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The Texas UIL announced its sports district realignment Feb. 1, with changes affecting North East ISD for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years.  South San Antonio ISD has joined the NEISD schools as they all move to District 27-6A.

Twenty Reagan athletes committed to their various sports programs Wednesday, Feb. 7, in a ceremony on the Ronald Reagan High School Campus.  These students join the 16 who committed previously this fall.  

Hardy Oak Elementary School students visited North Central Baptist Jan. 20, to encourage cancer patients and their families.

The Ronald Reagan High School community, spearheaded by its Student Council, collected 5,556 toys for the Blue Santa program this year, making Reagan once again one of the largest SAPD Blue Santa Pick-up locations in the city.   

CT Johnson High School Senior Karsten Battles was formally recognized in a special assembly at his school Thursday, Nov. 30, by representatives of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and American Family Insurance.  Battles will start as the West Team’s long snapper at the U.S. Army All American Bowl, held in the Alamodome downtown on January 6, 2018.  

Fourteen students and faculty at Stone Oak Elementary School will spend a day in a wheelchair the last week of November – taking the “Strother Challenge.” The event was named by Strother Norman, an 11-year-old who lost his mobility at age 5 after a car accident. He created and implemented the “Strother Challenge” program at his elementary school in Fort Worth to give others a glimpse into the life of a person with a disability.  

The Unity Ambassadors Club of Ronald Reagan High School rallied this fall to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey.  They adopted Jack Yates High School, located in Houston’s historic Third Ward, whose students had lost many of their belongings in the flood.

You can help the ladies of Ronald Reagan High School’s spirit organizations – cheer, drill, dance, pep team and the mascots.   The Spirit Booster Club is offering a raffle for the opportunity to win one of a short list of luxury prizes.

Church Unlimited San Antonio is one of many local churches that mobilized to help those devastated by the effects of Hurricane Harvey along Texas’ coast.  The new San Antonio branch felt especially compelled to help because its main campus is headquartered in Corpus Christi, with satellite branches throughout South Texas.