Alternative High School students learn about violence prevention About 200 students at Alternative High School participated in various segments of a Violence Prevention Program program. Students heard about teen dating violence from Adriana Felts with the Safe and Drug Free and Communities Program, and Officer Christian Zapata, the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) officer. In addition, an officer from the Fabian Dale Dominguez Jail spoke about the harsh realities of prison life. And, Sam Garcia, a teacher and mediator at Alternative High School, conducted a Violence Prevention class. Students who completed the class and attended all of the special presentations received a Certificate of Completion.
Art students team up to paint mural at Zachry 
There is a new creation at Zachry Middle School. Art teacher Alfonso Espronceda and his fourth period, eighth grade art students created a mural to capture the essence of Zachry. Hayden Sherman is responsible for the wolverine, Albert Ybarra the text, and Jonathon Hernandez the paws. Other students contributed to ideas for symbols that represented core subjects, electives, and extracurricular activities. This is the first time a wall mural has been created at Zachry and will be a lasting legacy to be enjoyed for all the years to come.
Students photographed are, front row, left to right, Dylan Alexander Mosel, Matthew Paul Leyendecker, Kelsey Z. Horton, Tanya Isabel Cruz, Yeimi Gongora, Shannon Jacquez, Stacy N. Sanchez, and Erik Cruz, and back row, left to right, Hayden Patrick Sherman, Daniel R. Au, Samuel Ruiz Flores, Adam S. Guiffrida, Erick Martinez, Jose Angel Enriquez, Albert Ybarra, Brandon Gerard Nieto, and Johnathan Keith Hernandez.
Math rocks at Steubing Stuebing Elementary students were treated to a Math Rocks concert at the end of the school year as a reward for learning their math facts.
Students in grades one through five worked all year to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They all used the fast facts program available on the school computers.
In order to attend the concert students had to earn beginner, medium, advanced or expert status based on their time and score. All "experts" were rewarded with preferential seating, backstages passes, and autographs from the band.
Kids helping kids at Blattman 
This past spring, Blattman third graders teamed up with kindergarteners during their Advisory Meetings and decided to collect books to donate to the Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital. The students collected more than 600 books to donate to the small library at Christus.
From start to finish, the students made flyers, collected, kept count, and encouraged each other. The students also labeled each book with care and a Blattman Black Bear Logo. They even arranged for a local celebrity, Miss Fiesta San Antonio 2009, Jessica Ramirez, her court, 1st Princess Haley Bergman, 2nd Princess Jaime Lalley, and her police and military escorts to deliver the books.
This year, other service projects included collecting needed items for the San Antonio State School, collecting new items for the Animal Defense League, and collecting stuffed animals for local firemen and police officers to give to children during times of tragedy.
NISD awarded Equipment Assistance Grant Northside ISD is one of 13 districts in Region 20 that received an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Equipment Assistance Grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Through this competitive grant, Northside received $350,000 in stimulus funds, the largest amount awarded in the region, to purchase kitchen equipment for six elementary schools (Westwood Terrace, Lackland City, Mary Hull, Glenn, Powell, and Valley Hi) and two middle schools (Rayburn and Jones). The grant program received more than 3,000 applicants.
Folks's Kudos
- Nevaeh Cabello, Tyara Gonzalez, and Brooklyn Hoffman in Marian Hersum's second grade class at Timberwilde Elementary School were honored by having their creative drawings and writings published in the Write On Imagination Newspaper.
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Blattman Art Teacher Lenise Perez-Miller recently received the McNay Docent Teacher Award because of the quality of art instruction students receive as evidenced by their participation and ability to dialogue about artists and their work during McNay Art Museum field trips this year. The award was presented by school namesake Patricia Blattman at a luncheon held at the Oak Hills Country Club.
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