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Pockets
of Pennies
Provide
Holiday
Joy
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North
Pointe Elementary fourth grade students Connor
Hallmark, Annabeth Yeary, George Lee, Annie Chen
and Eric Ho participate in the school’s Mile
of Pennies fundraiser. The school collected
44,858 pennies equaling $448.58 for the
Salvation Army.
The third grade students at North Pointe
Elementary recently challenged the rest of their
school to do something to help the hurricane
victims over the holidays. Mrs. Shawna Wood’s
students distributed decorated soda cans to all
the classes in
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the
school, challenging each class to fill four
cans. One 12 oz. soda can holds approximately
550 pennies.
Students
from kindergarten through fifth grade counted,
measured, and sorted pennies while doing
numerous math activities. In addition, the
students had a chance to practice North
Pointe’s “Student Success Traits” for
December: caring and compassion.
Friday,
December 16 the students brought the 44,858
pennies they had collected into the hallways to
be placed on an inside “track” of yarn. The
students had over a half mile’s worth of
pennies. The students raised $448.58 to be
donated to the Salvation Army.
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CBHS
Seniors Present Beauty and the Beast
The
Clear Brook High School Class of 2006 is
presenting Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
as this year’s senior
musical. Performances are planned for 7:30 p.m.,
Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 2 – 4 and Feb.
9 – 11. Two matinee performances are scheduled
at 2:30 p.m. for Saturday, Feb. 4 and Sunday,
Feb. 12. Tickets are $10. Call (281) 284-2136
for more information.
Based
on the classic animated movie, the show recounts
the story of the beautiful but eccentric Belle,
who is pursued by the muscular but dimwitted
hunter, Gaston. When Belle’s father is
captured by an enchanted prince who has been
turned into a horrible beast, Belle ransoms her
father by trading places with him. The
castle’s enchanted servants conspire to bring
Belle and the Beast together to break the spell
that is slowly turning them into household
objects.
In
addition to the familiar “Be
Our Guest” and “Beauty
and the Beast” from the movie,
added songs include Belle’s heart rending “Is
This Home?” and Beast’s “If
I Can’t Love Her.”
The
Clear Brook senior musical cast includes Lacey
Melinder making her Clear Brook debut as Belle
and Michael Waehner playing the Beast. Jake
Kilgore plays Gaston, with Philip McCombs as his
lackey, LaFou. D.J. Sherrill, Christina Dawkins,
Sam Crites, Blair Hamilton and Meagan Hays play
the loveable castle minions.
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Ward
Students Create
Stories from the Heart
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(L
to R)
Ward
Elementary School
students Fareen Momin, Grace Turley, Katy Hoefer,
Shakyriah Blair(in background) and Lauren
Johnson have been channeling all their creative
energy into writing and illustrating books for
special people in their lives. The creative
writing activity is designed to teach children
elements of writing such as exposition, dialogue
and grammar.
Elizabeth
Kasbaum channeled the simple pleasures of a day
with her father in the garden for her book, Tiger
Lizard Hunting. Kasbaum, along with
her second grade
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classmates
at Ward Elementary, is discovering that every
day life is full of wonderful stories worth
sharing.
The
writing project, created by teacher Cindy Kelly,
is designed to teach children the elements of
writing such as exposition, dialogue and
grammar. For the project, students were directed
to write about a special time with someone in
their life.
“Writing
gets easier if you keep practicing,” Kasbaum
said.
The
books depict simple activities filled with love.
According to Kelly, the students have embraced
the activity and have really put their hearts
into the project. The students’ books, Baseball
with My Dad, Camping, and Grandfather and Me, show
the gratitude the students have for the person
who takes an interest in spending time with
them. The books will be presents for the special
person featured in the story.
Grace
Turley is the author of Sisters,
a book she dedicated to her 14-year-old sister.
Turley said the writing project was a lot of
work, but she is willingly giving up her free
time to finish the book for her big sister.
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CCISD
Has 26 Scholastic Art Contest Winners
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
students recently participated in the Scholastic
Art Contest hosted at the Harris County
Department of Education. Of the Clear Creek ISD
students who participated, 15 students received
Gold Key awards and 11 students received Silver
Key awards. Gold Key winners are now eligible to
be judged for the National Scholastic Awards.
Students
who received honors are as follows:
Clear
Brook
High School
Amber
Blasingame, Gold Key (Portfolio)
Kristina
Gray, Gold Key (Portfolio)
Tess
Stillwell, Gold Key
Timothy
Varisco, Gold Key
Clear
Creek
High School
Jessica
Bedard, Silver Key (2)
Katie
Cammack, Silver Key (2)
Sarah
Carter, Gold Key
Abagail
Crockett, Silver Key (2)
Lauren
Henricksen, Gold Key
Daniel
Johnson, Gold Key
Jarred
Johnson Gold Key
Clear
Lake
High School
Anna
Carico, Gold Key (2) (Portfolio)
Blake
Griffith, Silver Key
Katherine
Kin, Gold Key
Tiffany
Lofland, Gold Key
Catherine
Midkiff, Silver Key
Plamena
Pehlivanova, Gold Key (Portfolio)
Jennifer
Wetherbee, Gold Key
Space
Center
Intermediate
School
Renata
Nowobilski, Gold Key
Victory
Lakes
Intermediate
School
Mary
Stulb, Silver Key
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Westbrook
Intermediate
Students Raise Funds for
ADA
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Westbrook
Intermediate
School
students recently raised more than $3,000
dollars for the American Diabetes
Association.
Pictured
are Westbrook Intermediate students Jazmine
Gelpi, Reed Silver, Taylor Clark and Hana Forren;
along with coaches Brenda Clayton, Colleen Neal
and Janelle Westhelle, and Westbrook
Intermediate Principal Marlene Skiba.
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CCISD
Intermediate Students
Compete in BEST Robotics
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Creekside
Intermediate
School
students Jesse Hopson, Cody Stewart and Chris
Piper at the Space City BEST (Boosting
Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics
competition held Saturday Nov. 12 at
West
Briar
Middle School
.
Creekside
Intermediate advanced to the semi-finals placing
higher than any rookie intermediate school team
has in the history of Space City BEST and earned
the All-Star Rookie trophy. Seabrook,
Space
Center
and
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Westbrook
Intermediate
Schools
also competed.
The
team from Seabrook Intermediate won overall BEST
robot, while the Westbrook Intermediate team's robot
advanced to the finals.
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CCISD
Elementary
Robotics
Programs
Lead
LEGO
Ocean
Odyssey
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Terry
Brandhorst, Clear Creek ISD Lead Technology
Integration Specialist, is honored by receiving
the Mentor Award during FIRST LEGO League Lone
Star Robotics Tournament. Pictured with him is
Lucien Junkin, co-director of the tournament.
The
Clear Creek Independent School District recently
had 18 elementary schools participate in the
FIRST LEGO League Lone Star Robotics Tournament.
As always, the students and their sponsors did
an outstanding job representing Clear Creek ISD.
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This
year’s challenge was “Ocean Odyssey.”
Students were required to design, build and
program a robot to accomplish various missions,
as well as choose an ocean activity or resource
and trace its impact on the ocean’s health,
biodiversity and productivity. Also,
students had to create an innovative solution to
improve the use of this resource, while
minimizing the negative impact on the oceans.
