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Destination Discovery – A Summer STEM Camp
Registration opens March 20th for incoming 6th,7th, & 8th graders
Camp will be held at Barbara Bush Middle School June 13th-15th, 2017
Ranchview Golfer Exceeds at Regional Tournament
Ranchview High School senior, Ava Castillo, had to dig deep at this year’s Regional Tournament. The two-day Regional 4AAAA Golf Tournament took place at Van Zandt Country Club. Ava had a difficult time on day one shooting a score of 90. She was in 15th place out of 85 regional qualifiers.
On day two, Ava had to shoot better than a 76, break the school record, and shoot a personal best in a high school tournament if she wanted to qualify for the state tournament.
Ava persevered and shot a 74! Ava will be going back to State to represent CFBISD and the Ranchview golf program!
The state tournament will be in Mable Falls at Horseshoe Bay Resort later this month.
Congratulations Ava & good luck at State!
Click here to view Ranchview’s Golf Page
Great Lakes Donates Books to Rainwater Elementary
Great Lakes employees delivered 159 books to Rainwater Elementary on Friday, May 12. The books will be given to students to help combat “summer slide.” The donated books will be shared with students to take home during the summer to provide access to books and help prevent reading skills from sliding backward during the school break.
Studies show that children who read during the summer gain reading skills, while those who don’t often fall behind academically. Great Lakes employees generously donated the books during a week-long Great Lakes Gives drive to benefit their adopted schools. In the past four years, Great Lakes has donated over 3,400 books to Rainwater students.
Thank you for your generosity, Great Lakes!
Click here to see what else is going at Rainwater Elementary
Creekview Mock Trial is 5th in the Nation
Creekview Mock Trial is 5th in the Nation
Creekview High School’s Mock Trial Team has placed 5th in the nation-wide competition. This is a new record for Creekview, their previous high was 17th. Team members are:
Nicholas Hoffman
Hatty Nguyen
Anonik Tep
Rebekah Pinedo
James Ventura
Jacob Laxson
Christopher Hawkins
Briana Cepeda
Each year approximately 30,000 students participate in local high school mock trial competitions throughout the United States, Guam, South Korea, and the Northern Mariana Islands. From May 11 to 13, 2017 Civics First will host the best teams from each of these states and territories at the 2017 National High School Mock Trial Championship in Hartford, CT. Between 4 rounds and two full days of competitions, students, coaches, parents and supporters will have an opportunity to enjoy nightly events and take in all the sights, sounds, flavors and culture that Hartford has to offer.
Congratulations Creekview!
Ranchview State Track Meet Results
Congratulations to the Girls of Ranchview High School’s Track and Field Team!
They went to Austin on May 12-14, 2017 to compete in the 4A State Championship. MaQhi Berry finished 8th in long jump, the 4*100 Aleixs McGill, Lamantra Fricks, Destiny Barclift, and Berry finished 9th with a personal best time of 48.61. They placed fourth in the 4*400 Aalivyah Woodard, Olivia Thomas, MaQhi Berry, and Lauryn McCollum setting a new school record again with a time of 3:56.06.
Ranchview Teacher Receives District-Level VFW Teacher of the Year Award
Ranchview Teacher Receives District-Level VFW Teacher of the Year Award
Ranchview High School teacher, Leslie Grisham, has been selected and given the award for the local VFW award on March 1, 2017. Her nomination then went to the district level, which she was awarded on May 10, 2017. She’s now in the running at the state level!
The VFW Teacher of the Year award contest recognizes three exceptional teachers for their outstanding commitment to teaching Americanism and patriotism to their students. Each year, a classroom elementary, junior high and high school teacher whose curriculum focuses on citizenship education topics — for at least half of the school day in a classroom environment — can be nominated for the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. Winners receive:
- A $1,000 award for professional development expenses.
- A $1,000 award for his/her school.
- Two award plaques: one for the teacher, the other for his/her school.
- An all-expenses-paid trip to attend a VFW conference to receive their award.
Congratulations and good luck in moving onto the state level, Leslie!
LEAP 6th Grader From Perry Publishes His Second Book
After His Debut Success, Arnav Returns With a Second Book
CFBISD is proud to share the news that our LEAP 6th grader Perry Middle School Student, Arnav Koppala, released his second book (Breaking Boundaries -The Pentagon Springs Series) as a published author. He is the youngest author of a sci-fi series. Koppala started writing short novels and books at the age of seven. Pentagon Springs was inspired by his love for magic and science.
It is available on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and most other book sites.
Arnav decided to donate a portion of his remuneration/royalties from this book to Save a Child’s Heart Foundation.
Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment, Arnav!
Click here to learn more about Arnav & to purchase his book!
Polk Students Participate in Texas History Lesson with a Longhorn
Polk Middle School students got to have an up-and-close personal experience with a live Longhorn. The 7th grade Social Studies & Texas History classes were able to partake and learn from Mike Wentz, a retired CFBISD teacher. Mike thought students were lacking in life experiences.
Upon retiring nearly six years ago, Mike purchased three longhorns. Mike has worked hard on training the longhorns to be Photo and Riding steers. The program was introduced at DeWitt Perry Middle School. Since then, Mike has presented programs to other middle and elementary schools in other districts. The six vocabulary terms discussed are TEK specific for this unit of study. All Texas History students attend the presentation during their regular class periods throughout the day-7 periods. Additional items are discussed: The concept of branding (seeing a real iron, and background), cattle drives, barbed wire. At the conclusion, some students can pose for a picture with the steer.
Since beginning teaching, Mike has always tried to bring life experiences to students.
Thank you for bringing an amazing life experience to CFBISD, Mike!
Click here to see what else is going on at Polk Middle School
The Washington Post Names Newman Smith as One of America’s Most Challenging High Schools
The Washington Post newspaper has listed Newman Smith as one of America’s Most Challenging High Schools for 2017!
This marks the 15th consecutive year Newman Smith has been listed among the top 2300 secondary schools in America. The Washington Post’s annual rankings of how successfully schools challenge their students are based on an index formula. This formula was originated by Washington Post’s Education Writer, Jay Mathews, years ago. For 2017, Newman Smith is ranked at the 1467 spot nationally out of 22,000 public schools in America. The total number of public and private schools in the United States total about 30,000!
The Most Challenging High Schools program ranks schools through an index formula that’s a simple ratio, according to The Washington Post.
The ratio include: The number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. A ratio of 1,000 means the school had as many tests as graduates. Other factors include SAT, ACT, PSAT, dual credit, socio-economic data and other statistics that reflect a school’s focus on academic achievement for students. Newman Smith is projected to be among the top 500 schools in 2018.
Recently US News & World Report ranked Newman Smith #721 nationally out of 22,000 public high for 2017. The news magazine listed Newman Smith in the #84 spot in Texas based on the school’s college readiness index, percentage of senior students tested via Advanced Placement exams, and AP passing percentage among several additional academic factors.
Various colleges and universities are taking note of the caliber of student at Smith.
Additionally, Newman Smith received a letter grade of “A” for College Readiness from NICHE K-12 for 2017.
Congratulations faculty, staff and students!