EPISD PD Dept Spreads Cheer

The Eagle Pass ISD Police Department officers and security were treated to a department luncheon on Thursday Dec. 19, 2019.  

Interim Chief Ynosencio would like to thank all officers who were able to attend, school administrators and school board for taking the time to join us. 

He would like to extend a big THANK YOU to Mr. Garcia Food Service Director and the cafeteria personnel for providing a delicious meal and drinks.  

Everything was well coordinated and we had a great time!

On behalf of EPISD Police Department may everyone have a great holiday and a prosperous new year!

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Darr Has a Special Visitor

Mrs. Gomez's 2nd grade class had a very special visitor. 

Mr. Mireles came to the class and read "The Mouse Before Christmas" to the class. 

The students really enjoyed the story!

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Ray Darr AR Monthly Goal

Mrs. Vukotic would like to congratulate all the 3rd grade students at Darr who reached their monthly AR goal.

 Keep up the good work!

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Darr Participates in Christmas Socks Day

Mrs. Gomez's 2nd grade class participated in Christmas Socks Day at Darr.

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December Teacher of the Month

EPHS would like to congratulate Mrs. Desma Lerma-Rodriguez for being selected as EPISD's Teacher of the Month for December 2019. 

Congratulations they are so proud of you!

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Darr UIL

Mrs. Felan would like to congratulate Camila Marquez in placing 5th in UIL Creative Writing for Darr.

 Way to go Camila!

All your hard work and dedication paid off!

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Darr rocks their socks

The students in Mrs. Felan's first grade class at Ray Darr showed up Monday morning in the spirit of Christmas. 

They rocked their favorite Christmas socks!

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Staff Luncheon Preparation

Eagle Pass High School Students and staff were seen preparing for the upcoming Holiday Staff Luncheon.

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Quizlet Review

To prepare for the upcoming Semester Final, EPHS U.S. History students were reviewing the past chapters on Quizlet.

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WWII

Eagle Pass High School World History Students were preparing for the upcoming Parental Involvement Night by creating numerous displays regarding WWII.

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SME Congratulates 6th grade stuent

Wednesday, Dec. 11 SME would like to congratulate 6th grader Nadiyah Ledesma for placing and doing an amazing job in UIL.

Nadiyah has been doing Ready Writing for three years and one day she hope to become a writer.

Way to go Miner!

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SME UIL Writers

Its Crunch Time!

Dec. 5th SME UIL Ready Writing participants generate ideas for their assignment.

Way to go Miners

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SME UIL Saturday Practice

Bright and Early!

Saturday, Dec. 7 SME held UIL practice!

UIL Ready Writing Coach, students and Principal work diligently for UIL competition that will be held on Dec. 14 at C.C.Winn

Way to go Miners!

Who is My Rep?

Eagle Pass High School U.S. Government Students created Powerpoint Presentations that featured the many people that represent them in public office. 

Students featured the U.S. Senators, House of Representative, Governor, Mayor, and School Board to name a few.

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Essays

Eagle Pass High School English I Students were hard at work practicing writing essays which will be included in their upcoming Final Exam.

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Christmas Cards

EPHS ROTC were hard at work creating Christmas Cards which will be passed out around the community.

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SME Division II Boys Basketball

Tuesday, Dec. 10 SME Division II Boys had their first game of the season.

The boys played very good and had the outcome that they wanted.

Way to go Miners!

submitted by R Roman

1st & 2nd Grade Parental Involvement Meeting

The 1st and 2nd Mancha Grade Parental Involvement Meeting was a Huge Success.

The teachers provided the parents with information and then the students sang Christmas songs.

Way to Go Mustangs.

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SME Class Pet

Thursday Dec. 12 SME 2nd Grader Jayden L. Valdez a student from Mrs. Villarreal was excited to take home their class pet for the day.

Jayden had to write about the adventure that Ellie the Elephant had and was about to share with his classmates the following day.

