College Board names AP Scholars
One hundred and eighty-two students in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level AP Exams. Students took AP Exams in May 2002 after completing challenging college-level
courses at their high schools.

One hundred ten students at Colleyville Heritage High and seventy-two students at Grapevine High achieved the AP scholar designation. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program® offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the end-of-course AP Exams. Almost 14 percent of the more than 900,000 high school students in 14,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of year-long courses and exams (or their equivalent semester-long courses and exams):

• National AP Scholar Award is awarded to students who earn an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Two students at Colleyville Heritage high school qualified for the National AP Scholar Award: Proshad Nemati and Benjamin Weidman.
• Thirty-six students at CHHS and 19 students at GHS qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
• Twenty-two CHHS students and 11 GHS students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
• Fifty-two CHHS students and forty-two GHS students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher.

Of this year's GCISD award recipients, 24 at CHHS and 12 at GHS are sophomores or juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.

Most of the nation's colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year's credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades. Thirty-four AP Exams are offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving) questions (except for the Studio Art exam which evaluates students' original artwork).

For more information about the College Board or the AP exams, visit the College Board website.

End the parking lot shuffle with the football shuttle
Football fans who are tired of trying to find a parking space for Friday night games at Mustang-Panther Stadium can park at Grapevine High school and ride the free Football Shuttle bus to the game. Shuttle buses run the entire game, picking up riders at the GHS tennis courts, and dropping them off at the south end of the stadium. The number of trips depends on the demand.


Required training scheduled for parents of special needs students
The State Developed Alternative Assessment (SDAA) Phase III Training will be offered at various locations throughout GCISD. Parents of special needs students in grades 2-8 are required to attend this training. Locations and times are:

• Colleyville Middle, Oct. 15, 7 p.m
• Cross Timbers Middle, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. and Nov. 4, 7 p.m.
• Grapevine Middle, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m.
• Heritage Middle, Oct. 21, 6 p.m.
• Bear Creek Elementary, Oct. 23, 3:10 p.m.
• Bransford Elementary, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.
• Cannon Elementary, Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m. and Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m.
• Colleyville Elementary, Oct. 21, 9 a.m.
• Dove Elementary, Oct. 24, 8:30 a.m.
• Glenhope Elementary, Nov. 4, 4 p.m.
• Grapevine Elementary, Oct. 24, 3:30 p.m.
• Heritage Elementary, Oct. 22, 8:30 p.m.
• O.C. Taylor Elementary, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.
• Silver Lake Elementary, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.
• Timberline Elementary, Oct. 25, 3:15 p.m.
• Instructional Support Center, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.

For more information, call the office of Dr. Peggy Wheaton, 817/251-5531.

Red Ribbon Week at GCISD is set for the week of Oct. 21- 25 and students and staff members will be participating in a variety of activities to focus attention on drug and alcohol prevention. Red lapel ribbons will be given out to students and staff to wear all week.

Schools across the district are participating in daily activities, such as: "Lights Out On Drugs" in which students wear pajamas and bring a teddy bear; wearing sunglassing on "Too Cool To Do Drugs" day; wearing crazy socks on "Sock Out Drugs" day, and "Proud to Be Drug Free," in which students wear their school colors.

For more information about the district's activities, call Robin Davis at 817/251-4783.

Bransford Elementary
October 18 - Bransford PTA's annual Sock Hop, 6:30- 10 p.m.
October 28- November 1 is Red Ribbon Week. Bransford students will observe the week with the following daily activities:

• Monday - "Put a Cap on Drugs!" Staff/students will wear their favorite caps.
• Tuesday - "Give Drugs the Boot!" Staff/students will wear their favorite cowboy get-ups.
• Tuesday is also Fire Safety Day. The Colleyville Fire Department will be doing presentations throughout the day.
• Wednesday - "Sock it to Drugs!" Staff/students will wear their craziest socks.
• Thursday - "Say YES to Sports NOT Drugs!" This is the big annual students vs. staff softball game at 9 a.m. (PHOTO OP)
• Friday - Spirit Day. Staff/students will wear red in honor of Red Ribbon Week.

