LISD Expect Excellence Newsletter

Hello Levelland Lobos!

This is such a great time to be a Lobo! Our students are amazing and continue to excel in all areas. Congratulations to the Capitol Elementary Crazy Monkey Jaguars, who are headed to DI Globals, and the Capitol Elementary Robotics Teams, who are headed to the state competition. They could not have done this without their adult leaders. You are changing lives every day!!!!!!

During this busy time of the school year, I encourage you to always point out the good, be kind to one another, and take care of yourself.

Go Lobos!

Expect Excellence
Sincerely, Becky McCutchen

Our LISD Destination Imagination Teams just returned from the Lone Star Finals and we are so glad to announce that Capitol's Crazy Monkey Jaguars and Mrs. Pam Alexander are moving on to Globals! Congratulations to them for moving on to compete in Kansas City in May! We are so proud of your hard work. All the DI Coaches are so proud of what their kids learned throughout this DI experience and are so grateful for the hard work put in! This is such an amazing opportunity and we are glad the kids had fun along the way! The DI Coaches send out a huge thank you to all the parents and Levelland ISD for this awesome opportunity. DI Coordinator Alexis Gavina also thanks Mrs. Gregory, Ms. Sanchez, Mrs. Magee, Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Utley for pouring so much time and work into these amazing kids. We can't wait to see what the Crazy Monkey Jaguars will do!
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LMS eSports Coach Reba Griggs #expectsexcellence and is thrilled to share that her Rocket League Team 1 advanced to the playoffs! The global eSports team comprised of Blake Moore, Cody Grissom, and Gabriel Johnson will play their sweet 16 game tomorrow! Isn't is crazy that these kids get to play epic competitive computer games against other students from around the world? This concept is up and coming in our technology world and these skills build critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, communication, leadership and digital literacy. We wish you the best of luck, hoping that you make it to the top 4 teams, who advance to the Texas eSports League championship in Arlington on May 4th! Congratulations guys!

Levelland ISD is celebrating after our Robotics Teams returned from their GEAR Robotics Meet. Capitol has three teams moving on to the State Competition at Region 17 on April 20th! Our Robotics students combine science, engineering, technology design, construction, operation, and coding to make their robots complete certain tasks given in a challenge. LISD is so proud that our students are given the opportunity to build a career from these experiences after high school. Congratulations to our three Capitol teams that are moving forward!
Team 1: Rebell Hill, Mason Swain & Hayes Howard
Team 4: Ian Tucek, Joey Wheeler & Dylan Guzman
Team 5: Declan Jaramillo, Jazzman Muroffo & Natalia Hernandez

Band Director Michael Cason and Assistant Director Matthew Tolentino #expectexcellence and are proud to share that our Levelland High School Lobo Bands performed at the UIL Concert and Sigh-Reading Evaluation this past Tuesday and Wednesday at Wayland Baptist University. Our Symphonic Band earned a plaque in sight-reading on Tuesday by receiving a 1st division from all 3 judges. Our Honor Band performed Wednesday and received 1st divisions from all 6 judges, earning them a Sweepstakes award. Please congratulate these students and their directors for all their hard work! We are so proud of our Lobo Band! Great job!

One of the best things about YELL is that students get opportunities that they wouldn't otherwise. Our YELL Officers spoke today at Marigolds and Lion's Club, telling the organizations about their upcoming DuckPluck. The YELL students started the DuckPluck several years ago to raise money for YELL Scholarships. They are raising money again this year to raise money for next year's scholarships! The DuckPluck is on May 15th and if you buy a $5 duck, you could be the winner of up to $750 cash. We #expectexcellence and are seeing it in these great LHS kids. We are proud of how you are growing into adults!

Our Technology Department recognizes our top district Ed Tech users!

The LHS UIL Sponsors #expectxcellence & are pleased to share that LHS placed Second in the District UIL Event last Saturday in Big Spring. Thirty students participated, and twenty advanced to Regionals on April 26th and 27th at TTU. Congratulations to all these students who have gone above and beyond their classroom studies to improve themselves! You are showing the world your mastery of knowledge and skills! #LevellandISD
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The results are:

Accounting

1st Place Team-Advance to Regional

Austin Ellis - 1st

Alvaro Loza 4th

Cy Jai Mitchell

Emma Pugh

Calculator Applications

2nd Place Team

James Bunker 4th ALT

Nathan Ellis 8th

Joleen Caballero 10th

Amor Gabaldon 16th

Computer Science

1st Place Team-Advance to Regional

Austin Ellis 2nd

Damien West 3rd

Nathan Ellis 4th

Joshua Gipson 6th

Current Issues and Events

Christian Chagoya 5th ALT

Lavannah Simental 7th

Literary Criticism

Amor Gabaldon 7th

Mathematics

1st Place Team-Advance to Regional

Michelle Bustillos 2nd

James Bunker 2nd

Nathan Ellis 5th

William Canon 20th

Rosa Servin 24th

Joleen Caballero 27th

Journalism

1st Place Team-Advance to Regional

News Writing

Ada Niederhauser 1st

Galilea Hernandez 2nd

Zachary Lopez 3rd

All advance to Regional

Copy Editing

Ada Niederhauser 2nd-Advance to Regional

Galilea Hernandez 4th ALT

Editorial Writing

Ada Niederhasuer 2nd-Advance to Regional

Elizabeth Hackler 3rd-Advance to Regional

Anjali Gutierrez 4th ALT

Feature Writing

Fabiola Hernandez 2nd-Advance to Regional

Headline Writing

Amor Gabaldon 3rd-Advance to Regional

Number Sense

Alvaro Loza 2nd-Advance to regional

3rd place Speech team

Poetry Interpretation

Richelle Ridge 4th ALT

Prose Interpretation

Grace Bateman 4th ALT

Science

2nd Place Team

James Bunker 1st-Advance to Regional

Grason Edens 8th

Zachary Swain 21st

Biology - Grason 4th

Chemistry - James 1st

Physics - Zachary 3rd, James 4th

Social Studies

Christian Chagoya 3rd-Advance to Regional

Mason Lawhon 5th ALT

Spelling

Fabiola Hernandez 10th

Karma Mitchell 11th

Avani Lopez 16th

Thank you to the LHS students that contributed to the Keep Levelland Beautiful Clean-Up Day! Several LHS groups were represented and Levelland is more beautiful because of them!

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