Way to go Miner!

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sme prepares from tutorial

There's no waisting time at SME!

Dec. 12 Crossing guard Mrs. Gonzalez and parent volunteer Mrs. Guevara prepare the reading booklets for 4th grade that will be used for reading tutorial.

Thank you Ladies!

Good Job Miners!

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UTSA in the House

UTSA representative Ms. Ana Gutierrez was at EPHS on December 16, 2019 to speak to Seniors who might have questions or concerns regarding the University.

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December Librarian Award

On Friday December 13th Graves Librarian Mrs. A. Libson announced her December Librarian Award winner. 

This student always goes on and beyond, he is very helpful in the library as well as in his classroom, always a helping hand to his teacher. He helps Mrs. Salinas in the computer lab with distribution of chrome books. Exhibits wonderful traits. Every time you see Him he greets you with a big smile! Congratulations goes to Jacobo Frausto 6th grader in Ms. C. McBride's class.

Congrats Jacobo you rock! 

Go Tigers

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SME Christmas Breakfast

On Dec. 6th SME kicked off their yearly tradition with breakfast.

The 1st group treated the staff with some delicious homemade breakfast, from beacon and eggs, to potato and eggs, chorizo and beans,

salsa and tortillas etc. as well as some delicious pastries.

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SME 1st grade gives thanks

Dec. 5th SME 1st grade team would like to thank crossing guard Mrs. Gonzalez, Liberian Mr. Torres and parent Mrs. Lennette Vivian-Mongoy for helping cut and prepare things for their Christmas around the world

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Student of the Month/December

Mrs. De Hoyos would like to congratulate Isaac De Los Angeles for being chosen Student of the Month for December at Darr. 

Isaac is a hard worker and attends school every day.

 He also helps his classmates by tutoring them in math when a concept is not understood.

 He also plays basketball for the city team Mavs!

Keep up the Great Work Isaac!

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Crazy Socks Day

Mrs. De Hoyos' students at Darr participated in the Christmas Spirit by wearing their Christmas Crazy Socks December 16. 

They have so much fun showing off their silly socks to the class!

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NOVEMBER LIBRARY ASSISTANT OF THE MONTH

On Monday, December 16, 2019, Chrysta S. Schuessler, EPHS senior and library aide, was recognized as Library Assistant of the Month. Chrysta is very generous and helpful in the library. 

She volunteers in the library before her school day starts. She is efficient and polite.

 For this and many reasons more, Chrysta S. Schuessler is recognized with a small token of appreciation by the library staff.

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SME Division III

On Dec. 5th SME Division III volleyball team was awarded with the Championship trophy

Team Navy had an great season the team would like to thank their coaches for an amazing job!

Way to go Miners!

submitted by R Roman

SME Health Project

On Tuesday Dec. 3 SME students presented their health projects.

The Miners created a poster and wrote what they were thankful for.

Way to go Miners!

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Gingerbread Man

After reading and discussing "The Gingerbread Man" book, Ms. Ramos' class at Kennedy Hall got a little bit crafty and used their creativity to decorate their gingerbread cookies. 

Kids were able to retell the story, to have fun, and enjoy a delicious cookie. 

Who said learning wasn't fun!

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EPISD PD Happy Holidays

SME Allstar of the Month

Miner Nation would like to Congratulate 5th grade student Adalyn Sanchez for being awarded Star of the Month December 2019.

Adalyn was presented with an Award and Read a Thank You letter on December 3rd during the City Council Meeting.

Adalyn, is an extraordinary student who goes above and beyond and gives it a 110% everyday. She's a great leader around school and outside of school.

Adalyn would like to thank her parents and her family for supporter her in everything she does.

Miner Nation would like to congratulate her and keep up the amazing job

submitted by R Roman

Black-Out Revise

Ms. Ochoa and Ms. Torres 4th grade classroom's had a Blackout Revise and Edit party at Sam Houston. The students had a blast and enjoyed revising and editing but ant the same time they had fun while they learned.

