SAISD SPOTLIGHT: Burbank High School students set to shine at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
 
Senior Nicholas Rosas headlines the Burbank Agricultural Science team in 2025.

Eighteen Burbank High School Agriculture students are in final preparations for the San Antonio Junior Livestock Show which opens Feb. 5 at the San Antonio Rodeo grounds. Students will be showing pigs, goats, and chickens over the course of the nearly three-week competition. One of those students is senior Nicholas Rosas who will be competing in the breeding goat competition next weekend (Feb. 7-9).

Fresh off the Bexar County Junior Livestock show where his goat earned second place and reserve grand champion, Rosas is making the final preparations to take part in San Antonio’s 76th annual Stock Show and Rodeo.

Rosas is available mornings from 8:45 to 10:15 a.m. to show his goat and how he cares for her, talk about all he has learned in the Burbank Agriculture program and what it is like to compete at this level.

Calendar items? 
 
Feb. 1 (Sat) – Jefferson High School Lassos at the Western Heritage Parade
10:30 a.m. to Noon, start at Milam Park, 500 W. Commerce, 78207
The award-winning Jefferson High School Lassos are returning once again to take part in the annual Western Heritage Parade in downtown San Antonio. Starting at Milam Park, the parade literally rumbles down Houston Street as it is led by a live longhorn stampede. The event officially kicks off rodeo season in San Antonio.

Feb. 1 (Sat) – SAISD Culinary Arts students at the Titans of Tailgate
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., The Rock at La Cantera, 1 Spurs Wy, 78256
Three SAISD Culinary Arts student teams and their instructors will take part in the annual Titan of Tailgate event. Think of this as a tailgate party on steroids with top shelf food. Cooking crews from Brackenridge High School, Burbank High School and Lanier High School will be serving up food samples next to the top chefs in San Antonio. The event benefits culinary arts education in San Antonio high schools.

Feb. 5 (Wed) – SAISD Bond 2020 Community Meeting
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Brackenridge High School, 400 Eagleland Dr., 78210
The public is invited to this in-person community meeting, which will provide an update on Bond 2020 renovation projects at Brackenridge High School, Fox Tech High Schools, and Bonham Primary at Green.

Feb. 6 (Thurs) – Japhet Elementary Snow Day
8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Japhet Elementary, 314 Astor St., 78210
Japhet Elementary School made it their goal to change the campus attendance rates. Monthly incentives such as family raffles, field trips, dance parties and even briskets have helped to encourage attendance. Now Japhet administrators have upped the prize by bringing a full-fledged “Snow Day” to campus. Jaguar students with perfect attendance in January will frolic outdoors in snow donated by the Japhet family. This event was rescheduled due to last week’s rainfall.

Feb. 6 (Thurs) – SAISD Bond 2020 Community Meeting
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Neal Elementary, 3407 Capitol Ave., 78201
The public is invited to this in-person community meeting, which will provide an update on Bond 2020 renovation projects at Neal Elementary and Edison High School.

Feb. 8 (Sat) – 3rd annual Black History Month Scholastic Chess Tournament
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sam Houston High School, 4635 E. Houston St., 78220
The 3rd Annual Black History Month Scholastic Tournament brings the brightest young chess masters in the area. This is a classic chess tournament, with five rounds of competition with a focus on Black History Month. Last year more than 200 students from grades K-12 were competing from all over the region. The event is hosted by the SAISD Gifted and Talented Department.