A Message From Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney, Superintendent

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Dear Aldine Community,

Women’s History Month
March is ending, but we are closing out Women’s History Month with an empowering celebration for our graduating high school young ladies. I am super excited that Aldine is hosting its inaugural GIRLS Empowerment Summit tomorrow! Aldine is committed to empowering girls to become future-ready leaders. From opportunities in and out of the classroom, programs like our Young Women’s Leadership Academy, and our GIRLS Empowerment Summit, we are vested in advancing our young women to lead and fulfill their limitless potential.

Latest All the Things Podcast
With that thought in mind, I urge everyone to listen to the latest The All the Things podcast. Chief of Staff Sheleah Reed talks with Dr. Anne McClellan, an executive coach, and dynamic systems architect. In this episode, she shares valuable insights on the benefits of writing down your own ideas and practicing the voice you want to be heard. Dr. McClellan also discusses how to maximize what you’re good at. She believes that everyone has unique strengths and talents that can be leveraged to achieve success. Tune in!

#AldineBoardWalks
One of the things I enjoy most is meeting and speaking with students and staff in our schools. I started my week on Monday with our Board Trustees and other district leaders for #AldineBoardWalk at Hall Success Academy. Hall students are our non-traditional students. Non-traditional means learning and doing things differently, primarily because they have different needs. Hall Success Academy is an example of all the great programs and school choices Aldine ISD has for our students. All means all in Aldine. And thank you, Hall students’ for the rose you made for me. I love it! We also visited Jones Elementary. It never gets old seeing the excitement of our students and the love from our teachers. I loved seeing our amazing teachers facilitate engaging lessons for our students. To everyone working with our students, thank you for staying #AldineConnected!

Community Meetings
Staying connected with our community members is crucial to the work we do. This is why I am excited that we are once again hosting our community meetings this spring. I will give summarized updates on school district news while allowing time for open questions from parents/guardians and community members. You’ll also get to speak one-on-one about important issues involving our schools with district leaders and me. The first of these community meetings, which all run from 6-7:30 p.m., will be on April 4 at Aldine HS. Click here for all the dates and locations. All Aldine community members are invited to attend these informative Community Meetings, whether they have children in Aldine schools or not. Join us! Hear our journey and about Aldine’s future.

Long-Range Planning Committee — Facilities Assessment
We are always moving forward in Aldine, including planning for the future. The district’s long-range planning committee held its second meeting last week. We are reviewing Aldine’s facilities assessment. We are thinking about the future. Do we really want to consider renovating and remodeling, or do we want to consider building new? Do we consolidate? What are the communities’ needs? And how do we best meet those needs while ensuring our students have access to high-quality schools and learning experiences? We’ll present the committee’s suggestions to the Board of Trustees later this spring. Click here to view our long-range planning committee webpage.

Congratulations
Spring is bustling with activity! And our students are demonstrating their skills in so many diverse areas. Congratulations to Victory Early College students that competed in the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Galveston. Their teammate David Allen won 5th Place! Aldine hosted the FIRST in Texas FTC Championship Competition, where we had CTE students from MacArthur and Carver High Schools compete this year! What a fantastic experience for you! We have had over 560 CTE students compete at the state level. As state competitions conclude and we roll into nationals, Aldine currently has 64 students who have advanced to Nationals. Congratulations to Carver High School’s theater troupe for advancing to the UIL Texas Area OAP contest! Their schoolmate Daniel Robinson received a National Silver Medal from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for his photograph. The Harris County Department of Education will honor Daniel and all the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards winners from the regional contest next month. Our students earned a total of 50 Regional Scholastic Art awards! And we recently discovered two Aldine students won in writing. Congratulations to Eleazar Lucio from Blanson CTE High School and Tahamid Bhuiyan from Eisenhower High School! They both earned Silver Keys for their science fiction and fantasy works! We have amazing talent among our students, and I laud their incredible teachers and sponsors!

And what a night for the MacArthur High School boys’ soccer! Last night the team beat Cypress Springs 4-0 to advance to the regional quarterfinals for the third consecutive year! ¡Viva el fútbol!

Thank you for tagging me on social media or reaching out to our Communications Office to make us aware of our students’ incredible achievements. G-OO-D J-O-B! Good Job! Good Job!

Before I close, don’t forget we are hosting our Prek Enrollment Expo on Saturday, April 1. Join us to learn about all the choices and opportunities we offer our youngest learners, ages 3, 4, and 5. Meet school staff and preregister your students for the 2023-2024 school year. Click here for all the details.

Have a great rest of your week!

With Aldine Pride,

Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney
Superintendent of Schools
Twitter: @drgoffney
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UPCOMING & ONGOING EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY

• March 30: GIRLS Empowerment Summit (Click here)
• April 1: PreK Expo Enrollment (Click here)
• April 15: Soñadores Summit from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Aldine High School — For students born in and outside the U.S. (Click here for details) 
• Now-April 21: Free GED and ESL classes for AISD parents with a student enrolled in the bilingual or ESL program in AISD. Click here for details and to register.
• Now-Apr. 22: AISD’s Health Services Department is holding monthly CPR classes. (Click here)
• April 29: AISD’s 2nd Annual Festival de Primavera (an all-Spanish event), from 9 a.m. to noon, at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center
• Now-June 1: AISD is applying to receive its share of ARP ESSER III (ESSER III) funding as determined by the Texas Education Agency. Aldine ISD seeks feedback from all district and community stakeholders to help determine how the district should best utilize these resources. Click here to take the survey.
• Ongoing: Family and Community University’s 2022-2023 — Click here to register.
• Ongoing: iEducate is hiring college students, especially Aldine ISD grads, as tutors to work with Aldine ISD students. iEducate accepts applications on a rolling basis, and interested students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

RECENT NEWS & ALDINE ISD PODCAST

• Join Us at the PreK Enrollment Expo on April 1
• Aldine ISD to Host
• Community MeetingsAldine ISD to Host its Inaugural Soñadores Summit for All High School DREAMERs
• District Student Ambassadors Visit the Texas State Capitol
• District Student Named a 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing National Winner; 2 Students Earn Silver Keys in Regional Contest
• Preregister Your Eligible Head Start, Prekindergarten, and Kindergarten Students for 2023-2024
• All The Things: The Aldine ISD Podcast – Episode 6, Season 4
• Diesel’s Readers Program: Free Houston Dynamo Tickets
• Eisenhower College Prep to Open in Fall 2023
• View the 2023-2024 AISD School Year Calendars

MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS

March

• March 27:  Report cards are to be available to students and families on HAC
• Mar. 29: ENVI2ION School Day (ADSY)

Click here to view the 2022-2023 school year calendars — traditional and Additional Days School Year (ADSY).

REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

• Outside food and beverages are prohibited on all secondary school campuses (middle, ninth-grade, and high school campuses) premises. Click here for details.
• The state requires high school seniors to apply for financial aid to graduate. — FAFSA Application link or TASFA Application links
• The state requires all entering college students to take the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Assessment. (details).
• Aldine ISD’s top priorities are students’ safety and academic success. The district posts information related to protocols along with any updates at www.aldineisd.org/healthalerts.

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