Youth/Juventud
Youth Opportunities CALLING ALL STUDENT ARTISTS FOR AN OUT-OFTHIS-WORLD COMPETITION 2021 theme is “How Space Technology Helps Improve Life on Earth”. Student artists ages 3–18 are invited to enter. Entries are due by noon, on December 31, 2020. Artwork must be submitted online by the student’s teacher, parent. To learn more, and to submit entries visit Art.SpaceFoundation.org. For general contest questions, please email Space Foundation at ArtContest@SpaceFoundation.org. FREE LUNCH Frenship ISD and Aramark are excited to announce that all Frenship students can eat the standard breakfast and lunch for free starting December 1, 2020 through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. All students, whether they are Face-to-Face or Virtual, are eligible to receive the free meals. No sign up is required. Virtual Learners and the non-Frenship students 18 years old or younger can swing by Westwind or the Ninth Grade Center on Tuesdays starting December 1 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. to pick up the free meals. NEW PARK & LEARN WI-FI Access the free Wi-Fi from any Lubbock Public Library parking lots from 7AM -10PM. Password is: LBKlibrary FREE ONLINE MOVIES FOR KIDS Did you know you can watch movies online through the library?!? We've got movies for all ages available through the OverDrive App (not Libby) or on the website lubbock.overdrive.com! VIRTUAL STORYTIME Nov. 3, 12, 17, 19, 24th, from 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM. Join us at https://www.facebook.com/LubbockLibrary/ for a virtual storytime. OPEN FITNESS Avoid the unpredictable weather of high winds and too hot temperatures. Use our fitness equipment to get fit! Treadmill, bikes and more! Ages 13+ (13-16 yrs. needs guardian) 3 p.m., M-F at the Trejo Center. Free. TEEN HELP: Catholic Charities offers FREE help for youth up to 17 years old struggling with negative behaviors, loss of self-respect, bullying, etc. Parents may call 1-800-530-4704 and make a confidential appointment. SCHOLARSHIP INFO ONLINE Fastweb.com - This website claims to be the most complete source of local, national, and college-specific scholarships on the net. It lists thousands of scholarships. When you sign up, you can get email updates when new scholarships become available. Good and free resource.
Spanish Spelling Bee Championship Held
or the second year in a row, a F Frenship elementary student is headed to the National Spanish
Spelling Bee. Over the weekend, Willow Bend Elementary fifth grader Sara Patino took home first place in the Lubbock Spanish Spelling Bee Championship, securing a spot at the national competition hosted in Denver, Colorado in July 2021. On November 14, a dozen elementary and middle school students across Lubbock competed in the Lubbock Spanish Spelling Bee Championship hosted virtually by Texas Tech University’s Sigma Delta Pi, a collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. Four of those students represented Frenship including Willow Bend fifth graders Sara Patino and Jesus Paredes and Terra Vista Middle School sixth graders Alma Diaz-Perez and Edwin Reyes Villanueva. After six intense rounds, Patino came out on top as the over-all winner of the Lubbock championship. Her Willow Bend classmate, Paredes, followed closely coming in at third. Patino and the runner-up, a Lubbock ISD elementary student, will now represent the Lubbock area in the nationals.
“I am so proud of our dual language students and their willingness to adapt to compete virtually. All our Frenship Tigers did so well and were very well prepared,” said Senon Cruz, Frenship’s ESL and Bilingual Coordinator. “Kuddos to their coaches Mr. Nuñez and Ms. Barragan who worked very hard in preparing our students to compete on the big stage.” Patino is the third student in Frenship’s history to advance to the national competition. Her win over the weekend also marks the second consecutive year Willow Bend had a student qualify for nationals. “It is so evident that our dual language teachers teach with all their heart and passion. They seek perfection...capture excellence,” Cruz said. Over the next several months, Patino will continue to practice and study to head-to-head against students from across the nation in July.
Create Your FREE Holiday Reading Digital Library
ith the holiday season upon W us, if you aren't aware of it by now, let us make it clear to you: We have a reading epidemic in America! Learning to read is a challenge for more than 40 percent of children. As you will discover, there is time outside of school, during holidays and weekends, for children to read. One hour a day can make a huge impact on your reading skills. To assure that all students have access to reading material, myON has partnered with Latino Lubbock Magazine, and Los Hermanos Familia to offer a free online digital library this holiday season! Thousands of online digital books in English and Spanish can be accessed for FREE this holiday sea-
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10TH LUBBOCK SPANISH SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP: Sigma Delta Pi shared that this year’s spelling bee was a huge success! They congratulated all the students who competed along with their schools and districts! Special congratulations go to our Champion, Sara Patiño, 5th Grade student at Willow Bend Elementary School, Frenship ISD on winning the competition. The runner-up was María Rivera, 5th Grade student at Bean Elementary School, Lubbock ISD. The third-place winner was Jesús Paredes, 5th Grade student at Willow Bend Elementary School, Frenship ISD. Congratulations from Latino Lubbock Magazine!
GREAT RUN RALLS FOOTBALL: The Jackrabbits have had a great season and bi-district Championship. Congrats to the team and coaches! Fom Latino Lubbock Magazine!
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