Alvin Independent School District - Each student, Every day.

Serving is a part of life for members of the Alvin ISD Board of Trustees. As we wrap up #AlvinISDServes around the district, the Board took time to serve gumbo to the AISD Maintenance Department!

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! Get in the holiday spirit and come see Elf, the Musical, presented by Manvel High School Fine Arts. The show runs from December 8-10! For ticket information, visit https://manvelhs.booktix.com/

From a string hung across the middle of the room for her students to try a turkey flying-stem challenge, to a corner dedicated to how her 5th graders would model a Mars colony, in Adrianna Sanchez Cantu’s Gifted and Talented classroom at Bel Nafegar Sanchez Elementary, student ingenuity is on display from wall to wall and floor to ceiling. “In GT, we have the opportunity to experience learning in a more complex way,” she said. “We use a project-based approach embedded with STEM learning. My students surprise me with their projects every year, and I can also see the impact these lessons have in their daily lives.” That dedication to challenging gifted students to be creative, think outside the box, and problem-solve earned Sanchez Cantu the 2022 Texas Association for Gifted and Talented Educator of the Gifted award. According to TAGT, the Educator of the Gifted award is given in recognition of exemplary strategies in meeting the intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted students through the delivery of curriculum and instruction. Sanchez Cantu will be officially recognized at the association's annual conference this week. She said the news came as a shock to her when she got the call from TAGT Director Paulina Van Eeden while working with her after-school robotics team. “I was surprised, to say the least, then I felt grateful and humbled,” Sanchez Cantu said. While she’s nervous to present during the conference’s Master Mind session, it will be a learning experience much like those she focuses on with her students.

There's still time to vote! As of last week, Shadow Creek Football was in 2nd place for Dave Campbell's Texas Football's Most Driven Team Award! Voting is UNLIMITED and ends Wednesday, Nov. 30th! Vote here👉 http://texasfootball.com/mostdriventeam

Passmore Elementary's 5th graders love books and loved sharing some of their favorite stories with ACC Child Development Lab School students for #AlvinISDServes!

Congratulations to Walt Disney Elementary on being chosen as a winner of H-E-B's Read 3 Read In! Representatives from Alvin's H-E-B stopped by the school Thursday to drop off a $1,000 check to Disney librarian Ronna Clawson. H-E-B's Read 3 Read In challenged Texas schools to drop everything and read for 30 minutes on September 30. According to H-E-B, more than 100,000 students across the state participated. Each registered and participating school was entered into a drawing for $1000 to support their school library and Disney Elementary was one of 10 winners! "I am so excited to accept this check from HEB for participating in the Read 3 Read In," Clawson said. The funds will be used to update the nonfiction book section in the library. "Thank you so much HEB! We are honored to partner with you to provide this for our students!"

Today is Substitute Educators Day! We want to thank our AMAZING substitutes for playing an essential role in supporting our schools and our students! We couldn't do it without you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The students at Mark Twain Elementary got the treat of seeing a US Coast Guard helicopter land by the playground. Conner Stockton with the USCG brought his crew showing what a career in the USCG can entail plus he got to visit his kids, Isaac and Shaylee, who are MTE students.

Congratulations to Alvin HS alum Josh Erwin, Class of 2012, on his awesome accomplishment as Artemis I Commander for NASA! The Artemis I mission took flight early this morning. The mission is to send an un-crewed spacecraft around the moon to pave the way for NASA to return astronauts to the lunar surface.

Good luck to our SCHS and MHS football teams!

Planning for the future takes time, and this week, administrators, students, and community members are spending time working on the district's strategic plan! The strategic plan will help AISD determine the district's goals and create a map to achieve them.

Alvin ISD! Voting for the Most Driven Team Award is OPEN NOW! Vote for the Shadow Creek Sharks! There is no limit on how many times you can vote so be sure to spread the word, vote now and vote often! LINK TO VOTING PORTAL: www.texasfootball.com/MostDrivenTeam

The Superintendent's Office served today by visiting community members at their homes! #AlvinISDServes

Alvin ISD wants to hear from our students, parents, staff, and community members about the 2023-2024 Academic Calendar. This survey will be open from November 14 – November 18. Take the survey here! https://alvinisd.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8cvsPHUD0ZrsIV8

It's Veteran’s Day, and we thank all who have served, past and present! We want to give a special thank you to our very own Alvin ISD Veterans! #VeteransDay

Congratulations to Nathan Bryant, a 7th grader at Fairview Jr. High! He is performing in the Houston Grand Opera's performance of The Wreckers at the Brown Theater! What an honor!

Let's support our Lady Mavs!

Our district painter, Gary Harmon, has done a great job painting the Alvin HS MJROTC obstacle course wall!

Congratulations to these student-athletes from Alvin HS and Manvel HS that signed their National Letters of Intent today! MHS - Nadia Roberts - Cheer - Texas Lutheran University MHS - Caitlin Roach - Girls Soccer - Texas Lutheran University MHS - Jamari McDowell - Boys Basketball - Kansas University AHS - Mackenzie Strain - Volleyball - Schreiner University AHS - Ana Garza - Volleyball - Houston Christian University AHS - Jack Marek - Baseball - Louisiana Monroe AHS - Easton Winfield - Baseball - Louisiana Monroe AHS - Boston Lee - Baseball - Tarleton State