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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!
Perry Teacher Wins WFAA’s Eco Educator of the Year
Perry Teacher Wins WFAA’s Eco Educator of the Year
Perry Middle School teacher, Dan Kinkade, has won WFAA’s Eco Educator of the Year! A crew from WFAA surprised him with a $1000 check. He will be featured on WFAA News (12:00 & 4:00 broadcasts) tomorrow, May 28th, as well as on their website.
Dan won based off his project for Perry Growers Gardening & Nature Club. Perry Growers’ goal is to provide stimulating learning opportunities for middle school students. The Program features many diverse projects: the creation of a butterfly garden, a compost clinic, recycling program, trash pickup, planted plants that provide native habitat for bees and butterflies. An on-going project is campus beautification. Students recently planted 100 bulbs, and native wild flowers. Students also created habitats for song birds. Perry Growers focuses on conservation, and growth–both on the campus and as individuals.
Perry Growers is an on-going program specifically designed to introduce students to varied outdoor learning activities. Students from our suburban area learn that they can make a positive impact in our school, our neighborhood and our world.
Thanks to Anne Thomas for nominating Dan & to everyone that voted!
Congratulations Dan on an amazing accomplishment!
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Help Perry Middle School Win The Project Green Competition
HELP PERRY WIN!
Dan Kinkade and his Perry Growers are finalists in the WFAA Project Green competition. Voting begins today! Winners will receive $1000 for their organization/school.
Perry families/staff/followers, please VOTE for Perry Middle School/Mr. Kinkade to win $1,000 of educational resources in Project Green. You can vote every 24 hours through Sunday, 4/16. Let’s significantly increase the chances of receiving the WIN! Thank you!
2017 CFBISD Life Member Recipients
On April 4, 2017, CFBISD Council PTA recognized all the Life Member recipients in CFBISD at a ceremony at DeWitt Perry Middle School Auditorium.
The Life Member Award is a high honor that recognizes an individual for their outstanding contributions to the well-being of children and youth. The Extended Service Award is for a person that is a Life Member and continues to be actively involved in TX PTA for 10 years.
The National Life Achievement is presented to a person that daily lives out his/her commitment to children.
2017 CFB Life Member, Extended Service and National Achievement Awards
Elementary Schools
A. H. Rainwater Elementary
Shazia Ranmal – Life Member
Ivett Bocanegra – Extended Service
Blair Elementary
Jessie Reyes – Life Member
Frances Powrie – Life Member
Central Elementary
Juanita Ortiz – Life Member
Country Place Elementary
Erica Maese – Life Member
Jane Theobald – Life Member
Davis Elementary
Toni Salyer – Life Member
E. L. Kent Elementary
RuthAnn Chisholm – Life Member
Shannon Stigler – Life Member
Stephanie Saulters – Extended Service
Furneaux Elementary
Laura Lea Traugott – Life Member
Peggy Collins – Extended Service
Janie Stark Elementary
Pamela De Hon – Life Member
June R. Thompson Elementary
Jaimee Roque – Life Member
Lindsay D. Wiggins – Life Member
L. F. Blanton Elementary
Eloise Dorum – Life Member
Samona Sigler – Life Member
Wendy Watkins – Life Member
McCoy Elementary
Anthony Williams – Life Member
Sandra Litfin – Life Member
Tom Landry Elementary
Tamikia Prunty – Life Member
Middle Schools
Barbara Bush Middle School
Amy Fleming – Life Member
Natasha Grider – Life Member
Blalack Middle School
Margaret Marrs – Life Member
Ruthie Dudley – Life Member
Dewitt Perry Middle School
Valerie Jimmerson – Life Member
Asheley Brown – Life Member
Laura Shepherd – Extended Service
Ted Polk Middle School
Judith Kane – Life Member
LaWanda Grogan – Life Member
High Schools
Creekview High School
Charles “Bunker” Hill – Life Member
Colleen Reicherts – Life Member
Ronelle Eddings – Life Member
Early College High School
Heather Breen – Life Member
Mayra De La Torre – Life Member
R. L. Turner High School
Paula Turner – Life Member
Sonia Juarez – Life Member
Ranchview High School
Coach Marc Garza – Life Member
Amy Fleming – Life Member
Jennifer Erlenbusch- Life Member
CFB Council PTA
Tonya Tillman – Life Member
Catherine Carlin – National Life Achievement
Congratulations to all the recipients!
Reflections Results from Texas PTA
Reflections Results
Texas PTA received 1,027 entries for state-level judging, and awarded nearly 500 students. Overall Award of Excellence recipients advance to National PTA judging and their results will be announced in June.
