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Mayor Robert Dye and the Farmers Branch City Council honored Vivian Field’s undefeated 7th-grade volleyball players and their nationals bound Viking cheerleaders!

We are so lucky to have a city that loves and supports our programs!

Fourth graders from Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD’s Thompson Elementary traveled to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip, Friday, December 6, 2019, to experience what they are learning in Texas History. Students visited the Texas State Capitol and took part in ”The Legend of Texas: The Experience” at Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms Living History Museum.

During the charter bus ride to Austin, students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their visit. In Austin the students visited the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Jane Nelson, State Senator, District 12 and The Honorable Ron Simmons, State Representative, District 65, office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Then the students stepped back in time to life in the 1800s in Texas at historic Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms with programming presented by Battle for Texas: The Experience. During this unique program designed exclusively for Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trip participants, students experienced life on actual homesteads from the 1820s-1860s, a musket-firing demonstration, an engaging Texas Revolution skit, and an interactive and up close look at rare Texas Revolution artifacts. In addition, students met a Texas settler and heard his stories and perspective about the Texas Revolution.

”Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Lacey Phillips, Discover Texas Field Trips Director. ”Student activities during Discover Texas Field Trips reinforce and supplement Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) learning objectives in fun and hands-on ways at significant Texas sites that bring the content to life.”

Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips make it easy for teachers to take their 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classrooms on organized, fun, and educational site-based learning experiences. Discover Texas Field Trip staff members handle all details, including round-trip charter bus transportation, reservations, and TEKS-based program curriculum, so participating teachers can focus on their students and making connections between the experience and what students are learning in the classroom.

Discover Texas Field Trips are presented by Education in Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering educated and involved young people. In addition to one-day Discover Texas Field Trips to Abilene, Austin, San Antonio, Waco/Georgetown, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Education in Action also offers summer Lone Star Leadership Academy camps for outstanding 4th-8th graders. During the weeklong, overnight camps, participants experience significant Texas sites in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/San Antonio, or Houston/Galveston with Texas educators and a focus on leadership. For more information about Education in Action visit www.educationinaction.org and www.facebook.com/educationinaction.

On Friday, Dec. 6, all six of the CFB middle schools competed in the UIL One Act Play contest.  Congratulations go to Vivian Field Middle School as they won 1^st Place Play for their production of “Wiley and the Hairy Man”, directed by Ms. Sarah Duc.

Thank you to all middle school directors, cast and crew for their hard work in competition last Friday evening. The academic UIL contest will be held on campuses on Tuesday, Jan. 14 and conclude on  Thursday, Jan. 16 at Newman Smith High School.

5th grade student, Janiyah Jacobs, attends Good Elementary. Janiyah confidently helped lead the Metrocrest Canned Food Drive. She encouraged her classmates to donate food to Metrocrest that will be given to families who are in need locally.

Her passion for learning and acquiring knowledge knows no bounds. She is a PYP role model for all students at Good.

She wrote and read announcements on the school news network, collected cans, analyzed and interpreted the data.

Thank you for being an outstanding student and citizen, Janiyah!

R.E. Good & Las Colinas Elementary, two Primary Years Programme schools, helped families in need.  They united and worked together to pack meals.  After work, teachers volunteered at a nonprofit organization, Feed My Starving Children.

They packed 71 boxes of food, which came out to be 15,336 meals.  The food was shipped to Columbia to be distributed to those in need.

By doing this, 42 children will have food for an entire year!

Kindergarten students from Las Colinas Elementary took action and helped a sister International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme school in the Bahamas.  The Bahamas was damaged by Hurricane Dorian this fall.  They wrote letters of encouragement and mailed them to the Bahamas.  Both PYP coordinators communicated and collaborated about this project.

Great job, Mustangs!

Farmers Branch Elementary teachers and staff had a big surprise before the holiday break, as the Haggar Clothing Company donated over $50,000 worth of gifts for the school and classrooms.

“We are extremely excited to give back to the community and the teachers and staff of Farmers Branch Elementary. We are grateful for you and all that you do.”

Teachers received items ranging from digital smartboards to coding robots to furniture from their wishlists from the Farmers Branch company. CFBISD and Farmers Branch is appreciative of excellent public education supports like Haggar.

This weekend, Creekview Mock Trial and Moot Court students competed at the YMCA Youth and Government District Conference in Duncanville.  This is the qualifying event for YMCA State in Austin in January, which is the qualifying event for YMCA Nationals in Chicago in August.  State qualifiers will be announced later this week.

Creekview Mock Trial and Moot Court students at the YMCA Youth and Government District Conference in Duncanville.

In Moot Court, Sam Watkins and Aileen Mai tied for 3rd Place best judge, the team of Maeve Durkee and Isaac Yoo placed 7th, and the team of Makaylia Askew and Brian Kang placed 2nd (pictured below).

This year’s Mock Trial case dealt with minor under the influence and failure to yield to a pedestrian charges.  The issues on appeal for the same situation in Moot Court were whether the use of peremptory strikes to remove all jurors of color was unconstitutional and whether the failure of the prosecution to disclose and the defense to request the victim’s history of traffic tickets was grounds for a new trial.

In Mock Trial, London Jones was the District Champion Best Judge.

Makaylia Askew and Brian Kang placed 2nd.

Congratulations to Creekview’s Mock Trial & Moot Court students!

CFBISD has established a new Counseling Center to meet the social and emotional needs of all students. Services are available to all CFBISD students and their families. Confidential sessions are offered on a short-term basis with a solution-focused approach.

Counselors

• Licensed Mental Health Professionals
• Certified School Counselors

Services

• Individual Counseling
• Family Counseling

Appointments

Tuesday & Thursday evenings
5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7 p.m.

Center follows district calendar

Contact

Counseling Connections Center
1820 Pearl Street, ESDC Bldg A
Carrollton, Tx. 75006

(972) 968-6620 Office
(972) 968-6581 Fax

On November 1st and 2nd, the Trojan Debate team competed at the Hebron High School Tournament. Many of the team members had .500 win/loss records debating on the first weekend of the new topic (Fossil Fuel Subsidies).

Suhani Jampala had an outstanding tournament placing in two events. She reached the Quarterfinals in Lincoln Douglas Debate and the Finals in Extemporaneous speaking.

Smith Debate will compete again at McMurry University in December.