and our police officers for bringing joy to our MHS students during lunch time before going on winter break.
MHS staff joined together with community members to visit retirement home and sing holiday songs to residents. Happy Holidays!
Athletics
Our Minutemen baseball team took the W against Kinnpa! 11-0.
Congrats to Freshman Felipe Chu and seniors Nicholas Garcia and Daniel Velasquez for making it to power lifting regionals. It was a great season!
Congratulations to our softball team who defeated Kennedy at our Teacher Appreciation Night. Go Minutemen!
Memorial Invitational 2024. Congrats to Edgar and Jesus for the 2nd place in Boys Doubles Main Draw. Very proud of our tennis team for their performances throughout the year.
Congratulations to our golf team for a great season.
Congratulations to our relay team for making it to the Area Meet. Go Minutemen!
Golf team was finally able to tee off the 2024 golf season in Devine, Texas.
Our girls soccer team on the attack!
Our girls basketball team starts their home game against Gonzales HS. Go Minutemen!
Huge win for our Minutemen against Highlands, 5-4 in PK’s.
Our tennis team practicing for the spring season. Go Minutemen!
Our powerlifting team had a great season this year. At this meet our boys team finished 2nd in the meet.
Congrats to the MINUTEMEN Tennis players that got their first tournament win and congrats to Jesus Joan Ortiz on going 4-1 during that tournament.
Our basketball season ended recently, but lifelong lessons of commitment, accountability, & playing with intensity will build better young men. Let's support our boys in their next sports!
College, Career, & Military Ready
It was a great day for our Health Science students in the lab! Students worked on proper procedures along with perfecting their blood drawing techniques! Thank you to our amazing coaches and students for volunteering to support our Health Science students, we appreciate your bravery!
Our Early College High School Juniors and Seniors had an opportunity to visit and tour the University of Texas in Austin. Our very own Advise Texas Representative and UT alumni was an excellent tour guide! Our Minutemen are College Bound!
Our College, Career, and Military Fair was a huge success. Our students had the opportunity to speak to representatives from different colleges, careers and military branches. Go Minutemen!
Congratulations to all of our students who passed their Patient Care Tech Certification last week. Great job Ms. Rodriguez! Go Minutemen!
Congratulations to our students who recently passed their Serve Safe Certification exam. Great job Ms. Tapia! Go Minutemen!
Our PTECH students visited St. Philips College and toured the Culinary and Teaching programs. They met some of the professors they will be working at SPC. Our Minutemen are College Bound!
Our Health Science started their phlebotomy lessons.
Our health science staff and students put together a great health science fair. A huge thank you to University Health for being here and sharing Care Link information for our students. Please reach out to us if you want info for Care Link.
Congrats to Abraham Cruz, King Flores, Dalia Nava, Luna Feregrino, Ariel Ojeda, and Lauren Arias for being recognized and awarded the Outstanding Future Teachers Award by Our Lady of the Lake University. Super proud of our Minutemen!
Fine Arts
Very proud of our UIL One Act Play Team. Shout out to Madison who was awarded All Star Cast, Joselyn who was awarded Honorable Mention All Star Cast, and Leidi (Stage Manager)who was awarded All Star Crew Member!
Our MHS Insurgence Percussion team competed at the Texas Educational Color Guard Association in Northside gymnasium where they earned 2nd place at the TECA State Championships in the Scholastic AAA division and came back with a state trophy. Go Minutemen!
Our MHS Jazz Band had the honor of performing at the Annual Palo Alto College Jazz Festival, demonstrating their passion for jazz music and impressing the crowd with their skillful performance. Way to represent Minutemen!
Our MHS Art 2 students had a chance to go experience some interactive art, downtown, at Hopscotch. This field trip showed students first hand how installation art can be both interactive and fun!
Awesome performances by both Percussion and Guard. Coming in at 3rd place for Percussion and at 4th for Guard. Great job to the Memorial Hs percussion and Guard!
Congrats to our Art Vase Team who participated in the Visual Arts Scholastic event this month. Congrats to Karlee, Carmen, Briana and Andrea for receiving a 4 rating on their drawings to become regional winners. Thank your to Mr. Rodriguez for his support. Go Minutemen!
Memorial High School
Website: https://memorial.eisd.net/
Location: 1227 Memorial Street, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-898-4110