Education Matters January 10 2022

by Education Matters

Posted on January 24, 2022

To the Patrons of Littlefield ISD:

Welcome to 2022!  I trust each of you had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend quality time with family and friends.  With the arrival of January comes many activities for our students at Littlefield Independent School District.  Here is a list of events for the month of January.

Primary – Istation testing will be the week of January 4-10 for Kindergarten through 2^nd grade in Reading and Math.

Kindergarten team will be piloting Eureka math curriculum through Region 17 for 30 days starting on January 4. This Curriculum allows for higher level thinking skills to be introduced in the classroom.

ROT – the cutest in the world storybook parade ---- each grade level will read aloud the book ROT and students will participate in a potato parade the week of January 24. Thursday, January 27^th is the 100^th day of school ----- dress like you’re 100 or wear your favorite 100 day shirt!

Elementary – The teachers and aides are working extremely hard as we begin the 2^nd semester of school.

State assessment testing will be in April and May and our students and staff are preparing to do their BEST!

Junior High – The Junior High is off to a great start for the 2^nd semester! Twenty-four Band students will be participating in the All Region Band Weekend in Lubbock, Texas on January 28 & 29 at the Lubbock Civic Center.  The students and staff are also preparing for the upcoming State Assessment testing that will be in April and early May. Please visit our “Wildcat Athletics” page on our website for schedules of future BB games. There are many Basketball tournaments coming up in January. The Littlefield Area Stock Show is January 12-15 followed by the Fort Worth Heifer Show on January 20-24.  I encourage you to support our students!

The Board of Trustees and I have been meeting with Parkhill Architectural, a local firm out of Lubbock about the costs of putting a Bond Election in front of the voters and building a new High School. We have a citizens committee who attended a meeting back in December and was informed about the current condition of our facilities, etc. The committee also looked over proposals regarding a new High School and bringing our existing High School up to date and converting it into the Junior High. With this being said, I will be sending a survey out to the public to see what kind of response we get about the possibility of a potential bond election in May of this year. The questions will be very specific and deal with the current condition of our buildings, etc. I encourage each of you to take time and respond to the survey. Your voice matters! The survey will be on our school website which is:  www.lfdisd.org.    

The survey will be active from Monday, January 10 at 8:00 AM and will close on Tuesday, January 18 at 4:00 PM. I strongly encourage anyone who lives in the Littlefield Independent School District to take time and complete the survey. Please feel free to contact me with any questions at 806-385-4150.

Germ Blast will be sanitizing and cleaning our buildings on January 15.

We will be out of school on Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Please check our school website for the most up-to-date list of activities and events.  www.lfdisd.org.

Proud to be a WILDCAT!