Grand Champion!

Adam Hussey recieved the Grand Prize for his poster in a contest designed launch the Wilson County Crime Stoppers Hotline.  Adam is the proud owner of $200. Congratulations Adam!

FFA Public Relations Team Advances to State

The Floresville High school FFA Public Relations team  placed first at the Alamo District Leadership Contest.  This team will advance to the state competition in January. I am so proud of these outstanding young leaders.  FFA is such a valuable leadership training program.  Leaders in these areas have opportunities for outstanding scholarships and great jobs when they graduate from college. 

Pictured are: Ryan Hubbert, Ashley Earhardt, Katie Stepke, Tyler Johnson.

Amanda Reed will also be moving on to Area in Job Interview after placing first in district.(Not Pictured)

Gold Performance Acknowledgements

In addition to the Texas Education Agency accountability rating of Recognized for all campuses and the district, we were awarded 4 awards schools for performance on additional categories not included in the accountability ratings system. The awards are known as Gold Performance Acknowledgements. Congratulations to these groups as the high school says “make it happen!”

Floresville Elementary—Commended for Science

Floresville Middle School—Commended for Reading and Comparable Improvement for Reading

Floresville High School—Attendance

Floresville Choice Program—Commended for Social Studies and Texas Success Initiative (TSI) for ELA

Primary Pantry Parade

If you were driving on Business Loop 181 on Wednesday, November 10^th you might have been stopped by a food wagon train headed donation at our local food drive organized by FISD social worker Ben Reed.  Click here to learn more about this outstanding display of service learning from our Primary Campus.  http://tigershare.wordpress.com/

Veteran’s Day Celebration – Huge Success

The Veterans Day ceremony was a huge success thanks to the many organizations that made this day so special.  A huge thank you to Roselind Pellech, Kenny Williams, and Leanne Marshall who organized the event.

Chief Master Sergeant Robert Gaylor was our keynote speaker and received rave reviews from everyone.  I was so proud of our students and teachers including AFJROTC, Molly Roemer and the VALU class, Boy Scouts, FHS Student Council, Mrs. John’s Elementary Choir, Elisabeth Kotzur and Jack Rogers as well as the Mighty Tiger Band who provided wonderful presentations for our distinguished guests.  Finally, I was impressed of the outstanding behavior of our students who were so respectful during the entire presentation. 

 Thanks to all of you who are helping us to build a community of character and to the Military who keep us safe!

Veteran’s Day Ceremony

The Floresville Independent School District invites you the

4th Annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony

Eschenburg Field

9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 11th

Our special guest is Chief Master Sergeant Robert Gaylord

The Ceremony will begin at Eschenburg Stadium at 9:30 on Wednesday, November 11th. 

If you are a veteran we would like to invite you to take advantage of our special seating.  Please contact Leanne Marshall for more information at lmarshall@fisd.us

I would like to personally thank Leanne Marshall, Roselind Pellech, and Colonel Kenny Williams for their leadership and direction for this very meaningful event. Thank you for helping us build a community of character in Floresville.

Note that Mrs. Pellech recieved a National Teacher Award from the Veteran’s of Foriegn Wars for coming up with this wonderful way to honor our veterans.

Secondary Students Teach Character

Our high school and middle school students demonstrated good character when they read the book, My Mouth is a Volcano, by Julia Cook to Pre K – 5th grade students.  This book compares an erupting volcano to an erupting child. This is a story about a child who blurted out and interrupted when others were talking. Our students then led the little ones in activities during computer, art, and music classes about good manners and speaking etiquette. Librarian Allison Shoemaker described this as “a fun, exciting and great learning experience for all of our students.” Our younger kids really enjoy when our middle school and high school students visit them.  Thanks to our students who are helping to build a community of character by being a positive example for others. Thanks to teachers and librarians for creating special moments for our kids.

FISD Campuses Win National Character Education Awards

As part of the National Schools of Character awards program, the Character Education Partnership (CEP) gives annual Promising Practices awards to schools and districts in the United States and elsewhere for implementing unique and specific strategies in character education. Selected schools and districts receive an award certificate at the Promising Practices Awards Ceremony at the CEP National Forum on Character Education. In addition, a description of their winning practices appears in the National Schools of Character annual publication and on CEP’s website.

Floresville Primary School, Middle School, and High School each won this award. These were 3 of the 4 awards given to Texas schools.  Congratulations to these campuses and thank you for helping us build a community of character.

Flat Tiger Visits South Dakota and New Hampshire

Floresville Elementary has created an innovative method to introduce colleges to our students.  The idea is to create awareness of different colleges by having our Flat Tiger visit these campuses and having his picture taken at different locations.  Visit their blog to see his latest adventures.  http://flattiger.wordpress.com/

Career Day for 1st and Second Graders

Part of building a college going culture is developing students awareness of careers at an early age.  For the second year, the Primary campus has hosted their career day for students. During this celebration of future employment, students dress up as their future vocation ranging from chefs to medical doctors. 

This is one more way we are preparing our students for a prosperous life!