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District – Parenting the Love and Logic Way

Posted/span> on August 7, 2018 in Barbara Bush, Blalack, Creekview, District News, Early College, Field, Long, Perry, Polk, Ranchview, Smith High School, Turner High School

All CFB middle and high school parents are invited to join us for a free 6-week class beginning Thursday, Sep. 6. We will have a weekly video series resulting from over 40 years of research and practice from the Love and Logic Institute. You will learn practical skills including:

How to avoid un-winnable power struggles and arguments
How to stay calm and empathetic when your kids do incredibly upsetting things
How to set enforceable limits
How to avoid enabling and begin empowering
How to help your kids learn from their mistakes rather than repeat them
How to raise kids who are family team members rather than demanding dictators
And much more!

Please register online at http://bitly.com/FieldLLFall18 by Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
Childcare and translation assistance are available.

Vivian Field Middle School 13551 Dennis Lane Farmers Branch, TX 75234 972-968-3900 haymesc@cfbisd.edu

ECHS Valedictorian Stanford Bound

Posted/span> on July 18, 2018 in District News, Early College

ECHS Valedictorian Stanford bound as she plans on a major in environmental engineering. Paola Vega Jaquez was the valedictorian for the 2018 graduating class at Early College High School. With their famous low acceptance rate dropping even further in 2018 to 4.3%, Stanford University offered admission to only 2,040 students out of the 47,450 who applied. Additionally, Paola is the recipient of a generous scholarship. Paola credits an exercise in her 5th-grade class for inspiring her to pursue being valedictorian.

ECHS Makes ERP Honor Roll

Posted/span> on July 17, 2018 in District News, Early College

ECHS Makes ERP Honor Roll. In collaboration with Educational Results Partnership (ERP), the Institute for Productivity in Education presents the Texas Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes public schools for demonstrating consistently higher levels of student academic achievement, improvement over time, and reduction in achievement gaps among ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Honor Roll is the only school recognition program in the state using only student achievement outcomes as the criteria. For high schools, Honor Roll recognition also includes college and career readiness measures. ERP has announced that Early College High School earned the Honor Roll distinction for the 2016-2017 school year.

Field Student’s Essay Earns Trip to Washington, D.C.

Posted/span> on June 18, 2018 in District News, Early College, Field

Field Middle School 8^th grader, Juliana Rios, has been awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. Rios composed an essay for the Do The Write Thing Challenge 2018. Rios’ essay advocated for teens to play a role in violence awareness. Whether it’s through the music they listen to, TV shows they watch, or social media posts they engage in; Rios challenged young people, to pay a bigger role in taking action against violence. Students from across the country were asked to participate in the Do The Write Thing Challenge. Rios’ essay was one of two final selections from our area out of 370 competing entries in the same region. Rios will spend 4 days in Washington, D.C. with a parent, and Field Middle School’s Community in Schools representative, Brenda Flores. As part of her stay, she will participate in National Recognition Week activities. Her essay, along with other jurisdiction’s winners, will be published and distributed to business, community and governmental leaders. Rios will continue her academic journey at Early College High School next school year.

SAT Preparation Classes

Posted/span> on May 14, 2018 in Creekview, District News, Early College, Ranchview, Smith High School, Turner High School

You can raise your SAT score by attending SAT Preparation Classes. Sharon Serrago’s SAT/PSAT Prep Program will be held at Newman Smith High School, 2335 N Josey Ln, Carrollton, TX 75006, at the North end of the building. The program is available only for CFBISD students.

For more information, contact Sharon Serrago at 214-636-4271.

Pre-Test Dates
May 12, 9:00 a.m. – noon.

Summer 2018 Dates (Monday-Friday)
June 25 – July 13
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Fall Review and Practice Tests (5 Saturdays)
Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6
9:00 a.m. – noon.

Program Goals

Presents students the best opportunity to prepare for these tests and to learn the content that is sure to be on the tests
Provides testing experience by completing 4 full testing scenarios.
Helps students achieve their best scores, whether it is to assure a place in the university of choice or to score high enough to qualify for scholarship awards.

Tuition: $200

Each student will receive The Official SAT Study Guide by the College Board and a set of study materials to help students with testing skills and content of the test.

Registration and tuition may be paid by credit card online at www.serragotestprep.com.
Checks made out to Sharon Serrago, Inc. should be mailed to:
Sharon Serrago
850 N. Dorothy Dr., Suite 502
Richardson, TX 75081
Cash will be taken on the pre-test date: May 12.
Do not send cash through the mail.

