MHS Marauder Community Newsletter

Marauder Community,

We hope you had a great time celebrating homecoming last week. Keep reading to see photos from this year's festivities! In this newsletter you'll find stories highlighting the exceptional work happening in our classrooms and throughout the MHS community. There are plenty of academic, athletic and fine arts events occurring this fall so be sure to check your student's campus calendar as well as the Marcus High School calendar for events happening in your area.

Go Marauders!

On the ballot this November 7 will be seven propositions for Lewisville ISD residents - six bond propositions and one proposition for a Voter Approval Tax-Rate Ratification Election (VATRE). Find out what this means for our campus specifically at LISDbond.com/projects, or use the links below.

• LISDBond.com/MHS
  
• LISDBond.com/M9
  
• LISDBond.com/Briarhill
  
• LISDBond.com/Downing
  
• LISDBond.com/Lamar
  
• LISDBond.com/Bridlewood
  
• LISDBond.com/FlowerMoundES
  
• LISDBond.com/Heritage
  
• LISDBond.com/HighlandVillage
  
• LISDBond.com/McAuliffe
  
• LISDBond.com/PrairieTrail
  
• LISDBond.com/TimberCreek

Important Dates

Early Voting: October 23 - November 3

Election Day: November 7

Information Sessions

Join us at an upcoming Bond Information Session to learn more about the seven propositions for Lewisville ISD that will be on the ballot this November.

• Tuesday, Oct. 17 - Flower Mound HS Library at 6 p.m.
• Thursday, Oct. 26 - Marcus HS Library at 6 p.m.

We had a blast celebrating Homecoming with our Marcus community. This year's theme was "Lights, Camera, Action!" and staff and students dressed up accordingly. The MHS feeder pattern participated in various events throughout the week including a carnival, pep rally and of course Friday's Homecoming game.

To see all of our photos, visit the Marcus High School Facebook Page. Go Marcus!

Marcus students are putting some love into Lovepacs this year. Lovepacs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was created in order to provide meals to students who would otherwise go hungry during school holidays. Through coordination with local schools and its volunteers, Lovepacs engages communities to feed children in need. Amanda Vara's students worked together to decorate boxes this year in preparation for the holiday season. READ MORE

Earlier this year, Marcus 9 librarian Kayla Hill received two teacher grants that totaled over $4,000 from the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation! Thank you to the local civic organizations, corporate partners and community members who made these grants possible. Click HERE to see photos from our grant presentations.

On September 11, Briarhill students participated in National Day of Service by making over 170 Lovepacs for food-insecure families in our area. Thank you to Just Serve and Briarhill's PTA, NJHS, & Student Council for planing the event. READ MORE

The Downing MS Orchestra combined forces with Forestwood MS to perform the National Anthem at their 7th grade football game. We love seeing the collaboration between these two LISD schools!

The LISD World Language Library, hosted at Lamar Middle School, recently opened its shelves with a selection of 673 books available in nine different languages. These languages, chosen to meet the needs of LISD’s largest language groups, include: Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Vietnamese. More languages are planned to be added in order to better serve the district’s roughly 9,000 emerging bilingual or ESL students. Lamar was chosen to house the World Language Library thanks to its central location within LISD, and due to its rapidly expanding population of emerging bilingual students. READ MORE

Bridlewood students heard from adults from around the community who told them about college and career opportunities. SEE PHOTOS

Kindergartners celebrated knowing all 26 letters of the alphabet by participating in an alphabet parade! Thank you to our staff and Marcus students for making this day memorable for our Falcon students. SEE PHOTOS

Heritage recognized their custodian, Rosa, for everything she does for Hawk students and staff!

The Highland Village Dental Depot generously donated Kindness Jerseys for all staff members at Highland Village Elementary! The jerseys feature designs in the school's colors as well as the year each staff member joined the HVE team. Staff celebrated alongside district administration, representaties from Dental Depot and the Highland Village Mayor Dan Jaworski. Thank you, Dental Depot! SEE PHOTOS

An inside look into one of McAuliffe Elementary's beloved traditions - Kinder Camp & the Class Reveal!

Prairie Trail students, families and staff worked together on a Saturday morning to clean up their school! SEE PHOTOS

Once a Tiger, always a Tiger! Eli was a student in Ms. Bauder's class back in the day and now he is an Adopt An Athlete in Ms. Bauder's 1st Grade class. How time flies! SEE PHOTOS

The Recognize SomeONE submissions are pouring in, and we're sharing a few for teachers in the Marauder community. As a reminder, you can visit LISD.net/Recognize any time to submit your own encouragement for LISD staff.

• Kelsey Dierke, Marcus High School | "Coach Dierke is such a blessing in the lives of the volleyball girls that she coaches. She not only teaches them to play and love the game but also pours kindness, respect, and joy into each of her players. They are better players and people for being taught by her. Thank you for all that you do, Coach Dierke. You are a true blessing!"

• Ermalinda Gonzalez, Downing Middle School | "I would like to recognize Mrs. Gonzales. She was so instrumental in building my son’s confidence in ELAR. She helped him believe in himself. She spoke so much truth over him! Thank you from the very bottom of my heart!"
  
• Misty Barr, Heritage Elementary School | "Ms. Barr has been so kind with my son. He has struggled a bit with morning drop-off and she never hesitates to swoop in and comfort him. He adores her and talks about her often. My husband and I are very appreciative of her support, as our son transitions to "big boy" school."
  

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