Back to School News
Meet the Teacher Brings Families to Menchaca for the Start of a Great Year!
On August 9th and 10th, Menchaca Early Childhood Center held 6 different Meet the Teacher sessions to accommodate our families’ schedules. We welcomed many and were excited to see our cardinals ready to start a new year! Parents finalized paperwork, picked up dismissal placards, and toured our beautiful campus.
Southside ISD TEA Ratings are In! Congratulations to ALL Cardinals!
(San Antonio, TX) – It is official! On behalf of our Board of Trustees and administration, congratulations to all staff for your hard work and dedication! Superintendent Rolando Ramirez told the staff today, “The STAAR/EOC scores reflect your tireless efforts and commitment to providing the best academic setting for our students. WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL STAFF! Keep up the great work!! ” Staff and students have celebrated their hard work all over the district. Let’s keep Soaring to Excellence.
Important Information Regarding First Day of School Drop Off & Pick Up
The First Day of School is Thursday, August 11th. Only parents at Menchaca Early Childhood Center will be able to walk their children to class during the first two days of school. Security checks will be in place. Grades 1-12 will be student drop off only as we continue to follow COVID and security protocols.
Important Update: Standardized Dress Shirts Pick Up for Back to School
***As of August 15th, 2022 the Print Shop Portable is closed. Please call (210) 882-1600 x2613 for information regarding shirt orders. If you have not placed an order for shirts you can do that here: https://forms.gle/JRgowoUCHcShu1hL7.***
Standardized dress shirts are available for pick up at the Printshop Portable (behind Pearce Elementary) at 19190 US-281 San Antonio Texas, 78221. From August 8th-10th Print Shop Portable will be open from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Order forms MUST be filled out prior to picking up shirts – you can place your order here: https://forms.gle/JRgowoUCHcShu1hL7. Once the order form is filled you can pick up the shirts at the portable behind Pearce Elementary. For more information on Standardized Dress Code please visit www.southsideisd.org/standardized-dress-code.
**To assist students and families the district is providing 3 Polos and 3 T-shirts in Red, Black, and White at no cost to the families through 8/31/2022.
Returning students should have received 3 Polos and 3 -T-shirts in red, black and white. If your child did not receive all six shirts please send an email to sisdprintshop@nullsouthsideisd.org to complete the order form for each child.
New enrolled students will receive 3 Polos and 3 T-shirts in red, black and white, at no cost if they enroll by 8/31/2022 by emailing sisdprintshop@nullsouthsideisd.org, completing the form for
each child. After 9/1/2022 shirts may be purchased.***
If you have questions please call (210) 882-1600 x2613.
For directions please watch the video below.
Two Teachers Spend Time Learning at Rice University This Summer

Menchaca was honored to have two teachers, Mr. Zavala and Ms. Taylor, participate in a professional development experience at Rice University. Their work focused on implementing project-based learning which we hope to explore more for the early childhood science curriculum. The teachers enjoyed themselves and developed their skills in communication and PBL-writing and implementation that they can turn around to teachers at their campuses.
