AGENDA FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

April 21, 2003

Videofest will showcase top talent in district
The brightest and most creative video makers in the district will be featured at GCISD's first Video Festival Awards celebration on Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m. at Grapevine High School's Auditorium. In an exciting ceremony with an Academy Awards flavor, winners in five categories will be announced and their videos shown. Winners will be presented with a variety of prizes donated by area businesses. The Awards ceremony is free and the public is invited to attend. Watch the video finalists now and winners will be listed on the district's website.
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Disney to videotape at GHS
Representatives from the Disney American Teacher program will be at GHS on Friday, April 25 to videotape GHS Ecology students and the elementary students who participate in the EcoBuddies program. Sherri Steward-Ganz, GHS Science teacher is a Disney American Teacher, and a nationally televised ABC special will feature the Disney American Teacher Award school film clips.


Extended care program debuts this summer
GCISD's new extended care program will include a summer care program this year, as well as after-school care during the 2003-04 school year for elementary students in the district.

Summer Care
In conjunction with the district's Elementary Summer Enrichment program, "Explore and Discover," extended care will be offered at Cross Timbers Middle at 2301 Pool Road in Grapevine. Parents whose children attend at least one enrichment session may register for

• Early Care - 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m., $10/wk. (must be enrolled in a.m. enrichment session)
• Combo Care - 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m., 3-6 p.m., $30/wk. (must be enrolled in two enrichment sessions)
• Wrap Care - up to 7 hours of care before or after one enrichment session, $60 (must be enrolled in one enrichment session, either a.m. or p.m.)
• Late care - 3-6 p.m., $25 (must be enrolled in p.m. enrichment session)

  During those summer weeks that the Summer Enrichment program is not operating the Extended Care Program will operate daily from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. at Cross Timbers Middle School. The weekly rate will be $135. Extended care will not operate during the week of June 30-July 4. For more information, email kathy.papathopoulos@gcisd.net or call her at 817/488-9588.
  
  School Year Extended Care
  KidzU, the Extended Care program for the 2003-04 school year, will provide after school care and enrichment at every elementary campus. Children will have the convenience of care right in their elementary schools, allowing them to easily participate in school activities such as choir practice, chess club or tutoring.

  Tuition may be paid as a monthly rate, a daily rate, and a combination of other options. Experienced staff members will provide students with a variety of planned activities, special projects and enrichment opportunities. Snacks will be provided daily and high school students will be available to tutor children and help them with homework. KidzU days of operation will coincide with the GCISD school calendar with care during school holidays being offered at one school location. Before-school care may be available at selected campuses.

  A price list (Adobe Acrobat format - .pdf) is available on the district's website. The price list and an enrollment form are also availlable at elementary schools, the district's Administration building, or can be requested by email from kathy.papathopoulos@gcisd.net. For more information, call Extended Care Coordinator Kathy Papathopoulos at 817/488-9588.
  

Dedication of Habitat house transfers ownership to family
GCISD's Habitat for Humanity house will be dedicated on Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m. and the keys turned over to Maria Caldera and her family. GCISD students, employees and the community have raised over $30 thousand dollars and contributed much "sweat equity" to the construction of the house. GCISD students and staff will be involved in the ceremony. Anyone who has contributed to this project is invited to attend this event and witness what an incredible job has been done by our students, staff and community. Anyone wishing to follow other cars in the drive to the site may meet at the district's Administration building at 9:15 a.m.

Directions to the GCISD Habitat for Humanity house:
3413 NW 30th Street, Fort Worth (Fort Worth MAPSCO, 47Y)

Take 121S to 183W and on to 820 West (by Northeast Mall). Continue on 820W to the Old Decatur Road exit. Exit, turn left going back over the expressway.
Take Old Decatur Road south until you reach Angle Avenue; turn left. Look for Sansom Park Road on the right and turn.
Continue on Sansom Park Road until you reach Rock Island Street; turn right. Go to NW 30 and turn right again. The house site is approximately 3 blocks down towards the end of NW 30.

