Group of Lobos graduate, head to next step in life

The Longview Early Graduation High School celebrated their January class of 2023 Thursday night, Jan. 26, in an inspirational ceremony. Congratulations graduates! Lobo Nation is so proud of you and all your hard work!

Aside from my classes and lectures, we had the opportunity to shadow at two different doctors’ offices according to our areas of interest. On Tuesday, I visited Dr. Vyas’s clinic where she specializes in internal medicine. Then, on Thursday, I visited Dr. Kelly Moon ’s family medicine clinic. Dr. Moon was very friendly, and her compassion for her patients was apparent. On Wednesday, we traveled to Stephen F. Austin’s nursing facility where we learned how to give shots, manually take blood pressures, and care for wounds. Also, we learned and witnessed the process of agglutination with synthetic blood types.

Through the countless activities and detailed procedures, the staff and counselors involved with our group did a spectacular job incorporating fun events and tasty treats. They provided snacks between class lectures and took us ziplining at the university’s ropes course. Since the counselors were current or upcoming graduates, they were great resources for advice and recommendations about college. On the final day, we visited Hope, a local food pantry in Nacogdoches, where we volunteered by cleaning, mopping, and moving furniture. After we returned to campus, the SFA staff hosted a lovely luncheon and awards ceremony. I was honored to receive the Outstanding Biology Student Award for the highest overall scorer in that class. with the Thrifty Nickel, as well as campus staff and volunteers.

During a week full of new experiences and new people, people who were strangers at first quickly became friends and life-long connections. I learned about the value of time management, college and dorm life, and the opportunities in college that await me. I am thankful for the unforgettable experiences I had this past summer as I was enlightened about college life and the medical career in such a short period of time. Most of all, I would like to show my appreciation to Mrs. Ray who works beyond the expectations to help the students of Longview High School reach and achieve their goals. If it were not for her time and communication with the students, I would have never learned of this incredible SFA camp opportunity.

Each year the Community Relations department selects a Longview High School senior student who contributes work to The Longview Voice for a scholarship to the school of their choice.

To qualify a student must submit a news article, op-ed column, or photo to be published in any edition of The Longview Voice newspaper, and fill out an application by April 7 to be considered.

Past Winners

• 2016 — Estrella Gonzales, Keyarro Hollins, Uwa Ihionkhan

• 2017 — Yosef Ibitayo, Gaylon Wiley

• 2018 — German Zelaya, Jose Velazquez, Michael Vera

• 2019 — Alyssa Shobert, Brady Miller, Payton Schaap

• 2020 — Jesse Gonzalez, Emily Mendenhall

• 2021 — Audrey Smith

• 2022 — Joshua Sanders, Adriana Corona

• 2023 — It could be YOU!

For more information please contact the Community Relations department via email at ask@ LISD.org or call 903-381-2235 they will need throughout 5th grade, beginning with their Science Fair Projects, now completely digital. At this time in class, students are “right in the middle” of working on these projects along with conducting experiments and reflecting on their outcomes. In particular, students must transfer what they saw during the process of an experiment to a written record of it in their reflective journals—not a simple task, and one that requires much practice.

Students will soon explore “How the World Works,” a transdisciplinary unit in which they study the solar system and ecosystems, among other things. Because IB fosters inquiry-based learning, in this unit students will seek to discover “How do human choices transform the environment?” Pairing with the social studies teacher, Mr. Warren encourages students to ask “burning questions” like “How did the Civil War [social studies] affect change in the ecosystem [science] where soldiers fought?” They not only explore historical human choices that have transformed the environment, but also consider the current transformation of places in Longview where “trees have been cut down for the building of apartments” resulting in loss of habitat for birds and animals of the local forest ecosystem.

Kudos to Bryan Warren and his fellow 5th grade teachers for their dedication and creative ways of implementing IB principles and practices in their 5th Grade classrooms

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