During our campus closures in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, the Creekview High School Choir decided to virtually come together to deliver a perfect song during our time apart. Thank you for the beautiful rendition of One Voice.
The Creekview Choir is under the direction of Kelly Pfaffenberger & Mariah Spiry
Once again, the CFBISD Fine Arts department has been recognized by the National Music Merchants Association or NAMM as a “2020 Best Communities for Music Education”. This honor is CFBISD’s 13th time to receive this recognition.
The Best Communities for Music Education survey acknowledges schools and districts across the United States for their commitment to and support of music education.
NAMM states on its website that the award recognizes and celebrates school districts for their support and commitment to music education and efforts to assure access to music for all students.
I firmly believe that the reason I can answer these questions confidently is because of the talent and hard work of our Fine Arts faculty and the unwavering support of our administration and school board,” said Brett Farr, Director of Fine Arts in CFBISD.
Congratulations to our hard-working fine arts teachers and staff in CFBISD. You are the reason why we have the best fine arts program in the state of Texas.
On Saturday, April 8th, students from Ranchview & Creekview High School represented CFBISD in the “Louder Than a Bomb” Semi-finals. This event took place at the Latino Cultural Center in Downtown Dallas.
Louder than a Bomb (LTAB) is a high school poetry slam festival and writing program. LTAB is a 16 week writing program with 3 levels of involvement tailored to fit each campus. The workshops combine old school craft techniques with new school poetics. The students are challenged to study craft through critical examination of literary greats, modern leaders in the genre, and through examination of the lyrics of hip-hop.
Creekview will be moving on to the finals to compete against 4 other schools for the title of LTAB Slam Poetry Champions. Ranchview is a finalist for the Chuck D Lyricist Activist Award.
Congratulations to all the students that participated & good luck in the finals!
Newman Smith One-Act Play, under the direction of Tyler Brodess and Abby Kraemer, have advanced to state in One Act Play. It is incredible to think of all the 5A schools in the state of Texas only 8 schools advance to this level. The Newman Smith One Act Play will perform on Thursday, April 13th in Round Rock, Texas. The performance will be at the Round Rock Performing Arts Center at 4:00.
Texas PTA received 1,027 entries for state-level judging, and awarded nearly 500 students. Overall Award of Excellence recipients advance to National PTA judging and their results will be announced in June.
For more info go to:
http://www.txpta.org/reflections-results
2 students from CFB ISD are advancing to National PTA level of judging:
*Gavin Bloom – Film Production Special Artist – Mc Coy Elementary
*Kashmira Kuloor – Visual Arts – McCoy Elementary
TX PTA Reflections Awards for CFB ISD Students 2016-17
| Student First Name | Student Last Name | Grade Division | Arts Category | Title of Work | School Name | TX PTA Award |
| Julianna | Matheson | Middle School | Music Composition | Changes in Life | Blalack MS | Award of Merit |
| Myles | Canonge | High School | Dance Choreography | Synopsis | Creekview HS | Award of Excellence |
| Joseph | Kim | High School | Music Composition | Lifelong Pursuit | Creekview HS | Honorable Mention |
| Violet | Smith | High School | Visual Arts | An Artist and Her Conscience | Creekview HS | Award of Merit |
| Joey | Davis | Middle School | Literature | My Story? Let Me Think About It | DeWitt Perry MS | Award of Merit |
| Vivian | Lewis | Intermediate | Film Production | Let’s Explore | Janie Stark Elementary | Participation |
| Grecia | Tarin | Primary | Photography | My story of two worlds | Janie Stark Elementary | Participation |
| Samantha | Kennedy | Primary | Dance Choreography | Halloween Tap Nightmare | Las Colinas Elementary | Participation |
| Molly | Butler | Primary | Literature | Years Going Past | LaVillita Elementary | Participation |
| Cassandra | Scully | Middle School | Visual Arts | Reality is Conclusion | Long MS | Award of Merit |
| Gavin | Bloom | Intermediate | Film Prod- Special Artist | Story of my Life | McCoy Elementary | Overall Award of Excellence |
| Anuhya | Das | Intermediate | Visual Arts | The Flame Inside | McCoy Elementary | Award of Excellence |
| James | Decker | Intermediate | Literature | The Story of my Life | McCoy Elementary | Award of Merit |
| Kashmira | Kuloor | Primary | Music Composition | A Story of my Own | McCoy Elementary | Award of Merit |
| Kashmira | Kuloor | Primary | Visual Arts | The Embrace of Love | McCoy Elementary | Overall Award of Excellence |
| Kavish | Nagrath | Primary | Film Production | Kavish likes to travel because…. | McCoy Elementary | Participation |
| Jyothi | Narula | Intermediate | Photography | I Love Watermelon | McCoy Elementary | Participation |
| Isaac | Pauluzzi | Intermediate | Music Composition | I’m a River | McCoy Elementary | Honorable Mention |
| Aditi | Vikram | Intermediate | Dance Choreography | Beats and Bells: My Culture Quest | McCoy Elementary | Award of Excellence |
| Ciera | Stroope | High School | Photography | Eyes are the Windows to the Soul | R L Turner HS | Participation |
| Keigan | Zipper | High School | Film Production | Keepers of a World Their Own | R L Turner HS | Participation |
| Valerie | Ramirez | Middle School | Photography | A Web of Emotions | Ted Polk MS | Honorable Mention |
| Joseph Bryant | Simpson | Middle School | Visual Arts – Special Artist | In My Shoes | Ted Polk MS | Award of Excellenc |
Congratulations to all our Reflections CFB ISD students that advanced to TX PTA!
The group competing at the UIL Bi-District One-Act Play Contest Thursday earned a FIRST place finish advancing to Area Competition next month. The cast, composed of Ariana Pleasure, Cassidy Fox, Joy Walden, Sarah Babick, Ben Stegmair, Jesus Mitchell, Ashad Zuberi, Rahjon Singleton, Eric Talamantes, Matthew Holden, Christina Hollie, Nicole Wedesky and Lauren Rangel were outstanding in performing scenes from “These Shining Lives” by Melanie Marnich.
Running Crew members are: Yanelly Vargas, Julien Tagnon, Elias Gomez, Rory Manley, and Courtney Ashwood.
Alternates are: Anaiya Moran, Karla Camacho, Edgar Palacios, and Alec Eoff.
Newman Smith will compete in Area Competition April 1 at Plano West High School at 4 p.m.
NSHS Theatre Directors are Tyler Brodess and Abby Kraemer.
Five students from Furneaux Elementary had their works of art displayed in honor of Youth Art Month. Congratulations to Maya Willard, Amaya Rubalcado, Emily Line, Hope Bloecher, and Christy Dang for your outstanding accomplishments and artistic talents at Youth Art Month. Thank you for representing Furneaux. We are so proud of you!
Click here to see what else is going on at Furneaux Elementary
On Tuesday, March 7, Creekview’s 2017 One-Act Play “Look Homeward Angel” based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe advanced to the district level of competition.
Awards received were:
Veronize Castillo-Outstanding Technician
Emme Bassnett- Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Lexi Putter – Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Josiah Wills – Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Jacob McIntosh-All Star Cast
Kaden Yowell-All Star Cast
The District performance will be on Tuesday March 21st 1:00pm at The Colony High School.
Congratulations Creekview!