The playful sound of fiddle strings and tapping of the bow on the instrument permeated Ms. Green’s art room as curious, engaged Lone Star Middle School eighth graders looked on. Mr. Ken Waldman, a former college professor with a talent for writing and who is known as the “Alaskan Fiddling Poet” visited Central High School and all three San Angelo ISD middle schools this week. Mr. Waldman is in San Angelo as part of his tour stop in the city with a performance at the San Angelo Performing Arts Center later this evening.

We will host an optional immunization clinic in partnership with Shannon Medical Center to provide SAISD families accessible opportunities for middle school students to get Texas-required immunizations this Saturday, October 23rd from 9:00 am to noon at Lincoln Middle School.

When you walk in the front doors of Belaire Elementary, you will feel like you are flying through the air just like an Eagle. Because at Belaire, Eagles SOAR! This shared vision helps provide meaning into everything their students and staff do. For students, this means safe, on task, acting responsibly, and respecting self and others. For staff, this means seize opportunities and take ownership in the learning of all future ready learners. In this week’s San Angelo ISD Campus Spotlight, we introduce you to Belaire Elementary.

Looking to the future sometimes begins with being strongly rooted in the past. In this week’s Future Ready Friday feature, we celebrate the rich cultural history and vibrant sounds of Mariachi music as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, and highlight an incredible experience for five Lake View High School Mariachi students on a visit to Washington D.C.

SAISD middle schools will host optional immunization clinics in partnership with Shannon Medical Center to provide SAISD families accessible opportunities for middle school students to get Texas-required immunizations. Immunizations available on-site at the clinics will include TDAP and Meningococcal (MCV4), required for 7th graders in Texas, as well as opportunities for optional Flu and COVID-19 vaccines for students 12 years of age and older.

A shared vision weaves its way throughout the campus at Austin Elementary touching every student and educator on a daily basis. Walk the halls or chat with Principal Brooke Kalnbach or one of her team members, and it will reverberate in just about everything they do and is visually incorporated into the school- painted on walls and even on the new campus book vending machine in large bold letters: “Empower to learn. Empower to lead.” In this week’s San Angelo ISD Campus Spotlight, we introduce you to Austin Elementary.

Our Kindergarten students loved receiving their very own copies of “Jack and the Beanstalk” yesterday, and SAISD cherished being able to get books in kids hands to inspire a love reading as part of San Angelo READS! We couldn’t do it without the support of caring community partners like Diego’s Burritos.