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February
6, 2003
Students
spell their way to district challenge
GCISD
campus level winners of the Spelling Bee will advance
to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Area Spelling Bee on Feb.
11, at 9:30 a.m., Grapevine High. Those winners are:
 Stephanie
Schulz, Bear Creek Elementary
Colton Barnes, Bransford Elementary
Omar Mayer, Cannon Elementary
Chelsea Abbey, Colleyville Elementary
Katie Walsh, Dove Elementary
Alex Roberts, Glenhope Elementary
Nathan Floy, Grapevine Elementary
Arijit Chakraborty, Heritage Elementary
Jonathan Prescott, O.C.Taylor Elementary
Monty Turner-Little, Silver Lake Elementary
Dalton Forsythe, Timberline Elementary
Leslie Berntsen, Colleyville Middle School
Sarah Mannen, Cross Timbers Middle School
Robert Rangel, Grapevine Middle School
Sowmya Somana, Heritage Middle School
CMS
spelling bee winners Leslie Berntsen,
1st place, and Jay Light, runner-up,
show off their trophies. Also shown,
Sheila Polk, English teacher,
and Melanie Graham, dean of Education
GCISD
Special Olympics team scores in Winter Games
Four GCISD students earned first place medals in bowling at
the 2003 Special Olympics Texas Winter Games held January
23-26 in Austin, TX. Thirteen athletes from GCISD qualified
and attended the Winter Games bowling tournament. The team
earned nine medals and four ribbons. The first place gold
medal winners were Erik Cobb, Michael Diemicke,
James Moore, and Anna Pruit. Eric Gardner
earned a silver medal for his second place finish. Ashley
Fox, Zak Gardner, Joey Jesuit, and Rachel Lake. Fourth
place ribbons were earned by Danny Gunn and Ashley
Holmblad. Clint McDonald and Brandon Moore placed
5th in their respective heats.
The
Winter Games coaches and chaperons were Kay Nelson, Amy
Arnold, Christie Priakos, Jessica Fehmel, Linda Mansoor,
Dave Holmblad, Jim Diemicke, Doug Blackstock, Sally Itz, and
Leslie Low.
The
trip to Austin was sponsored by the following organizations
and businesses:
Colleyville Woman's Club (major contributor)
Chick-Fil-A (Grapevine)
Albertson's (Glade and 121)
Albertson's (4801 Colleyville Blvd)
Tom Thumb (Hall-Johnson and 121)
Grapevine to play in tie-breaker
basketball game
Grapevine High will play Fossil Ridge on Friday,
Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. at Keller High School for the district
5-5A girls' basketball tie-breaker to determine second and
third place. If Grapevine wins, they will play L.D. Bell on
Saturday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. at Keller High. Cost is
adults/$3 and students/$2.
GCISD
to begin operating Elementary After-School Care Program in
2003-2004
Effort will raise much-needed revenue for district
Elementary
families participating in after-school care at the
district's 11 campuses can look forward to some exciting new
changes for 2003-2004.
The
GCISD Board of Trustees at its meeting on Monday, Jan. 27,
voted unanimously to allow district staff to operate an After-School
Care Program to help raise much-needed revenue for the
district. The program has been operated by Medallion School
Partnerships, which will continue through the end of this
school year. This fall, trained district employees will
provide a stimulating, safe and efficient after-school
program for students at all elementary schools.
In
addition to the creation of an After-School Care Program,
district staff are planning to implement a Summer Enrichment
Program for 2003 and will investigate and pilot a Pre-School
Program and Before-School Program this fall.
A
program coordinator to administer this effort will be hired,
and that job description is expected to be posted this week.
Information about program services, hours of operations, and
costs will be sent home to all elementary families in the
near future.
Science
students showcase projects at district event
Thirty-seven
science students earned first or second place in the GCISD
Science Fair, qualifying for the Fort Worth Regional Science
Fair scheduled for March 5-7. Middle school students created
121 science projects in a variety of categories including
physics, earth science, gerontology and computer science.
"The
projects were a wonderful sampling of the quality science
instruction that is occurring in our district," said
Dr. Terry Dickson, GCISD coordinator for Science, Health and
PE. Judges included college professors, graduate students,
veteranarians, chemist and computer scientists. Lori
Crenshaw organized the fair and recruited the judges.
According to Dickson, 6th grade CMS teacher Christy Morrison
had the most winners,
Third
place students will be alternates for the Fort Worth Science
Fair in the event that any of the first and second place
winners are unable to attend.
Students
advancing to the regional fair include:
Tom Christensen, Best Display; Jeff Seelinger,
Best of Show; Maxx Scholten, Rozea Heather, Kathryn
Vinod, Neil Anderson, Melissa Hodges, Chris
Bonner, Chris Maxwell, Russell Moller, Matt
Summersgill, Joe Taylor, Chelsey Meek-Beck,
Jonathan Wang, Matt Kijowski, Alexi Riggins,
Carly Gillingham, Emily Boren, Erin Hayes,
Sarah Mannen, Lexie Norris, Chris Spence,
Aaron Roney, William Gurecky, Chris
Wheelock, Sam Copeland, Lindsay Hibbs, Gregory
Detomaso, Ashley Schmitz, Joseph Tomlinson,
Braxton Banning, Michael Anderson, Garrett
Scoville, Sean Ehrlich, Naima Rivas, Matthew
Soutendijk, and Tanner Howe.
