Five students from Furneaux Elementary had their works of art displayed in honor of Youth Art Month. Congratulations to Maya Willard, Amaya Rubalcado, Emily Line, Hope Bloecher, and Christy Dang for your outstanding accomplishments and artistic talents at Youth Art Month. Thank you for representing Furneaux. We are so proud of you!
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Take a spin in a new Ford vehicle. For every test-drive taken, Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to the Educational Foundation
Where: Creekview High School
When: March 22 from 10:30AM-7:30PM
Congratulations to Smith’s UIL One-Act Play students on an outstanding performance at district-level competition recently.
This year’s One Act Show is clearly outstanding. Smith’s One Act Play has advanced past the first round of competition. We will compete again at the District-level on March 21st at The Colony High School.
The students below received awards for their performances:
Best Technician: Yanelly Vargas
Best Technical Crew: Yanelly Vargas, Julien Tagnon, Elias Gomez, Rory Manley, Courtney Ashwood
Honorable-Mention All Star Cast: Sarah Babick, Joy Walden
All Star Cast: Ariana Pleasure, Cassidy Fox
Best Actor: Ben Stegmair
On Tuesday, March 7, Creekview’s 2017 One-Act Play “Look Homeward Angel” based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe advanced to the district level of competition.
Awards received were:
Veronize Castillo-Outstanding Technician
Emme Bassnett- Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Lexi Putter – Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Josiah Wills – Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Jacob McIntosh-All Star Cast
Kaden Yowell-All Star Cast
The District performance will be on Tuesday March 21st 1:00pm at The Colony High School.
Congratulations Creekview!
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The CFBISD High School debate students prepare to present their winning essays to the Farmers Branch Rotary Club. Take a look in the video above.
On Tuesday, March 7th, the Central Elementary Choir and the Treble Makers Percussion Ensemble performed their spring Pirates program. The Central music program consists of 100 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Central Choir includes 95 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students, and the Treble Makers Percussion Ensemble consists of fifteen 4th and 5th grade students selected through audition. Many students are involved in both ensembles at Central and dedicate a great deal of time to their practices. They performed and provided great, fun-filled entertainment for their audience. Miss Troutman is incredibly proud of the students’ hard work and dedication and is already in planning stages for next year’s performances!
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14 Newman Smith HS Dance 1 students participated in the Dance Educator’s Assessment of Learning (DEAL) on March 7th, 2017. The goal of DEAL is to provide dance students the opportunity to be evaluated and recognized for their commitment to learning proper dance technique, terminology and performance skills. Smith dancers excelled at the assessment, receiving the highest possible rating. These students did an amazing job representing Newman Smith HS Dance Department. They’re an excellent showcase of the rigor and high achievement of Fine Arts in CFBISD. Congratulations Newman Smith Dance students!
Central Elementary hosted its Annual Literacy Night. Upon entering, students chose one book and followed their parents to various locations to learn comprehension strategies to use with their new books. Parents and students then “traveled” through Literacy Land to hear stories from Dr. Seussville, Fairy Tale Land, Land of Scary Stories and North of Nonfiction, where they learned about landforms and regional habitats. Travelers carried a Literacy Land passport, which was stamped upon leaving each land. When their passports were complete, they chose another book; thus, taking two brand new books home to add to their home libraries.
On February 24th, the students at Barbara Bush Middle School participated in a school-wide assembly to commemorate Black History Month. Various theater students dressed up and spoke as prominent figures in History including Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey. Other students chose to learn songs and sing for the assembly in between talks. Art students created “Face Jugs” that have historical significance from early American history.
All of the students were taught by the guest speaker, Mrs. Dionne Williams, Engineering Manager at Lockheed Martin. She spoke to the students about how she earned her multiple degrees and how she kept working on things that are important to her. The assembly was a wonderful way to cap off our learning about many of the important contributions made by African-Americans throughout history.
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On Saturday, March 4, the State Japanese Speech Contest was held at Rice University in Houston, Texas. A Smith High School student, Heewon Huh, won first place in the 5th Division Free Speech Contest. Heewon will move onto the All-States Competition in California in May. Congratulations Heewon & good luck in the All-States Competition!