The Student Council will put our Red Ribbon Week motto on the Bransford Road fence.

The following students have been nominated by their class and voted on by out-of-classroom educators as Bransford's BEST for the month of September. This means they have demonstrated the six pillars of character qualities: responsibility, respect, caring, fairness, trustworthiness and citizenship. These deserving students have exhibited these qualities both in and out of the classroom.
Kindergarten: Abby Ball
1st Grade: Trey Stites
2nd Grade: Charlie Moore
3rd Grade: Courtney Burchfield
4th Grade: Emily Mims
5th Grade: Rylee Russell

The 5th grade Safety Patrol at Bransford has been busy helping students stay safe each morning as they arrive at Bransford Elementary. Members of the Safety Patrol arrive bright and early every morning to assist younger students in crossing at the crosswalks, getting safely out of their cars, and walking in the halls. The first nine weeks Safety Patrol members are: Chris Hughes, Rylee Russell, Chad Foy, Garrett Wilson, Alix French, Alyssa Allen, Callie Pomroy, Shrouq Al-Shmaisani, Ian Bargsley, and Tori Burton. The sponsors of our Safety Patrol are Linda Abbott, Tamela Phelps, and Ally Berggren. Thanks to Chick-fil-A for sponsoring a lunch celebration for our Safety Patrol members at the conclusion of their nine-weeks assignment.

Cannon Elementary
Cannon Elementary School teachers will play the Grapevine fighters in the second annual Volleyball Challenge on Oct. 24, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cannon's gymn, located at 1300 W. College Street in Grapevine.

Last year, in the first annual Volleyball Challenge, Cannon teachers were swept in the first three games of the best of five series. This year the Cannon teachers will be up and ready for the challenge, according to PTA representative Kim Todora. Grapevine firefighters, however, plan on repeating the shutout this year, according to Craig Reed of the fire department.

For more information, contact Todora at 214/912-4024 or Reed at 817/410-8100.
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Cannon will be participating in Red Ribbon Week activities during the week of Oct. 21-25:

• Monday - Lights Out On Drugs -- Wear p.j.'s and bring a teddy bear
• Tuesday - Give Drugs the Pink Slip -- Career Day
• Wednesday- Too Cool To Do Drugs -- Sunglasses Day
• Thursday - Sock Out Drugs -- Crazy Sock Day
• Friday - Proud to be Drug Free -- Spirit Day

Cannon PTA will also be holding a "Decorate Your Door" contest. Students can decorate their classroom door with an "anti-drug" theme. The winning class from each grade level will receive a gift certificate from Target. Doors will be judged on Friday morning, Oct. 25, by representatives from the Grapevine Police Department.

Congratulations to these new student council officers at Cannon:
President - Emily Guinane
Vice President - Brittany Harrell
Secretary - Melinda Billingsley
Treasurer - Kristin Hall
Historian - Tiana Murff

Cannon is hosting a platelet drive Tuesday, Oct. 22. Afternoon and evening appointments tims are 2:30, 2:45, 3:00, and 5:00, 5:15, 5:30 and may be scheduled by contacting Sue Molle at 817/251-5685.

Colleyville Elementary
Students at Colleyville Elementary School will participate in a Dress-Up Day on Thursday, Oct. 31. Each grade level will follow a specific theme:

• Kindergarten students will dress up as what they want to be when they grow up;
• First grade students will come as the storybook characters they have been reading about;
• Second graders will be dressed as pirates and will go on a treasure hunt using the map skills they have been studying;
• Students in grade three will be dressed as their favorite fairy tale character to go with their language arts curriculum;
• Fourth grade students will come as biographical characters that go with the report they are prepared to deliver;
• Fifth graders will dress as any character they choose (TV personality, book character, character from history, etc.). Classmates will then try to guess the "mystery" of who they are! This coincides with the fifth grade study of mystery books in language arts.
  

The Missoula Children's Theatre, the nation's largest touring children's theatre, will return to CES the week of October 28. Auditions for parts in "Red Riding Hood" will be held on Oct. 28, at 3:15 - 5:15 p.m. in the cafeteria. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions. A cast of approximately 50 children will be selected. Rehearsals will be on Tuesday, Oct. 29, through Friday, November 1, from 3:15 - 7:15 daily with a final dress rehearsal being held on Saturday morning.