Armand
Bayou, Bay, Brookwood,
Clear
Lake
City
,
Falcon
Pass
, Greene, Hall, Ward, Wedgewood and
White
Elementary Schools
advanced to the play-off round. Below are
the results from the competition:
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Armand
Bayou Elementary progressed to the division
finals and finished in second place in their
division. Armand Bayou is one of the
top eight teams that competed in the
competition.
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Bay
Elementary and Ward Elementary teams were
recognized as Research Finalists. Both Bay
Elementary and Ward Elementary were two of
the four teams that were recognized for the
quality of their research, innovative
solutions and creative presentations that
showed an in-depth understanding of the
various scientific disciplines involved in
this year’s challenge.
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Wedgewood
Elementary won the Robot Design Award.
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White
Elementary was a Robot Design Finalist.
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Clear
Lake
City
Elementary won the Sportsmanship/Teamwork
Award.
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North
Pointe Elementary won the Spirit Award.
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Hall
Elementary received the Judge’s Award.
In addition to the students’ achievements,
after many years of hard work and dedication to
robotics education in Clear Creek ISD, Terry
Brandhorst, lead technology integration
specialist, was recognized at the competition.
He was presented the tournament’s Mentor
Award. This award goes to the coach or
mentor whose wisdom, guidance, patience and
devotion were most clearly evident in his
team’s discussion with the judges.
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Goforth
Students Honored by American Legion
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Goforth
Elementary School Principal Cheryl Stephens, and
League City American Legion Post #554
representative Jack Phillips, recognized former
fifth graders Jessica Garcia and Thomas Severson
(right) as the winners of Legion's Student Award
and Michelle Lawrence and Zacry Spears (left) as
the runners up.
Students
receive the award for possession of the high
qualities of courage, honor, leadership,
patriotism, scholarship and service, which
according to the American
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Legion
are necessary to the preservation and protection
of the fundamental institutions of our
government and the advancement of society.
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League
City
Intermediate
Students Walk with Buddies
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Teacher
Tracey Miller, and
League City
Intermediate
School
eighth grade students Taryn Jarman, Denali
Cottle, Halle Hardman, Morgan Stewart and
Jessica Glass recently participated in the Down
Syndrome Association of Houston's 5th Annual
Buddy Walk.
League
City
Intermediate
School
’s Advanced Theatre Arts class participated in
the Down Syndrome Association of Houston's 5th
Annual Buddy Walk. The name of their team
is "Birthday Boys' Buddies."
The
Buddies team won first place in two domains:
having the most walkers and
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raising
the most money. More than 60 students and
community members participate on the team that
raised more than $4,000.
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Space
Center
Intermediate
Makes Honor Roll
Space
Center
Intermediate
School
in
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
is being recognized by the Texas Business and
Education Coalition (TBEC) and Just for the Kids
(JFTK) Dec. 6.
Space
Center
Intermediate
School
is being recognized in the 2005 TBEC/JFTK Honor
Roll middle/junior high schools division.
Space
Center
Intermediate is one of 130
Texas
schools being honored at the dinner and
reception.
The
combined purpose of the TBEC and JFTK
organizations is improve the performance of the
public school system by raising academic
standards and increasing student academic
achievement in
Texas
.
Crites Named Kiwanis
Sports Hero
Clear
Brook High School Senior Sam Crites has been
named as the 2005 George H. W. Bush Kiwanis
Sports Hero. Crites, who was nominated for the
award by his football coach Brian Garrison, was
selected from among three finalists in the
Houston
area.
Crites
has received a $5,000 scholarship from the
Kiwanis organization. As part of the selection
process his parents, teachers and administrators
were interviewed about the impact he has had on
school mates, team members and the community at
large.
Clear
Lake
City
Elementary
Dedicates Mural
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On
hand to dedicate the new mural at Clear Lake
City Elementary are Pat Rawlings, Clear Lake
High School Principal Linda Rawlings, mural
artist Kevin Rawlings, Clear Lake City
Elementary School Principal Karen Engle, Former
Clear Lake City Elementary School Principal
Kenneth Royal, Clear Creek ISD Fine Arts
Coordinator Deborah Kidwell and Clear Lake
Intermediate School Principal Dean Muths.
To
commemorate the 40th anniversary of
the opening of Clear Lake City Elementary School
Principal Karen Engle commissioned a space mural
to greet all students, volunteers and visitors
to the school and to remind
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them
of the school’s foundation as the first
elementary school built during the development
NASA and Clear Lake City.
The
mural was designed and painted by Kevin
Rawlings, a local artist and
Clear
Lake
High School
graduate. He is the son of acclaimed space
artist Pat Rawlings and Clear Lake High School
Principal Linda Rawlings. The painting features
the artist’s concept of a
Clear
Lake
City
Elementary School
located on the moon complete with a futuristic
school bus and a replica of the school’s
playground.
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Troutt
Becomes
Turkey
for Charity
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Leadership
classes at
Gilmore
Elementary School
sponsored the “Turn your Teacher into a
Turkey
” food drive. The event benefited Inter-Faith
Caring Ministries. Families of Gilmore
Elementary collected more than 5,000 food
items.
Pictured
are Teacher Turkey Tricia Troutt, and leadership
students Matthew Durbin, Hannah Jones, Brendan
Claraday, Lee Patak, Seth Milligan and Samantha
Wyers.
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Russian
Ballerina Performs as BEST Sugar
Plum
Fairy
Guest
Artist, Irina Vakhromeeva, will perform the role
of Sugar Plum Fairy for the Ballet Ensemble of
South Texas in their 2nd annual
production of The Nutcracker, according
to Interim Artistic Director, Kathleen Waltz.
A
graduate of theVaganova Ballet Academy in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Ms. Vakhromeeva
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is
a former Principal
Dancer with the Moscow Ballet Company and
International Ballet in
Moscow
. She is a former Soloist and Principal
dancer with the Russian Ballet Theatre in
Moscow
and a former Soloist with the Academic Ballet
Theatre in
Saratov
,
Russia
and the Russian Festival Ballet in
Moscow
. Her repertoire includes solo and
principal roles in
Swan
Lake
, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella,
The Nutcracker, Paquita, Don Quixote, The Blue
Bird, and Le Corsaire.
Ms.
Vakhromeeva was the children’s Ballet Mistress
for the Moscow Ballet Company in the
United States
from 1993 to 2003. She has toured
internationally through the
United States
,
Canada
,
Taiwan
,
China
,
Estonia
,
Lithuania
, Hong Kong, and
Bulgaria
. Currently an instructor and
choreographer for Galveston Ballet, Ms.
Vakhromeeva founded Cosmopolitan Ballet Theatre
which conducts International Ballet Workshops
and Competitions each summer providing a means
for students all levels to work with master
teachers in ballet and other dance genres.
“We
are delighted to have such a beautiful and
talented dancer as Irina, who will not only be
performing with BEST, but also assisting with
our rehearsals for The Nutcracker,”
Waltz stated.
Performance
times for The Nutcracker are Saturday,
December 17 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday,
December 18 at 2:00 p.m. All performances will
be held at CCISD’s Clear View High School
Theater, formerly Webster Intermediate, located
at
400 South Walnut Street
in Webster. Tickets are $12 for adults and
$8 for children. To purchase tickets
online go to the company’s website at www.bestballet.org
or phone 281-332-6442. Tickets will
be available at the door one hour prior to each
performance.
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Dr.