Map of 3413 Nw 30th St
Fort Worth, TX 76106-3413

Watch the CHHS Band in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Colleyville Heritage Panther Band has been selected to perform in the 77th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It is one of 12 bands selected from across The United States, and the only band from the state of Texas. Band members will travel to New York City in November and will be seen by millions of people on Thanksgiving Day as NBC carries the event live.

Council receives district awards
The GCISD Council of PTAs, GHS PTSA and CHHS PTSA all received awards at the PTA District 11 Spring Conference held in Flower Mound on April 12. The Council was given an award for membership in recognition of the fact that 100% of the local units received the Early Bird Award. GHS PTSA won three awards: "The Corral," the after-football game student social event, was named Outstanding Volunteer Program; the VineLine was named Outstanding Newslette, and GHS Library project received the Beautification Award. CHHS PTSA recieved awards from District XI for The Arts in Education Programs, Outstanding Parent Involvement for the FRIENDS program and CHHS PTSA was named the "Outstanding Local Unit" on the Secondary Level.

The Council has awarded college scholarships to two GCISD students. Lizzie Rippe, CHHS, and Ashley Nelson, GHS, each received a $1000 scholarship.

Heritage Elementary School is ranked #9 among "Upper Income schools" in the April Issue of D Magazine, and five other GCISD schools made the list of those elementary schools considered "best" as compared to other schools in the state with similar demographics. The magazine contains the best elementary schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In addition, in a section on recent National Blue Ribbon School award winners, the magazine names Colleyville Heritage High, Timberline Elementary, and Glenhope Elementary as "A Cut Above." The information is available at www.dmagazine.com.

Retirement events are being planned for two GCISD principals who will retire from the district at the end of this school year. Steve Newburn, principal at Bear Creek Elementary, will be honored on May 6, 4-6 p.m. in the Bear Creek Library. Dr. Paul Jennings, principal at Silver Lake and Timberline Elementary schools, is being honored on May 7, 4-6 p.m. at Grapevine High Library.

GCISD's annual Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, May 10 beginning at 8 a.m. Open to the public, the sale will include furniture, computer and office equipment and other items. Purchases must be made in cash only.

Special Olympics News
Over 200 athletes from across the metroplex gathered on March 26 for the GCISD Special Olympics at the Mustang-Panther stadium. Eight teams participated, including GCISD, Keller ISD, Birdville ISD, Carroll ISD, Venus ISD, Pilot Point ISD, Lake Dallas ISD, and Poolville ISD. Over 300 student and adult volunteers were in attendance to serve as athlete buddies or to run the events. Volunteers included members of the Grapevine Rotary Club, the primary event sponsor, as well as members of the PALS, SLC, and cheerleaders from CHHS, GHS, CTMS, CMS, GMS, and HMS . Other sponsors include Colleyville Woman's Club, National Charity League, Mr. Jim's Pizza, Krispy Kreme, and GCISD. Volunteer coach Jessica Fehmel planned the opening ceremonies and officers from the Colleyville and Grapevine police departments performed the torch run.

GCISD students were very successful at the first meet of the season. There were 30 1st place ribbons handed out to our athletes. Special recognition is given to Ashton Montgomery of HES for winning 3 blue ribbons. His running long jump was farther than any other competitor in the meet and his 100-meter dash time was 3rd best in the meet. This is truly a great accomplishment as Ashton is only 11 years old. Several other athletes won 2 blue ribbons: Brittany Pace (CES), Marcus Anderson (GMS), Clint McDonald (CHHS), Theresa Clausen (TES), and Michelle Willard (GHS). Athletes earning 1st place in one event were Michael Cunningham (GMS), Chanin Aiken (GHS), Brittany Lambro (GES), Shante Craddock (GHS), Zak Gardner (CHHS), Eric Gardner (CHHS), Matthew Collins (GLE), Matthew Sutter (BES), Daniel Hansen (HES), Sarah Laramore (GES), Ashley Fox (GHS), Michael Diemicke (CHHS), James Moore (CHHS), Hamoodi Otrok (HES), Mary Marshall (HMS), and Kelsey Dunsmore (BCE). The boys relay team consisting of Ashton Montgomery, Clint McDonald, Michael Diemicke, and James Moore won the boys 4 x 100 relay with a time of 1:05.69.

