Regional Roundup

Kansas

There are more than a thousand school districts in Texas and each one has success stories. Regional Roundup highlights some of the achievements happening in our public schools. When something special happens in your school district, let us know! Send news to comm@atpe.org.

Oklahoma

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FRISCO

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WACO

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TYLER

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LOCKHART

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CHAPEL HILL

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From Across the State

1University High School Welcomes Facility Dog

In Waco ISD, a new employee has joined the University High School staff as a facility dog. His name is Bear, and he is the district’s first emotional support animal, according to the Waco TribuneHerald. The 1-year-old sheepadoodle began his new duties over the summer boosting spirits with the Arkansas cheerleading team. Waco ISD has also added a licensed professional counselor for employees who will provide social emotional education for both students and staff, according to the newspaper.

wacoisd.org

2Chapel Hill ISD Conducts Pack the Bus School Supply Drive

Chapel Hill ISD partnered with local organizations Louisiana to hold a Pack the Bus school supply drive to provide students with school supplies for the 2022-23 school year. Partner organizations with drop-off locations included Whataburger and Dairy Queen, and there was also a drop box in Chapel Hill High School during the Back2School Expo.

chapelhillisd.org

Photos courtesy of Waco ISD, Chapel Hill ISD, Adobe Stock, HEB, and Tyler ISD

3Lockhart ISD Introduces Drive.Pair.Share Incentive

With high gas prices and more employees commuting to work, Lockhart ISD is offering a new Drive.Pair.Share program that provides a $10 per day incentive to staff members who live outside of a 10-mile radius of Lockhart ISD and carpool with other district employees to work. So far, Lockhart ISD has paid $2,420 to staff through the program. “We are really excited about the support this provides to our staff, especially as many of them commute to work in our schools,” Lockhart ISD said in a statement.

lockhartisd.org

4H-E-B Donates $10,000 to Frisco ISD Foundation

The Frisco Education Foundation (FEF) accepted a surprise $10,000 donation from H-E-B, which will go toward agriculture and culinary arts programs that are offered at the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center. The foundation serves both Frisco ISD and the Frisco area to help “enhance educational opportunities for FISD students.” Frisco’s Education Foundation has awarded over $9.4 million in scholarships to graduating seniors and $1 million in grants to educators since 1999.

friscoisd.org

5Tyler ISD’s Read-a-Thon Fundraiser and Literacy Bus Brings Fun, Education

Tyler ISD’s Rice Elementary raised more than $32,000 for the annual Read-a-Thon fundraiser. The reward for the class that raised the most money was the opportunity to paintball the principal. There was also a campus-wide celebration for the event. The reward for the class that read the most hours was a visit to the Literacy Bus, which offers activities and parental engagement. Lisa Muñoz’s class got to take part in several of the Literacy Bus activities, which are self-paced and include skills such as name writing, alphabet, concepts of print, sound awareness, knowledge of sound, learning and recognizing known words, and understanding complex text read aloud, according to the district website. Students also got to eat ice cream and take a book home from the Literacy Bus.

tylerisd.org