DISD Donna High School

Our MRB has been working tirelessly this marching season, and they're sounding amazing and looking great! 🥁🎷🎺🎼💖
Wish them the best of luck as they compete in Pre-Pigskin this Saturday! See flyer for details.
🎟Tickets may be purchased at the gate.
Go, MRB!!!👏🏼

Please see 21st Century ACE Program Information below:

Mr. Juan Carmona, Donna High School’s Social Studies Lead Teacher and South Texas College Adjunct Professor, is 7 Brew’s Hero for the month of September 🎉

Mr. Juan Carmona’s former student nominated him for this awesome award. His dedication to serve his students in and out of the classroom is widely recognized and has influenced many to pursue higher education in the area of History.

Congratulations, Mr. Juan Carmona 🎉🎉 Donna High School is lucky to have you!

Way to go, Ms. Garza!! 🎉🎉🎉

Shout out to Ms. Ruby Garza, English III teacher at Donna High School for embedding goal 1 strategies into her daily lessons! Ms. Garza models annotating text for her students during the direct teach and pauses during guided practice to allow students to turn and talk about the content (structured conversation with a time stamp). During the independent practice Ms. Garza aggressively monitored student work and gave immediate feedback to her students. Great job Ms. Garza! 🎯 DISD Donna High School

See You at the Pole is a global movement of student-organized prayer taking place the fourth Wednesday each September, usually before school. Students meet at the flag pole to pray together for their schools, communities and country.

🙏🏼Dozens of our students showed up this morning at 7:15am to pray for their school and classmates. What an amazing way to start the day. Thank you, DHS FCA, for leading this event.

Seniors were trained, disciplined, and prepped for their upcoming ACT test during today’s ACT Boot Camp. They learned testing strategies and took practice tests for English, Reading, and Science. The ACT Boot Camp will continue on Monday where they will prepare for Math.

We want to thank our awesome staff Ms. Eunice Canales, Ms. Denise Ramirez, Ms. Maria Barrera and Mr. Carlos Valdez for helping with this project. Your hard work and efforts to help our students does not go unnoticed!

Way to go, Ms. Ramos! 🎉🎉

Kudos to Ms. Miriam Ramos, U.S. History teacher at Donna High School for keeping a focus on academic vocabulary and visual stimuli. Students were tasked with creating visual representations to help make connections with key concepts regarding the Progressive Era, such as Sherman Antitrust Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. Great job using this activity as an anchor to develop student academic vocabulary! 🎯 DISD Donna High School

Congratulations to the varsity, junior varsity and freshmen Redskin Cross Country teams who comepted today at La Maquina Invitational Meet in Elsa.

The Varsity team placed 2nd🥈 overall with Jeremiah Trejo placing 10th and Danny Hernandez finishing 15th!👏🏼

Luis Conde, JV, placed 18th.

The Freshman team clinched 2nd🥈place!

Kudos to all runners for their hard work and dedication!🙌🏼

Another win for our Mighty Fighting DONNA REDSKINS in Brownsville this evening!🎉🏈
Redskins 33
Lobos 18
We're grateful for the unwavering support of our wonderful community.❤️ Thank you for making the trip, for helping the boys , and for being there with us every step of the way.

Mr. Robert Cantu’s intro-based Law Enforcement and Criminal Investigation classes learned about municipal police departments this past week.

The City of Donna Police Department presented on the criminal investigations department and SWAT team operations (Special Weapons & Tactics). The officers presented the ins and outs of policing/investigations and SWAT Operations and missions. They brought SWAT/active shooter gear such as door breathers, heavy ballistic shields, body armor and helmets. Also, they conducted a surveillance drone demonstration and showcased one of their newest patrol units to show all the modern technological advances in law enforcement. Said presentations and demonstrations afforded our students hands-on experience as well as first-hand insight into the different divisions within local police departments.

A big thank you goes out to the following Donna PD Officers for taking the time to visit with our students: Sgt Hooks (Criminal Investigations Division Supervisor), Det. Guerra (SWAT member), Det. Ontiveros (SWAT Member).

Feeling incredibly thankful and blessed to Welcome Fall 2023 alongside such amazing colleagues as we work together on this District planning day to achieve our number of one student goal: to graduate all students on time ready for college, career or military.

Mr. Jose Olivarez is the gem of a teacher that we will be highlighting this ‘Teacher Thursday’ at Donna High School. Mr. Olivarez, Mariachi Teacher, is in his 4th year of teaching and 2nd year at Donna High School. His passion is so evident! He can play at least 10 instruments ranging from the piano, trumpet 🎺 to even the accordion. 🪗 His passion for music is so contagious that his students show a true passion for mariachi and excel at what they do. His varsity mariachi class enthusiastically performed 'El Rey' at the last pep rally, and they stole the show! 🎼

Thank you Mr. Olivarez, for your dedication to our mariachi group. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. 🥁🎤

Good morning, Redskin Families🌞

📢Reminders:

🏫There will be no classes for students this Friday, Sept. 22nd.

🏈Best of luck to our Mighty Fighting DONNA REDSKINS who will travel to Brownville to take on the Brownsville Lopez Lobos at 7:30pm. This game will be played at BISD Stadium #2, located at Brownsville Veterans Memorial ECHS. Address: 4550 US-281, Brownsville, TX 78520
Go! Fight! Win! Redskins!!!