Fred Hayes, Texas High School
Principal of the Year
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Relationships, communication and success for all are trademarks of
Dr. Fred Hayes, Texas High School Principal of
the Year
At Clear Creek High School there are three
standards that are posted in every room:
Teaching and Learning for All
High
Expectations for All
Respect
for All
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Meeting
the needs of all students in every way is the
philosophy of Clear Creek High School Principal
Dr. Fred Hayes, the Texas High School Principal
of the Year.
The
award, given by the Texas Association of
Secondary School Principals, recognizes the
exemplary performance among campus level
administrators in
Texas
. Hayes is the first principal at
Clear
Creek
High School
to have earned this honor.
“Receiving
this award is a tremendous honor for Fred and
his family, as well as his Clear Creek ISD
family,” said Alex Torrez, Clear Creek ISD
assistant superintendent of secondary education.
“Those who work closely with Fred already
recognized his leadership and dedication to
educating students of Clear Creek ISD. Having
his peers recognize the same characteristics and
present him with the Principal of the Year Award
is a special honor.”
This
is the beginning of Hayes’ third year at
Clear
Creek
High School
. He has served as principal for two other
Texas
high schools before moving to Clear Creek. Hayes
attended
Baylor
University
where he earned his Ed.D. in Educational
Administration and he earned his master’s
degree and bachelor’s degree from the
University
of
Texas
at
Tyler
.
“I
went into education because I wanted to have a
positive influence on the lives of students,
just like one of my teachers had on me,” Hayes
said. “He showed me what a life of integrity
and compassion can mean for a young person and
that is what I hope to leave as my legacy.”
To
achieve his goal of creating a positive,
encouraging environment for his students, Hayes
said he keeps the students’ concerns as the
focal point of every decision he makes, by
ensuring the culture of the school is respectful
and making sure that every person on the campus
knows they are valued.
“Dr.
Hayes is a great guy,” said Lauren Pourghan,
Clear
Creek
High School
senior. “Whenever a student needs something,
he is there to take care of his or her needs. He
understands that some kids need more help than
others and he will take the time for them. I see
him talking to people on campus all of the time
and I know that he is here for us.”
Hayes
has had his hands full this year. His campus has
had half the buildings demolished, the beginning
of the campus rebuild,
and a skyrocketing student population. The
ability to stay in touch with the nearly 4,000
students, 273 staff members and the students
parents is a trait that makes Hayes an extra
special principal.
“He
wants everyone to feel like a part of the Clear
Creek family,” said PTSA President Cathy
Donahoe. ”Dr. Hayes often asks, ‘How are
things going?’ and you know when he asks that
he is not expecting a polite response of
‘Fine.’ He would rather have the detailed
version, including any concerns or positive
inputs you might have to offer.”
In
her letter of recommendation to the Texas
Association of Secondary School Principals,
Clear
Creek
High School
journalism teacher Wynette Jameson said, “Dr.
Hayes is a shining example of how important it
is to listen to others and that it is essential
in creating a team that works effectively and
efficiently.”
For
more information about Clear Creek ISD visit the
district website at www.CCISD.net
or call the Office of Public Information at
(281) 284-0020.
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CCISD
High School
Students
Earn National Honors
League
City
,
TEXAS
—Clear Creek ISD has 26 high school students
who have qualified as National Merit Scholarship
Semifinalists and 64 high school students who
received commended status based upon their
academic achievements.
The
National Merit® Scholarship Program is an
academic competition for recognition and
scholarships that began in 1955. High school
students enter the National Merit Program by
taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). This
test serves as an initial screen of
approximately 1.3 million entrants each year.
Students must also meet published program
entry/participation requirements.
The
students who are semifinalists are in the top
one half of one percent of
American
High School
seniors. These scholastically talented high
school seniors have an opportunity to continue
in the competition for some 8,200 Merit
Scholarship® awards, worth $33 million, that
will be offered next spring.
To
be considered for a Merit Scholarship award,
Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements
and advance to the Finalist level of the
competition. About 90 percent of the
Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist
standing, and approximately half of the
Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship
winners, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
2006
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Alexander
Altman, Clear
Brook
High School
Roy Arguelles,
Clear Brook High School
Mary
Barnes,
Clear
Brook
High School
Angela Barratt,
Clear
Creek
High School
Alex
Barry,
Clear
Lake
High School
Emily
Chen,
Clear
Lake
High School
Alina
Daszkowski,
Clear
Lake
High School
Neha
Deshpande,
Clear
Lake
High School
Kevin
Grier,
Clear
Creek
High School
Juliette
Jeanfreau,
Clear
Lake
High School
Kirsten
Jones,
Clear
Lake
High School
Alex
Karjeker,
Clear
Lake
High School
Tristan
Kreutzberg,
Clear
Lake
High School
Stephen
Li Clear, Brook High School
Vikas
Lonakadi,
Clear
Lake
High School
Rui
Mao,
Clear
Lake
High School
Lisa
Neigut,
Clear
Lake
High School
Sima
Patel,
Clear
Brook
High School
Timothy
Phillips,
Clear
Lake
High School
Ravi
Pinjala,
Clear
Lake
High School
Roxanne
Radi,
Clear
Creek
High School
Vani
Rajendran,
Clear
Creek
High School
Scott
Shearouse,
Clear
Lake
High School
Thika
Tran,
Clear
Lake
High School
Stephen
Yu,
Clear
Lake
High School
Luisa
Zhou,
Clear
Brook
High School
2006
National Merit Scholarship Commended Students
More
than two-thirds or about 34,000 of the
approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT®
receive Letters of Commendation in recognition
of their outstanding academic promise. Commended
Students are named on the basis of a nationally
applied Selection Index score that may vary from
year to year and is below the level required for
participants to be named Semifinalists in their
respective states. Although Commended Students
do not continue in the competition for Merit
Scholarship® awards, some of these students do
become candidates for Special Scholarships
sponsored by corporations and businesses.
