Huge shout out to our Viking Band! On Tuesday, October 2nd 2018, the band made an appearance at the 8th grade football game, proudly playing the school fight song! Thank you for pumping up the crowd and our players!
RISE’ing to a Great Start!
Our RISE girls are off to a great start helping their fellow peers with social conflicts. The girls circled up with two 6th graders during their lunch on Friday, September 28th 2018, helping them through their conflict. The girls realized that their friendship is worth so much more than a small disagreement.
Field Volleyball Places 3rd at Tournament
Congratulations to our 7th grade volleyball team! On Saturday, September 29th 2018, the Lady Vikings competed against all of the CFB middle schools in a tournament, and finished 3rd overall. The girls fought hard, and displayed incredible teamwork!
CFBISD Veteran’s Day Events
Every year CFB students, staff, and community members gather to thank our veterans for their service. Veterans from our community are honored, as well as those veterans who work for CFB and our local first responders.
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Eat, Read, & Succeed at Blair Elementary
To promote the healthy habits of eating well and reading, the cafeteria will be giving away a book to a lucky student in each grade every quarter this school year. As students enter their ID numbers during lunch the cashier will see a pop up that states, “BOOK WINNER!” Those lucky students win a book. The September book giveaway is Pete’s A Pizza by William Steig. Blair cafeteria manager, Fred Kidd and two happy book winners show off the winning book. The next Eat, Read, Succeed book will be given away on December 6.
Parent Education Events for 2018-2019
CFB Parent Education and the CFBISD Council PTA are partnering to present classes for parents. All presentations are open to all CFB parents and are offered in English and Spanish. Free childcare is available at most events for children 3 and older.
Digital Kids: Parenting in the Age of Smartphones
This event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, 7:50 – 8:50 AM. *Note that childcare is not available for this event, since it occurs during the school day. The event will be held at Stark Elementary, 12400 Josey Ln., Farmers Branch, TX 75234. There will be Spanish interpretation available at this location.
The event will also be streamed in English on Facebook Live, so parents may watch on their device or view the stream at one of these locations:
- Las Colinas Elementary, 2200 Kinwest Pkwy., Irving, TX 75063
- Country Place Elementary, 2115 Raintree Dr., Carrollton, TX 75006
- Rainwater Elementary, 1408 Frankford Rd., Carrollton, TX 75007
Coffee and donuts will be available at the 4 campuses.
Tips for Fitting Healthy Eating and Exercise into our Busy Lives
This event will be held Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30 PM at ESDC Building B., 1820 Pearl St., Carrollton, TX 75006
This event will also be streamed in English on Facebook Live.
Current Drug Trends
This event will be held Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019, 6:30-7:30 PM, at ESDC Building B., 1820 Pearl St., Carrollton, TX 75006.
This event is NOT for students.
Questions?
Contact Bridgit Basel at baselb@cfbisd.edu
Rosemeade Students Learn Basic Engineering in Egg Drop
Students at Rosemeade Elementary participated in a STEM egg drop competition by building egg-protection landing devices. The Roadrunners were given a problem to solve: protect an egg from a significant drop while using limited materials.
Material restrictions
Students were limited to using plastics, straws, cotton, cardboard, tape, string, glue, rubber bands, and similar materials. They were restricted from using helium balloons, and a host of other materials. Students had to allow for a hatch in which to insert the egg. In addition to bragging rights, students learned from the successes and failures during the egg drop event.
They learned how well certain materials behave under stress and what materials work best in distributing impact and vibration.
The Carrollton Fire Department joined in on the experiment by volunteering to drop the student-made devices from the ladder on their fire engine.
View more photos from this event in our Flickr gallery.
Blair Elementary Celebrates Pinwheels for Peace
On Sep. 24, students at Blair Elementary celebrated Pinwheels for Peace. Each year, on the International Day of Peace, people from around the world create a visual, public statement about peace. Blair is an Imagine Fine Arts Academy, and students showcased their talents in the visual and performing arts for the celebration. Students designed pinwheels that were placed in front of the school. Afterward, students performed songs about peace for parents who came to celebrate with them.
View more photos from this event in our Flickr gallery.
Davis Student Leaves, then Returns to CFB
After he and his parents moved away for a bit, Davis Elementary student, Jeremy Tul, expressed his desire to return to CFB. Jeremy’s parents saw that he was not reaching his full potential in his new school, so they moved back. His little sister started Kindergarten this year at Davis as well. His parents stated that at Davis, Jeremy feels at home and secure – and that he is truly blossoming at Davis, both socially and academically. Jeremy’s current career goal is to be a doctor. CFB Superintendent, Dr. John E. Chapman, visited Davis Elementary to meet Jeremy and to welcome him back.
Do you have a “return to CFB” story you’d like to share? If so, please share it with us using this online form. We’d love to hear from you!
View more photos from this event in our Flickr gallery.
2019 CFBISD National Merit Semifinalists Announced
2019 CFBISD National Merit Semifinalists Announced
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD is proud to announce the semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship program.
National Merit Semifinalists for 2019:
- Kelley C. Bronder, Newman Smith
- Kaushik Jampala, Newman Smith
- Ronald W. Bonitatibus, R. L. Turner
- Isaac Chawdhury, R. L. Turner
- Kaava Maddipudi, R. L. Turner
These students are among 16,000 high school seniors who will continue in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s competition for 7,500 merit scholarship awards worth $32 million that will be offered in the spring, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Students are selected based on performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. National Merit Scholarship Corporation reports that the pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of the top high school seniors in the nation.
More information about the National Merit Scholarship Program is available on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website.