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3-4-2022 2022 UIL Young Filmmakers Results
This year, the Digital Media and Skull Studios students created two videos for the UIL Young Filmmakers competition. One, an animation about a girl and a fox in a magical forest and the other a documentary about Doug Baum, ‘The Camel Man.' To make it to the state level in this UIL academic contest, you must make it through two preliminary judging levels, then place in the top six at the third level (equivalent to Regionals) but that didn’t happen this year. Our students learned a lot and are ready to improve immensely for next year’s competition. Although these films' runtimes are not very long, many hours go into planning, filming, editing, and creating them. Please watch and enjoy our two entries below.
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3-3-2022 Please watch! Lytle High School Shakespeare Day 2022
In December 2021, the Freshmen Honors English I and the Senior English IV classes worked to bring the first Shakespeare Day to fruition at Lytle High School. Royalty from many faraway kingdoms were announced as honored spectators and the vibrant court jester served as a master of ceremonies for all the day's events - sword fighting, poetry reading, skits, musical performances, and dancing. This live, interactive, dramatic reenactment event created an environment in which students had to use their problem-solving skills.
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3-2-2022 Please watch! Junior High History Day 2021
Junior High teacher, Mr. Jarrod Cavazos organizes an experience for Junior High students that engages all of the senses, and brings cool bits of the past right into our present-day school yard. Take a look at this list of Living Historian Exhibitors who made the 8th Annual History Day a reality for our students. We have Lytle community members who present as living historians as well as our own Lytle teachers like Mrs. Woodruff, Dr. McQuilkin and Coach Foster. Watch the video to get your own peak into our vibrant past!
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3-1-2022 Please watch! Military Dad Surprises Son at Lytle Primary School
After returning from a long period of overseas deployment, US Army Reserves Specialist Rafael Lugo reached out to Primary Principal Shavan Galindo to surprise his son Isaiah at school. Mrs. Galindo was excited to arrange for this family to visit the campus.
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2-18-2022 Jolly Roger Coffee Shop Grand Opening A Jolly Good Time!
The Jolly Roger Coffee Shop Grand Opening was truly a jolly good time! This wonderful event happened just before our Christmas Break, and so this summary is a bit of a throwback, but the good cheer will still warm your heart.
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12-7-2021 Watch the Video: Lytle Community Pep Rally 2021
It's that time of the year when we reflect on our successes, challenges, and learning opportunities. Our Community Pep Rally is one of our first opportunities to give students industry standard cameras who may have never touched one previously. They are nervous, very green, and they make mistakes, but it always turns out to be great learning. This video is proof that there is value in just getting them out there to see what they can do! It's a 'throwback' from a content standpoint because it just got done a couple weeks ago. Our video editor, Sarah Ytuarte, has never edited a video before - this is her first time using Adobe Premiere Pro - but a great example of student learning in our Digital Design program. If you know the students listed in the credits, tell them you're proud of them for jumping in and trying new things!
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12-1-2021 Today's good mood sponsored by: Coffee!
To all the coffee lovers in the district - you HAVE to watch this video! For those of you who wake up human WITHOUT ground magical beans, watch the video because you'll love seeing yet ANOTHER good thing that Chef Stewart, Micah Berchelmann, Blanca Cantu, and their students have brought to Lytle High School and our district. You'll learn in the video that it's not just fancy coffee drinks -- hot teas, and hot cocoa are also served up by student baristas. Very soon, culinary pastry delights will appeal to the masses regardless of your drink preferences. Special thanks to Bri McDonald who designed the Jolly Roger Coffee Co. logo. This new business-in-a-school learning aligns with our plans to grow within the Collegiate Edu-Nation network.
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11-18-2021 Watch the Video: Lytle Pirate Mini Cheer Camp is a Huge Success!
Extracurricular isn't just extra fun. Often it means extra learning in the form of leadership skills, mentoring skills, positive culture or team building, and event organization skills. Please watch this video story created by Skull Studios students. It's a great example of powerful, widespread learning within our cheer program.
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11-5-2021 Sending our Cross Country teams positive Pirate vibes!
Our entire district family came together yesterday to send of our Girls and Boys Cross Country teams with beautiful Pirate Pride. Here's your chance to enjoy the entirety of the experience we created for our runners!
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10-28-2021 Lytle Primary and Elementary Enjoy Get Active Day at Edgewood Stadium!
This video is sure to make you smile! Thank you to our Lytle Special Education Director Robby Pierce and his entire staff for doing such a great job partnering with campuses as well as organizations and businesses in our community to create fabulous inclusive opportunities. You all ensure our students' learning experiences are also treasured, meaningful memories of their school days.
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10-28-2021 Lytle Junior High Halloween Band Concert 2021
If you dare, tune in...the annual Halloween/Fall Concert featuring the Junior High 7th and 8th grade Band. On a day when ghouls and goblins haunt our halls, why not stay safe? Don't just be there in SPIRIT, join virtually! No garlic necklace required to enjoy the program which will include: Gimme Some Lovin’, Any Way You Want It, 25 or 6 to 4, by Michael Sweeney, and Mechanical Monsters by Randall D. Standridge. WARNING: as you succumb to the spell of music in your pointed ears, you will lay your eyeballs on a diverse group of creatures and characters breaking a leg with their instruments.
