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Ysleta ISD and Ysleta High School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the high school to celebrate the new Paul F. Cain Fine Arts Center, a newly constructed $10 million facility that houses classrooms for the band, orchestra, choir, and guitar programs, as well as a new dance rehearsal space.

The ceremony was highlighted by comments from Trustee Sotero Ramirez III, Superintendent Dr. Xavier De La Torre, Father Bill Cain (Mr. Cain’s brother) and former student Pedro Amaya-Mendoza from the Tribe of 2018.

YHS Fine Arts students attended the event, as well as members of Mr. Cain’s family. The official ribbon cutting included De La Torre, Ramirez, City Representative Claudia Ordaz-Perez, YHS administrators, the Cain family, and students in the Fine Arts program.

During its October meeting, the YISD Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name the new building after late teacher Paul Cain, who taught mathematics and science for 42 years at Ysleta High School before passing away in 2018.

Cain famously coached the school’s High Q team, leading the squad to annual city and national competitions.

His daughter, Nancy Cain, followed in her father’s footsteps and took over as the High Q coach in 2018, then led the Indians to their second consecutive city championship last spring.

The ceremony took place October 30.

Texas 20 rivals Riverside and Ysleta met up for homecoming on the Reservation Friday night.

The Indians, celebrating homecoming were not very welcoming to the Rangers, taking the game 27-12.

Check out our view of the game in this ‘Game in Many Pics.’

The Ysleta Indians hosted their intra-district rivals the Bel Air Highlanders Friday night.

The back and forth affair ended with the Highlanders taking the 55-48 victory.

Our very own Johnny Yturales was there and we bring you his view of the contest in this ‘Game in Many Pics.’

The Hanks Knights traveled south to take on the Ysleta Indians at Hutchins Stadium Friday night.

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The Ysleta Indians got back on the winning track Friday Night, as they traveled down Alameda Avenue to their rivals, the Riverside Rangers.

The Tribe got it done on the road, defeating the Rangers 33-9.

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The two top teams in the city – who just happen to belong to Ysleta ISD – met up Friday Night in what many billed as the ‘Game of the Week.’

Traveling to the Mission Valley, the Matadors wanted a statement win on the home turf of the 6-0 Indians.  When the dust cleared, it was Parkland who came away with the 57-21 win.

Our very own Andres Acosta was there and we bring you his view of the game in this ‘Story in Many Pics’

For the Mighty Tribe in the Valley, the Ysleta Indians faced one of the toughest battles of the 2018 season, hosting the always-tough Canutillo Eagles.

As Mother Nature opened up her sprinklers, both teams battled it out on the thoroughly-soaked YHS turf.  In the end, the Indians prevailed, edging the Eagles 18-15.

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The Ysleta Indians headed north Friday night, landing in Big Red country to take on the Bel Air Highlanders.

The undefeated Indians played with determination, bolstered by an undefeated record, and while the Highlanders put up a good fight, the Tribe was too much, downing them 57-27.

On a very fall-like Friday night, the Ysleta Indians hosted their old County League rivals – the Bowie Bears – for Homecoming 2018.

The long-time rivals battled it out, with Bowie taking control for most of the game, but the never-say-die-Tribe came back and beat the Bears 29-28.

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Longtime Ysleta HS teacher Mr. Paul Cain will be remembered during the Ysleta HS Homecoming festivities on the reservation as Grand Marshal during the annual Homecoming parade.

The parade will take place on Friday morning, September 21.

Mr. Cain was a member of the Ysleta High School faculty for the entire 42 years of his career. He was born in Syracuse, NY, son of Paul V. and Mary D. Cain. Raised in New York City, he attended St. Francis Xavier High School, St. Bonaventure University and achieved master degrees from Oklahoma University and UTEP.

After graduation from college, Paul fulfilled a lifelong ambition to serve and joined the army, serving 10 years. For his service in Vietnam, Paul was awarded numerous citations including the Bronze Star, the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

In 1976, Mr. Cain began teaching at Ysleta High School where he continued to teach math, computer science, statistics and physics for 42 years up until last June. He perpetually put off retirement saying he would retire when teaching wasn’t fun anymore. Since that moment never came, he never retired.

