Redskins/Chiefs Get New $2 Million Field House
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Redskins/Chiefs Get New $2 Million Field House
Donna Independent School District Newsletter Spring 2012 Published for our students, parents, and community The Drumbeat Redskins/Chiefs Get New $2 Million Field House Demand for better athletic facilities in the Donna Redskins Stadium area has prompt the School Board to proceed with the construction of a new field house. The new facility will be built and named in honor of the most revered high school coach in the history of valley football, retired Coach Earl Scott, who directed the 1961 State Champion team. August 15, 2012 is the estimate time of completion for the $2 million dollar training facility. The facility will provide dressing rooms, trainer rooms, coach’s office, AD office and Secretary, conference room, and accommodations for the referees. The facility will also accommodate students from various athletic programs for both boys and girls such as, soccer, tennis, track and field as well as football team. The new dressing room and field house will also provide halftime facility for the home team and visiting football teams. When asked about naming this new facility in honor of Coach Scott, Alfredo Lugo, DISD Board President said. “Coach Scott is a great man because he did a lot for Donna kids in all sports.” “Besides football, Coach Scott was a great teacher in his PE classes. Students learned discipline and positive behavior while in his classes.” “Besides naming this facility in his honor only gives credit where credit is due. It is long overdue that we do this for a well-deserved man, Coach Earl Scott,” Lugo concluded. Building a good foundation = student success! Engineers, board members, and invited guests break ground at the new athletic complex area (see architects drawing above). Board members included (r-l) Dr. Michael Flores, Efren Ceniceros, Ernesto Lugo, Angel Magallanes, Coach Earl Scott, Alfredo Lugo, Supt. Roberto F. Loredo, Nick Castillo and Rey Alegria. From the office of the Superintendent “Thank You All for the Hard Work” As with any good organization, a superintendent is only as effective as the support he gets from his school board. In our school district, we have an excellent group of people doing the tough job as a unified school board and are doing it well as reflected in our positive results. I am fortunate to work with such a diverse group of leaders who are truly dedicated to our school and all our educational efforts. So, at this time, I would like to take this opportunity to thank these fine school board members who are constantly giving up their time to conduct school business that directly affects education of our students and the welfare of all of our employees. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank those parents who make it a point to stay in communication with our school teachers and administrators to ensure that their children continue to make progress and to stay on course toward graduation. This is why I feel that it is very important that we maintain that open door policy for all our parents in our central offices and in our campuses. We also encourage all our community business leaders to become our partners in the education of our children who are the future business leaders in the making. And as we get closer to May 2012 and the end of another school year, we want to encourage our students not to give up and to keep on pressing to make the best grades and scores. In addition, I thank the teachers who are in the trenches working hard to making our students succeed and to move up ultimately to succeed and graduate to higher education. Thank you, principals and teachers. Donna ISD School Board Alfredo Lugo Ernesto Lugo Nick Castillo Rey Alegria Efren Ceniceros Dr. Michael Flores Angel Magallanes President Vice President Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Administration Roberto F. Loredo Jesus Rene Reyna Fernando Castillo Velma Rangel Debbie Rodriguez Superintendent Deputy Superintendent Asst. Supt. Support Services Asst. Supt. C & I Asst. Supt. H R <<<In the photo on the left, front row, left to right: Board Trustee Rey Alegria, Supt. Roberto F. Loredo, and Board President Alfredo Lugo. On the top row, standing left to right : Secretary Nick Castillo, Board Trustee Angel Magallanes, Vice President