LISD Expect Excellence Newsletter

Hello Levelland Lobos!

Have a great Thanksgiving break!

This is such a special time of the year. Thanksgiving reminds us to show gratitude for all that we have been blessed with and all the amazing people in our lives.

We will see everyone again on Monday, December 2nd.

Have a great week!

Go Lobos!

Expect Excellence

Becky McCutchen, Superintendent

Levelland ISD continued with their Lobo Excellence Award this month! This community connections project honors two local businesses for their support each month! We surprise their business with goodies from the LMS Lobo Diner, a Lobo Flag and Pole, and a photo op. The Levelland Chamber of Commerce and South Plains College were both honored earlier today. We appreciate the partnerships with both of these businesses and hope that we can give back half as much as they give us. It takes a village to support our students and we appreciate what SPC & The Chamber both do for the success of our students! Thank you!

Capitol Elementary hosted the annual UIL Academic Event last night. This is always a great night on intellect and wisdom that enhances their learning from classroom content! Second, third, and fourth-grade students from Capitol & South participated in Art, Chess, Music Memory, Spelling, Writing, Oral Reading, & Storytelling. Congratulations to all these students who studied longer, excelled further, and went above and beyond their classroom learning. Thank you to the Principals, the Counselors, the coaches, and the parents who put in extra time to prepare these kids to be judged!
https://files.gabbart.com/455/uilcapsouth24.mp4

LHS Choir Director Joshua Ballard shares that these choir students who made the All-Region Choir spent their day rehearsing with Dr. Sarah Harrington from Wayland Baptist University before performing in a professional Concert! Mr. Ballard says, "They sounded awesome!" Now onward toward State!

LHS Choir Director Josh Ballard shares that Isreal, Paula and Emily participated in pre-area auditions and made it! He says, "The top 8 chairs make it to the next round of auditions. These students have to make one more audition to make the State Choir! They all improved their chairs from the last audition and have an awesome chance to go to state. I'm super proud of them and everyone who tried out!" Congratulations to everyone!

Tenor: Israel Gutierrez, 1st

Alto: Paula Castellanos, 6th

Soprano: Emily Perez, 4th

Capitol Elementary 4th-graders experienced an egg-drop STEM experiment in Mrs. Clara Sanders' Science classes today. After studying gravity in their force and motion unit, this was a great way to prove all the hypotheses they had guessed thus far. Students were challenged to make a device to protect an egg that would be dropped from 50 feet in the air! After the experiment, students evaluated the condition of their egg, discussing gravity, force, and motion. They wrote about positive devices that worked and told why they were good. Students with broken eggs learned they would have to return to the drawing board to engineer something better. This all-inclusive lesson ended with students (and one teacher) landing on foam, which really made the gravity concept learned in this STEM lesson come to life! Thank you to LISD Maintenance for providing the lift for the experiment!

Camp Capitol was a huge success last night! There was a huge turnout of parents and students. They spent the best Family Time together engaging in outdoor activities from archery to camp fires, and hot dogs to trail mix. Every student left with a new Judy Blume book to read at home too! Thank you, Capitol educators, for hosting this fantastic event every year! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=978786460961576&set=pcb.978789397627949

Levelland ABC Pre-Schoolers in Mrs. Desiree Nock's class celebrated National Kindness Day last week! After studying what it means to be kind, they came up with the idea to give candy bars to teachers. They brought candy bars and then surprised ABC Educators throughout the building! It brightened everyone's Day!

The LHS Theater Department performed their Fall Production of Charlotte's Web to audiences this week and over the weekend. A lot of work and learning went into this classic production. Great job kids! and Miss Peikert! It was great!

LHS Volleyball Coach Whitney Gibson is so proud to pass on our All-District Honors! Our Loboettes have worked so hard on and off the court! Congratulations to these ladies on these honors! (Photos Courtesy Debbie Blackshear)

Offensive MVP of the District- Addisen Campbell

Libero of the District- Aubree Gaona

Co-Newcomer of the Year- Mia Sepulbeda

First Team All-District- Alexis Gardea, Mia Morin, Trinity Wafer

Second Team All-District- Hailiee Estrada, Saydi Mendez, Danica Rivera

Honorable Mention- Allison Monge and Gabby Pesqueda

Academic All-District- Addisen Campbell, Tiffany File, Aubree Gaona, Allison Monge, Gabby Pesqueda, Danica Rivera

The Cross Country UIL Academic All-State awards are out! Congratulations to these four seniors who are recognized for their outstanding academics while running for LHS! We are so proud of you!

Ryan Jeanneret: 1st Team

Georgia McMahan: 1st Team

Tea Johnson: 2nd Team

Emily Ramirez: 2nd Team

Please vote to help Bill's BackPacks win in the City Bank Community Rewards program. This Community Rewards Program serves non-profits with much-needed funds to keep rolling. We appreciate your help in advance and will remind you often! You can vote every hour through December 6th. Feel free to vote for any other Levelland organization in the other categories as well.

https://www.city.bank/about/our-company/community-rewards

Email: rmccutchen@levellandisd.net
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Location: 704 11th Street, Levelland, TX
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