News

Dear World Scholars Community,

We want to inform you that South Texas ISD World Scholars has received an allegation of a possible threat to campus safety. At this time, there is no immediate danger, and all students and staff are safe.

STISD invites district parents/guardians and others from the tri-county community to join us for a “South Texas ISD Parent Connection: Supporting Your Child’s Emotional Health” Spring 2025 Parent Session to be held from 5:30- 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. The session focused on “Depression, Mood Swings, and Low Self-Esteem: When to Be Concerned and How to Support Your Child” will be available in-person or virtually.

Welcome to Volume 3 of the STISD College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) Newsletter for the 2024-2025 school year.

Inside, students and parents will be able to find important information regarding FAFSA, Scholarships, Dual Credit, Testing, CTE Programs of Study and mandatory deadlines.

STISD invites district parents and others from the tri-county community to join us for the “South Texas ISD Parent Connection: Supporting Your Child’s Emotional Health” Spring 2025 Parent Sessions to be held this spring.
 
The sessions will be held Thursday, Feb. 6, and Thursday, March 6, and will be available in-person and virtually.

Read the full article for topics and locations.

STISD will host the next session in its Emergent Bilingual Parent Institute Series on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 9 am at STISD Medical Professions in Olmito.

This is a great opportunity for parents of language learners to come learn how to support their children's linguistic, cognitive and social emotional development at home.

As a result of the closure of our campuses and offices on Tuesday, Jan. 21, due to the inclement weather conditions, we will need to make up the instruction missed on that day through our designated Weather Make-up Day on Monday, Feb. 10. This make-up day will include all students and staff district wide.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the STISD Special Programs Department will host two virtual parent information meetings – one in English and one in Spanish – regarding STISD’s Gifted and Talented program. During the sessions, we will:

• Review the nomination/referral process
• Share the opportunities provided through the program

On Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, STISD contacted the Edinburg Police Department in reference to a potential threat of violence that was made against World Scholars. Out of an abundance of caution, security measures were increased in order to ensure the safety and well-being of all students, staff, and visitors. Law enforcement officials took swift action and immediately investigated the potential threat. Through the course of the investigation, a suspect was identified and arrested for Terroristic Threat that same evening. The student arrested was not an STISD student.

Taking into account the most recent weather updates from the National Weather Service, we have decided to close all STISD campuses and offices tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 21, and to have a delayed start on Wednesday, Jan. 22. We will resume our regular schedule on Thursday as of now.

Out of an abundance of caution, STISD will have a delayed start district wide on Tuesday, Jan. 21. This delayed start includes all 7 STISD campuses.

Staff will need to report to campuses and offices by 9:00 a.m., and we will delay the start of classes until 10:00 a.m. We will adjust our campus schedules to accommodate the shorter day and end the day at the usual time of 4:05 p.m.