Vinay
Acharya,
Clear
Lake
High School
Micah
Adams,
Clear
Creek
High School
Irissa
Allen,
Clear
Brook
High School
Madelyn
Bagby,
Clear
Lake
High School
Corinna
Bahr,
Clear
Lake
High School
Jason
Beeler,
Clear
Lake
High School
Julie
Berna,
Clear
Brook
High School
Lisa Bradbury,
Clear
Lake
High School
Whitney
Cansler,
Clear
Lake
High School
Amy
Cheben,
Clear
Lake
High School
Alex
Christian,
Clear
Creek
High School
David
Cooper,
Clear
Lake
High School
Gene
Dan,
Clear
Lake
High School
Casey
Ellis,
Clear
Creek
High School
Brandon
Fried,
Clear
Creek
High School
Carissa Fritz,
Clear
Lake
High School
Jing
Ge,
Clear
Lake
High School
Shelby
Gross, Clear
Lake
High School
Christopher
Hancock,
Clear
Lake
High School
Ross
Harkness, Clear
Lake
High School
Amanda
Henson,
Clear
Lake
High School
Aaron
Janecke,
Clear
Lake
High School
Lauren
Jeang,
Clear
Lake
High School
Vignesh,
Kannan,
Clear
Lake
High School
Avni
Kapadia,
Clear
Lake
High School
Rashish
Khatri,
Clear
Brook
High School
Daniel
Kingery,
Clear
Creek
High School
Matthew
Koller,
Clear
Lake
High School
Ilyse
Kornblau,
Clear
Lake
High School
Aswathi
Kumar,
Clear
Lake
High School
Steven
Lee,
Clear
Brook
High School
Luke
Legeaux,
Clear
Lake
High School
Bruno
Lesage,
Clear
Lake
High School
Daniel
Lin,
Clear
Lake
High School
Crystal
Liu,
Clear
Lake
High School
Anna
Lopez,
Clear
Creek
High School
Nicholas
Mellin,
Clear
Lake
High School
Hunter
Moliver,
Clear
Lake
High School
Adam
Morgan,
Clear
Lake
High School
Sarita
Panchang,
Clear
Lake
High School
Dennis
Polyakov,
Clear
Creek
High School
Rachel
Quinlan,
Clear
Lake
High School
Adrian
Rami, Clear Brook High School
Serena
Reiser,
Clear
Lake
High School
Brendan
Scott,
Clear
Brook
High School
Katherine
Scully,
Clear
Brook
High School
Quing
Sheng,
Clear
Brook
High School
Amar
Singh,
Clear
Lake
High School
Emilia
Stepinski,
Clear
Brook
High School
Craig
Thompson,
Clear
Lake
High School
Amanda
Thomson,
Clear
Lake
High School
Cristina
Tortarolo,
Clear
Lake
High School
Michael
Treimanm,
Clear
Lake
High School
Joanna
Tsenn,
Clear
Lake
High School
Megan
Turley,
Clear
Lake
High School
Ryan
Turley,
Clear
Brook
High School
Michael
Urbanowich,
Clear
Brook
High School
Michael
Waehner,
Clear
Brook
High School
Philip
Walk,
Clear
Creek
High School
Frank
Wang,
Clear
Lake
High School
James
Wang,
Clear
Lake
High School
Jennifer
Wetherbee,
Clear
Lake
High School
Austin
Yancy,
Clear
Creek
High School
Linda
Yang,
Clear
Lake
High School
CCISD
Increases Bond
Communication Efforts
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League City
,
TX
—The Clear Creek Independent School District
has modified the bond signs in front of all the
campuses in the district in order to better
inform the community of the progress being made
on Bond 2004 projects. All Clear Creek ISD
campuses are benefiting from Bond 2004. All
campuses are receiving the latest technology
updates and many campuses are receiving much
needed facility improvements.
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Below is a listing of the up-to-date percentages
of completion at all Clear Creek ISD schools.
Signs will be updated as work is completed. For
more information on Bond 2004 completion, visit
the bond section on the district web site www.CCISD.net.
Armand
Bayou Elementary: 26% complete
Bauerschlaug
Elementary: 13% complete
Bay
Elementary: 15 % complete
Brookside
Intermediate: 31% complete
Brookwood
Elementary: 52% complete
Clear
Brook
High School
: 31% complete
Clear
Creek
High School
: 13% complete
Clear
Lake
City
Elementary: 51% complete
Clear
Lake
High School
: 30% complete
Clear
Lake
Intermediate
: 37% complete
Clear
View
Education
Center
: complete
Creekside
Intermediate: 41% complete
Elementary
# 23: 5% complete
Falcon
Pass
Elementary: 13% complete
Ferguson
Elementary: 61% complete
Gilmore
Elementary: 92% complete
Goforth
Elementary: 13% complete
Greene
Elementary: 51% complete
Hall
Elementary: 57% complete
High
School # 4: 6% complete
Hyde
Elementary: 29% complete
Landolt
Elementary: 65% complete
League City
Elementary: 81% complete
League City
Intermediate: 50% complete
McWhirter
Elementary: 53% complete
North
Pointe Elementary: 28% complete
Ross
Elementary: 51% complete
Seabrook
Intermediate: 43% complete
Space
Center
Intermediate: 31 % complete
Stewart
Elementary: 72 % complete
Victory
Lakes
Intermediate: 25% complete
Ward
Elementary: 81% complete
Weber
Elementary: 13% complete
Wedgewood
Elementary: 82% complete
Whitcomb
Elementary: 49% complete
White
Elementary: 44% complete
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CCISD
Board
Presents
Long
Range
Plan to
Council
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League City
,
TEXAS
—The Clear Creek Independent School District
Board of Trustees presented the League City City
Council the district’s Long Range Facilities
Plan during the Oct. 3 joint workshop. The
five inch thick notebook contained the
district’s demographic study, capital
improvement needs for each campus, as well as
highlighting the need for future schools and
facilities until 2020.
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During the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school year,
a 50-member citizen committee worked
collaboratively with the district to create the
Long Range Master Facilities Plan. Because of
this extensive collaborative effort, CCISD is
one of the first school districts in
Texas
to have developed a comprehensive plan.
District officials have been invited to speak at
local, state and national conferences to share
how other districts can develop a plan that is
effective and efficient.
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CCISD
Teacher Stamps Passport
with Life Experience in
Romania
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League
City
, TEXAS─Clear Lake High School economics
and macroeconomics teacher Traci LaFoy
recently participated in the Training of Writers
Program in
Bucharest
,
Romania
. The program is sponsored by the National
Council of Economic Education in conjunction
with the United States Department of
State.
LaFoy worked with 24 educators from around the
world. Countries represented include,
Armenia
,
Belarus
,
Estonia
,
Indonesia
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
Serbia
,
Ukraine
,
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and
United States
. In combined groups of United States
participants and non-United States participants,
educators created lesson plans based on economic
concepts for grades K-12, focusing on various
disciplines from Literature to History.
"It
may sound crazy to travel half way around the
globe to write lesson plans, but learning how to
develop economic lesson plans for elementary
through high school that are easily translated
and understood in many different languages was
quite a challenge," said LaFoy. "Working
with my colleagues from all over the world was a
once in a lifetime experience and I am blessed
to have had the opportunity."
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CCISD
Hosts Practical
Parenting Workshop
Clear Creek Independent School District invites
parents to "Goal Setting Basics for
Parents." The workshop is from 7 - 8:30
p.m., Sept. 26 at the Education Support Center,
Large Staff Development Room, located at 2425
East Main, League City.
Nancy Kling, LSSP, program teaches parents the
necessity of setting goals with their children,
how to set realistic parenting goals and how to
gradually increase their children's skills so
they reach adulthood ready to become
responsible, productive members of society.
Space is limited. For reservations call (281)
284-0078.
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Elementary
Teacher Returns from
Research Expedition in Czech
Republic
CCISD
Teacher Studies Bohemian Acid Rain and
Commercial Forestry during Summer Vacation
League City
,
TEXAS
—Liz Pauli, fourth grade teacher at
Hall
Elementary School
, joined a research team to study the effects of
acid rain and commercial forestry on the
mountain waters of
Bohemia
,
Czech
Republic
. Lyondell Chemical Company sponsored the
teacher’s two-week study through the
Earthwatch Institute Education Program.
Pauli
and seven other Earthwatch volunteers received
on-site training from Dr. Josef Krecek of
Czech
Technical
University
and Zuzana Horicka of
Charles
University
,
Prague
. The project’s objective is to identify
strategies to rehabilitate headwaters damaged by
acid rain and commercial forestation. Volunteers
assisted the researchers by taking water, soil
and vegetation samples in the
Jizera
Mountains
.