Ernesto Lugo, Board Trustee Efren Ceniceros, and Board Trustee Dr. Michael Flores. Success Starts at the Top A superintendent shines when his cabinet does the job. Donna ISD is no exception. Meet the assistant superintendents that make executive decisions and an excellent job in the district: (l-r) Deputy Supt. Jesus Rene Reyna, Asst. Supt. For Curriculum and Instruction Velma Rangel; Asst. Supt for Support Services Fernando Castillo, and Asst. Supt. For Human Resources Debbie Rodriguez. The Drumbeat Tradition, Pride & Patriotism Celebrated in the Community As the school year begins to wind down, parents who are thinking about enrolling children into the PK4 program next year, should know this information. Donna ISD’ s “open enrollment “ policy for students wishing to gain admittance into the district’s 4 year old pre-kindergarten program is as follows: The child must be four years of age on or before September 1, 2012; They must reside within the Donna ISD school boundaries; and a child of a district employee may reside outside the Donna ISD boundaries. A parent of a child who attends a campus outside their zoned area is responsible for the transportation to and from the school; A child of a district employee must attend the campus where the employee works; however, if the campus is closed to “open enrollment” students, the child will attend PK4 classes at the nearest to parent’s place of employment. See the list of the eligible campuses: Ochoa Elementary, PS Garza Elementary, Runn Elementary, Stainke Elementary, BG Guzman Elementary; Truman Price Elementary; Rivas Elementary; Capt. D Salinas Elementary; Alicia P. Munoz Elementary; Lenoir Elementary; Daniel Singleterry Elementary and Eloy G. Salazar Elementary Children who qualify for this program will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about this program, parents should contact Mrs. Betancourt-Delgado at 956-464-1600 or email at [email protected]. Como se aproxima el fin del año escolar, padres que quieren inscribir a niños al programa de PK 4 en el siguiente año, deben saber la siguiente informacion. La póliza de Donna ISD 's de la "inscripción abierta" para los estudiantes que deseen ser admitidos al programa pre-kinder de los 4 de años de edad es el siguiente: 1. El niño debe tener cuatro años de edad en o antes del 01 de septiembre 2012 2. El niño debe residir dentro de los límites de la escuela del Distrito Escolar de Donna 3. El hijo de un empleado del distrito puede ser residente de afuera de los límites del Distrito Escolar El (Los) padre(s) de un niño que asiste a una escuela fuera de su zona de influencia se hace responsable del transporte hacia y desde la escuela 4. El hijo de un empleado del distrito debe asistir a la escuela donde trabaja el empleado, sin embargo, si la escuela está cerrada a la "inscripción abierta" el niño va a asistir a clases en PK4 la escuela más cercana al lugar del empleo. Vea la lista de escuelas elegibles para este programa: Primaria Ochoa, Primaria PS Garza , Primaria Runn , Primaria Stainke,Primaria B.G. Guzmán; Primaria Truman Price; La Primaria Rivas; La Primaria Capitán D. Salinas;La Primaria Alicia P. Muñoz: La Primaria Lenoir; La Primaria Daniel Singleterry; y La Primaria Eloy G. Salazar. Los niños que califican para este programa serán servido en un primer llegado, primer servido. To have your school included, send your pictures and articles to [email protected] The Drumbeat Free Summer Feeding Project Announced Four district sites and two community based locations will be used for the distribution of the summer feeding program, according to Maria Luisa Huerta, director. Summer locations included Garza Elementary, Ochoa Elementary, Solis Middle School and Sauceda Middle School and the two community locations – Donna City Library and the Boys and Girls Club. Who qualifies for the free summer feeding program? Any person between the ages of 1-18 years old (PK-12) can get a free breakfast and lunch under this program. For more information about this and other food services programs, contact DISD Child Nutrition Dept. at 4641815. Regarding Lean Finely Textured Beef Finely textured lean beef available for school meals has been in the news lately. The USDA announced additional beef choices in the upcoming school year through a news release. USDA foods would like schools to keep the following points in mind when