The Area meet will be held at the University of Texas at Arlington on April 25 and 26. In addition, our athletes have been invited by the Colleyville Police Department to participate in the state torch run on April 25 as it travels through Colleyville on its way to the State meet, which will be held in San Marcos at the end of May.

In other news: GCISD Special Olympics has been awarded a grant of $2500 by the Colleyville Woman's Club. The money will be distributed at their luncheon on Wednesday, May 21.

Upcoming Special Olympics Events:

• April 25-26 - Area 11 Spring Games - Arlington Maverick Stadium-UTA
  Friday 11:00-9:30 pm. & Saturday 8:00-5:00 pm. (Ages 8-21)
• May 7 - Special Olympic Banquet - Grapevine Convention Center
  Wednesday 11:00-1:30 pm (Sponsored by the Grapevine Rotary Club) (Ages 6-21)
• May 23-26- Special Olympic State Summer Games
  (Basketball and Track & Field) San Marcos, TX. (Ages 12-21)

Extracurricular physicals set for GCISD middle school and high school students
Students who will be participating in Athletics for the 2003-04 school year are required to have a physical prior to the start of school. For the convenience of participants, physicals will be offered for $20 in May at each high school and no appointments are needed. Students must have official physical form signed by parents or be accompanied by parent/guardian. Form is available on the district website, at the Athletic office in the Administration building or at campuses.

• CHHS - Friday, May 9, 2-5 p.m.
• GHS - Saturday, May 10, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Behind Gym 1
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Cannon Elementary
Cannon Elementary Round Up for Pre-K Students will be held on Monday, May 12,
6-7:30 p.m. This program is for 4 year olds with either limited English or low income. Parents are asked to bring the following:

• Copy of the Child’s Birth Certificate
• Child’s Social Security Card
• Child’s Shot Record
• Parent’s Lease or Deed of Home
• Parent’s bill with home address
• Parent’s valid Texas Driver’s License

Final enrollment qualifications will be done in August with language test or income paperwork. For those who cannot attend on May 12, pre-enrollment packets are available in the Cannon office at 1300 W. College in Grapevine. For more information, contact Susan Foster, 817/251-5680 between 11 a.m.-12 p.m. or after 3 p.m.


Grapevine Elementary
Talented authors and artists from Grapevine Elementary who participated in the
Rising Star Writing Project will be honored on April 23 at 8:30 a.m. in the GES Library.

Students in grades 2-5, whose work has been published in our school magazine,
Starbright Express, will be recognized and will receive a copy of the 2003 edition of the magazine. Students will read some of their works and presentations will be made to the grade level winners at our campus.

Colleyville Middle
Move over famous artists! Fourteen of Colleyville Middle's own future Monets, Van Goghs and Picassos now have their work on display on the Artsonia website. Christine Roberts, CMS art teacher has teamed up with Artsonia.com to make the display possible, with CMS joining thousands of students from over 100 countries whose artwork is showcased on Artsonia. "This project is a wonderful way to integrate technology into the art curriculum," said Ms. Roberts. Artsonia is the largest student art gallery on the web, featuring artwork
by thousands of students of all ages. Visitors can honor the young artists by leaving them comments on the website. Family members can order keepsakes featuring the artist's work, such as tshirts, coffee mugs and mousepads. (The Artsonia website address is http://www.artsonia.com/schools/colleyville1)