“A
trip to the top of the mountain’s ‘tree
cemetery’ was a somber moment as dried trees
reached out of the mountain with skeleton-like
branches,” Pauli said. “However, small
seedlings were found on the mountain top.”
Pauli
will incorporate some of the water sampling
methods in her science class by having the
students measure and compare rain gauge samples
around the schoolyard.
“I
would like to thank Lyondell Chemical Company
and Earthwatch for making my trip possible,”
Pauli said. “I encourage other teachers to
apply for future fellowships by contacting
Lyondell and Earthwatch.”
Earthwatch
Institute is a world leader in the field of
experimental education by providing
opportunities in the field and on-line for
volunteers to broaden their understanding of
conservation research. There is no experience
necessary to be involved and there are hundreds
of teams worldwide that need support. Visit www.earthwatch.org
or call (800) 776-0188 for information.
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CCISD
Receives Colors
from
Missouri
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Robert
John “RJ” Sullivan feeds an OREO cookie to
Colors the bull with the help of James “JT”
Thompson. Colors is a recent addition to the
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
’s Longhorn Project located at NASA/Johnson
Space Center. The bull has been donated to the
education program by Johnny and Vicki Bondon of
Missouri
.
During
his stay at NASA, thousands of Clear Creek ISD
students will have the opportunity to study
genetics lessons about Colors and his progeny.
The color and markings of the bull make Colors a
unique Longhorn bull.
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CCEF
Receives Gift
from Clear Lake Lexus
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Clear
Lake
Lexus General Manager Jerry Bush presents a
check to Jim O’Malley, chairman of the Clear
Creek Education Foundation.
Also
pictured are Monica Jackson of Five Star
Entertainment and Bob Elford, Vice President of
Private Banking for Amegy Bank of
Texas
. The mission of the Clear
Creek Education Foundation is to
recognize and encourage excellence in education
by generating and distributing resources, as
well as providing a communication link to the
community.
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CCEF
Gala Underwriter
Presents Donation
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Sandy
Johnson,
president of Barrios Technology, recently
presented Clear Creek Education Foundation
Chairman Jim O’Malley with a check for $5,000.
Barrios Technology is the primary underwriter of
the Foundation’s annual gala.
Proceeds
from the gala help fund innovative teachers’
grants and academic programs for Clear Creek ISD.
Also
pictured are Bob Elford, Vice President
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of
Private Banking for Amegy Bank of
Texas
, and Monica Jackson of Five Star Entertainment.
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Quandt
has “The Right Stuff”
at Boeing’s Space Camp for Educators
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Sandy
Quandt, fourth grade teacher at Ed White
Elementary, suits up at Boeing’s Space Camp
for Educators in
Huntsville
,
Ala.
League
City
,
TEXAS
—Sandy
Quandt, fourth grade teacher at Ed White
Elementary, recently had an out of this world
experience at Boeing’s Space Camp for
Educators in
Huntsville
,
Ala.
She was one of 16 teachers from around the world
to have this once in
a lifetime opportunity.
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CCISD
Photos First Day
at Gilmore Elementary
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Brooklyn
Jones, first grade student at
Gilmore Elementary, hugs her father
good-bye as the school day begins.
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Gilmore
Elementary Kindergartner Adelina Whitehead
gathers her courage as she enters the classroom
on the first day of school.
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Suzanne
Jones, principal of Gilmore Elementary, greets
her new students on the first day of school.
This is a first day not only for the students
but for the school as well.
The
school was built during the summer with funds
from Bond 2004.
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Students
and their parents eagerly await the opening of
Gilmore Elementary on the first day of school.
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Photos
First day at
Westbrook Intermediate
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Principal
Marlene Skiba directs sixth grade student Fred
Conyers to his first class at Westbrook
Intermediate.
Students
are learning their way around the new school
that was built during the last year with funds
from Bond 2004.
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Westbrook
Intermediate teacher Nancy Stewart explains the
intricacies of managing the combination lock to
her students Quy Lam, front, and Tyler Howard
and Veronica Newell.
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Sarah
Belisle, teacher at Westbrook Intermediate,
jokingly assures her students that mastering the
lockers will be the most complicated task they
will learn in school.
Brandon
Johnson is the first of her students to attempt
the daunting task.
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Sixth
grade student Alicia Bongoil searches the class
listings on her first day at Westbrook
Intermediate.
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League
City
Intermediate Honor
Society Helps Fight Cystic Fibrosis
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The
National Junior Honor Society at League City
Intermediate raised $525 for the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation.
The students recently held a carwash at
the Wendy's in Kemah and washed cars more than
six hours to raise the funds.
The
foundation is near to the hearts of League City
Intermediate's students, as several faculty
members have loved ones afflicted with the lung
disease Cystic Fibrosis.
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CCISD
Breaks Ground
for Two Campuses
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Student
council members from
Creekside
Intermediate
School
dig in and help break ground on the next high
school being built in
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
.
The
High School #4 is on
Palomino Lane
in
League City
and will open in August 2007. The land was
purchased through funds provided by Bonds 2000
and the campus is being built through Bond 2004.
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Children
in the
Taylor
Lake
and
Nassau
Bay
communities were invited to participate in the
ground breaking of
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
’s newest elementary school on
Kirby Drive
, currently known as Elementary #23.
The
children will attend the school when it opens in
August 2006. The campus is being built through
funds provided by Bond 2004.
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Creekside
Students Send
Gift of Fun to Soldiers
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League City
,
TEXAS
— Students
in Teen Leadership at Creekside Intermediate
created a program called MED Ops, short for
Military Entertainment Drive
. The goal of MED Ops was to collect used and
new DVD's, CD's, X-Box, and Play Station 2 games
for
U.S.
soldiers stationed at
Camp
Arjifan
, located in
Kuwait
.
The
Teen Leadership participants collected 704 discs
to send to the soldiers in
Kuwait
,
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filling
16 boxes. The
students received a letter of gratitude from the
Officer in Charge of the Nurse-Corps at
Camp
Patriot
along with a camo banner with the mission logo
and the school's name embroidered on it.
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Area
Teen Earns Scholarship
Opportunity from TheFirst Tee
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League City
,
TEXAS
—The First Tee® has designated Michelle
Williams a scholar of The First Tee—Class of
2005. She now has the opportunity to apply for a
leadership scholarship to attend a participating
college or university through her involvement
with The First Tee of Houston at
F. M.
Law
Park
. Williams,
18, recently graduated from
Clear
Brook
High School
in Friendswood.
As
an additional honor, Williams was invited to
speak before members of the United States
Congress during a forum held May 18.
During her
address Williams said, “The First
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Tee
has reinforced the things my parents have tried
to teach me by stressing the Nine Core Values,
which are honesty, integrity, sportsmanship,
respect, confidence, responsibility,
perseverance, courtesy and judgment.”
Williams
embodies the leadership skills and
characteristics that define The First Tee
Scholars. During her two years as a participant
in her local Chapter, she has participated in
clinics and tournaments and has been certified
at the birdie level. William’s other academic
honors include National Honors Society member.
She plans on becoming a nurse once she completes
her college education.
“Michelle
understands the importance of balancing her
school work and golf game and her
accomplishments are a testament to her work
ethic,” said Tai Moran, executive director of
The First Tee of Houston at
F. M.
Law
Park
. “By receiving this honor she now serves as a
role model to other participants in the program.
I am convinced that Michelle will be very
successful in life and we are honored to be a
part of her development.”
