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Girl Scouts Present Silver Award Project to R.L. Turner Special Education Department

Girl Scouts Present Silver Award Project to R.L. Turner Special Education Department

Have you ever looked around your neighborhood or school and wondered how you could make a change for the better? Going for the Girl Scout Silver Award—the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn—gives you the chance to do big things and make your community better in the process.

Recently, the Girl Scouts Troop 4755 presented a Silver Award Project to R.L. Turner’s Special Education Department.  As part of their Silver Award Project, the Girl Scouts built & delivered a wheelchair accessible planter box for special needs students.  Cub Scouts from Pack 735 also attended this community service event.

They planted flowers, painted plant boxes, and had tons of fun while doing so.

Girl Scouts:
Katie Dreckmeier
Trinity Hardimon

Cub Scouts:
Brenden Lane
Gavin Sims
Demetrius Haynes
Miachel Shields
Joey Ross
Joseph Lainez

R.L. Turner HS students:
Haliee Munoz
Joshua Hammons

Thank you to all that participated!

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R.L. Turner Choirs Receive Sweepstakes Awards

The R. L. Turner High School Choir students had a successful UIL Concert & Sight-reading contest.  ALL four choral ensembles from R. L. Turner received straight superior rankings from all six UIL judges. Thus, each choir received a SWEEPSTAKES award!

A Cappella Mixed – SWEEPSTAKES
A Cappella Women – SWEEPSTAKES
A Cappella Men – SWEEPSTAKES
Combined Women – SWEEPSTAKES

Directors – Brian Murray and Randall Capshaw

Congratulations R.L. Turner Choirs & Directors!

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Thompson Elementary Students Travel to Austin with Education in Action

Thompson Elementary fourth graders travel to Waco and Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip

Fourth graders from Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD’s Thompson Elementary traveled to Waco and Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip April 21, 2017 to experience what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History. Students visited the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, the Texas State Capitol, and the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

During the charter bus ride to their first destination, the students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their day. At their first stop, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, students learned the history of the Texas Rangers and explored exhibits about Texas’s earliest inhabitants and its many unique geographical regions. They then traveled to Austin to see the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Jane Nelson, State Senator, District 12 and The Honorable Ron Simmons, State Representative, District 65, office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. At the Bullock Texas State History Museum students traveled in time through the Texas Revolution and learned about the events that created our Lone Star identity. The students’ visit to the museum concluded at the multi-sensory Texas Spirit Theater with the Star of Destiny where they saw and experienced the history of our great state including a gusher exploding from an East Texas oil derrick and the takeoff of Saturn V as seen from Mission Control at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.

“Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Lacey Phillips, Discover Texas Field Trips Director. “Student activities during the Discover Texas Field Trip to Austin reinforce and supplement fourth grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) learning objectives with a focus on why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage.”

Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips make it easy for teachers to take their 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classrooms on organized, fun, and educational site-based learning experiences. Discover Texas Field Trip staff members handle all details, including round-trip charter bus transportation, reservations, and TEKS-based program curriculum, so participating teachers can focus on their students and making connections between the experience and what students are learning in the classroom.

Discover Texas Field Trips are presented by Education in Action, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to fostering educated and involved young people. In addition to one-day Discover Texas Field Trips to Austin, San Antonio, Waco/Georgetown, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Education in Action also offers summer Lone Star Leadership Academy camps for outstanding 4th-8th graders. During the weeklong, overnight camps, participants experience significant Texas sites in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/San Antonio, or Houston/Galveston with Texas educators and a focus on leadership. For more information about Education in Action visit www.educationinaction.org.

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Field Middle School Presents “Peter Pan Jr.”

All are invited! Please share the event with your friends and family, too.  Tickets are sold at the door.

Are you tired of adulating?  Do grown up cares get you down?  Then join Vivian Field Choir and Theater Departments in  Never Land and feel your worries melt away!

Tickets will be available at the door.  Come on!  Never Land’s just past the second star to the right, and straight on till morning!