Colleyville Middle School parents are invited to buy school supplies by April 25 and enjoy a tax-free purchase. Order forms are available from your child or the school. For more information call Mary Alice Rippe at 817/571-4986.
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The CMS administrative team “worked the tables” at Applebee’s Restaurant on Tuesday, April 15 during a special fund-raising event. Principal Becky Prentice, Assistant Principal Toni Thalken, Dean of Instruction Melanie Graham, and Counselors Diana Fletcher and Ruth Oglesby were all available to seat guests, refill water glasses, and even bus a few tables. Many CMS parents took advantage of the opportunity to support the school and have a meal out, with a portion of the evening’s profits (and a few tips!) going to the student activity fund. Glen Stuebing and the Applebee’s staff work with CMS to make the evening a success.

CMS track stars broke lots of records at the recent Meet of Champions. Brelan Walker set a new district record by running the 100m in 11.07 seconds and the 200m in 23.51 seconds. David Taylor tied the GCISD Pole Vault record of 9 feet & 6 inches and the 8th grade boys’ track team took away 3rd place out of 18 schools. Eighth grade girls also did some record setting. Kristen Lewis set a new CMS Shot Put record of 35 feet & 8 ¾ inches. Lindsey Hovland set the CMS Discus record at 91 feet & 5 inches, and Christy Lindelow set the CMS Long Jump record at 16 feet & 9 ¾ inches.

CMS Student Council Representatives played Easter Bunny again this year for their neighboring CES students. Over 800 plastic eggs, filled with candy by the CMS students, were hidden on the playground for CES kindergartners. Once the hunt begans, kindergartners made quick work of their task and had all eggs collected within five minutes!

The CMS Tennis Team is currently undefeated in district play. With only one match remaining, they will advance to the district tournament in the #1 position.


Cross Timbers and Colleyville Middle Schools
Students from two schools, Cross Timbers and Colleyville Middle, have joined forces to help the armed forces through Operation Phone Home. They are seeking donations of AT&T International Minute Phone cards which will be sent to Spain for use by wounded American soldiers who are sent there for treatment. Phone calls to home are one of the first things these soldiers request and these cards will help them stay in touch with their families until they can get home. Counselors and assistant principals from both schools are coordinating this project and card are being collected in the Counseling offices of both schools.

Grapevine Middle
Grapevine Middle School will hold a Talent Show on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Grapevine Middle Cafeteria. Theater Arts teacher Tami Adams has organized a fun evening with entertainment by both faculty and students, including a visit from the "Unknown Comic," a performance by the Grapevine Middle Jazz Band, and DARE Officer Matt Petrie singing "God Bless America." Student acts will compete for prize money, and admission will be $2 at the door. Students, parents, and the community are invited to attend.

The sixth grade of Grapevine Middle School is hosting an in-school field trip on Thursday, April 24. Animal Edutainment of Glenrose, Texas, will bring an educational presentation and exhibit of rainforest animals including the coati, iguana, kinkajou, lemur, macaw, and paython to the campus. This was arranged in conjunction with the students' studies of the rainforests of Africa and Central and South America. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Grapevine Middle School lecture hall when all students can see the animals at a nominal charge to cover the cost of the presentation. For more information, contact Debby Hoskins, 817/251-5660. ( Photographers welcome: 1:30-3 p.m.)

Grapevine High
Grapevine High School's National Honor Society sponsored a scavenger hunt for food and personal items on April 11. Items collected will be donated to G.R.A.C.E. and other support groups. Many parents, patrons and businesses in the community contributed to the event.

The GHS National Art Honor Society will host a silent art auction of student and teacher artwork on April 22-24. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Cancer Care Services, an organization that helps patients and families cope with their needs while dealing with this disease. According to NAHS sponsor Jeanie Cruse, the idea was developed by NAHS member Amy Eastin, whose mother is a cancer survivor, and on behalf of others in the GHS family who have been affected by cancer.

