(Seguin) — The halls and classrooms of Seguin ISD will once again be filled with the energy of a new school year as students return to class today. The day marks the official kickoff of the 2025-2026 academic year for all Seguin ISD campuses.
The excitement for this new school started last Thursday when staff came together at the Seguin Coliseum for the district’s annual convocation. Leading the event for the first time was new superintendent Dr. Jack Lee, who brought an energetic message to launch the year.
“Our job as educators is really to focus on relationships, building positive relationships with our students, with our families, with our community as a whole – focusing on expert instruction. That’s what our teachers are — they are experts in the classroom and when they combine those relationships with expert instruction, we see a lot of student success. It’s very much about making sure that everyone understands that our community and family partnerships matter. Most importantly, just getting everyone in the room to understand that everyone plays a role in the positive education of students whether you are the bus driver that is greeting kids – the first person they see as part of Seguin ISD in the morning. If you are the cafeteria worker that is making sure that our kids are fed and taken care of – the custodians that are cleaning our buildings, the facilities or the grounds – any of that – everyone plays a role in ensuring that a student has the best education possible and that’s what really makes Matador Nation – all of us working together to see that happen,” said Dr. Lee.
Dr. Lee described the convocation as a celebration of the district’s culture and teamwork.
He says that moment together only fueled his excitement even more.
“It was the true embodiment of Matador Nation. It was filled with excitement. It was filled with optimism. It was filled with a lot of positivity. It had an uplifting feeling – taking care of what needs to be taken care of and just setting the tone for a super positive year — just lots of energy in the room. You can feel the excitement,” said Dr. Lee.
Dr. Lee who was just officially hired for the job in July says he thanks all Seguin ISD employees for their individual roles in getting things ready for today’s big day.
“It’s exciting more than anything else and when I say that it’s exciting, what I really mean is today is the big day right? This is our Super Bowl. I guess that’s one way to put it. This is Super Bowl for education. It’s day one for us. We get to have our staff excited. We get to have our students excited to be back and everyone will have a smile on their face ready to go. We are looking forward to a fantastic year and today is the day that kicks that off,” said Dr. Lee.
While Seguin ISD has officially started classes, students in neighboring districts will soon join in. Navarro ISD, St. James and Lifegate Christian School will begin on Wednesday, while Marion ISD will start the school year on August 20. Southwest Prepatory School students made their way back to class on Monday.