Way to Go Cougars!

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Midnight In Transylvania Practice

The EPHS Indoor Percussion Studio held practice after school on December 13, 2019. The group worked on perfecting their 2020 Indoor Competition piece "Midnight in Transylvania". The group is under the direction of band director Mr. Victor Posada.

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EPHS & WINN ROTARY VISIT DARR

On Friday, December 13th The Eagle Pass Rotary Club and Interact club visits Ray Darr.

The Rotary club donated books and read to Ray Darr 1st-3rd grade students.

Ms. V. Chacon would thank Mr. Juan Gabriel De Luna and all the Rotary Club members for their generous donation.

Way to Go MAVS!

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Christmas activity

Students from Mrs. Benavides' class worked on a writing Christmas activity from Ray Darr 2nd grade class. 

Way to go Mavericks!

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Spelling UIL

Students from Ray Darr Nathalie won 1st place Spelling and Katelyn won 5th place Spelling in the UIL competition. 

Great job Mavericks!

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Reading stories

Students from EPHS Rotary Club read Christmas stories to Ray Darr 2nd grade students. 

Awesome job girls!

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Rebel Christmas Pictures

Lee Rebels were excited to take a picture with Santa when he visited them on Wednesday, December 11, 2019! Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Rebel Christmas Program

Robert E. Lee Elementary is proud to announce a very successful Christmas Program took place on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Students sang numerous songs as parents encouraged them through applause. 

Way to go , Rebels! Talk about Christmas Spirit! 

Ho, Ho, Ho!

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Cheer Competition

Big Tiger shout out to Averie Suarez who is part of the 2019- 2020 Graves Cheerleaders and placed first at the Fun Cheer Competition held in San Antonio in Sunday, December 15th.

 Go Tigers!

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EPISD UIL

Congratulations to Graves Elementary Tigers in placing third place at the EPISD UIL Meet. 

Congratulations to the individuals who placed at their event. 

Go Tigers!

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Tigers Dear Santa letters

Tigers in Ms. Ferrer's 3rd grade class at Graves were excited about getting started on write their Dear Santa letters.

Tigers were all smiles when they displayed them on their class bulletin. 

Go Tigers

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Holiday Cheer

All hands on deck as Graves' fourth graders wanted to decorate the classroom on Dec. 6th in lieu of the holiday season

Great job Tigers!

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UIL pre-meet celebration

On Friday Dec. 13th, Graves Elementary held a small gathering for their UIL students to celebrate all their hard work during practice. 

The Tigers were treated to a hot dog meal and treat bags. 

Mrs. Soto-Gonzalez, Mr. De La Cruz, the UIL coordinators and all the coaches want to express how proud they are of all the hard work and hours of practice these students have put in.

 You got this! 

Go Tigers!

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DARR @ UIL Meet

Darr was represented at the UIL event on December 14th. 

The patiently waiting for the events to begin!

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MJH UIL Academics Blanket Drive

MJH UIL Academics held a blanket, socks, and slippers drive for the Iron Pigs Club of Eagle Pass. They will be donating these items to the elderly in our community.

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15 days of Christmas

On Thursday, December 12th at Graves Elementary Mrs. Gutierrez and her student Emiliano showed their Christmas spirit by spreading smiles and wearing red for the 9th day of the 15 days of Christmas! 

Go Tigers!

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Reading passage

On Friday, December 13th at Graves Elementary the students in Mrs. Benavides' 3rd class read the passage a Christmas in Hawaii! 

After answering the questions the students worked on their very own lei adding their unique touch! Keep up the good work Tigers!

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Jump Rope Relays

Students at Ray H. Darr refined their jump rope skills during Coach Mata's P.E. class.

 They worked on their locomotor skills as well as their cardiovascular endurance.

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