The
First Tee Scholars Program, which was developed
in 2000, recognizes participants for exceptional
achievement in academics, leadership, character
development, and Chapter and community
involvement. More than 25 colleges and
universities throughout the
United States
have partnered with The First Tee to offer
merit-based scholarships that help defray the
cost of attending a college or university.
The
First Tee is an initiative of the World Golf
Foundation. Since its inception in 1997, The
First Tee has opened 198 golf-learning
facilities and introduced the game of golf to
more than 450,000 participants. The focus
is to give young people of all backgrounds an
opportunity to develop, through golf and
character education, life-enhancing values such
as honesty, integrity and sportsmanship. To
learn more, visit www.thefirsttee.org.
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Ferguson
Students
Work to D’Feet ALS
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League City
,
TEXAS
—Students at Ferguson Elementary recently
raised more than $6,100 for the ALS Association
of Greater Houston.
The
ALS Association is dedicated to finding a cure
for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as
Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The disease is a
progressive disorder that develops when motor
nerve cells in the nervous system cease
functioning and the
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brain’s
ability to initiate and control muscle movement
is gradually lost.
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Hayes
Named Region IV
Principal of the Year
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League City
,
TEXAS
—Dr. Fred Hayes, principal of
Clear
Creek
High School
, has been named Region IV Principal of the
Year. He is the first Clear Creek High principal
to win this award. Hayes is now in the running
for Principal of the Year for the state of
Texas
. This is the end of Hayes’ second year at
CCHS, which is one of the largest high schools
in the state of
Texas
.
Hayes
attended
Baylor
University
where he earned his Ed.D. in Educational
Administration and
earned both his master’s
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degree
and bachelor’s degree from the
University
of
Texas
at
Tyler
. He served as principal for two other
Texas
high schools before moving to CCHS.
“When
I came to Creek, it was already a great
school,” Hayes said. “Now we just have some
added improvements that make it even better.
There is still a lot to work on and to do, but
we are definitely on the right track for
something good.”
During
the next two years, Hayes will be leading his
campus through two extreme changes including the
rebuild of the educational wings of the campus
and a transition to Smaller Learning
Communities.
“Knowing
what we are doing here at school is important to
the country's foundation. I could have chosen to
be a doctor, a lawyer or anything else I wanted
to be,” Hayes said. “I chose this because
this is where the difference is made.”
For
more information about
Clear
Creek
High School
, visit www.CCISD.net.
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Bay
Teacher Researches Orca
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Therese
Janacek, first grade teacher at
James Bay
Elementary School
in
Seabrook
,
Texas
, has received an Earthwatch Education Award.
League City
,
TEXAS
—Therese Janacek, first grade teacher at
James Bay
Elementary School
in
Seabrook
,
Texas
, has received an Earthwatch Education Award.
This summer Janacek will be joining one of the
Earthwatch teams as a research assistant for a
10-day study of Orca whales in
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North
America
.
The
project’s long-term goal is to document all
individual killer whales in
Washington
State
and
Southern British Columbia
areas to determine the population’s status and
obtain demographic information. Many of the prey
species of these whales have recently been
listed as endangered in both the
United States
and
Canada
. Lyondell and Earthwatch Institute have
sponsored Janacek’s fellowship to attend the
Earthwatch program in the
San Juan Islands
.
Janacek
plans to come back and share with her classroom
and her community the research and the
information she will gain on this unique
experience of working with a team of scientists
observing the Orca whales.
The
conservation program at Earthwatch sponsors
multi-disciplinary research projects in some of
the world’s critical regions of biodiversity,
establishing strategic international
partnerships. For further information you may
contact Earthwatch by calling (800) 776-0188 or
visit www.earthwatch.org.
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Creek
Students Change
Tragedy to Charity
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Supervised by journalism teacher Wynette
Jameson, CCHS alumni June Liu loads her car with
the shoes Rawya Jabari, CCHS junior, received
from the Family Service Center of Galveston. The
shoes which previously had been a display to
educate the community about the prevalence of
child abuse are being sent to poverty stricken
children in
Kenya
.
League City
,
TEXAS
—Journalism students at
Clear
Creek
High School
, along with former classmate June Liu, CCHS
class of 2004, recently collected nearly 1,000
pairs of shoes to send to
Kenya
with the help of
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the
Family Service Center of Galveston. The shoes
previously had been a display in
Galveston
, Chamber and
Liberty
Counties
to educate the community about the prevalence of
child abuse in their community.
“It
is amazing to think that so many shoes were
collected,” said Rawya Jabari, CCHS junior.
“Such a sad cause can now be used to help
people.”
National
Child Abuse Awareness Month was in April and to
draw attention to the sad reality of child abuse
in
Chambers
County
,
Family
Service
Center
displayed a total of 927 pairs of worn
children’s shoes from trees surrounding the
courthouses in
Galveston
,
Liberty
, and
Anahuac
. These
displays with informational placards similarly
hung, conveyed a sense of the scope of this
problem.
During
2004 alone, there were 680 confirmed cases of
child abuse or neglect in
Galveston
County
, 208 cases in
Liberty
County
, and 39 in
Chambers
County
.
This
might have been the end of the story if it were
not for the sensitivity of Jabari and her
classmates from
Clear
Creek
High School
, who saw the shoes as an opportunity to convert
pain into a benefit for poor children in
Africa
.
After
seeing an article about the display in the Galveston
County Daily News, Jabari called the
Family
Service
Center
and inquired what the organization’s plans
were for the shoes.
“I
can’t believe that all I had to do was make a
phone call and then 927 people who need shoes
get shoes,” Jabari said. “I love the fact
that I was able to help, it was easy and so many
people will benefit.”
The
extent of child abuse in Texas and in the United
States is shocking, but with the efforts of
these outstanding Clear Creek High School
students, something of lasting value can come
from the distribution of these shoes, said Dr.
William Buffum, executive director of the Family
Service Center of Galveston.
“Sensitivity
to the problems of others can be taught in
schools but it is truly learned through
actions,” Buffum said. “Preventing child
abuse begins with sensitivity, but requires
long-term commitment to action. The Board and
staff of Family Service Center of Galveston
County are grateful for the caring that is being
demonstrated by Clear Creek ISED … its
students and the supporting faculty.
May we see fewer shoes in the years to
come.”
Family
Service
Center
provides family and individual counseling
services to people in
Galveston
, Chambers, and
Liberty
Counties
. Their
STAR program (Services to At-Risk Youth), funded
by the State of
Texas
, provides free counseling to any youth, who is
having problems at school, at home, or in the
community.
Family involvement is encouraged. The
agency’s main offices are in
Texas City
and
Galveston
(409) 762-8636.
In
Chambers
County
, call Kay Shroyer at (281) 573-9500 and in
Liberty
County
, call Dawn Carson at (409) 336-9666.
The agency’s toll-free number is
1-888-332-3251.
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CCISD
Seniors Take Final Steps
Through Public Education
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Jessica
Jolene Birch celebrates the success of her
classmates during the May 26
Clear
View
Education
Center
graduation at
Webster
Intermediate
School
.
Commencement
was held in District Stadium for the first time
in nearly 20 years, sun shines almost as bright
as the new graduates’ futures.
