Mission, Texas- Over the next several months, officials at Leal Elementary School will be building upon a foundation of technology and engineering to create a new academically focused elementary school choice for parents in the Mission area.
“We are excited to be able to bring our community this new educational option,” said Dr. Carol G. Perez, superintendent of schools. “College readiness and STEM has been a focus for all our elementary schools. Changes coming to Leal will build upon that and create an academic focus that will better infuse the elements of technology and engineering into their strong college readiness standards at the campus.”
Beginning this fall, the campus will be known as Leal Elementary School of Technology and Engineering.
Perez reassures parents who already send their children to Leal Elementary School that they can still depend upon their campus to provide the best instruction possible. “This won’t take away from anything that the school has already been doing,” Dr. Perez said. “This will just layer aspects of technology and engineering into what they have been doing and set them up for continuing that focus when students get to K. White Jr. High School, which already has a strong STEM focus.”
Leal Elementary School will become the second elementary school to take on a special focus. Salinas Elementary School is being transitioned into an elementary fine arts academy this fall.
Perez said the she hopes the changes to Leal Elementary and Salinas Elementary will attract the attention of area parents who feel their children would benefit from the special focuses that will be offered by the schools. “We have accepted out-of-district transfers for several years and are also allowing for in-district transfer requests,” she said.
Transfer request forms for Leal Elementary-School of Technology and Engineering can be picked up from the Mission CISD Central Office located at 1201 Bryce Drive in Mission. Interested parents can also choose to pick up a transfer request at Leal Elementary School which is located at 318 S. Los Ebanos Road in Mission a little south of Interstate 2. The transfer forms are also available on the Mission CISD website, www.mcisd.net then select the “Parent” link at the top, and then “Student Transfers.”
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