Newman Smith hosted a small group of Korean students from Guri City, sister city to Carrollton. They showed the Korean students a glimpse of what it’s like to live in Texas by touring their school and classrooms, escorting them on field trips around the Metroplex, and by hosting dinner and parties. This was also featured as an article in Texas Korea Daily.
Congratulations to Senior Trojan Golfer Casey Washmon for shooting her personal best score yesterday at The Tribute hosted by Ranchview High School. Casey finished 1 over par-shooting a low score of 73. She was the 2nd place medalist.
This will conclude her fall season. She finished in the top 3 in all 3 of her fall tournaments. Congratulations to her!
The Newman Smith Debate Team competed at the Sachse High School Tournament on Saturday November 12.
The team won many awards with all Smith students attending reaching the elimination rounds in an event.
Individual results:
Elizabeth Ghil- 1st Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Brandon Betancourt-3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Hannah Smith-5th Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Raiden Wollery-4th place Lincoln Douglas Debate, Semifinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
Heewon Huh- Finalist Congressional Debate
Alondra Ramirez-Semifinalist Extemporaneous Speaking
Newman Smith Debate is coached by Christopher Michael Agee and Robert Martin
Congratulations to the Newman Smith Robotics Team.
The team, composed of students from The Science/Engineering Pathway Program, finished third at the 2016 BEST UIL Robotics Hub Competition Saturday at Brookhaven College qualifying for State Competition December 8, in Frisco, Texas.
The 2016 Texas BEST UIL State Robotics Championship, hosted by the University of Texas at Dallas, will be held at the Dr Pepper Arena & Convention Center in Frisco.
The competition will bring together seventy-two champion teams from across Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Additionally, students will have the opportunity to tour the UT Dallas Campus including the Jonsson School of Engineering and its innovative labs. Students will network with industry professionals through mentoring sessions, learn about careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and most importantly celebrate their success.
Students from two Science/Engineering Pathway classes actually designed, engineered and manufactured the NSHS Robot entry in the Hub competition.
Students are required to write a engineering notebook summarizing the processes involved in the design and engineering of the robot.
Also, students are required to present a marketing presentation, create a display booth and be interviewed by judges.
The actual competition team is comprised of twelve Science/Engineering Pathway students.
The program is taught by Meaghan DeLong.
What: Students may enter (1) one film into each of the four categories: Documentary, Narrative, Traditional Animation, Computer Animation
When: Entries are to be submitted via GoogleDrive to Whitney Kelley (kelleyw@cfbisd.edu) or Renee Putter (putterr@cfbisd.edu) between December 9, 2016 and January 5, 2017. All entries will be screened on January 13th at Creekview High School, and winners will be announced.
How: Talk to your campus contact for entry and submission guidelines.
Who can enter?
Open to all CFBISD full-time high school students: Creekview, Newman Smith, RL Turner, Ranchview, Early College High School
Will there be prizes?
Awards will be given for Best of Show, Best in Category and People’s Choice. Talk with your campus coordinator about entering the State Competition from your campus.
How much does it cost?
$10 per individual entry. Each student may only enter up to 4 film, one per category.
How long can the films be?
3-7 minutes total, including intro and credits
Where can I get more information?
Stay up to date and have access to announcements, guidelines and documentation by joining the Creekview Film Festival Google Classroom, using the code: t74lw0
The Farmer’s Branch Carrollton Art Association will be hosting their annual Student/Scholarship Show from Saturday, November 2 through Friday, December 6 at the Farmer’s Branch Manske Library, 13613 Webb Chapel Road, Farmer’s Branch, Texas.
The show is open to all high school students in the Carrollton Farmer’s Branch ISD. Scholarships are given to graduating seniors planning to major in art at an accredited college, university, or academy.
The winners are:
$1,000 Scholarship winner:
Violet Smith – Creekview HS, teacher Cindy Summerman
First Place (Best of Student Show) Chris Galindo – Creekview HS, teacher Bob Thomas, ‘Tears of Fear’ painting
Second Place Shaun Houpy – Creekview HS, teacher Cindy Summerman,’Snake’ jewelry
Third Place Rose De Los Santos – Creekview HS, teacher David Carroll, ‘It’s Not a Bowl’ ceramics
Honorable Mentions
Creekview HS
Habesh Kisanga ‘Barbara’, Black and White drawing
Cameron Chopra ‘You Name It’, ceramics
Newman Smith HS
Leona Blake ‘Dog Days’, drawing
Anna Martinez ‘Hawks Eye’, sculpture
Katauna Lewis ‘Jelly Fish’, ceramics
Congratulations to Senior Trojan Golfer Casey Washmon for placing 3rd as a medalist at Heritage Ranch yesterday in the Varsity Girls Division hosted by Lovejoy. She shot a 78.
Congratulations to NSHS TROJAN Golfers- Zoie Seabaugh and Greer Niswanger for being the 3rd and 4th place medalists at the Richardson Eagles JV Girl’s Tournament yesterday at Sherrill Park!
Congratulations to the following students that earned National Merit Scholars honors so far for 2017.
Jason Zhang has been named a National Merit Semifinalists for 2017. This is an outstanding achievement considering the difficulty of the re-designed PSAT exam. Zhang earned one of the top scores among all 16,000 semifinalists in the competition.
Also, congratulations to Chisara L. Campbell, Emily C. Clark and Julien Tagnon for earning National Merit Commended Scholars honors.
Their score were likewise impressive.
Our National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars are Eric Talamantes and Antonio Camacho.
On Thursday, September, 29th, one of our on IBA students at Newman Smith, Daniel Song, was hit by a car on his way to school. He spent a week in ICU but is thankfully doing much better now. The International Business Academy is holding a fundraiser to help out this sweet family while Daniel recovers.
The fundraiser will be held on Saturday, October 15th from 9am-noon at the Sonic at Josey and Keller Spring. IBA students will be your servers delivering those tasty Sonic treats to your car! We hope that you can find time to come out Saturday morning and help support Daniel, an important part of our CFBISD, Newman Smith, and IBA family!