Read
Across America 2003 activities planned
Read
Across America Day, an annual reading motivation and
awareness program, will be celebrated in GCISD on Monday,
March 3, the weekday nearest Dr. Suess' birthday. Campuses
activities are already being planned to celebrate the joy of
reading in a variety of creative ways, including guest
readers, art contests/projects, Dr. Suess birthday events,
and many ideas to encourage students to read.
More
information about the Read Across America program may be
found at www.nea.org/readacross
and suggested reading lists for grade level may be found in
the Summer
Reading List on this website.
Bransford
Elementary
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Bransford
Student Council Cupids will be selling Val-a-Grams for
your sweetie on Feb. 12 & 13.
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Bransford
students will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on
Feb. 14.
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Bransford
choir will be filling the halls with melodic tunes at a
retirement home on Valentine's Day.
Colleyville Elementary
Congratulations to the following CES
students who won at the district level in the Reflections
Program. Their artwork will move up to the county level for
judging
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Visual
Arts - 3rd place - Justin Johnson
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Music
- 2nd place - Julia Hocutt
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Literature
1st place - Trent Johnson
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Photography
2nd place - Austin Laibly
The
National PTA Reflections Program is more than 28 years old.
Ten million-plus students have participated in the program
since it was created.
The
National PTA, founded in 1897, encourages its more than 6.5
million members to be involved in key child education and
welfare issues. The organization serves as an advocate for
children and families in schools, the community and before
government agencies.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
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The
Colleyville Elementary School Chess Club will
meet on Monday, Feb. 10, 3 - 4 p.m. in the media center
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Spring
Pictures
will be taken at CES on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
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Colleyville
Elementary Campus Excellence Committee will meet
on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. in the media center.
Notify the school office if you have topics for the Open
Forum.
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The
Colleyville Elementary School Geography Club will
meet on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 3 - 4 p.m. in the media
center. The sponsor of the club is our principal, Ms.
Loretta Ross.
Students
at Colleyville Elementary will have an opportunity to show
off their talent to families and classmates when the PTA
puts on its annual Talent Show on Friday, April 28.
In preparation for the show students interested in
participating will perform their acts before a review panel
on Wedesday and Thursday, Feb. 12 & 13 from 3 - 5 p.m.
in the school cafeteria. This will help the PTA members who
are coordinating the show.
Counselors
from CMS and CTMS will
visit the Colleyville Elementary School fifth grade students
on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. The purpose of the visit is
to prepare our students for the transition to middle
school.
The
third graders at Colleyville Elementary School (CES) will
present a musical tribute to Benjamin Franklin on
Thursday, Feb. 20 in the school cafeteria. The program,
which begins at 7 p.m., shows a comical look at the life and
works of Benjamin Franklin. Songs include: Frankly
Franklin, Father of Inventions, Electricity, America and
Poor, Poor Richard.
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Glenhope
Elementary
Feb. 14 - Valentine Parties
Feb. 20 - 4th grade Sky Ranch Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
in the cafeteria
Feb. 21 - PTA Beach Party, 6-8 p.m. in the gym and
cafeteria (photo op)
Feb. 27 - Spring pictures in the media center
Feb. 28 - Science Showcase, 8-10:15 a.m. in the
cafeteria (photo op)
Grapevine
Elementary
The Grapevine Elementary PTA is
offering a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior
from
Colleyville Heritage High or Grapevine High schools.
Applicants must have attended GES for two or more years.
Applications will be available in the high school counseling
offices beginning Mon. Feb. 3. All applications must be
submitted by 4 p.m. on Friday, April 4.
Colleyville
Middle
Seventeen CMS student scientists won honors at GCISD's
science fair competition.
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First
Place Winners included: Neil Anderson, Chris Bonner,
Matt Summersgill, Chelsey Meek-Beck, Heather Rozea, and
Jeff Seelinger.
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Second
Place Winners included: Erin Haynes, Lexie Norris,
Chris Spence, William Gurecky, and Braxton
Banning.
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Third
Place Winners included: Katie Doody, Diana Yu, Sean
Ehrlich, Austin Green, and Tanner Howe.
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Maddie
Sherk
placed as a regional qualifier.
Best
of Fair was awarded to sixth grader, Jeff Seelinger
for his project entitled, Does Temperature Affect the
Strength of a Magnet?
All
first and second place winners may move on to compete in the
Fort Worth Regional Science Fair in March.
Colleyville
Middle School
CMS s tudents will
be able to dance, play ping pong, foosball, basketball, or
just enjoy being with friends at a Sweetheart Social
on Friday, February 7. Concessions available and dress code
will be enforced. Admission is $5 with ID and $6 without.
