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PTSA Recognizes Founder’s Day Honorees, Reflections Winners, Volunteer Of The Year Yesterday

Yesterday in the library around 6:30 p.m., the PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student Association) meeting took place, where Project Graduation, construction, attendance, and other projects/events/topics were spoken about. After the meeting was adjourned, the ceremony of recognizing volunteers/parents and students for their work followed – Volunteer of the year, Reflection winners, Founder’s Day Honoree’s.

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9 to 5 Cast Announced

The cast for the 9 to 5 The Musical is set and it begins before the end of the month. Tickets to the showings are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Showings are Jan. 22-24 at 7:30 p.m and Jan. 25 at 2:30 Director – Justin L. Tidwell Technical Director – Jennifer Godfrey Music […]

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Creative Writers Are Set For Art Unplugged This Saturday

This Saturday, Dec. 13, the NESA Creative Writer’s will be having their annual Art Unplugged, a show of poetry, acoustic music, dance, and other performance art in the auditorium, from 7 to 9 p.m. A band of three ISA teachers, The New Deal will be the opening of the show. NESA Instrumental Music, Dance, and Musical Theater students will also be performing, aside the Creative Writer’s performing their poetry, excerpts from their stories and screenplays/scripts.
The admission is $10 at the door (to raise money for their developing Literary Magazine), and snacks and drinks will be sold in the lobby before the show, and during intermission.
“They [The New Deal] are largely acoustical, so I thought they were a good fit for our event,” Amy Stengel said.

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Full House For All Four Steppin’ Shows

You know the film festivals, and A Gathering of Writers, and the orchestra concert series, and the kids behind the scenes, and Anything Goes, and all the “art rats”, but do you know Steppin’ Into The Holidays?
The NESA Dance majors had their first show of the year, starting on Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, there were two shows; one at 2:30 p.m., and one at 7:30 p.m. Sunday was the last show at 2:30 p.m.

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‘Steppin’ Into The Holidays’ Starts This Friday

This Friday, Dec. 5, in the auditorium, starting at 7:30 p.m., NESA Dance majors will have their first show of the year – Steppin’ Into The Holidays. The show will also be on Saturday, one at 2:30 and one at 7:30 p.m., and the last show will be on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets will be on sale starting today, and are $8 for reserved seats, and $10 at the door. Box office hours are 4:30 to 6 p.m., from Tuesday to Friday, Dec. 2 to 5.

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Second And Last Night With NESA Is Tomorrow

The second and last Night with NESA is tomorrow, starting at 7 p.m., in the auditorium. After performances and/or videos of each major, families and students will split up to see the classrooms.

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New Ramp, Thanks To STEM

Rubalcaba and his students had it all planned out, so that the project would only take one day to start and finish.
“I teach Concepts of Engineering, so to introduce my students to the engineering and design process, I had them go around campus and look for ‘problem areas’ they could address as engineers,” Rubalcaba said.
After identifying what kind of ‘problems’ they were looking at, Rubalcaba had the students do research, brainstorm and build a model (based off of the Engineering Design Process) to present to Principal Canales and Dr. Alcala.

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In the News

UIL Students Place At Churchill

Despite a small academic team, Lee did well at the Churchill meet Saturday. Ryan White placed 2nd in Science, 5th in 9/10 Math, 5th in Veteran computer science, 9th in Veteran calculator and 9th in Veteran number sense Aly Miranda placed 8th in News Writing and 10th in Editorial Writing. Lola Carolla placed 3rd in Spelling Patrick Rendon placed 4th in Social Studies Sarah […]

JROTC’s New Armory Is A Problem-Solver

A $4.5 million building has solved a lot of problems for JROTC. After JROTC left the old armory, the program was in a tough situation; they needed more space to store their uniforms and their rifles. They moved into the old library (MPR2 building), which served as a good classroom for a while until they faced […]

9 to 5: The Musical

9 to 5 first hit Broadway back in April of 2009, delighting audiences everywhere. Now, musical fans can look forward to seeing 9 to 5 in the Lee auditorium January 22 through the 25. 9 to 5 is based on the movie of the same name starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin, about three working women […]

In Sports

Vols Take Second in Boerne Soccer Tournament

The varsity boys soccer team placed second in the Boerne ISD soccer tourney this weekend. They won three games and lost 1 in the finals to Pharr Valley View. The boys are currently ranked number nine in the city and have a record of 4-1-1. They face John Jay tonight, who is currently ranked number three in […]

8th Grade Pep Rally Brings Out Hype From Vols

Two pep rallies were held in the main gym this morning, the first starting around 9:30 and the second starting around 10:30, for Jackson and Nimitz middle schools. Representatives from sports, magnet programs, band, and orchestra and from almost all clubs and organizations each had a turn speaking to the students about who they are, what they do and what they participate in. Performances from Rebel Rousers, NESA Dancers and band gave their all for the 8th graders.

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What We Have Learned From Bruce Lee

It’s been two weeks since the 42nd anniversary of Bruce Lee’s death. On Tuesday, November 27, 1973, the martial artist superstar was found dead at the home of Ting Pei, after complaining of a headache and tried to take a nap, and could not be resuscitated from his unconscious state. The young star died at […]

Swingin’ Christmas Information

Behave Or Get Kicked Out Of School!

Remember, Skipping, tagging, and headphones are prohibited on campus. Be Cool, Stay out of trouble. There are 6 more months left of school!

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Anything Goes Was ‘Easy To Love’

As a kick-off for their 18th year of musical production, NESA’s Musical Theater, with Visual Artists, Instrumental Music, and Technical Theater, Anything Goes was shown starting Thursday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 9. The performers and musicians were given a three day break, and were at it again Thursday, Nov. 13 to Sunday, Nov. 16. All shows were ‘Easy To Love’ and enjoy.

ISA Earns Second Place Ranking in Niche Poll

The International School of the Americas was named the 2nd best high school in San Antonio and the 22nd best in the state, earning an A+ Overall Niche Grade. Niche, a content ranking website that specializes in academic and city statistics, has released rankings of the Best Public High Schools in America. The list ranks 14,431 high […]

‘Anything Goes’ Opens Thursday

North East School of the Arts proudly presents the Cole Porter musical comedy classic, ANYTHING GOES, as the opening production of NESA’s eighteenth theater season. With music and lyrics by Cole Porter, the original book of ANYTHING GOES was written by Guy Bolton, P.G.Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, then heavily revised by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman for the 1988 Broadway revival.

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