Free College in Your Child’s Future?

Posted/span> on May 9, 2018 in District News, Early College, Field, Long, Perry, Polk, Smith High School, Turner High School

Thanks to Dallas County Promise, there could be FREE college in your child’s future. Students attending R. L. Turner High School, Newman Smith High School, and Early College High School (begins this year for ECHS) in the fall of 2018 will be eligible for free college tuition toward a 2 or 4 year degree, regardless of income, thanks to Dallas County Promise. This partnership between the Dallas County Community College Foundation, the Dallas County Community College District, local school districts, and businesses and industry help to make this possible. Business partners are providing donations to the Dallas County Community College Foundation to fund the program. More information is explained in the video below.

Free College Tuition for Select CFB High Schools

Posted/span> on April 20, 2018 in District News, Early College, Smith High School, Turner High School

Free College Tuition for Select CFB High Schools

Free college tuition for select CFB high schools? No – that’s not a typo! Students at Early College High School, R. L. Turner High School, and Newman Smith High School have the opportunity for:

Free tuition at any college in the Dallas County Community College District for all students, regardless of income or GPA.
Success Coach support will begin at the end of student’s senior year and continue through college completion. Additional textbook stipend for students meeting income and 2.5 GPA (75 or better on a 100-point scale) requirements.
Transfer scholarships available to UNT Dallas and SMU, with more universities coming on board soon.

Dallas County Promise is a transformational effort between school districts, colleges, universities, workforce, and communities to increase college completion. At the core, the promise is a scholarship from the Dallas County Community College District Foundation in partnership with matching university scholarships aligned to high-demand jobs.

Parent Education – Dyslexia

Posted/span> on February 9, 2018 in Barbara Bush, Blair, Blalack, Blanton, Carrollton, Central, Country Place, Creekview, Davis, District News, Early College, Farmers Branch, Field, Freeman, Furneaux, Good, Kent, La Villita, Landry, Las Colinas, Long, Mary Grimes Center, McCoy, McKamy, McLaughlin, McWhorter, Perry, Polk, Rainwater, Ranchview, Riverchase, Rosemeade, Sheffield, Smith High School, Stark, Thompson, Turner High School

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District is hosting its dyslexia parent education program on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Carrollton Room of the Educational Services Division Complex (Building B) located at 1820 Pearl Street, Carrollton, TX 75006.

Please plan to spend approximately one hour learning about the needs of dyslexia students and how these needs are addressed in the classroom.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

CFBISD’s 3rd Annual African-American Read-In

Posted/span> on January 17, 2018 in Barbara Bush, Blair, Blalack, Blanton, Carrollton, Central, Country Place, Creekview, Davis, District News, Early College, Farmers Branch, Field, Freeman, Furneaux, Good, Kent, La Villita, Landry, Las Colinas, Long, McCoy, McKamy, McLaughlin, McWhorter, Perry, Polk, Rainwater, Ranchview, Riverchase, Rosemeade, Sheffield, Smith High School, Stark, Thompson, Turner High School

The directors of English language arts and reading, invite you, your students, and staffs to join us for CFB’s third annual African American Read-In, which will be held at Barbara Bush Middle School on Tuesday, February 6, at 6:00 p.m. Please bring one of your favorite selections written by an African American author to read or perform at this event.

We are joining the National Council of Teachers of English, its Black Caucus, and others by hosting this literary event during Black History Month. It will be our pleasure to add your name to this list of readers for the National African American Read-In, the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature.

If you need suggestions about popular reading selections, please visit the NCTE website or Click HERE. Just scroll down to the events, and click on the African American Read-In, where you can find a wealth of information about this event, its history, and its national appeal.

We hope that you will be able to join us; we look forward to seeing you at the event.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT BY CFBISD

Posted/span> on December 19, 2017 in Barbara Bush, Blair, Blalack, Blanton, Carrollton, Central, Country Place, Creekview, Davis, District News, Early College, Farmers Branch, Field, Freeman, Furneaux, Good, Kent, La Villita, Landry, Las Colinas, Long, McCoy, McKamy, McLaughlin, McWhorter, Perry, Polk, Rainwater, Ranchview, Riverchase, Rosemeade, Sheffield, Smith High School, Stark, Thompson, Turner High School

Major Announcement by CFBISD

Dr. Bobby Burns, Superintendent of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, will be on hand on Monday, January 22 at Standridge Stadium to make a major announcement.