For more info go to:
http://www.txpta.org/reflections-results
2 students from CFB ISD are advancing to National PTA level of judging:
*Gavin Bloom – Film Production Special Artist – Mc Coy Elementary
*Kashmira Kuloor – Visual Arts – McCoy Elementary
TX PTA Reflections Awards for CFB ISD Students 2016-17
| Student First Name | Student Last Name | Grade Division | Arts Category | Title of Work | School Name | TX PTA Award |
| Julianna | Matheson | Middle School | Music Composition | Changes in Life | Blalack MS | Award of Merit |
| Myles | Canonge | High School | Dance Choreography | Synopsis | Creekview HS | Award of Excellence |
| Joseph | Kim | High School | Music Composition | Lifelong Pursuit | Creekview HS | Honorable Mention |
| Violet | Smith | High School | Visual Arts | An Artist and Her Conscience | Creekview HS | Award of Merit |
| Joey | Davis | Middle School | Literature | My Story? Let Me Think About It | DeWitt Perry MS | Award of Merit |
| Vivian | Lewis | Intermediate | Film Production | Let’s Explore | Janie Stark Elementary | Participation |
| Grecia | Tarin | Primary | Photography | My story of two worlds | Janie Stark Elementary | Participation |
| Samantha | Kennedy | Primary | Dance Choreography | Halloween Tap Nightmare | Las Colinas Elementary | Participation |
| Molly | Butler | Primary | Literature | Years Going Past | LaVillita Elementary | Participation |
| Cassandra | Scully | Middle School | Visual Arts | Reality is Conclusion | Long MS | Award of Merit |
| Gavin | Bloom | Intermediate | Film Prod- Special Artist | Story of my Life | McCoy Elementary | Overall Award of Excellence |
| Anuhya | Das | Intermediate | Visual Arts | The Flame Inside | McCoy Elementary | Award of Excellence |
| James | Decker | Intermediate | Literature | The Story of my Life | McCoy Elementary | Award of Merit |
| Kashmira | Kuloor | Primary | Music Composition | A Story of my Own | McCoy Elementary | Award of Merit |
| Kashmira | Kuloor | Primary | Visual Arts | The Embrace of Love | McCoy Elementary | Overall Award of Excellence |
| Kavish | Nagrath | Primary | Film Production | Kavish likes to travel because…. | McCoy Elementary | Participation |
| Jyothi | Narula | Intermediate | Photography | I Love Watermelon | McCoy Elementary | Participation |
| Isaac | Pauluzzi | Intermediate | Music Composition | I’m a River | McCoy Elementary | Honorable Mention |
| Aditi | Vikram | Intermediate | Dance Choreography | Beats and Bells: My Culture Quest | McCoy Elementary | Award of Excellence |
| Ciera | Stroope | High School | Photography | Eyes are the Windows to the Soul | R L Turner HS | Participation |
| Keigan | Zipper | High School | Film Production | Keepers of a World Their Own | R L Turner HS | Participation |
| Valerie | Ramirez | Middle School | Photography | A Web of Emotions | Ted Polk MS | Honorable Mention |
| Joseph Bryant | Simpson | Middle School | Visual Arts – Special Artist | In My Shoes | Ted Polk MS | Award of Excellenc |
Congratulations to all our Reflections CFB ISD students that advanced to TX PTA!
Perry Robotics Club Competes at Oklahoma Regional Competition
Perry Robotics Club Competes at Botball Competition
The Perry Robotics Club traveled to Norman, Oklahoma this past weekend (March 25th) to compete in the multi-state Oklahoma Botball regional competition. Botball is an extremely challenging autonomous robotics competition for middle school and high school students. There are no division lines and middle school students must compete directly against high school students. The students have nearly 2 1/2 months to design, build, program, document and test up to two robots to compete in a very challenging competition. The robots the students build are 100% autonomous (no remote control) and are programmed by the students in a real-world programming language called “C”.
The competition is divided into three parts: seeding rounds, double elimination and a documentation and oral presentation. These scores are combined to get a team’s overall score. DeWitt Perry sent 4 teams including a team composed exclusively of Perry alumni from Turner and Creekview called “Perry 2.0”.
When the dust settled, of the top 5 teams (out of 48), 3 were from CFBISD. Awards won include:
1st place alliance competition
2nd place overall
4th place overall
5th place overall
2nd place seeding competition
3rd place seeding competition
5th place seeding competition
4th place double elimination
Judges choice for best school spirtt
Judges choice for outstanding community outreach
Judges for best commented code
Highest seeding scores of the day
The kids have worked for nearly three months after school, every weekend and gave up their Spring break to come in and work on world dominating robots. The club would like to thank the CFB Association for the Gifted and Talented, Kathryn Schaeffer who is the executive director of CFBISD Advanced Academic Services and Mrs. Asheley Brown the principal of DeWitt Perry Middle School for their support of our organization.
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CFBISD Celebrates National Counselors Week
CFBISD sits down with Creekview High School Counselor Stacy Lovett as she discusses how school counselors make an impact on the lives of students. Counselors play a vital role in the success of all students. Thank you for all you do.
Perry Middle School Parent Ed Night, Cyber Bullying & Internet Safety
Youth Art Month
The Fine Arts Dept. would like to invite you to the Annual Youth Art Month Art Show and reception hosted by Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Carrollton.
Art from around the district, represented by students Kindergarten through 12th grade will be on display, with a reception in the hospital lobby.
Please see the invitation above regarding location and time. Mark your calendars now for a great show and again, thank you for supporting the Fine Arts in our school district.