League City
,
TEXAS
—Memorial weekend will forever be remembered
as graduation day
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by
the nearly 2,100
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
graduating seniors. The District Stadium was
filled with family, friends and mentors watching
as each graduate had his or her turn to make the
final steps from childhood to the world of
higher education, career and family. For the
first time, the District also streamed
graduation live over the District website www.CCISD.net.
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Clear
Creek High students throw their hats to the sky
in celebration of their completion of high
school.
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Clear
Lake
High seniors parade into the District Stadium to
the strains of Pomp and Circumstance played by
the school band.
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Graduating
seniors of Clear Brook High hold hands as they
sing the school song together one last time.
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This
year Clear Creek ISD seniors earned almost
$15,000,000 in scholarships.
Class
honors were given to the following students:
Clear
Brook High
Valedictorian:
Scott Hom
Salutatiorian:
Linda Quon
Somerford
Award Winners:
Shane Zelenski
Bianca Hinojosa
Runners
Up: Quyen Le
Jeffrey Cherewaty
Brittany Brannon
Clear
Creek High
Valedictorian:
Mazen Khamis Metwalli
Salutatorian:
Freyja Yglain Harris.
Alan
G. Weber Award Winners:
Megan
Dawn Shupp
Curtis
Matthew Harris
Runner
Ups:
Rachael Lynn Driver
Luis
Enrique Cuevas
Clear
Lake
High
Valedictorian:
Anna McNamara Venardos
Salutatorian:
Katy Yang
George
B. Carlisle Award Winner:
Most
Outstanding Boy Co-Winners:
Scott Nimmons
Bob
Lilly
Most
Outstanding Girl:
Ashley Ray
Runner
Up: Lily
Banerjee
Clear
View
Education
Center
Valedictorian:
Stacey Kilgore
Salutatorian:
Allanah Jackson (sang and gave speech)
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CCISD
Photo: CLHS Cheerleaders
Give a Yell in NYC
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The
very spirited Clear Lake High School
Cheerleaders competed in
New York City
at the NCA Big Apple Classic US Championship in
March.
In
addition to winning their division, they earned
the innovative choreography award — they also
won the Grand Champion title for the entire
competition. As an extra treat, they were
featured on the CBS Early Morning show during
the weather report.
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CCISD
Teachers Earn
National Certification
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Dr.
Sandra Mossman, superintendent of schools, with
Lisa Frase and Anne Smith and Board of Trustees
President Glenn Brown during the teachers
recognition at the April board meeting.
Clear
Creek
Independent
School District
teachers Lisa Frase and Anne Smith are
two of 195
Texas
teachers who have earned National Board Teacher
Certification.
Frase
is a fourth grade teacher at
Wedgewood
Elementary School
. Frase earned her certification in Literacy
Reading
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Language
Arts Early and Middle Childhood.
Smith is a fourth
grade teacher at
Bay
Elementary School
and she earned her certification as a Middle
Childhood Generalist.
National
Board Certification measures a teacher’s
practice against rigorous research-based
standards. The process is an extensive series of
performance-based assessments that include:
teaching portfolios, student work samples,
videotapes and thorough analyses of the
teacher’s classroom teaching and student
learning. In addition, teachers must
successfully complete a series of written
exercises that probe the depth of their subject
matter knowledge.
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Space
Center
Students Study Titanic
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League City
,
TEXAS
—Students in Shannon Miller’s sixth grade
English class at Space Center Intermediate
recognized the 93rd anniversary of
the sinking of the Titanic, a ship that prior to
its maiden voyage had been dubbed
“unsinkable.”
As
a supplement to the classroom curriculum,
students created quiz-based board games to test
their classmates’ knowledge of the vessel and
its demise.
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Photographed:
Sixth grader Donya Swanson age 11, tests sixth
grader Kevin McMannis age 11, understanding of
the events following the sinking of the Titanic.
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League City
,
TEXAS
—The Clear Creek High School golf team
recently visited the
Shriners
Hospital
for Children. The students learned that the
hospital specializes in treating children with
significant acute burn injuries and
reconstructive or restorative surgery as a
result of healed burn injuries.
During
their visit the seniors had the opportunity
spend time with some of the patients in the game
room. They interacted
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with
the children by giving them golf team shirts,
playing games and getting to know each other.
Pictured:
Shriners patient Justin Hunley receives a team
shirt from Morgan McCormick, Alex Norfolk, Sean
Skellenger, Cory Garnt and Stefan Dubois.
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CCISD
High School
Robonauts Dominate FIRST Competition
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Students
from Clear Creek ISD’s three high schools
recently returned from the FIRST Lone Star
Regional Tournament as the Regional Chairman’s
Award winner, Regional Champion and General
Motors Industrial Design Award winner.
League
City, TEXAS— The Clear Creek Independent
School District high school robotics team the
Robonauts, competing with their robot Chainzilla,
returned from the
FIRST Lone Star
Regional Tournament as the
Regional Chairman’s Award winner,
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Regional
Champion and General Motors Industrial Design
Award winner. The FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics
team is made up of students from Clear Brook,
Clear Creek and
Clear
Lake
High Schools
.
This
is the second time the Robonauts have won a
Regional Chairman’s Award, the first time
being in 2003. The Chairman’s Award represents
the spirit of FIRST. This award honors the team
that best represents a model for other teams to
emulate and which embodies the goals and purpose
of FIRST. The Chairman’s Award is the most
prestigious team award FIRST presents.
Clear
Creek ISD, NASA-JSC, and Lockheed Martin have
teamed together for nine years to sponsor the
Robonauts, also known as Team 118. Under the
leadership of Lucien Junkin (NASA-JSC) and Terry
Brandhorst (CCISD) this year’s students,
mentors, and teachers began working in early
January to prepare for the 2005 FIRST Robotics
competition. Teams have had six weeks to design
and build their robots for the 2005 game, Triple
Play.
In
addition to the team’s success, Ahona Hoq,
senior at
Clear
Brook
High School
, was the recipient of a scholarship from the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Junkin
who is the lead mentor engineer and coach for
the Robonauts received the Regional Woodie
Flowers Award. This award, based on nominations
from students, is given to an outstanding
engineer or teacher who best demonstrates
excellence in teaching science, math, and
creative design.
During
the Lone Star Regional, Team 118 was the 1st
place qualifying team going into the finals. The
Robonauts selected Team 231 from Pasadena, TX
and Team 499 from San Antonio, TX to form the
alliance that then went on to win as Regional
Champions. The consistent performance of Team
118 was evident in their overall 15-1-0
win-loss-tie record. This consistent performance
also aided Team 118 in winning the General
Motors Industrial Design Award. This award
celebrates form and function in an efficiently
designed machine that effectively achieves the
game challenge.
Through
their tremendous success, the Robonauts have
qualified to compete at the Championship Event
to be held April 21 – 23 in
Atlanta
,
GA.
>From the approximately 300 teams from around
the world competing at the Championship Event,
Team 118 will be one of only thirty teams
eligible to win the Chairman’s Award.
Likewise, Junkin will be one of thirty
engineers/teachers eligible to win the Woodie
Flowers Award. More information on the
Championship Event can be found at www.usfirst.org/robotics.
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Clear
Creek High School
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An
unconventional Romeo and Juliet are played by
Clear
Creek
High School
faculty members Ann Simanton and Bill Gibbs. “An
Evening of Culture” opens March 24 and
runs through March 26.
