by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Students at Los Fresnos Elementary are getting a taste of high school Nov. 15 as Los Fresnos High School CTE programs visit their campus. The “CTE on Tour” visit to LFE is one of four visits during the school by CTE students, all 564 of whom got to see five programs presented […]

  by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Certificates of the November election were approved at a Special Called Meeting of the Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees Monday. Martin Castillo was re-elected to Place 1 and Ruben R. Treviño was re-elected to Place 2. Both were unopposed and took the oaths of office. Castillo, who has served on […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD University of Texas System architect Richard De Leon addressed the Career and Technical Education Advisory Board in their semi-annual meeting Tuesday. De Leon, a native of Edinburg, is the Director of Program Management in the Office of Capital Projects for the UT System Administration. He has worked his way up the administration […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Olmito Elementary students received a treat Thursday as University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assistant professor Nikkie Hodgson read her “Ricky the Raindrop” book to all students. The children’s book is the first for Hodgson, who was visiting her ninth campus since the book published last spring. She read to all 630 […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD There’s a new truck around Los Fresnos CISD schools that has become the newest educational tool for students. The truck is called Falcon Express, and it’s the source for three courses for students at Special Education and Career and Technical Education courses with a certified teacher on board. Three courses are associated […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Five Los Fresnos CISD students made a presentation to the Cameron County Commissioner’s Court Tuesday regarding safety on the narrow two-lane Whipple Road. The students are enrolled at Los Fresnos CISD elementary and middle schools whose families travel Whipple Road between FM 1847 and FM 1575 frequently. Attending the meeting were: King […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD hen three groups of 800 students each walked into Los Fresnos United Dome, many were unsure what the experience was going to be. There were many smiles when they saw drums on the seats and knew this could be fun, too. More than 2,400 students from three middle schools were united in […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Schools throughout the country were observing National School Lunch Week with activities last week. There were educational contests at secondary schools to the National School Lunch Week theme, “School Lunch: What’s on your playlist?” Other events that took place throughout the week were drawing contests at the elementary schools and a la […]

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD Karen Bartnicki-Ramirez wanted her son’s Rancho Verde Elementary classmates to recognize Child Cancer Awareness Month in September. “I approached the principal with the idea. Childhood cancer was never celebrated or honored. Children should never get sick. We need to step it up for our kids’ health.” Bartnicki-Ramirez and her husband Roberto have […]