Curbside Recycling will be held on Saturday, January 31st from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon in front of Marcus High School.
Please support MHS by donating your tax deductible, unwanted, household items. Acceptable items include computers, cameras, office equipment, multi-media items, clothing and accessories, toys and games, portable electronics, video games, sporting goods, musical instruments, home and garden items, non fiction books, jewelry and non perishable & canned foods.
Please note that console/projection/and CRT style TVs can no longer be accepted.
All proceeds go directly to Marcus High School.
The Marcus High School PTSA has earned the 2014 Winter Increase Award, for reporting and remitting dues for more members this December 1st (2014) than you did last year! Our membership has increased by 230 member(s) since December 1, 2013. Thanks to Kelly and team for their continued efforts to get parents, teachers and students plugged in!
Why Membership Matters
PTA is a grassroots organization made up of parents, teachers and others around the state who have an interest in children, families and schools. PTA membership is as diverse as Texas is in cultures, education levels and parenting skills. By joining PTA, a member becomes part of the largest child advocacy organization in the state with over 500,000 members across Texas.
Local:
- Senior Scholarships
- Campus Beautification
- Magnificent Marauders
- Programs
State / National:
- Building Free Programs
- Advocating for Children & Education
- Lunch Programs
- After School Care
- Immunization Programs
- School Bus Safety
- Communication to Local PTAs
Most colleges and universities are incorporating online degree programs as that is the growing trend that seems to cater best to today’s “modern day” student. As such educators, students and their families will have more to evaluate as they explore all the available options. To help, Edudemic thought it would research and create a resource page that discusses online colleges and programs and the truth behind the often touted selling point of “affordability”.
They want students to be able to gain valuable insight into their education, especially when it comes to affordable education, tuition, financial aid, cost vs. benefit, as well as career development from an online degree.
Applications Due Today!
Texas PTA offers $1000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Texas who will be enrolled full-time in an accredited college or university or a technical institute in the summer or fall semester immediately following applicant’s high school graduation. All funds for the scholarships are provided by gifts to the Texas PTA Endowment Fund.
December
Topic: PEP Plus – College Admission
When: Wednesday, December 3 @ 6:00 PM
Where: Marcus 9
Marcus High School’s Parent Education Program is presenting a new kind of session this month — PEP Plus sessions bring students and their parents together to grow and learn! Join us for a night of FREE seminars about college planning — everything from tests to essays to financial aid will be discussed in these sessions. This event is open to all parents of MHS students and any feeder schools to MHS.
Free child care will be provided for younger children.
Did you miss the November school board meeting? No worries, they are recorded and placed online.
- Fun content during board private session
- Meeting starts about an hour into the video
- Opens with Dr. Waddell’s retirement announcement
- Jump to 1:16:00 to see the Band recognition
- Summary
View prior LISD School Board meetings
Did you miss the Parent Education Program last week? Watch the video – well worth the time!
As the Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees begins its national search for a new Superintendent of Schools, we would like to share with you our goals for this process. Our primary focus is to find the best candidate to serve our school district. Our children and staff deserve the very best. We know our community expects a quality educational program, and we will find the right person with values reflective of our community.
On Wednesday, November 19, the Board will hold its first meeting to discuss next steps for our search at Career Center East. The time has not been determined; however, it will be posted similar to our other meetings. During this first meeting, we will take action to start the request for qualifications to hire a search firm, which will act similar to a corporate headhunter. LISD is one of the 100 largest school districts in the nation, and we will seek a firm that has a solid record of successfully recruiting effective superintendents.
Throughout this search, we will be as open and transparent as possible. We will create a section on the district website at www.LISD.net to keep the community informed of the entire process. As information is updated, the district’s Office of Public Information and Community Relations will send out an electronic notification informing our community of new information.
Additionally, we will seek community input. Our Board wants to hear the attributes and qualifications you want in the next Superintendent. Throughout this process, community forums and electronic feedback will be communicated to staff, parents and community members. We encourage you to follow LISD on Facebook and Twitter to ensure you are well informed of any input opportunity. Notices will also be published in our local papers.
Our Board encourages you to participate in this very important process. If you have questions regarding the Superintendent search, please feel free to contact the Office of Public Information and Community Relations at 469.948.8152 or email Karen Permetti at permettik@lisd.net.
Best Regards,
Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees
LISD Superintendent Letter to the Community – Nov. 10, 2014
Dear Lewisville ISD Community: It is with a sad heart that I announce my retirement effective January 31, 2015. I have had a great career beginning in 1980. I have loved every minute of it. I want to thank the administrators and boards that have given me the chance to serve their children: Splendora, Lancaster, Sunray, Tuloso-Midway, Birdville and Lewisville. It has been an honor to serve all of those districts. Read more…
I am proud to have been a founding member of the Texas Visioning Institute. It has been rewarding to see how that quiet work began with 35 superintendents who believed there was a better way to educate children than the numbing and stifling mediocrity of the high stakes accountability system, has led to the crumbling of the testing edifice.
I particularly want to thank the LISD Board of Trustees for offering me this incredible opportunity to lead this amazing district, and my talented Leadership Team. I am proud of what we have done: put the district on sound financial footing even with the deep state cuts in 2011; reorganization and streamlining of administration; creation of a powerful, state-of-the-art technology infrastructure that has provided digital resources in the hands of all students; fulfillment of the 2008 Bond with the completion of the Westside Aquatics Center and the design and building of the world class Flower Mound and Marcus Ninth-Grade Campuses and the rebuild of the new Griffin Middle School and Camey Elementary School. We have seen student achievement continue to rise on AP exams, SAT and ACT, that exceed state and national averages. We revolutionized communication and opened up our district to massive community involvement in every significant area.
Most significantly, our Board embraced a vision I described to them when they hired me, and the process that brought thousands of community members to create the Strategic Design. The vision, “All of our students enjoy thriving, productive lives in a future they create,” has been inspirational for me, the community, staff and students.
Because of our Board’s leadership and the incredible support of the community to realize this vision, we have seen an amazing transformation in our classrooms throughout the district. I have to thank the incredibly talented central office staff, principals and especially the teachers, who are the most talented and gifted I have seen, who have brought vision to reality in designing engaging and transformative work for our students. I have seen things happening in classroom after classroom I thought I would never see. It is a testament of what can happen when you free such gifted professionals from the thralldom of high stakes testing and give them an opportunity to do what they got into this profession to do: be creative, engage students and lead them to truly profound learning. I believe Lewisville ISD is the most innovative and progressive district in the nation and leads the way for world class learning in this century.
I have tried to focus my entire career on doing what’s best for children. Last week may be the most amazing week I have experienced in my career. I saw Flower Mound, Hebron and Marcus take three out of 10 places in the State Marching Band Finals and then earn the top two places for the second straight year; the 1:X™ initiative was named an Apple Distinguished Program and on Saturday I watched The Colony, Flower Mound, Marcus and Hebron compete in the Cross Country State Meet and see The Hebron girls take state, Marcus second and The Colony third. It was an amazing week for a district that continuously distinguishes itself. It is also, perhaps, a fitting time to leave.
It is hard to say goodbye, but it has to happen sometime. I have had a great career, the best job in the world. No one has been luckier than I and I am very thankful. I will miss everyone, especially the wonderful staff, the principals and the teachers. Mostly, I will miss all of the children. It has been a privilege to serve the young people of Texas and I have cherished my relationships with them. After 36 years, it continues to be a blessing to see their brilliance.
Stephen F. Waddell, E.D.
Superintendent of Schools
