by Sheila Adams | Oct 19, 2017 | Lufkin ISD
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 LISD Leadership Academy. The program was officially kicked off Wednesday afternoon at a welcome reception at the Administration building. The Lufkin ISD Leadership Academy is an innovative program for teachers and instructional...
by Dr. LaTonya Goffney | Oct 16, 2017 | Athletics, Superintendent's Corner
Alex Sheen began an international movement called “Because I Said I Would” based on the premises of simply keeping your word. He spoke at the Lufkin ISD Convocation in August and challenged everyone to choose something they will do and write it down. Making a...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 12, 2017 | Lufkin ISD
Sonjua Deason, 7th grade counselor at Lufkin Middle School, won the first district prize for the United Way campaign. The first prize was lunch from Which Wich, which she was thrilled to receive. Then she was told that Which Wich was kind enough to donate lunch for...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 12, 2017 | Lufkin ISD
History of Red Ribbon Week (www.RedRibbonWeek.org) Enrique (Kiki) Camarena was a Drug Enforcement Administration Agent who was tortured and killed in Mexico in 1985. When he decided to join the US Drug Enforcement Administration, his mother tried to talk him out of...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 11, 2017 | Lufkin ISD
This week is National School Lunch Week, and Lufkin ISD is highlighting the importance of school lunches. Lufkin ISD has 100 plus employees who plan, prepare and serve food for approximately 5,600 students every day. The theme this year is “School Lunch: Recipes...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 10, 2017 | Lufkin High School, Lufkin ISD
Lufkin High School senior Allison Todd, daughter of David and Terri Todd, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. On average, fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of...
by Sheila Adams | Oct 7, 2017 | Lufkin ISD
DALLAS — Dr. LaTonya Goffney, Lufkin ISD’s Superintendent of Schools, was named Superintendent of the Year at the Texas Association of School Administrators/Texas Association of School Boards convention this weekend in Dallas. The SOTY program has recognized...
by Andy Adams | Oct 4, 2017 | Lufkin High School, Lufkin ISD
Denise Stringer Davis, head of Lufkin High School’s Studio Arts department, unveiled “Pulling Threads,” her new exhibition and installation in the Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus in Lufkin, on Tuesday night. Here are a few photos from...