🎟 Ticket Information: https://events.ticketspicket.com/agency/6bb99562-cc84-45d9-ab31-75f868eb4b6d/events/d276bb4e-4720-4718-87b8-205995c714ab

These WHATAGUARDS' hard work and sacrifice doesn’t go unnoticed!👨🏽‍✈️🫶🏼 They ensure the safety of our students and staff daily, and DHS appreciates all they do for the Redskin Reservation! A big THANK YOU goes out to them!

Picture Day is next week 📸 Southern Smiles will be taking class photos during our students' English class.

9th-11th: We ask that you come ready in your Sunday’s best. 9th grade will take photos on Monday, September 25th. 10th and 11th grade will take photos on Tuesday, September 26th.

12th Grade: Southern Smiles will be taking 2 photographs. Your yearbook picture and a formal full-body picture as well. Females, since you will be asked to place a drape for your yearbook picture, Southern Smiles is suggesting you wear a tank top under your dress. Senior formal pictures will be on Wednesday, September 27th.

Students, come prepared! 📸

We are excited to announce that with with our newest addition to Donna High has come the GEAR UP Pathways to the Future grant. GEAR UP brings extra academic support to our Freshman Class of 2027 and their families ❤️ Next week we invite all of Donna High School to join us in celebrating National GEAR UP week! This is where we bring awareness and recognition to GEAR UP's accomplishments and goals. We invite you to join us in learning more about our services to students and their families. See flyer for activities and daily dress themes 🎉

Join us for our Senior Parent Meeting tomorrow, September 20th.

Good morning, Redskin Fans!🏈💛
Vote for our very own QB by liking 👍🏻, sharing, or commenting on Geff's pic (on original Noticias RGV post.)

Last week of the 1st six weeks

DONNA REDSKINS 43🏈💛
E-E Yellowjackets 37

Last week, we faced a tough challenge and learned important lessons. This week, we came back stronger, united, and victorious!💪🎉 We struggled a bit the first half, but our team's dedication and hard work paid off! Thank you, Redskin Fans, for sticking around till the last second and for helping the boys ! Let's celebrate this win and keep the momentum going into the next game! 🙌

Today was Senior Citizen Day at The Redskin Reservation and both students and staff joined in on the fun in support of the Mighty Fighting Redskins who will surely "Put the Yellowjackets to Sleep!" 😴🛏💤
We hope to see you tonight as the Redskins take on the Edcouch-Elsa Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. at Bennie La Prade!
Go! Fight! Win! Redskins!!!

https://www.youtube.com/live/mNNbMOfCyJw?si=LISvnMmSTcq4Pe3y

Donna High School Pep Rally Vs Edcouch-Elsa

Thank you parents and families for your unwavering support!🏈💛
Go! Fight! Win, Redskins!!!

Attention Donna Redskin Parents:
We will be hosting Parents Night tomorrow evening and ask that you arrive at Bennie La Prade Stadium no later than 5:45 p.m. Our staff will greet you at the southside gate entrance to the field (closest to the scoreboard). Our staff will have your son's white jersey for you to use for the photo that will be taken by TNT. The presentation of parents will begin promptly at 6:00p.m. sharp. Parents who are planning to stay for the game may purchase tickets at:
https://www.hsticket.com/copy-of-main-all-date-varsity-football

Thank you, parents and families, for your unwavering support!

It’s Thursday 🎉 which means it’s time to highlight one of awesome teachers at the Redskin Reservation! This ‘Teacher Thursday’ we are highlighting Ms. Amanda Valdez, Biology teacher, who is on her 8th year of teaching at Donna High School!

Today’s Biology class was engaged in a fun and interactive lesson that provides valuable insight on a topic that is trending at the moment, Covid 19 (transmission of diseases). Ms. Valdez simulated an outbreak environment where one student’s cup was infected with the “virus” and asked students to exchange “fluids” by pouring their water with other students cups. At the end, each cup was tested and it was found that 4 out of 16 students were not infected. Students were then asked to track who they had contact with to be able to find patient 0.

Great job, Ms. Valdez 🎉 Thank you for providing an engaging, real-life lesson to our students!

‼️Attention, MRB Fans‼️

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Attention all parents and MRB fans!!
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We are thrilled to announce that seven of our top-performing senior students have earned the prestigious academic honor of College Board National Recognition! This recognition was awarded to our students for their outstanding performance on the PSAT and for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher. This achievement is a testament to their hard work, dedication, and exceptional academic performance. Hats off to the following honorees!

Julian Alvarado, Gabriel Enriquez, Galilea Lopez, Josue Oviedo, Nydia Selvera, Natalie Taruwinga, and Victoria Vega-Marin.

Once again, congratulations on this remarkable achievement! Keep up the outstanding work and we look forward to celebrating your continued success!

We love our D'ettes!💛

Congratulations to the Donna High School’s varsity Redskin cross county runners who placed 2nd as a team at the Brownsville Invitational Meet.

Way to go, Redskins! 🎉👏🏻

Congratulations to Donna High's Tennis Team who was victorious against Donna North today!

Donna High Boys & Girls won all their matches:
🎾Boys Singles
🎾Girls Singles
🎾Boys Doubles
🎾Girls Doubles
🎾Boys & Girls Mixed Doubles

Congratulations DHS Team Tennis! Keep up the great work!👏🏼

28-17
🏈 Tough loss, but we'll bounce back stronger than ever! 💪 Remember, setbacks are just setups for comebacks. Keep your heads high, Redskins!

1st Pep Rally: Demolish the Wolverines 🚧

https://www.youtube.com/live/Faug9jVF4Mo?si=PHcAVGCFZuJ7EF_N

1st Pep Rally Live Demolish the Wolverines

Donna High School vs lsja Girls' Varsity Volleyball