The performance will be on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Tickets, $5, to help defray the costs of bringing MCT to town will be on sale at the school.

A tour team arrives in a given town with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up, everything it takes to put on a play…except the cast. The team holds an open audition and casts 50-60 local students to perform in the production. The show is rehearsed throughout the week and a public performance is presented on Saturday. All MCT shows are original adaptations of classic children's stories and fairytales…a twist on the classic stories that you know and love.

Congratulations to two Colleyville Elementary students, Cody Broussard, 3rd grade boy representative, and Regan Staudt, 3rd grade girl representative, who have advanced to the sectionals of the Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. The sectionals will be held Monday, Oct. 21, at Pennington Field. Winners will have a chance to qualify for the team championship to be during a Dallas Cowboys' game and ultimately to compete in the national final at an NFL playoff game.

The Colleyville Elementary School Chess Club will meet on Monday, Oct. 28, from 3 - 4 p.m in the media center.

Fall pictures retakes of CES students and teachers will be taken on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the school cafeteria beginning at 1 p.m.

Grapevine Elementary

• CiCi Pizza Night for GES will be on Oct. 14 at the Grapevine CiCi's Pizza.
• GES General PTA meeting is scheduled for Oct. 17, 6:45 in the cafeteria, with guest speaker Pam Meyercord. The subject will be "Taking Charge of Your TV." Childcare will be provided.
• To begin their study of animals, kindergarten students will take a field trip on Oct. 21 to Green Meadows Farm in Grand Prairie. They will leave the school at 9 a.m. PHOTO OP
• Picture re-takes and activity pictures will be taken on Oct. 29, beginning at 9 a.m. in the cafeteria.
  

Cross Timbers
Parents of eight grade students at Cross Timbers Middle School are invited to preview the Aim for Success program, the district-approved sexual abstinence curriculum, on Monday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. at the Cross Timbers Middle School Lecture Hall.
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Grapevine Middle
Grapevine Middle School 8th Grade Cheerleaders will be hosting a Sonic Car Hop Night on Friday Oct. 25. The uniformed cheerleaders will be available to take food orders from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Sonic Drive In at 201 W. Northwest Highway in Grapevine.

Heritage Middle
Officer Gill of the Grapevine Police Department will present a program on Internet Safety at the Heritage Middle School PTA meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the HMS Student Activities Center (SAC).

Colleyville Heritage High
It is a dark and stormy night, you are gathered with the other guests in the study at Boddy Mansion, when suddenly, lightening strikes, thunder rolls and the lights go out. There is a scream in the dark. The lights come back on to reveal that your host, Mr. Boddy, is lying dead in the middle of the room, a victim of foul play.

Was it Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory with the wrench? Was it Mrs. Peabody with the candlestick? The answer lies within these walls if you have the courage to solve the mystery.

Colleyville Heritage High School Department of Drama, hosted by the International Thespian Society, proudly presents the 2002 Haunted House, "CLUE: An Interactive Murder Mystery."The cast of characters will lead their sleuthing guests through the rooms of Boddy Manor, where they will accuse a suspect and name the weapon used in the murder. Doors to Boddy Manor will open Oct. 28-31, from 6-10 p.m., at the Colleyville Heritage High School Fine Arts Wing.

The show is approximately 30 minutes long, and tickets are $5 at the door, with no advanced sales. Recommended ages: 9 years and up. Participants are invited to witness the crime, search for clues, test their courage and solve the mystery before it's too late. Can you make it out of Boddy Manor alive? Be a part of CLUE, where games become reality.

For more information call 817/358-4752.

The Colleyville Heritage High School Pantherette Junior Varsity Drill Team will serve breakfast at the Outback Steakhouse located at Highway 114 in Grapevine on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 8-11 a.m. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family. The girls will be earning funds to attend competition and other events during the upcoming school year. Call 817/355-1687 for tickets or more information.