faced with questions on the subject: 1. USDA makes the commodity purchasing decisions for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program; And, 2. the health of our school children in the Texas Department of Agriculture’s number one priority when administering the school lunch and breakfast programs. TDA is currently monitoring the discussion of the recent beef issue and will pass any updates to the schools. In the picture above, the first managers to accurately use the new technology in reporting student meal count (L-R) Janie Bueno, Gloria Cantu, Dora Mendoza, and Elidia Camacho. NUTRIKIDS Award Certificates were awarded in a special meeting held at the DISD Child Nutrition Dept. DISD Child Nutrition Dept—employing an innovative foodservice management system for our students A new software, NUTRIKIDS, has been implement at all campuses’ school cafeteria to keep better track and accountability of meals served. The department knows the imCalls should be referred to USDA Public Affairs at 202portance of training on the new system and technology updates. Thus, training on the 720-6959 or U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 new NUTRIKIDS software and how to use it to better serve the children is on going. The New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20993 – 888-463way the new system works, students go through serving line and a point of service the 6332. cashier records the plate by either scanning a card or student id. Maria Luisa Huerta, DISD Child Nutrition Dept. director, and Diana Quintanilla, supervisor, instructs cafeteria managers on the new meal count system. (Right) Cafeteria managers listen attentively to all instruction. This is a training necessary to provide district policy updates, new state or federal food service requirements, and to instruct the managers on new menus or plan new menus and many other new cafeteria activities. The Drumbeat Celebrating Progress and Growth in DISD Leading the Redskins celebration at the ground breaking ceremony are cheerleaders (far right to left) Lauren Barbosa, Angela Garza, Illiana Campos, Dalinda Partida, Kimberly Zuniga, and Amber Hernandez. In the far, the band, was there too. La Prade Stadium gets a new face PROUD DHS MJROTC PRESENT COLORS When there is an activity anywhere in the district, these proud young people display the United States flag and present the colors in a patriotic military display. In the photo, MJROTC color guard are (r-l) Rolando Martinez, Abraham Bautista, Gabriel Rodriguez, Edgar Mendoza, <<<(Photo on left) Heavy machinery spread the construction materials and are used as base on the new turf currently being placed at the Benny La Prade Stadium to be used next football season by the Donna Redskins and later by the Donna North High School Chiefs. If you drive by there now, you may see some of the green turf already in place. It looks GREAT! Donna North High School coming on schedule The Drumbeat STAARS Students Shine Ochoa Elementary cheerleaders cheer up the campus to be ready and to be excited about the new STAARS test. Garza Elementary’s Asst. Principal Melissa Garcia encourages students to work hard and be ready for the new STAARS test . STC and DISD offer free internet/ computer training in English and Spanish/ Se ofrece entrenamiento para utilizar la computadora gratuitamente en ingles y español South Texas College and Donna ISD Parental Involvement are offering free services to parents and individuals who want to learn to use computers and learn to surf the internet announced Tomas Tamez, parental involvement department director. “Persons looking for some help to learn new skills or to enhance existing skills are encouraged to participate and to take advantage of these free services,” Tamez said. Classes are offered twice a week, Mondays, 1:30 pm—4:30 pm at the Parental Involvement Central office. Also, Fridays, at Veterans Middle School, 10 am—1 pm. For times, dates, and other information, interested persons should contact DISD Parental Involvement to register for these classes. Call 956-461-4230. South Texas College y el departamento de padres del distrito escolar de Donna ISD ofrecen servicios gratuitos a los padres y las personas que quieren aprender a usar las computadoras y aprender a navegar por Internet anunció Tomás Tamez, director del departamento de envolvimiento de padres. "Las personas