District News

Southside HS media production students attended the Austin Film Festival and had the chance to pitch an idea to Disney/Pixar. Isaish Tarin, a junior,pitched a story about environmentalists in the jungles of Brazil fighting against loggers. Another junior, Daniel Ruiz, told Disney and Marvel creative representatives about a story of a homeless boy dealing with […]

October 17 – 21, is Hydrocephalus Awareness Week. Southside ISD staff and students are encouraged to wear blue on Friday, October 21. Hydrocephalus is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain. The main job of this fluid is to surround the brain and spinal cord to act as a protective cushion. Hydrocephalus […]

Congratulations to the Lady Cardinals for their win Tuesday night who faced an undefeated district opponent McCollum. The win secured the top spot for the Lady Cardinals as they close out the first round of district Friday night on the road against Uvalde. Leaders for tonight’s match were Mia Soto with 33 kills, 4 aces, […]

It’s that time of year again!  We will begin selling Turkey Legs, water or soda and chips for $10.  Pre-sale begins today 6-28 October.  Turkey Leg pick up will be on November 4 at JROTC bldg from 11am-6pm.  ALL cadets have ticket for sale!

Dear Cardinal Families, You may have been reading or seeing stories in the news about a number of clown posts made on social media similar to the “creepy clown” incidents that have occurred recently at Comal ISD, NISD, across the state and the nation. Law enforcement agencies have determined these clown posts are a social media […]

Check out these uber cute photos of Gallardo first graders as they eagerly wait for a science experiment to be performed right before their eyes. In the end you can see them cheer over the results…it was literally explosive. Go Science!  

  “Pennies for Patients” is celebrating its 10th year here at Freedom Elementary.  It benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  It officially kicked off in September but runs through Oct.14th.   Freedom was chosen as one of the schools to pilot the new incentives from the LLS.  All of the students get several items to […]

Southside ISD Matthey Middle School student is headed to Austin to be recognized at the Globey Awards Ceremony at the Texas State Capitol Theatre Saturday, September 24th.Matthey Middle school had three regional finalists with their “Hidden Object” game for Globaloria. Losoya Intermediate had one national finalist and winner. Emily Munoz won for her Game Mechanics […]

As you may recall HB 2610 went into effect during the 2015-2016 school year, which greatly impacted the development of school calendars. TEA now requires schools to have a minimum of 75,600 minutes of instruction instead of the traditional 180 days of instruction. As a result of the legislation, many districts adopted a calendar that […]

Happy Friday Cardinal Family! Rest up, tomorrow is Homecoming at the Southside Cardinal Stadium. It all gets started at 6:00pm Saturday, September 17th. The Fighting Cardinals go up against Parish Episcopal. They are sitting at  2-1-0 going into the fourth home game of the season.  Let’s get a win! Our Lady Cardinal Volleyball teams are […]