Congratulations to the CHHS varsity volleyball team on its win over Grapevine last Friday 15-13, 15-6. Jennifer Procuniar recorded 10 kills, and Ashley Wagner had 21 assists. Nikki Verdile, Maggie Speight and Emily Nedderman recorded 9, 8 and 7 kills respectfully. Stephanie Zorn served up 3 aces and Jamie Simon held off the Mustang attack with 3 blocks. Excellent defensive play by Nikki as she finished the night with 12 digs.

CHHS Panther Marching Band received straight superior ratings, (a division 1), and also won outstanding drum line and outstanding color guard of the day in its first major contest of the season, The Mesquite Marching Contest. The Panther Band performed its production "Classical Images," in this contest featuring over 40 bands. The band will compete in a preliminary performance at 4:30 p.m. this coming Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Birdville Athletic Complex.

Congratulations to the Panther Drumline on winning the Plano Invitational Drumline Contest. In a competition that featured the top drumlines in the area, the Panther Drumline was first in the top classification. They also won awards for the Best Snare Drums, Best Tenor Drums, and Best Pit.

Three members of the Panther Band were chosen as members of the Region 24 All-Region Jazz Band. Madeline Wermuth, for the third straight year, will be playing piano. Jake Justice, in his second year in the band, will play trumpet. Shawn Barabash will also play trumpet.

Twenty-one students from the CHHS Panther Choir were recognized as members of a Region 24 honor choir this weekend after auditions at Plano East High School. Mixed choir members are Jenny Lyons, Natalie Berry, Amanda Saunders, Kat Shipman, Alex Francis, Megan Gaffney, Erin Fitch, Demarest Thompson, Michael Mischo, Ted Dollar, David Smith, Nick Thompson, Ben Isham-alternate. Members of the Treble Choir are : Lauren Gehman, Leslie Frank, Jessica Novak, Alyssia Birchard, Jessica Elizondo, Raechal Johnson, Sara Schleimer, Collen Fry and Katie Lynch. Members of the mixed choir will compete at the Pre-Area audition Nov. 12 at Carrolton Creekview High School.

Grapevine High
The Grapevine High School Mustang Band earned third place at it's first marching contest of the year. With its 2002 marching show - "Internal Combustion," the band participated in The 17th Annual UTA Marching festival at Maverick Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington on Saturday October 5. The Mustang Band earned forth place in the preliminary competition and advanced to the finals that evening where the band earned third place overall. In addition, the drumline won a "first division" trophy in their auxiliary contest.
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Grapevine High School Mustang Band will perform at approximately 6:45 p.m., at the UIL Region 24 Marching Band Contest on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Standridge Stadium in Carrollton. GHS is scheduled to be the second 5A band to perform and will perform the Mustang Band's "Internal Combustion" show. The event is free and open to the public.
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Grapevine High School student, Monika Williamson, has been selected for membership in The National Society of High School Scholars. The Society inducts only the most outstanding high school students and honors them for superior academic achievement.

Claes Nobel, honorary chairman of the Society, states, "The hard work and success of today's youth provides the foundation for a future dedicated to community-and world-betterment. I congratulate Monika on being recognized as one of the most outstanding high school seniors in the nation." As a senior member of the Nobel family, Claes Nobel extends his family's dedication to excellence to the youth of today. Claes' family established the Nobel Prizes in 1901 in order to note outstanding contributions in the fields of Peace, Literature, Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics. More than a century later, these internationally renowned awards continue to distinguish scientists, authors, and leaders in a world forum.

The mission of The National Society of High School Scholars is to recognize and encourage academic excellence among the most exceptional high school seniors. The Society selects students nationally and awards this distinction on a very limited basis. Membership is by invitation only, extended by Chair Claes Nobel.

For additional information, visit the Society's web page .

The Grapevine High School Cheerleaders and Dads invite all students, parents, and friends to attend their traditional "Breakfast of Champions" on Saturday, Nov. 9. at the Grapevine Outback Steakhouse, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. The pancake breakfast with all the trimmings, courtesy of proprietor Tommy Gallant, will be celebrating the success of GHS sports teams. Tickets are $5 and available from any GHS Cheerleader, may be purchased at the GHS football games or at the door. For further information, contact Mary Mareno at 817/488-9702 or by email .