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🎉 Diaz-Villarreal Elementary Recognized at the State Level for Closing Achievement Gaps! 🎉 Diaz-Villarreal Elementary was officially recognized today by the Texas State Board of Education as a 2025 Texas Lone Star Ribbon School for its success in closing achievement gaps. 🌟 The campus was proudly represented at the State Board of Education meeting by Principal Ms. Bibiana Hinojosa and La Joya ISD Superintendent Dr. Marcey Sorensen, who were in attendance to receive this honor on behalf of the school community. This recognition reflects the dedication of Diaz-Villarreal Elementary students, teachers, and staff and their continued commitment to helping every student succeed. We are proud of the Diaz-Villarreal Elementary community for this outstanding achievement and state recognition! 💙📚✨ #LaJoyaISDProud ♥️💎

💙 What an incredible day of unity and awareness! 💙 The La Joya ISD Diabetes Awareness Walk 2025 brought together students, staff, and our amazing community to support a cause that impacts so many. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this event a success! 💫 Events like this highlight the heart of La Joya ISD and our continued commitment to building community trust, unity, and partnership through our Achieving Excellence Together 2030 Strategic Plan. ✨ #LJISDAchievingExcellence2030 #LJISDCommunityStrong #DiabetesAwarenessWalk #TogetherWeAreStronger

🇺🇸❤️🤍💙Honoring those who served🇺🇸❤️🤍💙 Last night, La Joya ISD hosted its annual Veterans Day Program🎵🎤🎶 It was an evening filled with patriotism, pride, and honor as our elementary school choirs took the stage to show their appreciation and respect for our veterans! ⭐🎖 Thank you to everyone who made this year's program a success! 💫 & a special thank you to our veterans for their service and dedication!❤️

La Joya ISD Kicks Off Transformative Renovations Project for Coach Rod Softball Field with Special Groundbreaking Ceremony lajoyaisd.com/o/lajoyaisd/ar…

⚾✨Celebrating a Legacy of Athletic Excellence❤️ La Joya ISD kicked off a transformative renovation project at the Coach Rod Softball Field with a special groundbreaking ceremony this week. The field, named in honor of Coach Rod, is set to undergo a series of modern upgrades, including a memorial dedication archway at the entrance, the Installation of synthetic turf, a digital scoreboard, and more. ⚾🏅⭐ With this renovation, La Joya ISD is not only enhancing the athletic experience - the district is also honoring the legacy of the past while shaping a vibrant future for athletics💎💫

🍭📖A big ✨THANK YOU✨ to everyone who made our annual Trunk or Treat event a huge success!💫 📽Take a look at the highlights from A Night of Literacy Magic 📚🌟 Together, we continue building Community Trust, Unity & Partnership — Priority 4 of our Achieving Excellence 2030 Strategic Plan. 🤝❤️ #LJISDAchievingExcellence2030 #CommunityStrong #LJISDTrunkOrTreat2025

At the core of La Joya ISD's strategic plan is a commitment to community trust, unity, and partnership 🤝❤️ Priority 4 of Achieving Excellence Together: 2030 focuses on open communication, responsive service, and meaningful partnerships with families and the community 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🏫🏡 We are united for excellence and connected for student success because, as we strengthen our schools, we are creating the foundation for student success🎓✨💫🌟

Shoutout to Bus Driver Randy Cobb for going above and beyond! 🚍👏 Mr. Cobb bought and donated a wheelchair for one of his student riders, showing true kindness and care. 💛❤️🌟 Your heart makes a difference, Randy! @lajoyaisd #MakingADifference #ThankYou

📢 This America's Safe Schools Week, La Joya ISD is reminding our community of the safety protocols in place across the district 🏫👮‍♂️ Through the Standard Response Protocol (SRP), students and staff know exactly what to do in an emergency. 🚨 One of the key directives within the SRP is 🔴LOCKDOWN 🔴 As demonstrated in this video, a LOCKDOWN directive means classrooms are locked, lights are off, and students remain out of sight and quiet. This keeps everyone safe in the event of a possible threat inside or near the school.🚪🔦 For more information on our SRP, visit lajoyaisd.com/o/lajoyaisd/pa… 🎥Video Source: Texas School Safety Center #LJISDSafetyFirst #SRPLockdown #SafeSchoolsWeek

At La Joya ISD, our Instructional Framework establishes a unified, district-wide system for teaching, learning, planning, and support! 👩‍🏫 Part of the framework includes the "I do" phase of lessons - Explicit Instruction: a component that involves educators explicitly teaching the target skill or concept and breaking it down into learnable parts. 💡📚 Aligned with Priority 2 of our strategic plan, our first initiative is to ensure we deliver high-quality curriculum and strong instructional practices to build the academic foundation, skills, and credentials our students need for success!📈🎓🚀 Take a look at how we are implementing our Instructional Framework and the impact it will have on every student, in every classroom, every day.

