We are pleased with the announcement of Mr. Whisenant as the Lufkin Middle School principal. He has the experience on the LMS campus and leading his own campus at Slack Elementary to make a seamless transition to the middle school.

Click on this post for a link to Lufkin ISD’s 2018-19 Back to School page. We’ll see you soon!

The board unanimously passed a 3% pay raise for all employees at the July board meeting.

With football season right around the corner, Lufkin ISD is partnering with Yates Broadcasting on FM103.7 and AM1260 to broadcast the Panther Nation football games and spring sporting events with host Gary Ivins.

At tonight’s Lufkin ISD board meeting, Scott Walters was announced as the principal for the alternative (ACE) campus. In safety and security, the board voted to approve several security measures to implemented across the district.

At the Junior Achievement Golden Star Breakfast, recognition and awards were given to volunteers, school districts, sponsors, and board members for an outstanding year of economic success.

The seniors enjoyed breakfast together as they celebrated one last time before graduation. The summa cum laude students were announced as well as Valedictorian, Michael Calhoun, and Salutatorian, Allison Todd.

Each year, two students are selected, one student who originally qualified for the Dual Language Magnet Program in English and one who qualified in Spanish.

Michael Calhoun was named Valedictorian and Allison Todd Salutatorian at the Senior Breakfast at the Convention Center this morning. The two received an additional medal for their honors among the 45 Summa Cum Laude announced at the breakfast.

The Lufkin ISD school board recognized ten teachers who were trained in dyslexia intervention using the Neuhaus method. After completing their training, which included amassing 200 hours of training in Houston, 700 hours of curriculum, 10 demonstration lessons, multiple reports, case studies on students and four book reports, they became Certified Dyslexia Therapists.

The spelling bee at Burley Primary is open to all students and consists of English and Spanish words to make it extra challenging. Congrats to our winners!

Register your returning student or new student today! All students must be registered to receive their schedule next year.

Art scholarships were given to four students at the Lufkin ISD board meeting. Art is an important part of the educational process, and Lufkin ISD proudly supports the fine arts.

Re-elected board members Scott Skelton and Hall Henderson took the oath of office as well as newly elected board member, Matt Knight.

Herty Primary hosted Special Olympics in the gym and outdoors at the Herty campus. The students were climbing through hula hoops, riding bikes, jumping through bubbles and having a wonderful time.

The May Education Foundation board meeting was held at the newly designed educational space called the “STREAM Lab” on the Slack Elementary campus. The room is filled with interactive computer tablets, state-of-the-art microscopes, models of earth, moon, planets and volcanoes, as well as art activities that relate to science and math. 

The summer feeding program is free for any child age 2 to 18. Check out the locations in our area.

Keep your children busy this summer with some fantastic summer camps, reading programs and activities in our community.