que buscan un poco de ayuda para aprender nuevas habilidades o mejorar las habilidades ya existentes se les anima a participar y tomar ventaja de estos servicios gratuitos", dijo Tamez. Las clases se ofrecen dos veces por semana, los lunes, 1:30 pm-4: 30 pm en la oficina central de la participación parental. Además, los viernes, en el Veterans Middle School, 10 am-1 pm. Para los tiempos, fechas y otra información, los interesados deberán ponerse en contacto con el departamentode los Padres central para inscribirse en estas clases. Llame al 956-461-4230. ————————————————————— — PS Garza Elementary Plans Career Day/ día de las profesiones Garza Elementary will be hosting a Career Day on Thursday, April 12, 2012. Career Day is a day set aside in which administrators, teaching staff and parents bring in speakers from our community and surrounding area. Career Day starts at 8:30 a.m. -11:45 a.m. If you need more information, please contact Ms. E. Vasquez / Mr. Hascall / Ms. Ibarra at (956)464-1886. La Escuela Elemental Garza será el anfitrión de un día de las profesiones en el Jueves, 12 de abril 2012. Día de las profesiones es un día reservado en el que los administradores, personal docente y los padres traen a oradores de nuestra comunidad y sus alrededores. CareTodo comienza a las 8:30 am a 11:45 am. Si necesita más información, póngase en contacto con la Sra. E. Vásquez / Sra. Ibarra/Sr. Hascall al (956) 464-1886. Donna ISD School Board breaks ground again only this time at the new location for the 3D Academy to be located next to Donna High School. This complex should serve more students who will have a second chance to succeed in graduating. Members present were (lr) Ernesto Lugo, Dr. Michael Flores, Nick Castillo, Board President Alfredo Lugo, (Coach) Efren Ceniceros, Supt. Roberto F. Loredo, and Member Angel Magallanes. The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. ~Bill Beattie The Drumbeat Redskin SportsSprings into Action Photo on the right: DHS Varsity Baseball Team. (front row, l-r) Agustin Cantu, Adam Gonzalez, Juan Ruvulcava, Juan Vasquez, Rene Guerra, and Emilio Concha. Standing, (l-r) Alexis Martinez, David Garza, Josh Perez, Casey Ramirez, Dion Padilla, and Sergio Garza. Not pictured: Coach Carlos Pimentel. Varsity Baseball Team Donna High School Sports Redskins Spring Sports Girls Track and Field April 12-14 30-5A District Meet April 27-28 Regional Meet May 11-12 State Meet La Joya Boys Track and Field April 12-14 30-5A District Meet April 27-28 Region IV Championship May 11-12 UIL State Championship La Joya San Antonio Austin Varsity Softball 30-5A District Champions—Varsity Soccer April 3 Sharyland April 6 Rowe April 10 McHigh April 13 Palmview April 17 Memorial April 20 Mission NOTE: All these games are district events. Home 7 pm Away 7 pm Away 7 pm Home 7 pm Away 7 pm Home 7 pm Varsity Baseball April 3 April 5 April 10 April 13 April 17 April 19 April 27 La Joys Sharyland Nikki Rowe McHigh Palmview Memorial Mission Away 7 pm Home 7 pm Away 7 pm Away 7 pm Home 7 pm Away 7 pm Home 7 pm All schedules subject to change. Contact Donna High School Athletics Dept for updated information. The Drumbeat Spelling Bee Champion 1st Grade 1st Place Oziel Salas—LeNoir Elem 2nd Place Jissel Garza—Salazar Elem 3rd Place Ayla Campa—Ochoa Elem 2st Grade 1st Place Rolando Rodriguez, Munoz Elem 2nd Place Americo Garza, Singleterry Elem 3rd Place Kamiya Martrinez, Adame Elem Honing interviewing skills is Donna High School journalism student, Mando Gonzalez as he asks the questions to the new MJROTC instructor, Colonel Sara Phoenix. The interview was conducted during a ground breaking ceremony where media was encouraged to attend. Great job, Mando! 3rd Grade 1st Place Antonia Borjas—Adame Elem 2nd Place Kendra Guerrero—Truman Price 3rd Place Valentin Sanchez—Adame Elem P. S. Garza Elementary “100 Point Club”. All 5th grade students who become members of the “100 Point Club” receive an iPod Shuffle and a $10.00 iTunes gift card. P.S. Garza’s Scholastic Book Fair $10.00 gift certificate winners ~ John Hernandez, Ashley Martinez, Monica Florencio, Kenya Lara, Ezequiel Garcia, Teacher M. Izquierdo! Photo on the left: Top row: Jennifer González, Katherine Romero, Ana Iracheta Bottom row: Daniella Cuellar, Fatima Arevalo, and Ana Galindo To have your school included, send your pictures and articles to [email protected]