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CFB Council PTA Reflections Award Ceremony

Posted/span> on January 13, 2017 in Blalack, Country Place, Creekview, Davis, District News, Field, Fine Arts, Freeman, Furneaux, Good, Kent, La Villita, Las Colinas, Long, McCoy, Perry, Polk, Stark, Turner High School

Congratulations to the students who participated this year in Reflections, the National PTA Art Program. The theme for 2016-17 was ‘What is your story?’ Students from Kinder through 12 grade may participate in 6 different categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts.

Students compete in their school and the top 20% advance to the CFB Council PTA judging. In the picture above are the Overall Award of Excellence recipients with an entry that advanced to State level of judging. Good luck to you!

The following link has the gallery of entries in Visual Arts and Photography that advanced to state judging.
https://goo.gl/MJKUVg

Click here to see a full list of students that received an award!

Important Tips for Helping Your Child with Guided Reading

Posted/span> on January 11, 2017 in Blair, Blanton, Carrollton, Central, Country Place, Davis, District News, Farmers Branch, Freeman, Furneaux, Good, Kent, La Villita, Landry, Las Colinas, McCoy, McKamy, McLaughlin, McWhorter, Rainwater, Riverchase, Rosemeade, Sheffield, Stark, Thompson

KINDERGARTEN PARENTS OFTEN ASK…

“WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MY CHILD IN READING?”

First, READ, READ, READ to your kindergarten child and HAVE CONVERSATIONS with your child often!

Read everything.

Read signs as you walk or drive home. Read labels in the grocery store. Read books, even if it’s the same book over and over again. Talk about things that you read and about things you see in the world. Ask your child questions and let them ask you questions. Reading is one of the most important skills to master in early childhood education.

Throughout their year in kindergarten, children often bring home-guided reading books or leveled texts to practice at home. In this article, you’ll discover strategies how parents can work on when using early reading texts or guided reading books with their kindergarten child.

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Furneaux Art Students Skype with Illinois Artist

Posted/span> on October 10, 2016 in District News, Fine Arts, Furneaux

For two weeks, Furneaux art students have been celebrating “International Dot Day” through pointillism art. The entire 5th grade class had the opportunity to Skype with pointillism artist from Illinois, Kate Askegaard. Askegaard creates large works of art, one dot at a time.

Excited and engaged, students asked the artist questions about pointillism technique and experience.

Weekend Back Packs and Metrocrest Social Services Provides Snacks for Students in Need

Posted/span> on October 3, 2016 in Blanton, District News, Furneaux, Good, La Villita, McCoy, McWhorter, Riverchase

CFBISD is thankful to have a partners like Weekend Back Packs and Metrocrest Social Services which provides take home weekend snacks for our students in need. At the end of every week,

children from several of our campuses are given a backpack full of kid-friendly, shelf-stable foods and a backpack to take them home in. The backpacks are provided by the Weekend Back Packs organization and the food is provided by Metrocrest Social Services. This program is completely free to schools and is provided by the Metrocrest Services at no cost to the students.

Students at Good Elementary, Blanton Elementary, Riverchase Elementary, LaVillita Elelmentary, McCoy Elementary, McWhorter Elementary and Furneaux Elementary are enrolled in the WBP program through a referral. Any faculty or staff member can refer a student whom they think is chronically hungry or food insecure. Once on the program, each student receives a backpack full of food every Friday of the school year. They are also able to receive extra sacks of food for younger siblings at home.

The sack of food that each child receives weekly contains shelf-stable, kid-friendly items. All of these items can be opened easily by a child, and they do not require refrigeration or heating. The WBP program strives to provide a high amount of nutrition in each backpack, and it is currently meeting approximately 60% of the weekend nutritional needs for each child in the program. Food 4 Kids supplies participating schools with nutritious, kid-friendly, self-serve food designed to fill a backpack and feed a child over the weekend during the school year.

The WBP program, which kicked off its first school year as a North Texas Food Bank program ( Food 4 Kids) in the spring of 2004, has expanded to over 350 schools in 11 counties throughout North Texas. Last year, the program served up to 11,000 children a week, with plans to continue expanding the program during the upcoming school years.

Furneaux Elementary Named Mix It Up Model School

Posted/span> on August 2, 2016 in Furneaux

Furneaux is among 104 schools to receive the honor.

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance program has named Furneaux Elementary as a Mix It Up Model School for its exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among its students and throughout its campus during the 2014-15 school year.

“We are delighted to recognize Furneaux,” said Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello. “Mix It Up Model Schools have found innovative ways to create school environments where respect and inclusiveness are core values. They all serve as great examples of how a school—any school—can cultivate these values among their students, faculty and staff.”

The Teaching Tolerance program has hosted Mix It Up at Lunch Day for the past 14 years to help students demonstrate the importance of respecting each other’s differences. This year’s event will be held on October 27. Schools are encouraged to register at tolerance.org/mix-it-up/add.

Mix It Up at Lunch Day is a simple call to action. By asking students to move out of their comfort zones and connect with someone new over lunch, the event encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries. Many schools plan activities for the entire day, and some use the event to kick off yearlong explorations of social divisions.

The Mix It Up Model Schools met five criteria: They each hosted a Mix it Up at Lunch Day during the 2014-15 school year; they included different members of the school’s community—cafeteria staff, aides, administrators, teachers and students—in organizing the event; they followed up with at least two additional Mix It Up-related programs or events on campus; they publicized Mix It Up at Lunch Day or celebrated inclusiveness with posters, announcements and other media; and their event was seen by students and school officials as a success.

2015 ribbon for Mixitup model school