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Great Lakes Donates Books to Rainwater Elementary

Great Lakes employees delivered 159 books to Rainwater Elementary on Friday, May 12.  The books will be given to students to help combat “summer slide.”  The donated books will be shared with students to take home during the summer to provide access to books and help prevent reading skills from sliding backward during the school break.

Studies show that children who read during the summer gain reading skills, while those who don’t often fall behind academically. Great Lakes employees generously donated the books during a week-long Great Lakes Gives drive to benefit their adopted schools. In the past four years, Great Lakes has donated over 3,400 books to Rainwater students.

Thank you for your generosity, Great Lakes!

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Creekview Mock Trial is 5th in the Nation

Creekview Mock Trial is 5th in the Nation

Creekview High School’s Mock Trial Team has placed 5th in the nation-wide competition.  This is a new record for Creekview, their previous high was 17th.  Team members are:

Nicholas Hoffman
Hatty Nguyen
Anonik Tep
Rebekah Pinedo
James Ventura
Jacob Laxson
Christopher Hawkins
Briana Cepeda

Each year approximately 30,000 students participate in local high school mock trial competitions throughout the United States, Guam, South Korea, and the Northern Mariana Islands.  From May 11 to 13, 2017 Civics First will host the best teams from each of these states and territories at the 2017 National High School Mock Trial Championship in Hartford, CT. Between 4 rounds and two full days of competitions, students, coaches, parents and supporters will have an opportunity to enjoy nightly events and take in all the sights, sounds, flavors and culture that Hartford has to offer.

Congratulations Creekview!

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Ranchview State Track Meet Results

Ranchview State Track Meet Results

Congratulations to the Girls of Ranchview High School’s Track and Field Team!

They went to Austin on May 12-14, 2017 to compete in the 4A State Championship.  MaQhi Berry finished 8th in long jump, the 4*100 Aleixs McGill, Lamantra Fricks, Destiny Barclift, and Berry finished 9th with a personal best time of 48.61.  They placed fourth in the 4*400 Aalivyah Woodard, Olivia Thomas, MaQhi Berry, and Lauryn McCollum setting a new school record again with a time of 3:56.06.

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Ranchview Teacher Receives District-Level VFW Teacher of the Year Award

Ranchview Teacher Receives District-Level  VFW Teacher of the Year Award

Ranchview Teacher Receives District-Level VFW Teacher of the Year Award

Ranchview High School teacher, Leslie Grisham, has been selected and given the award for the local VFW award on March 1, 2017.  Her nomination then went to the district level, which she was awarded on May 10, 2017.  She’s now in the running at the state level!

The VFW Teacher of the Year award contest recognizes three exceptional teachers for their outstanding commitment to teaching Americanism and patriotism to their students. Each year, a classroom elementary, junior high and high school teacher whose curriculum focuses on citizenship education topics — for at least half of the school day in a classroom environment — can be nominated for the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. Winners receive:

  • A $1,000 award for professional development expenses.
  • A $1,000 award for his/her school.
  • Two award plaques: one for the teacher, the other for his/her school.
  • An all-expenses-paid trip to attend a VFW conference to receive their award.

Congratulations and good luck in moving onto the state level, Leslie!

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Newman Smith Football Booster Club Selling Tunnel Vision Shirts

Dear Newman Smith Trojan Football Families:
Our Tunnel Vision tee shirts are in! These shirts are $10 each and proceeds will go to purchase the team’s first-ever spirit tunnel. But…

We Need Your Help to Buy this Spirit Tunnel!
We Need to Sell 300 Tunnel Vision Shirts by May 26!

If every family would purchase (or sell) a minimum of 4 shirts, we would reach our goal in no time!

Get in the Game…Step Up to this Challenge:
Your Player Deserves to Have a Spirit Tunnel!

We will be selling shirts outside the Tutt this week.

  • Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
  • Come by when you pick up your son from practice…
  • Or have your student stop by to purchase your shirts after practice!

So far, we have two corporate sponsors (a big shout out to Trinity Valley/Trinity Plaza and Action Stainless & Alloys, Inc.). If you know of a business that might like to have their name associated with this historic event, please let Pat know. If all of us do just a little bit to help, it will be enough…and our Trojans will have a spirit tunnel.

Let’s go, Trojan Nation!
Pat
214.893.5596

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Summer Reading Suggestions for Blalack Bears

6TH GRADE
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain
by Russell Freedman
Falling into the Dragon’s Mouth by Holly Thompson
Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis
Irena’s Children (Young Readers Edition) by Tilar J. Mazzeo
Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale
Ugly: a memoir by Robert Hoge
What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein

7TH GRADE
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket by Deborah Hopkinson
Alamo All-Stars by Nathan Hale
Free Verse by Sarah Dooley
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
May B. a novel by Caroline Starr Rose
Shame the Stars by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg
The Distance Between Us (Young Readers Edition) by Reyna Grande
The Year We Sailed the Sun by Theresa Nelson
When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin

8TH GRADE
5 Times Revenge by Lindsay Eland
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Gutless by Carl Deuker
Scar: A Revolutionary War Tale by J. Albert Mann
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister
To Stay Alive by Skila Brown
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement that Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman
Zero Day by Jan Gangsei

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LEAP 6th Grader From Perry Publishes His Second Book

LEAP 6th Grader From Perry Publishes 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!

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