EDUCATION BRIEFS 3North East ISD contests set for May 7 elections
North East ISD will meet March 22 at 5:30 p.m. 8961 Tesoro Drive, San Antonio 210-407-0000 • www.neisd.net Northside ISD will meet April 12 at 6 p.m. 5900 Evers Road, San Antonio 210-397-8500 • www.nisd.net MEETINGSWE COVER Esports, or electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games, NISD officials said. Student teams competed in games, such as Super Smash Brothers and Rocket League, a NISD release said. NISD officials said esports is an extracurricular activity offered at 20 middle and high schools this year. The program’s goal is to strengthen problem solving and creativity; develop teamwork skills; and foster healthy competition. Association’s competition held Jan. 21-22 in Dallas. The cheerleaders were awarded trophies in the game day division and in intermediate performance, NEISD officials said. NORTHSIDE ISD The district hosted its inaugural Northside Esports Championship on Feb. 5 with 330 middle and high school students competing in team and individual events. DISTRICTHIGHLIGHTS NORTHSIDE ISD Twelve NISD fine arts students from eight high schools were selected to the Texas Music Educators Association’s all-state band, choir, orchestra and jazz bands. The honorees included Clark High School junior and clarinetist Riley Mazziotta, NISD officials said. A selection to one of TMEA’s all-state bands is the highest public school award for individual achievement in music that a student can receive, NISD officials said, adding that it represents the top 1% of student musicians in Texas. NORTHEAST ISD Las Lomas Elementary School fourth grader Dominick Martin was among 10 finalists in the 2022 Texas Cavaliers River Parade Art Contest in January. His submission incorporates the 2022 parade theme—Al Fresco. NORTHEAST ISD Reagan High School cheerleaders were awarded two second-place trophies at the National Cheerleading NUMBER TOKNOW The amount called for a Northside ISD bond proposition in January. Voters will get to decide whether to approve the bond in the May 7 election. $992M
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NORTH EAST ISD Voters across North East ISD planning to cast a ballot in the May 7 local elections will consider contested races for three board seats. District 2 Trustee Terri Williams will face Rhonda Rowland and Jacqueline Lee Klein. District 3 Trustee Omar Leos drew a challenge from Diane Sciba Villarreal. An educator, Leos was appointed to a vacancy in 2020 and then won a special election the same year to fill an unexpired term. Marsha Landry and Joseph Trevino filed to challenge District 7 Trustee Sandy Winkley, who is seeking a second term. Each NEISD board term lasts four years.
IMPORTANT DATES
APRIL 7: Last day to register to vote APRIL 25- MAY 3: Early voting
APRIL 26: Last day to apply for ballot by mail MAY 7: Last day to receive ballot by mail
Hill Middle School studentswins NEISD poster contest
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
NORTHEAST ISD March is National World Language Month, and NEISD chose “Tex” Hill Middle School eighth-grader Sophia Shokrian’s submission from among 30-plus entries as the winner of NEISD’s World Language Month poster contest. The contest was open to any NEISD middle or high school student enrolled in a world language course, NEISD officials said “The prompt was, ‘Illuminate your Life with Languages of the World,’” Shokrian said. “To me that meant a bunch of different cultures and each culture has a different color repre- sented here in a kind of rainbow.”
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