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Fort
Bend Independent
School District News
Clements and Dulles Students Win
Awards at State German Contest
Clements and Dulles High Schools are proud to announce that students competed at
the Texas State German Contest February 28 and took
home top honors. Clements had 16 students attend the competition and qualified
for the state competition by placing in the top five of their events at Houston
Fest, the regional contest held in early February.
Clements students placing at the state contest were:
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Chris DeWitt -- 3rd place,
spelling |
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Jeff
Kammerman -- 3rd place, grammar |
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Shakshi
Kshatriya -- 3rd place, directed dialogue |
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Lindsay Mecham -- 1st
place, vocal solo |
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Daniel Rutledge -- 4th
place, cultures |
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Team
comprising Chris DeWitt, Heidi Farrell, and Allison Teletzke -- 1st place, photo
essay |
Other
Clements students who placed 6th through 10th in various events included:
Anthony Bastian, John Booker, Stephanie Huang, Kevin Kammerman, Stephanie Kim,
Jonathan LeSage, Barbara McCoy, Kellie Mecham, and Brian Sorgenfrei. Clements
competitors just missed a top-five finish in polka band and t-shirt design,
placing 6th in each category. Students competing on the folk-dance team earned
10th place.
At
Dulles High School, the following students placed at competition:
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Trisha Combs and Ashley
Ratley -- 4th place, non-traditional gingerbread house |
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Corinne Hodges -- 1st
place, listening comprehension (level 3); 2nd place, reading comprehension
(level 3) |
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Kirstin Hodges -- 3rd
place, extemporaneous speaking (advantaged) |
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Alexandra Weston -- 3rd
place, needlepoint |
Students at Austin and Hightower High Schools also competed and placed at the
Texas State German Contest.
Dulles Middle School
Students Wins School-Level National Geographic Bee
 Dulles
Middle School student Ryan Lester (shown accepting award from Coach and P.E.
teacher Harry Hall) was named winner of the Dulles school-level 2004 National
Geographic Bee. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include
geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and
increase public awareness about geography. Each year, thousands of schools in
the U.S. participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by
the National Geographic Society. Students who win the school level contest take
a written test, and the top 100 scorers in each state and territory compete at
the state level, and hopefully advance to the national competition in
Washington, D.C. The number of contestants is then narrowed to two finalists,
who compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The second- and third-place
winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. Ryan competed
against nearly 60 other Dulles students, with Jeffrey Chen coming in second
place. As winner, Ryan received a medal and a $25 gift certificate.
Missouri
City Lady Cougars Named District Champs!
Congratulations to the Missouri City Middle School Eighth-Grade Girls'
Basketball A-Team on being named District Champions! The Lady Cougars went head
to head with opposing teams throughout the season, earning a 24-0 record.
Players Dietra Caldwell and Chelsea Cunningham were two of the team's
outstanding three-point specialists. During their seventh- and eighth-grade
basketball careers, they each managed to set a school record scoring over 500
points. Pictured (from left) are Chelsea Cunningham, Raquel Jones, Kreshae Mack,
Chastinique Kemp, Team Manager Brittny Bratcher, Coach Maxine Hogan, Carolyn
Baker, Dietra Caldwell, Latease McFarland, and Mikiyta Edwards.
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Grant to Fund Quail
Valley Elementary Home Reading Project
 Norma
Siraj, a first-grade bilingual teacher at Quail Valley Elementary School, was
awarded a $675 grant from the Houston CPA Society. The grant will be used to
purchase Spanish-language home readers to help students sharpen their literary
skills. Shown (back, l-r) are Norma Siraj and Joanne Gore of the Houston CPS
Society's "CPAs Helping Schools" and (front, l-r) students Angel Lozano,
Staphane Lopez, Jenny Flores, Norberto Perez, and Fabian Romo. |
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Photo Caption:
FBISD Tax Office employees include: (seated, l-r) Merle Garland and Vicky
Corona, and (standing) Jenny Craig, Kitty Tse, Laverne Patterson, Johnny Chang,
Grethan Barnes, Teresa Archer, and Sarah Charles.
FBISD Employees Support
Heart Disease Awareness
Many employees throughout Fort Bend ISD
observed the first National Wear Red Day, February 6, by dressing in their
favorite red attire. National Wear Red Day (which will be observed the first
Friday during American Heart Month), was created to help raise awareness of the
fact that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States. It
supports the "red dress" as the symbol for women and heart disease awareness. By
showing off their favorite red dress, shirt or tie, FBISD employees joined in
the nationwide campaign to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about
their risk of heart disease. |
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