by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD The Los Fresnos High School Mariachi Nuevo Halcón will be out to defend its state title Friday, February 8th, when the group performs in the Texas Association of Music (TAME) Educators state competition in Grand Prairie. Groups there will then be invited to participate in the State Mariachi Festival Feb. 22-23 at […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Sydney Jo Peña of Liberty Memorial Middle School took top honors in the District’s American Mathematics Competition for students in grades 6-8. Awards were presented Wednesday in the Liberty Memorial Middle School Gymnasium. The contest was open to students in grades 6-8 who received recommendations to compete from their teachers, counselors and/or […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Rene Lopez and James Patrick Riggins are believed to be the only two Los Fresnos residents to die in Vietnam War. In 1985, the Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees voted to name its newest school at the time after them – Lopez-Riggins Elementary. Riggins was remembered by his brother Richard on […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD The Los Fresnos High School Cheerleaders placed among the top 15 schools in the finals of the UIL Spirit State Championships Jan. 19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. LFHS competed in the Co-Ed division with other schools of other classifications that featured boys and girls on cheer teams. Cheer teams performed […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD For decades, schools around the world have started their days with the pledge of allegiance and announcements over the school’s intercom system. It used to be that only the principal would use the intercom for announcements, but students in many schools have taken over the microphone or telephone intercom. With the help […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Twenty-four Los Cuates Middle School band members have earned a chair in the 2019 Middle School All-Valley Band. The students performed at the 2018-19 Middle School All-Region Clinic and Concert Jan. 19 at Donna High School. More than 1,000 students from the Rio Grande Valley participated. Some instrumental sections had as many […]

by Tony Vindell/LFN If the success of a school district was to be scored by the way it handles its finances, the Los Fresnos school district would be at the top of the system. However, educating its students is a top priority. Nevertheless, the district’s finances are second to none. That is how the latest […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Eighteen members of the Los Fresnos High School Stars dance team performed at the Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium  in Orlando, Fla. on New Year’s Day. The group was one of several high school groups from around the country who danced during the All-American Halftime Show. The group left for Florida on Dec. […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD The Los Fresnos High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps qualified to the Navy JROTC Area 10 Texas State Championship Drill Meet for the 16th consecutive year. The Navy JROTC Area 10 State Championship Field Meet will be hosted by the Commanding Officer Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets in College […]