Carrollton Elementary students collected canned good for three weeks in December. They collected 6 food bank boxes collectively. These boxes were given to North Texas Food Bank. Way to go Carrollton Elementary!
Creekview High Students Perform at TDEA Convention
Please join us in congratulating our two All-State Dancers, Zach August and Marcela Vazquez, on their outstanding work at the TDEA Convention this past week! There were 222 All-State Dancers from across the state of Texas, and Zach was the only male dancer represented. Both took numerous master classes and performed in an amazing performance featuring all of the 222 dancers. They both represented our district with the utmost of excellence and professionalism!
Smith Wrestling vs. Wiley East & Melissa
Trojan wrestling had a spectacular night tonight as we took home our first two dual meet wins of the season versus Wiley East and Melissa. Our Trojans fought tough against the host school, Wiley East, with a 28-24 victory. While both programs competed valiantly, in the end, the Trojans proved to be too much for their opponents. Notable victories in the first dual of the evening went came from Chris Conway, who continues to impress in his first year of competition, and Darien Dozier. Both young men won each of their matches on the evening.
In the second dual of the evening, the Trojan wrestlers accomplished something that hasn’t happened during Coach Pierce’s tenure, and probably hasn’t happened in quite some time. The Trojan boys’ team wrestled the Melissa boys’ team and shut them out. Again, neither team fielded all fourteen weight classes, but once the coaches matched up the wrestlers, the Trojans went on to a 42-0 victory. Not included in that score were two JV matches that were also both won by the Trojans, and most impressive was the fact that every victory was a pin!
Following the boys’ matches, the Trojan girls went 1-1 with Neriaha Wofford pinning her opponent, but Barbie Sanchez took a hard fought loss. This night marks the second of the Trojans four district dual nights. The third will be next week on Thursday night when the Trojans travel to RL Turner to take on the Lions and Creekview Mustangs in the Battle of Carrollton. Wrestling is scheduled to start at 6:00, so make the short trip to Turner and show your Trojan Pride!
Learn How to Help Your Child Read
Learn how to help your child read!
Please join Davis Elementary for Reading Night
KINDERGARTEN – Thursday January 19, 2017 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Presenters: Davis reading teachers
Babysitting is available for ages 3 and up
Parents choose the English or Spanish session
Click here to complete the form to attend for Kindergarten
GRADES 1-5 – Reading Night is Wednesday, January 25, 2017
6:00-7:00 PM
Presenters: Davis reading teachers
Babysitting is available for ages 3 and up
Parents choose the English or Spanish session
Click here to complete the form to attend for Grades 1-5
CFB Council PTA Reflections Award Ceremony
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!
Ranchview Fine Arts Presents “Annie Jr.”
January 20th and 21st, 8:00pm
$8 General Admission, $6 Discounted Tickets (Student, Military, Senior Citizens)
At the Ranchview High School Auditorium
Reservations can be made from the 7th-20th by calling Lisa Gryzmcowski at (972)968-5026
LBJ Express Engineers Attend MakerSpace Session at Blalack Middle School
LBJ Express engineers visited Charles M. Blalack Middle School’s science club for MakerSpace Technology Day and spoke to middle school students about their experiences with math, science ano every day for the LBJ Express highway project. Science club students enjoyed playing with the new technology and collaborating with their visitors.
Blalack Middle School is one of the six public middle schools that received new technology from the LBJ Express STEM education grant to kick off the new MakerSpace program. The $40,000 STEM education grant was awarded to Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in August and after much planning is being used to implement MakerSpace programs for each middle school within the district.
“The goal of the grant is to expose each sixth- , seventh- and eighth-grader to technology at least twice a year and encourage creativity, problem solving, innovation and discovery,” said Dr. Kathryn Schaeffer, Executive Director for Advanced Academic Services and World Languages. Dr. Schaeffer is the grant visionary and author of the program title, Middle School Matters. She and the administration hope to see the MakerSpace program grow.
“We hope that with this grant MakerSpace will eventually become a part of the classroom experience. We want to expand time on campuses where MakerSpace can be open before school, during lunch time and after school so kids who are really driven to work in these areas can do so and teachers can go a bit further with their students through programming and planning in their own time. However, we know that math and science for every child is important so we want to touch every child because we don’t know exactly when the lightbulb will go off for a particular child or when an experiment will blow their mind.”
The LBJ Express STEM education grant has helped foster this type of new learning for the next generation.
“We want children to know that failure is a part of what we do every day. It builds a growth mindset and resilience for future thinkers and problem solvers. By working with real materials, you either fail or succeed or end up somewhere in the middle, but try after try you learn and begin to succeed,” stated Dr. Schaeffer.
Some of the new technology featured in the MakerSpace program includes educational tools like Makey Makey, Little Bits, Google Cardboard, Sphero Robotic Ball, Sprout and 3-D HP printers. The LBJ Express engineers and middle school students spent an entire afternoon in a very creative environment where they were encouraged to interact, experiment, build, create and learn. The LBJ Express team hopes to continue being involved in the classroom with their engineers and professional staff.
Alumna Olympic Gold Medalist Visits Smith High School
Courtney Okolo paid a visit to her former high school, Newman Smith. She brought home the gold medal in the 400 Relay in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Smith high school held an assembly, where she proudly showed her gold medal & celebrated her achievement. She thanked the Newman Smith staff that helped her achieve this amazing award. Take a look at what she had to say in the video above.
Newman Smith High School Presents “Sister Act”
Newman Smith High School
One of America’s Best High Schools
National Endowment of the Arts Award Winner
Proudly Presents:
Sister Act
Based on the 1992 film, Sister Act tells the story of aspiring disco diva Deloris Van Cartier. Trying to work her way to the top in 1970s Philadelphia, Deloris falls in love with a very tough—and very married—gangster boyfriend named Curtis. When Deloris witnesses him commit a murder, she ends up in hiding on police orders in a convent as a nun. Though the sequin-free lifestyle doesn’t agree with her, Deloris finds her calling working with the choir, and breathes new life into the dusty convent while discovering a sisterhood she’s never had before.
Thursday, January 19th, Friday, January 20th, and Saturday, January 21st
at 7:00 PM in the Pauline Keeton Smith Performing Arts Center.
General Admission Tickets are $10. All Reserved Tickets are $12. CFBISD employees and Advantage Card Holders receive one free general admission to the show. Tickets can be purchased at nshstheatre.org/musical. Tickets will be available at the door for $12.
Please join us for a fun filled evening!
United States Military Academy LEADS Conference
Newman Smith High School will host the United States Military Academy LEADS Dallas Conference on January 20, 2017. Cadets and instructors from West Point will be on campus from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to conduct exciting workshops in VEX Robotics, Renewable Energy, Leadership, Fitness and STEM related careers. Approximately 200 students from Newman Smith, ROTC and middle school students will participate in the workshops.
Additionally, representatives from sixteen colleges and STEM related industries will be on hand to visit with students. This is an annual event sponsored by the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Newman Smith Assistant Principal LaDacher Jackson is coordinating this event.
For additional information contact Ms. Jackson at 972-968-5220 or e-mail at jacksonla@cfbisd.edu