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6th
grade: 6:00 - 7:30. Drop off in front of the gym
entrance. Pick up is in front of the cafeteria.
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7th
and 8th grade: 8:00 - 10:00 pm. Drop off in front of the
gym entrance. Pick up in front at gym entrance or the
tennis courts. Please plan ahead with your students on
pick up location.
Parents
interested in volunteering, please contact:
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6th
grade: Lisa Hall 817-788-2055
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7th
grade: Mary Ann McGuirk 817-399-0967
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8th
grade: Ronda Poettcker 817-858-6004
Morgan
Champlin, 8th grader at CMS,
has been named one of ten Distinguished Finalists in the 2003
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in Texas. He will
receive an engraved bronze Distinguished Finalist medallion.
Morgan, nominated by the administrative team at CMS, helps
care for horses at the Rocky Top Therapuetic Riding Center,
assists trainers who work with disabled students at the
center and has raised more than $1,500 to support the
program.
The
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is a nationwide
program which honors young people for outstanding acts of
volunteerism. Now in its eighth year, the program is
conducted by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with
the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).
More than 24,000 high school and middle level student
applications were submitted for this year's program.
Grapevine
High
Grapevine High School will host its
annual Spring Open House on Monday, March 3 providing
an opportune time for parents to see courses that are
offered and to ask questions regarding their students'
schedules for Fall 2003. All teachers, parents and students
will meet in GYM 1 from 7-8:30 p.m. GYM 1 will be organized
by departments so that parents can find teachers by subject
areas. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the GHS
Spring Open House on March 3.
The
following Grapevine-Colleyville ISD FFA students won the
following places while showing their stock at the Ft.
Worth Livestock Show. Bill Burton is the agriculture and
livestock teacher for both Grapevine High and Colleyville
Heritage High.
JUNIOR
BREEDING BEEF HEIFERS
Category: Beefmasters
Caro Kauffman, 3rd place
Molly Eberly, 3rd place
Tim Lannom, 11th place
Chad McNeil, 12th place
Rusty Kidd, 9th place
Category:
Brahman
Brittany Hock, 4th place
Category:
Brangus
Jessica Steen, 2nd place
Derek Foster, 6th place
Category:
Limousin
Stephanie Whitham, 2nd place
Justin Browning, 7th place
Category:
Maine-Anjou
Jared Chamberlain, 19th place
Category:
Santa Gertrudis
Renni Gawrys, 2nd place
Lacy Crocker, 8th place
Miranda Thornton, 4th place
Scott Gardener, 14th place
Shirey Rhoads, 3rd place
Allison Swearinger, 8th place
BREEDING
SWINE
Category: Duroc
Caro Kauffman, 5th place
MARKET
LAMBS
Category: Fine Wool Cross
Lacy Crocker, Participant
Medium
Wool
Tiffany Logan, Participant
Vivian Griggs, Participant
Chris Peck, Participant
Stephanie Whitham, Participant
MARKET
GOATS
Category: Boer Cross
Justin Mullenix, Participant
Mallory Citek, Participant
Brett Munday, Participant
Tamarah Bibb, Participant
Marshall Kimbro, Participant
Kyna Love, Participant
Aubry Jerkey, Participant
Micheal Crocker, Participant
The District 7 DECA Competition
was held in Irving on February 1. Students had to pass a
written marketing test and participate in a roleplay with a
judge from their specific career related field. The
following students were winners or alternates in their
contests:
Chris
Mooers -
Winner, Quick Serve Restaurant
Whitney Anderson - Winner, Associate Level Apparel
and Accessories
Jessica Price - Alternate, Business Services
Marketing
Micah Casterline- Alternate, Associate level Retail
Merchandising
Becky
Palmer is
the DECA teacher at Grapevine High School.
Jane
Boyd,
debate coach at Grapevine High, has been inducted into the
Barkley Forum for High School's Key Society honor society.
She as the 125th inductee into this national hall of fame
which honors high school students and their teachers for
commitment to forensics achievement. Boyd has been a Barkley
Forum member since 1996 and has been a GHS teacher and the
director of Forensics since 1988.
GHS
debate student Michael Collins placed third in
Lincoln Douglas Debate during the Barkley Forum for High
School tournament. More than 150 Lincoln Douglas debaters
from 35 states attended this very pretigious tournament.
Michael was also top speaker overall for Lincoln Douglas
Debate. Other GHS students who competed were Jeremy Evans,
Gram Sowa and Alex Kohlmann. This marks the 10th consecutive
year that GHS students have competed at the Barkley Forum.,
which hosted over 1,000 students, teachers administrators
and colleges coaches from 35 states and several foreign
countries.
Colleyville
Heritage High
Colleyville Heritage High School PTSA will award
scholarships to qualified seniors who are members of the
CHHS PTSA. The application includes four short essay
questions and information about the students' academic
performance, extracurricular activities, community service
and leadership.
Applications
will be available in the CHHS counselors' office after Feb.
10, and must be submitted no later than April 1 at 4 p.m.
If
you have any questions, please contact Shelley Beall,
scholarship chairperson, at 817/545-7938.
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