Christopher M. Macdonell Elementary School

Our Extended Day activity at the Library was UnbeLEAFable! We are so grateful to our friends from Indoor Gardens Plant Shop for coming by to teach us about Plant Care 101 ...

🦅 Soaring to New Heights at C.M. Macdonell! 🦅 We are thrilled to announce that C.M. Macdonell Elementary has been officially recognized as a 2025 Lone Star Ribbon School! 🌟 This i...

Read Everyday!

On Wednesday, Feb. 25th, a Proclamation was held to launch LISD’s Read Across America Week!!!! Our Top AR Students along with their parents, enjoyed a presentation by the Lared...

AR LEGO BUILD Challenge ~ Classes who met their AR Goal at a 100% participated in a LEGO CHALLENGE Activity!

Macdonell Elementary School is soaring with pride as Principal Michelle Gonzalez has been named one of five finalists for the prestigious H-E-B Excellence in Education Principal A...

After going word for word with Laredo ISD’s top spellers, Bruni Elementary School Fifth grade student Gavin Valdez was declared the First-Place winner of the 2026 LISD Spelling Be...

Our INCREDIBLE Hawk Choir performed at the Annual Laredo ISD Christmas Program yesterday at the Performance and Arts Center!!! Congratulations on a beautiful performance Might...

Our INCREDIBLE Cheerleaders participated in the Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 13th!!! They shined and made us so very proud!!! Go Hawks!!!

Macdonell's Flu Clinic was a success!

Our AU Unit is very grateful to our custodians for making our school SPARKLE every day!!!

“Every Day Counts: Level Up Attendance” is the theme of Laredo ISD’s daily student attendance efforts. This morning, LISD conducted a spirited ceremony proclaiming September as At...

Laredo Independent School District Athletic Director Luis Escamilla recently received the South Texas Athletic Director of the Year Award. Escamilla was honored with the award dur...

Laredo ISD has been designated a State Recognized School District by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) earning an accountability rating of “B” for the 2022-2023 school year. With t...

Tiny sneakers hit the turf and big dreams took flight as Laredo ISD’s youngest stars gathered at Shirley Field for a morning full of fun, discovery, and celebration. The district...

Macdonell Elementary hosted our Career Day! Thank you to all of our participants that helped make our Career Day a success for our Hawk students!

Join Macdonell Elementary as we celebrate National Library Week - March 31st - April 4, 2025!!!

Our Library Club members had an amazing time at the Laredo Public Libraries ! They took a tour of the Laredo Public Library and learned about the many different services ...

The LISD Dr. Marcus Nelson Conference Center was filled with smiling faces as LISD’s special needs students participated in the Special Education Department’s Pee Wee Young Athlet...

Laredo Independent School District’s 4 th Annual Scholars Golf Tournament will kick-off at the Casa Blanca Golf Course on Saturday, February 10, with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m....