IBA Hosting Fundraiser for Smith Student Recovering from ICU
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!
6 Students from Barbara Bush Middle School Recognized as Thinker Leaders!
Congratulations! These six students have been recognized as excellent THINKERS in our International Baccalaureate World School. According to the IB, a THINKER is someone who uses critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. They exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
Last Friday, these students participated in a special luncheon, and met with Dr. Kathryn Schaeffer, who is the Executive Director of Advanced Academic Services in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. She spoke with the students about how she has to use her thinking skills on a daily basis with her professional career. In the back row is Ilisha Thakker, Nishi Patel, Andrea Hernandez and Varun Pottepalli. On the front row is Wesley Gates and Mohammad Kabsour. BBMS is exta proud of these IB students!
Creekview Choir Advances 28 Students in Texas All-State Choir Process
On Sept. 24, Creekview Choir students competed in the first round of the Texas All-State Choir process. Directors Tara Sikon and Cody Alarcon congratulate the following 28 students who have advanced to the next round. Auditions are set for Oct. 15 at Colleyville Heritage High School.
Alto: Jessica Hausmann, Rose Edelman, Maddie Miller, Mikaela Pace, Claire Cathey, Kianna Montanez, Stella Galarza and Katriel Hart
Soprano: Darby Kelly, Sophie Doviak, Leham Bekele, Jada Lee, Khira Frias, Bethany Merino and Erin Dick
Bass: Rolando Bernal, Cody Brenner, Cameron Officer, David Lee, Nicholas Lara and Jacob Laxson
Tenor: Hasoo Eun, Jakob Jeter, Raymond Francois, Junior Garcia, Benjamin Gonzales, Marco Mejia and Henry White
Riverchase Literacy Night
Riverchase Elementary looks forward to Literacy Night every year. Kindergarten through second graders who attended literacy night were invited to bring a stuffed animal to spend the weekend in the Riverchase library along with some story time with Principal Pam Henderson.
R.L. Turner FFA Receives Grant
Congratulations to the R. L. Turner FFA for winning a 2016 FFA Hunger Heroes Challenge (HHC) Mini-Grant for $500!
R. L. Turner High School – Girls’ Golf Teams Wins 1st Place in the Duck Creek Classic
Tuesday, Oct. 4, the R. L. Turner Girls Golf Team won 1st place in the Duck Creek Classic hosted by Richardson HS. Sophia Garza placed 1st overall, Allison Norris placed 3rd, and Nash Beltran placed 6th and Rese Clark placed 11th. Congratulations!
R. L. Turner Drill Team Director Featured in News Article
Ali Brittingham, former Kilgore Rangerette, has led the dance and drill team at R. L. Turner High School since 2010. She was recently featured on starlocalmedia.com.
Senior at Smith Wins 1st Place at Frisco Liberty Tournament!
Congratulations to Senior NSHS Trojan Golfer Casey Washmon.
She shot a low score of 75 yesterday at Plantation Golf Course in Frisco winning 1st Place Medalist at the Frisco Liberty Tournament. She eagled one hole 8 with a chip in.
Also, congratulations to our JV Boys team who placed 2nd at our own Michael Ebanks Tournament on September 19th.
Barbara Bush Middle School – Ms. Mara Leebert becomes a U.S. Citizen!
We want to extend a big Congratulations to Ms. Mara Leebert who became a U.S. Citizen on Saturday! She has been studying American History and Government, and last week she was interviewed by the Immigration and Naturalization officials to see if she qualified. Ms. Leebert passed the interview and on Saturday, she participated in a ceremony with several other hundred people who also became U.S. Citizens. Be sure to Congratulate Ms. Leebert on this wonderful achievement.
