Laredo Independent School District - Instructional Television








		ITV Programming Printable Version Locally Produced Programming Alma Pierce HOSTS In promoting the HOSTS program, Alma Pierce together with the District’s vision, is to develop and educate students by providing them with relevant and challenging curriculum. Anti-Drug Messages Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life – These short segments give vital statistics regarding drug use, its effects, and consequences. They are aimed at educating all students on the facts that drugs are not cool. Adventuras en Español A Spanish program designed for students third through fifth grade. The program provides learners with the opportunity to attain knowledge that will enhance their achievement on multiple subject areas. The program features a series of segments with a puppet as a host, and Laredo ISD students as reporters.

Campus News

A 30-minute, student-hosted, bi-monthly newscast designed to keep the students and community of Laredo ISD informed about the latest happenings in the school district. Campus News has been recognized nationally.

Career and Technology Education (C.T.E.)

A glimpse inside the LISD Career and Technology Program.

Career Tips

A short segment offering preparation skills for future careers.

District Bulletin Board

An informative bulletin board that keeps viewers informed of the districts school lunch menu, job vacancies, weekly football scores, and much more.

Fact O’Mania

An educational game show featuring fifth grade students from all LISD elementary

schools; this game show enhances and reviews the fifth grade curriculum by testing

students’ knowledge in different subject categories.

Health Facts

Segments offering facts on health issues affecting our youth.

Homonyms

An instructional segment reviewing the spelling differences of words that sound

exactly the same.

HOSTS Recruiting Video

A video promoting and highlighting the district’s HOSTS program.

Inside LISD

Inside LISD will feature shows highlighting different departments, instructional programs, personnel, and students, in our district.

Interviewing Tips

Important tips that will give you an edge on your next job interview.

Kitchen Lab

A Math and Science program designed for students in third thru fifth grade. Students will be given the opportunity to observe, measure and predict as well as learn about patterns, relationships, geometry, spatial reasoning, measurement, and probability.

LISD Back to School General Session
Welcome Back general session for all LISD employees. (Airs in August)

LISD Graduations
Cigarroa High School, Martin High School and Nixon High School Graduations. The program airs in May through June.

LISD Regular and Special Call Meetings

School Board Meetings are aired on Public Access Channel 18 in the evening.

Coming soon: LIVE Coverage of School Board Meetings

LISD Teacher Recruitment Video

A video explaining the many reasons and benefits why teachers should become a part of the LISD family.

LISD: The Classroom and Beyond

A show highlighting outstanding classroom activities from LISD schools. The program also goes beyond the classroom by highlighting community involvement in education and allowing community leaders to explain for themselves how they are striving to enhance the educational experience of each LISD student.

LISD This Week
LISD This Week is weekly program designed to keep viewers informed of the daily activities and events happening throughout the district. The program is hosted by Jeannette G. Martinez, ITV Coordinator.

Mission Accomplished

A language arts program designed for third grade students. Students are encouraged to use scientific principles like those used by detectives to understand the passages. (Available in Spanish)

Parenting Skills

A program designed to assist parents in learning effective ways of managing their children’s behavior. (Available in Spanish)

Public Service Announcements

Numerous important topics are produced to inform the district and community.

Reading Rocks

Reading Rocks is an award winning Language Arts program designed for students in third through fifth grade. Reading, grammar, and writing are taught in a fun manner through the use of music and puppets.

Shattered Dreams

A program designed to teach students about drunk drivers and the consequences of

drinking and driving.

Success Stories

This series focuses on former LISD high school graduates who established a successful career.

Teaching the ADHD Child

Strategies a teacher can use to capture the attention of the ADHD child.

Tech Tips

A series of short segments designed to give viewers basic tips on how to use a PC.

Test Time? Bring It On…

Test-taking tips. Before, during and after the test

The Nutrition Pyramid Game

An educational game show on nutrition featuring LISD students. The game enchances and reviews the nutrition curriculum by testing students knowledge in different categories.

Tips for Family Reading

A segment designed to encourage family reading. The segment suggests ways parents can help their children become lifetime readers.

Visions and Goals with Jesus Amezcua
A program focusing on LISD Critical issues and their impact on student learning.

What’s Up Doc?

A program that deals with physical well-being and hygiene.

Writer’s Block

Tips for parents to encourage good writing skills.

COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED PROGRAMMING

Cat Paws

A movement and music program that highlights math, language arts, health, and

guidance. (Bilingual)

Circulation and Respiration
This program investigates two amazing human body systems, the circulatory and respiratory systems. Special attention is paid to an extremely important organ, the heart.

Classifying Living Things
This program explores the classifying of living things in science.

CNN Student News

A ten minute daily newscast brought to us by CNN News informing all students of the current daily national news. www.cnnstudentnews.com

Digestion and Excretion
This program explores the features and characteristics of the digestive system and excretory system.

Earth, Sun and Moon
This program explores the shape of earth, its rotation on its axis, and the different seasons.

Financial Aid - Applying for Financial Aid: The FAFSA Process

This program helps high school students to apply for financial aid; the program is geared

to guide the students in the process of filling out the financial aid application.

(Available in Spanish)

Heredity
In this program students are introduced to some of the foundational principles of heredity through numerous real-life examples.

How’s That Work?

This series explores the origins of familiar items and explains how they work.

Modern Marvels
This series examines structures and innovations around the globe.

Genetics

A detailed review of the important concepts in the middle school life science relating to heredity, fundamentals of genetics, genetic discoveries and laws, and DNA.

My Neighborhood, My Community – People in the City

A social studies program that shows what life is like for people in the neighborhood when they choose to live in a large city.

NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This science series is designed to inspire the next scientific generation of explorers.

Naturally Nature Series

This series consists of four science programs: clouds, ponds, trees and dirt.

Nervous and Endocrine Systems

This program explains some of the important functions of the nervous and endocrine systems.

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee

News Magazine specials created and produced for students in grades 4-6.

Plant Parts

This program explores many of the different plant parts and the important jobs they carry out.

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow is an intermediate program encouraging positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.

Simple Machines

In this program students will learn how we use simple machines everyday.

Solids, Liquids and Gases

In this program students will investigate real-life examples of various phases of matter.

Sports Figures

Sports Figures feature athletes who show students how they can develop an interest in math and physics through sports.

Symbols of America

An intermediate social studies/history series geared to educate students on the symbols of America .

Texas

A social studies program designed to provide viewers with a contemporary view of this most colorful state.

The Great Lakes: An Overview

A hist-ography of five influential bodies of water.

TLC Elementary School

This series is a Science and Human Behavior program consisting of various segments explaining various educational topics.

Unwrapped Food

This series explores the test kitchens and secrets behind popular snack foods.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

This video explores some of the most powerful forces on earth: earthquakes and volcanoes. Through descriptions of actual volcanic and earthquake occurrences, students will discover how these dynamic forces affect our world. The video discusses the nature and causes of earthquakes and volcanoes.

Weathering and Soils

In this program students will learn about the two major types of weathering and the causes that alter the shape and composition of rocks.

A weekly schedule is available on our website at www.laredoisd.org/departments/itv and on Laredo Morning Times- TV Times.