Mr. Cain was widely known as a driving force in academic competition in El Paso – running city-wide High-Q tournaments, guiding his students through Academic Decathlon and UIL Academic competitions.

Ysleta’s team has won the city High-Q championship 10 times – most recently last year in a special televised match from the historic Plaza Theater, broadcast on KCOS-TV where he had served as tournament director for more than 30 years.

He has been an advocate, supporter and motivator for decades of students and their families. In 1992, five students from Ysleta’s graduating class were accepted to MIT – a remarkable achievement for any school.

The New York Times article about the event quoted then-principal Roger Parks as saying, “Three things the five students have in common are strong scientific and mathematical skills and one teacher: Paul Cain, an instructor in computer mathematics. They gravitate to him, and with him they build themselves to a competitive edge.”

The article goes on to say, “Mr. Cain said that the parents of the five students deserve most of the credit for their children’s accomplishment.”

Paul was a humble man but he deeply cherished the honor of being named Teacher of the Year from the state of Texas in 2008 and the nation-wide community of fellow Teachers of the Year the honor brought him. Mr. Cain passed away in August.

“We are the Indians. Our saying ‘Once an Indian…always an Indian’ means something to everyone who has ever attended this school. We ARE the Indians.” – Paul Cain

Schedule of Event for Friday, Sept. 21
9 a.m. – Homecoming parade begins at Speaking Rock employee parking, proceeds west on Alameda, concluding on Davis St. Parade will file into Hutchins Stadium for the Homecoming pep rally.

Homecoming Pep Rally – Immediately following parade. Enjoy performing groups and a message from Mr. Paul Cain’s family. All alumni, faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.

7 p.m. – Homecoming football game vs. Bowie HS.

As part of its continuing efforts to support the wellness, health, and development of students, the Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) will expand its after-school “supper program” to eight campuses in the 2018-19 school year, beginning Monday, September 10.

Via a news release, YISD officials say, “Given the numerous high-school students who stay on campus after school for sports, theater, band, or other clubs, the supper program gives students access to a nutritional meal in the cafeteria before rehearsal or practice.”

The supper program, which provides free and nutritious meals to active students who remain on campus after school for extracurricular activities, will be offered at the following campuses:

Bel Air High School
Del Valle High School
Hanks High School
Parkland High School
Riverside High School
Ysleta High School
Eastwood Middle School
Young Women’s Leadership Academy

The supper meals are being offered at various times depending on the campus, but generally begin about 4 p.m. The meals are free of charge to children 18 years and younger, and are available for purchase by adults.

The supper program was first piloted in January 2017 at Ysleta High School, and expanded to include four schools by September 2017.

This program is part of YISD’s overall efforts to increase student access to healthy meals – this includes free breakfast for all students at all YISD campuses throughout the year.

The supper program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program.

In a bid to help support the wellness, health, and development of students, the Ysleta Independent School District has launched a new “supper program” at three high schools, primarily to provide free and nutritious meals to active students who remain on campus after school for extracurricular activities.

The supper meals are being offered from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. on school days at Del Valle, Hanks, and Ysleta high school. The meals are free of charge to children 18 years and younger, but are also available for purchase by adults.

The supper program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program.

“We launched this program not only to support students, but to help parents who may be concerned their active children don’t have access to healthy food outside the traditional school day,” said Michael Vasquez, YISD’s Director of Child Nutrition Services.

“We have numerous high-school students who stay on campus after school for sports, theater, band, or other clubs,” Vasquez added. “Our new supper program assures parents that their children can easily stop by the school cafeteria and eat a nutritious meal on their way to rehearsal or practice – instead of simply curbing their appetites with chips, candy, or fast food.”

The supper program was first piloted in January at Ysleta High School, expanding to Del Valle and Hanks high schools in February, officials said.

This new program is just the latest effort by YISD to increase student access to healthy meals. Already, 33 schools in the Bel Air, Del Valle, Parkland, Riverside, and Ysleta learning communities provide free lunch meals to every student, regardless of family income. In addition, all YISD schools offer free breakfast meals to all students.