When: 
Thursday, May 4th at 7PM
Friday, May 5th at 7PM

Where:
Vivian Field Middle School Cafeteria

Tickets:
$5 adult, $4 students, children under 5 free

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Ranchview’s Pre-Prom DWI Event

Each year, Ranchview High School asks Irving Police to help sponsor a pre-prom event to raise awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence for prom goers.  On Wednesday, April 19th,  the Irving Police DWI Unit presented their simulated DWI event using a driving course and their fatal vision goggles in Ranchview’s north parking lot.  Seniors with a drivers license were allowed to drive the course with and without the “drunk goggles” that simulate brain and vision impairment while driving.  Students were quite surprised at their inability to maintain their driving skills while impaired.  Officers also educated them about current DWI Texas laws for both minors and adults.

Thank you Irving PD for participating & sharing this important information!

 

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Newman Smith Choirs Excel at UIL

Newman Smith Choirs Excel at UIL

Newman Smith Choir Receive Superior Ratings

This past week, five Newman Smith Choirs competed at the UIL Concert & Sight Reading Contest. The A Cappella Varsity Mixed, A Cappella Varsity Women, A Cappella Varsity Men, Non Varsity Women, and Non Varsity Men received a one (“superior”) both in concert and sight reading awarding them with the highly coveted honor of “Sweepstakes.”

Newman Smith consistently receives superior ratings and “Sweepstakes” with its choirs, but this is the first time in 21 years that Newman Smith has received the “Sweepstakes” trophy with FIVE Choirs. We are extremely proud of our students for carrying out the tradition of the Newman Smith Choir Department in being the “Voice of Excellence.”

Please congratulate these choir students for their hard work and high achievement!

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R.L. Turner’s Health Occupational Students of America Heading to Internationals

R.L. Turner’s HOSA Moving to Internationals

R.L. Turner’s Health Occupational Students of America (HOSA) is for students who are interested in participating in the medical field.  Members participate in a series of competitions at a local, state, and international level to showcase their talents and acquire rewards.

Members can also participate in service projects in order to become involved with their community.  This year, members will participate in Biomedical Debate, Pharmacology, Public Service Announcement, Veterinary Science, Transcultural Healthcare, and Medical Terminology, and HOSA Chapter Reflection.

To advance to Area, members take a written test to demonstrate their knowledge; once they get to Area, they show their practical skills in front of judges and compete with schools all across North Texas. Many of the members got the opportunity to attend the State conference in Corpus Christi, and to compete with the HOSA competitors in the State of Texas.

HOSA Chapter Reflection collects pictures of all things pertaining to HOSA and makes a scrapbook about the entire R.L. Turner HOSA participation, then it’s judged on an area, state and international level. Turner is now advancing to International level! We also have members participating in the National Service Project (NSP) and Barbara James Service Award (BJSA). Participants must raise a sum of money and volunteer a number of hours in their event.

This year, all of our service project participants acquired enough money and hours to be recognized in the International Leadership Conference, which will take place in Orlando at our international level. All competitors and participants have put forth their best work, and we look forward to next year’s opportunities.

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Country Place Elementary Spring Carnival

Bring the whole family to the third annual Country Place Spring Carnival, RAIN OR SHINE! We hope you can join us.

WHEN: Friday, 4/21, from 5:30-8pm
WHERE: Country Place Elementary (2115 Raintree Drive)

Come and join us for FOOD & DRINKS, plus FUN GAMES & ACTIVITIES, including:
• Face & hair paint
• Slide, bounce house & obstacle course
• Carrollton F.D. fire truck
• Music & dancing with our live D.J.
• Build-your-own sand art candy straws
• Digital photo booth (provided by Plush)
• Pie-in-the-face booth
• Kona Ice truck
• Cake walk
• Hot dogs
• Cotton candy
• Popcorn
• Corn in a Cup (elote)
• Nachos
• Frito Pie
• Amazing raffle prizes!

Food/drink items will be cash only.
Games/activities will require tickets (available for purchase at the door).
This event is brought to you by the Country Place PTA

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Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure

Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure
When: Sunday, April 23, 2017
Time:   10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where: Krishna IT    1300 W. Walnut Hill Lane, #195  –  Irving, TX  75038
Cost: $15.00 per person (pay at the door with 100% of the tuition going to non-profit CFBISD AGT)
Class Size: FIRST COME-FIRST SERVE  –  15 maximum

Make your reservation soon!  Call, text or email:  Zoher Bharmal
313- 212 -2871   zmbharmal@hotmail.com
To learn more about Azure Web Apps
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/web/?b=17.09

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