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9-9-2021 Digital Design Students Create 911 Memorial for Lytle VFW 2021
I'm so proud of our Digital Design/Skull Studios students who jumped on the opportunity to design this beautiful 911 memorial for our Lytle VFW. Thank you to Chris Clouser who reached out to our wonderful Ag instructor, Raul Flores to borrow the billboards built by Ag students and made out of recycled wooden pallets! Mr. Flores recommended Mr. Clouser get Skull Studios kids involved in creating a design to honor 3,000+ victims. You can see this memorial Friday at the High School, and then it will be moved to Lytle Main Street, near the VFW Gazebo. Spend some time today or in the coming days remembering the victims and honoring our heroes who stepped up in defense of our great nation.
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7-8-2021 Watch the video! A closer look at Lytle's Career and Technical Education...What happens in Culinary Arts?
While we are enjoying summer, it's important to daydream a little about the great things coming up for our new school year. Take some time to watch this video, which highlights Lytle's Culinary Arts program.
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6-22-2021 Health Informatics CTE Program of Study
The high school students and teacher featured in this video are sharing their experiences in the Health Informatics program of study offered at Lytle ISD.
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6-22-2021 Arts and Audio Video Technology Communications (AAVTC) Courses Help Students Build an Impressive Digital Portfolio
This course is a level one course for the Design and Multimedia Arts, as well as the Digital Communications programs of study. Lytle ISD has a unique program that includes courses in which students' projects are aligned with - and generated by - the Public Relations needs of the district. The students and teacher in this video are sharing their experience in the level one course, Arts and Audio Video Technology Communications (AAVTTC) which can help students decide between two programs of study offered by Lytle ISD.
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6-22-2021 Plumbing and Pipefitting CTE Program is Prosperous for Pirates at Lytle High School
The high school students and teacher featured in this video are sharing their experiences in the Plumbing and Pipefitting program of study offered at Lytle ISD.
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6-1-2021 Congratulate Shelley Armentrout, 2020-2021 Innovative Classroom Grant Winner! Watch the video.
Shelley Armentrout is the type of teacher who loves to explore innovative instructional practices such as blended learning, flexible seating, project-based learning, and enhanced technology integration. She had a vision for what her classroom would look like with new furniture, seating, and technology options that allowed her students to move, interact, explore and collaborate with more energy and enthusiasm. Because of this, Lytle ISD selected her as one of ten winners of our 2020 Innovative Classroom Grant Award. She had $10,000 to fund her dream classroom. [http://Shelley Armentrout is the type of teacher who loves to explore innovative instructional practices such as blended learning, flexible seating, project-based learning, and enhanced technology integration. She had a vision for what her classroom would look like with new furniture, seating, and technology options that allowed her students to move, interact, explore and collaborate with more energy and enthusiasm. Because of this, Lytle ISD selected her as one of ten winners of our 2020 Innovative Classroom Grant Award.
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6-1-2021 Congratulate Lydia Zimmerlie, Jeffrey Gomez, and Allison Null, 2020-2021 Innovative Classroom Grant Winners! Watch the video.
The Lytle Junior High Math Team, Mr. Jeffrey Salinas, Mrs. Allison Null and Mrs. Lydia Zimmerlie are the type of teachers who love to explore innovative instructional practices such as blended learning, flexible seating, project-based learning, and enhanced technology integration. Together, they had a vision for what their classrooms would look like with new furniture, seating, and technology options that allowed students to move, interact, explore and collaborate with more energy and enthusiasm. Because of this, Lytle ISD selected ALL THREE OF THEM as winners of our 2020 Innovative Classroom Grant Award. They were each given $10,000 to fund their dream classrooms. Watch the video to see their dreams become a reality.
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5-18-2021 We're Going to Miss You Papa Fender - Lytle Band Students' Tribute to Mr. Mark Fender
Throughout this year, a group of Lytle band/video students, Damian Ramos, Donald Glasen, Elias Moore, Rafael Pacheco, Bella Lopez, Greg Martinez and Emiliano Peralta plotted in secret to celebrate (lament) their beloved Band Director's retirement. Mr. Mark Fender, who sometimes answered to their "Papa Fender" nickname, was delighted by the surprise-showing of this video at the Band Banquet on April 30, 2021. It is now YouTube-published for the rest of our Pirate Family to enjoy as the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close and we wish Mark Fender well in his next adventure.
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5-17-2021 Congratulate Mrs. Loren Merchant, 2020-2021 Innovative Classroom Grant Winner!
Teaching High School English, Loren Merchant is the type of teacher who loves to explore innovative instructional practices such as blended learning, flexible seating, project-based learning, and enhanced technology integration. She had a vision for what her classroom would look like with new furniture, seating, and technology options that allowed her students to move, interact, explore and collaborate with more energy and enthusiasm. Because of this, Lytle ISD selected her as one of ten winners of our 2020 Innovative Classroom Grant Award.
