NESA NEWS
2023-2024
NESA MONDAY MESSAGE
April 22, 2024
The Pirate Queen opens this week and tickets are available. Many of our students have said it is their favorite and excited to share this amazing musical with you. You are in for fabulous music and thrilling sword fights. It will not disappoint. Please bring your family, friends, and neighbors. You don't want to miss it! Please visit https://nesa.booktix.com to reserve your seats!
NESA Summer School PE Registration is now open. Please use this link for information and registration. 2024 NESA SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION REGISTRATION
PTSA is looking for NESA Senior Parents who would like to be a part of the senior planning committee. We will be planning the Senior Breakfast and gift for this year. If you are interested please email Lisa at president@leecampusptsa.org .
This is the sixth week of the fourth nine weeks. Please check Skyward regularly. Your student's third nine weeks' report card is available in Skyward. If your student did not meet academic standard, they are officially on academic probation and ineligible. The report card serves as an official notice. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Please be sure to read Mr. Escamilla's Volunteer Vision below and be on the lookout for all communication from you child's major's director.
A few reminders:
- 1st period begins promptly at 8:50 AM
- if more than 5 minutes late to class, it is an absence
- Dress code will be enforced, so please review dress code expectations
- Student pick-up and drop-off is in the large lot off of Montview by the PAC
- All attendance notes must be turned in to the attendance office
- The PAC is closed in the morning until 8:40 AM unless you have a pass
- Lunch must be eaten in the cafeteria or courtyard
- If you have a concern or issue please contact your child's major's director first, we'd like to honor communication chain of command
- Please help us by clearing the building within 30 minutes of the end of a performance
Please join pARTners, our NESA booster club. Our goal is 100% participation from all majors. Meeting dates are listed below in our pARTners section. Our next meeting is May 2nd at 7 PM in the NESA Blackbox. Many volunteer opportunities are available.
Thank you for your constant support! Our future is bright!
Respectfully,
Lenida A. Evans
NESA Director
SPRING SEMESTER EXAM SCHEDULE
NESA COURSES 2024-2025
THE PIRATE QUEEN
IMPORTANT DATES
April 23rd - Algebra EOC
April 25th - 28th - The Pirate Queen
May 1st - Senior Awards
May 2nd - pARTners meeting
May 2nd - Special Guest Speaker during LEE Time
May 8th - Sophomore Voice Recital
May 9th - Junior Voice Recital
May 13th - Senior Voice Recital
May 14th - Freshman Voice Recital
May 15th - Senior Dance Recital
May 17th - VA Multiples Art Show & Senior IM Concert
May 18th - 800lb Festival & Fameish Premiere
May 27th - Graduation
May 30th - NESA Banquet
May 31st - Last Day of School
LEE TV
USE THE LINK BELOW
NESA COUNSELORS
COUNSELOR UPDATE
LEE Counseling SMORE
SENIOR CLASS OF 2024
Attention all seniors,
For common app, you must order transcripts for all schools listed prior to your counselor uploading it; please indicate in special instructions that they are for common application.
Thank you. Have a wonderful week.
Please stop by the NESA office for your Senior shirt. Stoles will be given in April. You may pay your $40 dues to Ms. Garcia in the NESA Office. Your NESA dues are different from your LEE senior dues of $50.
Important Dates
May 1st - LEE Senior Awards
May 27th - Graduation 9:30AM
MR. ESCAMILLA'S VOLUNTEER VISION
Please use the following link for important campus updates and news.
Enjoy this week's Volunteer Vision
PTSA WEEKLY NEWS
NESA pARTners NEWS
pARTners Meeting Dates
7:00 PM in the NESA Blackbox in the PAC
May 2nd
NESA Banquet will be May 30th at the UIW Skyroom
Seniors, please use the link below
NESA pARTners (the NESA parent organization) hosts monthly meetings at 7pm in the PAC Blackbox. Family memberships are only $20. https://www.nesapartners.net/
ADULT VOLUNTEERS
- All potential volunteers must complete an online Criminal History Record Check form *one-time only.
- You can find the form here: https://portal.neisd.net/volunteer?SOURCE=V
- Once an individual has completed the form successfully, he or she is issued a volunteer ID #.
