Levelland ISD's

Veterans Day is a time to remember the service of our veterans. We get to express our gratitude and appreciation for the liberties afforded to us in our country. These individuals gave all that they could to protect our great nation’s freedoms and their sacrifices will never be forgotten. In the words of John F. Kennedy, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

Please join us on Friday, November 10, 2023, as we honor our local veterans. The Levelland ISD Veterans Day Program will be held in the Levelland Middle School Auditorium on Friday, November 10th, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Numerous students have worked hard to prepare this program and take great pride in the opportunity to thank each of our veterans. We hope that you can join us and your attendance is greatly appreciated.

Go Lobos.

Becky McCutchen

Levelland ISD Superintendent of Schools

Expect Excellence

We salute our Levelland ISD Veteran's that served our country and now work to educate our children. We hope you have a great day at the LISD Veteran's Day Celebration on Friday and the Hockley County Veteran's Day Celebration on Saturday. We honor you!
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Levelland Academic Beginnings Center hosted their annual Kindergarten & First Grade UIL Oral Reading & Storytelling Competition last week. Kindergarteners and First-graders stood before judges to compete. These little students are all very brave for doing their best in front of strangers after many hours of perfecting their skills. Thank you to all the UIL Coaches and the parents for spending extra time with your students and helping them succeed and gain self-esteem! Congratulations to everyone!
The results are as follows:
Kindergarten Oral Reading
1st Kynslie Perez
2nd Margaret Favor
3rd Izaiah Tienda

Kindergarten Storytelling

1st Avery Reid

2nd Angel Ruiz

3rd Westlyn Thorne

First Grade Oral Reading

1st Palmer Foster
2nd Luke Lopez
3rd Lincoln Kern
Jacelyn Madewell
Madyson Rubalcava
Timothy Davila

First Grade Storytelling
1st Aviana Villarreal
3rd Jorge Saenz
Izalio Tienda
Clara Campbell

Our Capitol & South second-graders had the best field trip on Friday! The Wallace partnered with the SPC International Students to engage kids in a Global Festival. It was very well done, and students learned about five continents representing 14 different countries. Students flew from country to country with their luggage and passports in hand. At each destination, they got their passports stamped, learned where the country was on our globe, something about the country, and were engaged in an activity that they left with. They learned how to write their name in Korean. They compared the UK lingo to ours. They made bracelets that represent status in Nigeria. In Japan, they made origami art. In France, they made a cockade. They made a mask for the Brazilian carnival and more! Thank you to The Wallace and the SPC International students for helping us learn so many new things in one day!
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The LOC students at LHS got to take their students to Lubbock Cooper's Field Day last week! These students represented Levelland ISD in various activities and had lots of fun doing so! The LOC Department thanks all of their teachers, job coaches, and teaching assistants for taking the students. LOC also thanks the LISD transportation department for providing all the transportation to make this event happen! What a fun day!

Did you know it's Family Literacy Month? These 1st-4th grade students from ABC, South, and Capitol are all celebrating this month because they completed their Braum's Book Buddy Challenge by reading at home with a family member! After reading six books, they were awarded a free Braum's Ice Cream! Way to go kids! The Braum's Book Buddy program lasts throughout the year, so it's not too late to get started! Keep reading with your families!

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Who can resist a face like this? LMS students raised money to make an administrator KISS A PIG! They raised $700 that will go right back to them! The lucky Pig Kisser was LMS Assistant Principal Laurie Jones! It was fun for everyone but her! Thank you to Methvin Pigs for loaning this cute duroc.

Halloween has come and gone...........it was hard to figure out who had the best time.............students or teachers!

LHS Art teacher Mr. Steven Suarez shares that he was privileged to take his Art students to participate in the West Texas Print Fest last week. As you can tell these students were engaged in a new art form that will always be remembered! This looks like an amazing learning experience! Thank you, Mr. Suarez, for helping your students experience this lesson!

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LMS Choir Director Mr. Joshua Ballard #expectsexcellence and is excited to share his Honor and Region Choir. The 6th graders made the Honor Choir against their peers at LMS. The 7th and 8th graders made Region Choir against other students across the Region. They get to be in the Honor and Region Choir Clinic and Concert in Lubbock on November 11th. Congratulations to those who made the Region Choir: MJ Niederhauser 1st Chair Soprano, Paula Castellanos 25th Chair Alto, Coraline Rodriguez 30th Chair Alto, & Alberto Barrera 5th Chair Tenor. And congratulations to the students who made the 6th Grade Honor Choir: Part 1: Reese Lopez & Aaliyah Ramirez, and Part 2: Olivia Ramirez & Kaydence Navarro. We are so proud of you and will watch to see what you do in the future!

Our Lobo Band Seniors were also recognized at the last football game. We did not mean to leave them out as they are so important to our LHS Family! Congratulations kids! Keep making music for our lives! https://files.gabbart.com/456/bandseniors.mp4

SPECO sends out a big thank you to Hutch’s Oil Field Supply for sponsoring the Texas Tech Rodeo, and to the TTU Rodeo Team for making this day day at the Rodeo great! Students had a blast participating in bull riding, roping, branding the pony, digging for gold, horse rides, and the famous buggy and pony ride! and the Texas Tech Rodeo Team! Thank you, Brecklyn Kennedy for the beautiful photos too!

Capitol 4th-Graders enjoyed a trashy lesson with Keep Levelland Beautiful last week! Students learned how much trash is gathered in Levelland before making a trash pizza. The slice sizes represented the amount of trash gathered in the trash dump. This lesson was garbage and hopefully made these students think about how to recycle their trash! https://files.gabbart.com/455/garbagepizzavideo.mp4

Capitol Third-Graders have been learning about fables. What better way to show what you've learned, than through a musical performance? Third-graders performed Bebop with Aesop, a musical play by Michael & Jill Gallina, under the direction of Capitol Music Director Susan Draper. Ms. Draper #expectsexcellence & students learned to always stop and think before you act, to never put off til tomorrow what you can do today, to not count your chickens before they are hatched, that slow and steady wins the race, and that no one believes a liar even when they are telling the truth! These are all great life lessons and both performances were outstanding! Great job kids!

LMS students in Mrs. Reba Grigg's classroom are participating in the Adopt A Cow Program and have adopted an actual live calf growing up on a dairy farm. Her name is Courtny from Rottinghaus Dairy Farm, located in Seneca, KS. Their calf will not be living at LMS but they will receive monthly updates about her that include information & data, pictures & videos. These updates will include lessons and activities related to her growth, how she is cared for on the farm, and how milk is produced on the farm. Mrs. Grigg's students are excited to follow her journey on the farm while learning more about dairy farming and where milk comes from. Thank you, Mrs. Griggs, for connecting your classroom to another state!

LHS students in Ms. Buckner's Yearbook class took it back to the old days and were caught engaging in an assignment called "Delicious Design." Her students were learning yearbook/magazine page design rules. They used graham crackers as the dominant photo, club crackers for other photos, twizzlers for the headlines, fruit roll ups for the story, and skittles for captions. It was a yummy way to learn rules the day after Halloween. Now these students will use these learned skills with technology and the design program. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook!

KLVT Radio celebrity Michael Wiiest was caught speaking with Mr. Scott Lawson's LHS Career Prep Class about how to best prepare for an interview on a broadcast, as well as what a career in broadcast looks like. Thank you, Mr. Wiiest, for teaching our students about another career choice after graduation.

The LHS Theater Department announces the dates for their Zombie Production. Because of illness, it had to be rescheduled. We hope you can make plans to attend for some evening fun!

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