🔧 Regular preventive maintenance keeps things running smoothly! 🚧 Today, our team is at Central Office at Nellie Schunior making sure everything stays in top shape. 💪 Maintenance = Prevention. @lajoyaisd #NellieSchunior #EfficiencyMatters

Behind every spotless hallway, gleaming floor, and safe space is a custodian whose hard work often goes unseen but is always appreciated. ✨ Thank you for your dedication and quiet strength. 👷🏫♻️ #CustodianAppreciation #TeamWork #LegacyofExcellence @lajoyaisd

🏫📚 This America’s Safe Schools Week, La Joya ISD extends heartfelt appreciation to our Police Officers for their unwavering dedication to keeping students, staff, and campuses safe! 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️💙 Your presence, protection, and commitment ensure our students can learn and grow in a secure environment every day. ❤️ #AmericaSafeSchoolsWeek

🚌💛 It’s National School Bus Safety Week! This week serves as an important reminder that safety is everyone’s responsibility. Whether walking, driving, or riding, we can all help keep students safe on their way to and from school. 🚸 La Joya ISD extends a heartfelt thank you to our incredible Transportation Department, our dedicated bus drivers, aides, mechanics, directors, and administrators, for working diligently every day to keep buses running smoothly and ensuring our students arrive safely to and from school. 🙌 Your dedication helps our district operate safely and smoothly. Together, we can ensure every school day is a safe one! 💛 #SchoolBusSafetyWeek #LJISDAchievingExcellence2030 #LJISDLegacyOfExcellence

At La Joya ISD, part of our Instructional Framework consists of activating learning - a component of our lesson structure that sparks curiosity, captures attention, and connects new ideas to what students already know and love! 💡📚💫 Rooted in our strategic plan, La Joya ISD aims to deliver high-quality curriculum and strong instructional practices to build the academic foundation, skills, and credentials our students need for success. 🎓✨ #LJISDInstructionalFramework #ActivatingLearning

At La Joya ISD, our Instructional Framework establishes a unified, district-wide system for teaching, learning, planning, and support! 👩‍🏫 Part of the framework includes activating learning, a component of our lesson structure that sparks curiosity, captures attention, and connects new ideas to what students already know and love! 💡📚 Aligned with Priority 2 of our strategic plan, our first initiative is to ensure we deliver high-quality curriculum and strong instructional practices to build the academic foundation, skills, and credentials our students need for success!📈🎓🚀 Take a look at how we are implementing our Instructional Framework and the impact it will have on every student, in every classroom, every day. 💫

From real-world learning to dual credit and industry certifications, when students are empowered with knowledge, skills, and opportunity, they are ready to thrive anywhere the future takes them! 🚀 That is why, at La Joya ISD, college and career readiness are at the center of our strategic plan! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Priority number two within that plan focuses on empowered graduates, because ensuring our students are ready for their future is how we are achieving excellence together! 🤝 #LJISD #PortraitOfAGraduate #LJISDEmpoweredGraduates #AchievingExcellence2030

La Joya ISD Earns “A” Rating for Effective Management & Allocation of Finances lajoyaisd.com/o/lajoyaisd/ar…

Designed to help student athletes succeed, La Joya ISD Athletics is keeping up the momentum behind its new Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT Program)⚾🏀🏈⚽ 💪🏅The program held its monthly meeting this week, where team captains from La Joya High School, Palmview High School, and Juarez-Lincoln High School gathered to collaborate and encourage unity as well as develop leadership and character skills these students will carry beyond the field and into all aspects of life! 🌟 #LJISDAthletics #LJISDLeadershipInAction #LJISDAchievingExcellence2030