- Volunteers should receive a confirmation email from Raptor when their application has been processed and approved.
- We'd like to encourage volunteers to plan in advance and submit online forms ahead of time.
- Please remember we cannot show up to volunteer if you have not yet received confirmation. This process is not immediate.
- Applicants must be 18 years and older to volunteer.
NESA STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
Last Fall, the first ever Cinema Games competition was held. This is an internal NESA Cinema Competition to see who is the first team to complete 4 projects in a semester, and two teams win Audience Choice for each of the advanced cinema classes. Below are the winners!
- Cinema Games 1st Place Winner: Andora Zotigh, Grace Standifer, Salome Joyas, Mia Mascorro, Katharine Winter
- Cinema Games Audience 1st and 2nd Period Audience Choice Winner: Vaughn Hollis, Silas De La Rosa, Valencia Gonzales, Kimora Harmon
- Cinema Games Audience 7th and 8th Period Audience Choice Winner: William Hirschi, Xochi Garza -Cortez, Elicia Parker, Mary Sierra Sampson, Harriet Martin
- Cinema Games MVP Awards: Andora Zotigh, Autumn Campos, KJ Raimondi
3 NESA Cinema Seniors lead the charge for the All American High School Film Festival Winter Invitational National Competition. Below are the students leading the charge for the competition!
- NESA Cinema Winter Invitational Leaders: Cat Leal, Harriet Martin, Mary Sierra Sampson
Every single NESA Cinema Student that submitted to Contemporary Art Month was accepted into the film festival. Out of 29 films selected, 16 of those films are NESA Cinema Students. Below are the NESA students that were accepted. Film festival will take place March 8th at the Tobin Center. Congratulations to our amazing film makers.
Andy Reyes - Catch a Feel
Autumn Campos - Music
Autumn Campos - missing you
Ava Polhemus - Cyberpunk Fairy
Cullen Johnston - Halfway Point
Dempsey Hollis - The Mirror
El Parker - Karupisu chan
Iris Underwood - Sortir de Cette Cage
Katharine Winter - Pushed Away
KJ Raimondi - Point and Shoot
Luna Hernandez - SchoolGirlCrush
Luz Standifer - Piedmont
Mia Mascorro - Renewed Disturbance
Micah Eckmann - Exit 20B
Silas De La Rosa - Papaya
William Hirschi - So
Please congratulate NESA VA senior, Bela Siptak. Her 2023 AP Drawing portfolio was selected as one of 50 from all entries worldwide to be included in the 2023 AP Art and Design Exhibition. The exhibit will go live on December 1st. This is a tremendous honor for a well-deserving student.
Coen Evans - The Old Abandoned House
Olivia Acosta - 59 Malibu Way
Autumn Campos - Backyard Poser
Micah Eckmann - Raising Arizona
Tobias Golando - Moonglow
Catalina Leal - Self Portrait
Mia Mascorro - We All Get Here Eventually
Sierra Sampson -Wait
Mercury Ward - Alien
North East School of the Arts
Email: vgarci6@neisd.net
Website: neisd.net/nesa
Location: 1400 Jackson Keller Rd, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-356-1033
Our Future is Bright
NESA Photo Gallery (Work in Progress)
FOOTNOTES 2024
COMING SOON
FINAL FOUR
HOMEWORK MAFIA - RAPID FRAME RENEGADES
I WANT WHAT YOU GOT - PIXEL PIRATES
MARCO POLO - SCENE STEELERS SOCIETY
SWEET DISPOSITION - MOTION PICTURE MAVERICKS
NESA VISUAL ART STUDENTS HONORED AUTUMN HOWARD
When Moore College of Art visited NESA VAs this past fall, seniors Autumn Howard and Evelyn Vale received acceptance on the spot. Dedicated and hardworking painters, Autumn and Evelyn have been accepted into the prestigious Moore Visionaries Honors program. As participants in this honors program, Autumn and Evelyn will benefit from additional supports, internship opportunities, and a $25,000 annual scholarship. Additionally, at Moore's invitation, these young artists will travel to Philadelphia in early February to attend the Visionaries Honors Day. Congratulations to Autumn and Evelyn - we could not be more proud of you and your accomplishments!