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Thursday, January 22 Coding Classes began after school.  All who attended had a good time and look forward to the next session on Thursday, January 29 beginning at 3:15 and ending at 4:15.  Light snacks are provided.  The class is $25 and runs for 10 weeks.

Please contact Ms. Acquaye at gacquaye@sbcglobal.net for further information.

Below is a list of 1st – 3rd place winners for grades 3 through 8
 
3rd Grade
1st place: William Anderson – Celery Stick
2nd place: Sadie Brisendine – M&M Race and Khalil Norris – Sting Like a Bee
3rd place: Madisyn Tyler – Which Bread Molds Faster
 
4th Grade
1st place: Karson Shelby – Meltdown
2nd place: Victor Dupree – Bad to the Bone
3rd place: Shane Davis – Yolk Float
 
5th Grade
1st place: Sarah Brisendine – Perfect Parachute
2nd place: Tai’Yana Brown – Where’s the Meat
3rd place: Aja Johnson – Running to the Beat
 
6th Grade
1st place: Avery Rose – The Ultimate Battery
2nd place: Nicholas Jones – The effect of preservatives on the growth of food bacteria
3rd place: Alicyn Norris – Popcorn Crazy
 
7th Grade
1st place: Howard Anderson – That’s the Way the Ball Bounces
2nd place: Sebastian Roman – Artificial vs. Natural
3rd place: Leo Sanchez and Victor Alfaro – Wind Turbine Efficiency
 
8th Grade
1st place: Kyra Sanders – Public or Private
2nd place: Alex Rodriguez – Listen Quickly
3rd place: Christopher Adkins – Thermal Energy Spheres

Hello! We would like to invite you, your family, and your campus to our second annual STEM Day held on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Skyline High School from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Various groups, businesses, and organizations will provide STEM related hands-on sessions and activities for students, teachers, parents, and community members. This year we are offering over 80 sessions and activities with an added “Educator Track” for teachers and administrators. In addition to Dallas ISD’s departments, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers, Texas Alliance for Minority Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, UT Southwestern, SMU, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Engineering for Kids, OnPoynt, Texas Discovery Gardens, Google for Educators, Mad Science, John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, Seaperch, VEX Robotics, Science in the Movies, and the US Navy will provide sessions and activities for STEM Day. Come join us on this fun-filled and engaging day of STEM related sessions and activities. I have included the following link for further information: http://www.dallasisd.org/stemday .

Thanks, Mrs. Crystal Alexander

M.Ed. STEM Manager Dallas ISD

972-925-8907Call: 972-925-8907

Crwoods@dallasisd.org

Welcome back, District 5 Schools!

Trustee Lew Blackburn will be hosting an Academic Pep Rally on Saturday, January 24, 2015, from 9am until 12pm, at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, located at 5520 Langdon Road, Dallas, Texas 75241.  Please encourage your students to participate.

Trustee Blackburn requests that you please publicize this event by:

• Distributing copies of the attached flyers to students, staff and parents
• Posting flyers throughout the school and publicizing on the school’s marquee
• Reminding students in grades Pre-K through 12 to bring their report cards to qualify for prize drawings which includes gift cards up to $100
• Encouraging parents and teachers to come out and celebrate our children’s success

Special Note:

• Students with Perfect Attendance will be eligible to win prizes
• Parents and Teachers will have chances to win prizes
• Students are asked to bring a book that they have read recently and students who give a summary of the book will be eligible for prize drawings

If you have any questions, please contact Shantell Grant at (972) 925-3719.

On behalf of Trustee Blackburn, thank you in advance for helping to make this event a success!

Regards,

Shantell Grant

Dallas ISD

Board Services

(972) 925-3719

sgrant@dallasisd.org

Dear Parents and Guardians,

with the rehearsal #8 schedule. The reasons for the cancellations are many and I hope for the better of all concerned.

Last Friday, November 14th, there was an important rehearsal to finish the scenes with the monkey characters. There were 7 of the 17 cast members missing from rehearsal. That was a record number!  Many of these students were on their third absence. Absences have been numerous throughout the rehearsal period for this particular cast. Unfortunately, I have been sent very few emails about illnesses or emergencies, so I do not know why students are missing. Friday, I had no choice but to finish the monkey scenes with who was present. Many changes were made to make up for lack of numbers, so the students who were present were able to get secure in the scene. If your student has missed 3 of the 5 monkey rehearsals, it is too many for them to catch up. Constant repetition and changes in previously rehearsed scenes really lowers the morale of the students who are there and keeps us from being able to finish the show in a timely manner. Please realize when a cast member is absent we have to do it all again upon their return. Rehearsal becomes about catching up not moving forward. We have rehearsed that particular scene over and over, always with missing students. It is now set and must remain that way for cast security.

This year the schedule has had to make allowances for illnesses, tutoring changes, missing cast members, and now testing conflicts. I realize changes in schedule are very difficult on everyone, including myself. I am sensing, from all of this, that everyone needs a rest. I feel it will be advantageous for the students and Parents to take a break and resume rehearsals after the Thanksgiving break. Your children will be called less through December because of testing, so please make sure that they are there when called. I will watch to keep rehearsals off of the tutoring days if I can. This is the first year this has been a conflict. I’m not sure what has changed. I will work with the 3rd grade teachers on this for next year. Tutoring is very important and I do not want any child to miss the opportunity.

We must remember, we are out for the last two weeks in December and when we return from Winter break, the show will be upon us. It seems a long time from now, but with all the breaks it really isn’t. If you or your child has decided to not continue in the show, please, let me know immediately.

I deeply appreciate your support of the theatre program at our school and to those of you who have volunteered, thank you, thank you. We will be having volunteer calls in December, so please look for announcements. Have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving. I look forward to pulling the show together with all of you and having a joyous opening night in January!

Sincerely,

Abigail Crabtree

acrabtree@harrystone.org

Lots and lots of donations have been received.  A great big thank you to those who have donated!

However the family still needs:

clothing for: male – 33×32 pants, 8 1/2 shoes, large shirts and jacket

female – size 8 pants, 6 1/2-7 shoes, large shirts and jacket

youth male – 28×30 pants, medium shirts and jacket

youth female – size 8 pants, 7 1/2 shoes, medium shirts and jacket

6th grade female – size 10 pants, size 4 shoes, 10-12 shirts and jacket

diapers (size 3) and clothing for 9 month old girl

Hats and gloves for all as the weather turns colder.  Some of the family’s clothing was unharmed by flames, but infused with smoke and is unusable.

Please contact Mrs. Liza Lopez at the school – 972-794-3400 (fax 972-794-3401) for further information.