Apr 25
The recent 2013 Lamplighter Awards Banquet held at Pinecrest Country Club was a great success with 334 people attending. Foremost, the evening gave students an opportunity to express their genuine appreciation to educators whom they respect and admire. At the 13th annual banquet, Kim Holcomb and Gene Jordan, Jr., emcees, presented each student and honoree …
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Apr 17
Sharon Rettig, Counselor at Longview High School has been named Counselor of the Year by the Piney Wood Counselor Association, a division of the Texas Counseling Association. Rettig is a career educator and consultant with 20 plus years in the educational arena. For the past 20 years, She has addressed taking care of students holistically. …
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Mar 27
Longview Independent School District (LISD) employees who make a commitment to work with the district through 2012-2013 will each receive a $500 bonus to be paid as early as this week. During a special Monday meeting the LISD Board of Trustees four of the board’s seven members (three were absent) approved this staffing and retention incentive …
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Mar 27
Six Longview High School DECA students earlier this month began plotting a course to bring home some statewide honors in 2013, according to the group’s advisor. The students advanced to the state DECA competition in Corpus Christi after winning or placing at the district level earlier this year. The district meet included competitors from …
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Feb 14
Johnny Cace’s Seafood and Steak House and owners Cathy and Gerard Cace invite all LISD parents, students, employees and friends of Longview ISD to celebrate Mardi Gras, New Orleans style, by having dinner at Cace’s Seafood and Steak House, 1501 E. Marshall Avenue, on Tuesday, February 21, from 4:00-10:00pm. Cace’s Seafood and Steak House will …
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Jan 31
It was a bright, early and chilly Saturday morning when most people are in bed under warm blankets enjoying not having to go to school or work. Early risers may have been up watching cartoons. However, students, and their teachers assembled on this fateful morning at HUDSON PEP for the UIL meet. Seven LISD elementary …
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Jan 31
The Longview Independent School District (LISD) Board of Trustees is offering former Superintendent Dr. James E. Wilcox a second term as interim. The panel has already unanimously voted to hire an interim superintendent and assigned Board President Dr. Sam Satterwhite the task of offering the post to Wilcox. Salary has yet to be established, but …
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Mar 24
Kaylee Gleason, Mary-Claire Jones and Morgan-Taylor Thomas are very special fifth-graders. They have exhibited academic ability, civic and scholastic responsibility and involvement, and maturity far beyond their tender years. The Longview Independent School District has taken note of their gifts. They spent spring break in Dallas/Ft. Worth at Education in Action’s Lone Star Leadership Academy …
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