Artwork will be displayed in the hallway outside of the library and includes a variety of media and subject matter, unmatted and unframed to help keep the prices reasonable. Bids on student work start at $10 and bids on teacher art work start at $25.
Bids will be taken:

• Tuesday, April 22, after school until after the Video Awards Night
• Wednesday, April 23, 3-4:30 p.m.
• Thursday April 24, 3-7:30 p.m.

The Art Show Awards program is on Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. and the art auction bid winners will be annouced at that time.

Three members of Grapevine High School's UIL Academic Team won first place when the team traveled to Lubbock to participate in a regional competitive meet on April 10 and 11. First place winners of the Literary Criticism Team - Ashley Nelson, Sritha Reddy, Allison Maxwell, and Wes Freed - will compete in the UIL State Meet in Austin on May 3. Karl Gluck placed second in Computer Applications and will also compete at the State Meet in Austin. Susan Pittman sponsors the Literary Criticism Team and Sharon Shope sponsors the Computer Applications Participants.


GHS Choirs earned top ratings, including a Sweepstakes Award, at the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest on April 10. The Varsity Treble choir won a Sweepstakes Award, and the Men's Choir and A cappella Choir both received a 2nd Division Concert Rating, 1st Division Sight reading Rating. The choirs will be competing in Corpus Christi on April 26. Patrick Antinone is the choir teacher at GHS.

Grapevine High School's Spring Choir Concert is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madeline Hemley Auditorium. The program will include music performed in the recent UIL contest, as well as a musical trip back to those sensational 60/70's!


The Grapevine High School band department brought home two sweepstakes awards, one superior ratings, and three excellent ratings for four band performances from the UIL Band Concert and Sightreading Contest at Flower Mound High School on April 15-17.

Each band performed three prepared music selections and one unrehearsed selection for a panel of UIL adjudicators. Each adjudicator rated each band on a one to five scale - with first division indicating a performance worthy of the highest praise.

• The GHS Concert Band, under the direction of Steve Andre and Brandt Leondar, earned a division II - "excellent" rating - in the UIL concert portion of the contest and a division II - "excellent" rating in the sightreading portion of the contest.
• The GHS Symphonic Band, under the direction of Brandt Leondar, earned a division II - "excellent" rating - in the UIL concert portion of the contest and a division I - "superior" rating in the sightreading portion of the contest.
• The GHS Honors Band, under the direction of Danny Prado, earned straight first division "superior" ratings from all the adjudicators in both concert and sightreading - earning the band the coveted U.I.L. "Sweepstakes" award.
• The GHS Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Steve Andre, earned straight first division "superior" ratings from all the adjudicators in both concert and sightreading - earning the band the coveted U.I.L. "Sweepstakes" award.

The four Grapevine concert bands will travel to Corpus Christi next Friday, April 25, for a four-day trip to compete in the South Coast Music Festival.

Grapevine High Fillies Dance Team recently participate in the Marching Auxiliaries Dance National Competition on March 27-28, winning the following awards:

Officer Awards:

• Super Sweepstakes
• Choreography Award—Lyrical
• Choreography Award—Jazz
• Choreography Award—Prop

Team Awards:

• Super Sweepstakes
• Choreography Award—Lyrical
• Choreography Award—High Kick
• Choreography Award—Pom
• Choreography Award—Military
• M.A. Dance National Champion—Super Team Lyrical
• 2nd Place—Super Team Pom
• 2nd Place—Super Team High Kick
• 3rd Place—Super Team Military\
• 6th Place Overall—National Recognition in Dance Technique
• National Winners Circle
• 9th Place Overall (128 teams)

Solo Finalist:

• Katelyn Steele—3rd Runner-Up ($200 Scholarship)

GHS art students earned high marks at the Texas Art Education State Art Competition, with seven students being named winners and 20 chosen for the coveted Gold Medal Award, including first-year art student Emily Braid. Over 1000 entries were in the competition and GHS winners were:
Division 1 - John Kim (2 medals), Erica Peterson and Emily Braid
Division 2 - Adam Chamey, Zainah Usman
Division 4 - Madeline Cook, Kasey Kruetz