Erika Pineda

Congrats to the 4 outstanding Socorro feeder teachers on receiving the EdTech Award for their campus! Your commitment to integrating technology and enhancing student learning is truly inspiring. Well deserved! @Socorro_HS1 @Campestre_ES @Hueco_ES @Escontrias_SA #EdTechChampions

Please join us January 8 @6:30 pm to celebrate our very own @HannahFlores_3 as she signs her letter of intent to play college softball for Midland College. Congratulations Hannah. Your Scorpion family is so proud of you. #scorpionstrong

@Stro12Angelica @TEXASBOOMELITE @scorpionsftball @Prep1USA 💛💚

Excited to announce my official offer to continue my academic and softball career at Midland College!! Thank you Coach Castro for this amazing opportunity!! Go Chaps 💚💛 @Stro12Angelica @TEXASBOOMELITE @scorpionsftball @Prep1USA

BOOM-SHAKALAKA💪🏾🧐🍀🍽

Important reminder. 🐾

Data is relative so 300,000 students performing low throughout the state is a STAAR issue NOT a student/teacher concern. Unfortunately, a harsh disconnect between the curriculum provided by our teachers and the state assessment to misrepresent the overall skills of our students

@HannahFlores_3 @SRSU_Softball @coachcanaba @Prep1USA @scorpionsftball @TEXASBOOMELITE Way to go Hanni 💕

I had my official visit @SRSU_Softball this week!! Thank you @coachcanaba for this opportunity . Go Lobos! @Prep1USA @scorpionsftball @TEXASBOOMELITE

Proud of you Hannah 💕

It's another weekend of 🥎 fun in Snyder and Midland Tx! 2023 Fall ball season will soon come to an end⌛️, but before it does, we will keep grinding. The team is looking forward to playing @wtcsoftball and @mcchapssoftball this weekend. Let's get it!💪🏾🙏🏽💯💣🍽💎🦸‍♀️

So excited for this weekend in Houston!! 💣💣 @TEXASBOOMELITE @Prep1USA @RealJesseTovar

@HannahFlores_3 @TEXASBOOMELITE @Prep1USA @RealJesseTovar Best of luck baby girl!! Be YOU!! ❤️

"Great leaders do not desire to lead but to serve." - Myles Munroe Thank you @Hueco_ES for serving our Hueco Community 🙏☀️🙏

This is my schedule for Seguin Tx this weekend!! @Prep1USA @RealJesseTovar @TEXASBOOMELITE @TxboomMtz

Heading out to Seguin Tx! Here’s what my schedule looks like!🥎 @Prep1USA @RealJesseTovar @TxboomMtz @TEXASBOOMELITE

Mikey was a student who exhibited some of the most extreme behaviors for a young student. He had already received three superintendent level suspensions before he completed third grade. Mikey had more days out of school than in school. The behaviors included many physical altercations with students and staff, destruction of school property, consistent and significant disruption of the classroom (and school), and eloping from campus. As principal, I really should have been listed as the teacher of record for Mikey, since he was in my office every day for several hours. Mikey was off-task pretty close to 100% of the time. Nothing in my toolbox worked well to reduce the negative behaviors. A colleague suggested that we give him a “special job” in the building with more responsibility than his behaviors had warranted. At first I thought this was a very bad idea. But what choice did I have? Nothing else had worked. Worst case scenario, this too wouldn’t work and I would be in no worse place than where I had started. I asked for his recommendation. He suggested that we put him in charge of announcing the buses at arrival and dismissal. I told him that this sounded like a really bad idea. The thought of giving Mikey a walkie-talkie seemed to be a recipe for disaster. Mikey used words that even made me blush. Each classroom had a walkie in it too. I could just picture the damage control that I would have to do after Mikey used a four-letter word for the whole world to hear. My colleague reminded me about what I had to lose and the fact that nothing else had worked. I went digging in our school’s basement and found an old bright orange crossing guard vest (circa 1985), a really beat up “Lil Captain” badge, and a Radio Shack walkie-talkie. On Friday afternoon, I called Mikey down to my office. I asked if he would be interested in a job at school. He asked for some information about the job. I told him that we really needed help with buses arriving and leaving each day since Dr. P was really bad at it. Mikey agreed that Dr. P was really bad at it and he said that he would like that job. I gave him his uniform and asked that he report on Monday morning. Very early on Monday morning, I heard a mini-van door slam closed. I looked out the window and recognized the mini-van and the student walking up our sidewalk. Mikey walked straight into my office with a dry cleaning bag over his shoulder. He sat the bag down and pulled out a perfectly cleaned and ironed crossing guard vest with a very shiny badge on it. Mikey put these items on and saluted me. He said, “Captain Mikey reporting for duty sir”. He then took out the walkie-talkie. It had a “Captain Mikey” label on it (his mom must have used a home labeling machine to make this for him). I looked carefully at him and realized that he was completely serious, completely excited about his new job, and had a big smile across his face (I had never seen him smile before). Mikey was very successful with calling buses as they arrived. In addition, our dismissal process ran like clockwork with Captain Mikey on the job. I have to admit that he was much better at this job than I was. Captain Mikey expanded his job description to help younger kids as they crossed in front of the buses. He even became the king of giving fellow students high fives and morning greetings. Mikey’s behaviors reduced by at least 95% almost immediately. Even students with the most challenging behaviors have the potential for turning it around. Mikey rose to the occasion, felt needed, experienced success for perhaps the first time, and his behaviors improved significantly. Thank you for doing whatever it takes to help students to succeed in school and life! Join the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group: Facebook.com/groups/maslowb…

So excited to announce that I am officially a #Prep1Athlete! I’m thankful to everyone who has supported me this far and can’t wait to work with the Prep 1 family. @Prep1USA @RealJesseTovar @TEXASBOOMELITE @TxboomMtz

@EPChavez_ES Congratulations!!!🎉

Proud of our baby girl and all of her accomplishments! ❤️🖤

BRAVO ladies 👏, Mrs. Harder and Mrs. Rey, thank you for so many years of service to our Rojas community and to our district. You will be missed dearly🥹. #TeamSISD

Wonderful weekend! It was so nice celebrating our Teacher of the Year Mrs. Fonseca at the TOY Gala!! Muchas Felicidades 🎊💐💐 @rfraga_HES @Hueco_ES