CCHS
Faculty Play Supports Scholarships, Renovates
Shakespeare, Provides Plenty of Laughs
LEAGUE
CITY, Texas—The
community is
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invited
to the Clear Creek High School faculty
presentation of “An
Evening
of Culture, Faith County II, The Saga
Continues,”
a comedy
by Mark Landon Smith. Tickets cost $5 and
show times are 7 p.m. March 24–26 in the
Clear
Creek
High School
auditorium.
During
this play within a play, a small town community
theater is preparing their interpretation of
Romeo and Juliet and even though they don't know
their lines, the set isn't finished and a dog
keeps barking offstage, they're “gonna give it
a go!” Come see their final rehearsal and the
performance in all its glory and abbreviated
entirety.
“This
play will do more for setting Shakespeare back
than any other play in theater history,” said
Director Robert Judd of the theatrical spoof. He
said in addition to being a great show the
performances fund scholarships that are awarded
to
Clear
Creek
High School
seniors.
For
more information about the play call
Clear
Creek
High School
at (281) 338-5600.
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CCISD
Teacher and Students
Honored
by
Houston
Culture Shapers
LEAGUE CITY,
Texas
—Clear Creek Independent
School District
teacher and students recently had great success
at the Culture Shapers annual art competition.
Clear
Lake
High School
art teacher Richard Williams was named
“Teacher of the Year” and several students
won cash prizes totaling $8,300 for their
artistic creations.
According to William’s nomination letter,
“What makes Richard different and deserving is
his sense of community and strength of
conviction.” William’s spearheaded the
Painting an Empty Sky mural project created in
memory of the crew lost in the Space Shuttle
Columbia accident. Recognizing how close his
community was the shuttle crew, Williams knew
that art would be a means for the community to
begin the healing process, bringing together
students from across the District. The mural is
now installed at the Freeman Memorial Library.
Students
honored by Culture Shapers include:
Hannah
Ye, Clear Brook High – grand prize winner,
Mixed Media $5,000
Curtis
Wingate, Clear Creek High – eighth place
winner, Mixed Media $100
Danielle
Fellan, Clear Creek High – honorable mention,
Mixed Media
Megan
Mead, Clear Creek High – third place winner,
Painting $1,500
Kristina
Gray, Clear Brook High – fifth place winner,
Drawing $500
Aysha
Chauddhri, Clear Lake High – honorable
mention, Drawing
Melissa
Breaux, Clear Creek High – fourth place
winner, Sculpture $1,000
Megan
Mead, Clear Creek High – sixth place winner,
Sculpture $100
Brett
Adams, Clear Lake High – tenth place winner,
Sculpture $100
Danielle
Fellan, Clear Creek High – honorable mention,
Sculpture
Culture
Shapers is an art program for all high school
students in Region IV - Harris, Waller, Liberty,
Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend and
Montgomery counties. Culture Shapers is an art
program that seeks to encourage young people to
use their artistic talents to shape their future
in positive ways. While the natural sciences and
athletics typically garner more attention, we
believe that there is a wealth of talent and
potential within our "right-brain"
thinkers. Through
the support of our corporate sponsors,
Administaff, The Nathaniel Foundation and
Trendmaker Development, they are committed to
making a lasting investment in the next
generation that will help them to become
"Culture Shapers."
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Senior
Class Musical Stages 50th Anniversary
Production Of DAMN YANKEES!
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Photo
by Janelle Thompson
“Whatever
Lola Wants Lola Gets!”
CBHS
Seniors from the cast of DAMN
YANKEES, Jennifer Ninci plays Lola, with
Matt Bandini and Shane Zelenski as Baseball
Players.
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The
Senior Class of 2005 at Clear Brook High School
is proud to present the 50th
Anniversary Production of the musical, DAMN
YANKEES, which first opened on Broadway with
Gwen Verdon in 1955.
This year’s musical is especially
exciting for the Senior Class because of three
reasons: one is the exciting Baseball season
that the Houston Astros had this year, two is
their production has been entered into
Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars Tommy Tune
Awards, and three is the opportunity to work
with professional guest director/choreographer,
Chad-Alan Carr who has been a performer on
Broadway National Tours.
The
massive set for DAMN YANKEES is designed
by Tom Boone, lighting designed by David Barker,
with music direction by Ramona Griffiths, and
the fantastic 25-piece orchestra is conducted by
Stan Mauldin.
With a cast and crew of approximately 90
Seniors, this year’s musical promises to be a
big hit. There
will also be a silent auction and raffle each
performance for wonderful Baseball memorabilia
from the National League.
The athletic choreography and exciting
musical score will have audiences leaving the
theatre humming the favorites such as:
“Shoeless Joe From Hannibal Mo”, “Whatever
Lola Wants”, and “You’ve Gotta Have
Heart”.
Performances
of DAMN YANKEES will be held February 3rd,
4th, and 5th at
7:00P.M. and February 5th at 2:00P.M.
at Clear Brook High School’s Auditorium, which
is located at 4607 FM 2351 in Friendswood. Call
281-996-2729 for ticket information.
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Clear
Creek Education Foundation President Jim
O’Mally (left) and Clear Creek ISD
Superintendent Dr. Sandra Mossman (center)
accept a $30,000 donation from Jason Bailey a
partner with Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins
& Mott, L.L.P.
The
funds will be used to fund innovative teacher
grants that facilitate, recognize and reward
creative and well-designed instructional
approaches to learning.
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Clear
Creek High School Debate Team 1 Solé
Artiz and Lulu Cheng and team 2, Olga
Trofimova and Asad Moten.
The
Clear Creek High School cross examination
debate team had great success behind the
podium Dec. 10 and 11 when they stormed the
novice rounds at the Marshall/Kempner Speech
and Debate Tournament in
Missouri City
,
Texas
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The CCHS team, in only their second
competition ever, took home first and second
place, six trophies and one certificate.
Sole
Artiz, Lulu Cheng, Olga Trofimova and Asad
Moten made up two cross examination teams. For
Artiz it was actually her first time to
compete in a cross examination debate and she
earned second place in speaker points; Cheng
earned third.
While
teams certainly do advance and excel, it is
rare that a group of sophomores, most of whom
did not even understand the complicated cross
examination debate format two months ago could
go into a large meet and carry away so many
accolades.
“It
was a large meet of experienced schools from
the
Houston
metro area,” said Susan Tyrrell, CCHS debate
coach, “I tried to simply encourage them to
do their best and learn. I don’t think any
of us expected the amazing results we got.”
Last
month in Brazoswood one team took home second
place in cross examination competition,
competing against varsity debaters, leaving
the team elated that their first outing had
netted such a great rewards, but the December
meet was beyond expectations of the students
or the coach.
CCHS
has been without a debate team for a couple of
years. Tyrrell made a general UIL announcement
one day and found Cheng at her door asking
about debate. Now, many debate students will
be able to take debate as a class, in the
spring semester.
“We
are all learning together,” Tyrrell said.
“Debate is not about fighting; it’s about
life. Reasoning, winning, losing and resolving
conflict. That is real life. And the kids are
getting a crash course.”
They
will debate numerous times in January before
heading to the District 24-5A UIL meet in
Alvin
, Jan. 28 and 29.
How
do the students feel about their chances in
Alvin
?
“We’re
going to State!” said the debate team.
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Students
pictured in front are Camry Chatman, Christian
Dixon, Keagan O’Quinn, Crensenciano
“Taz” Groce and Robert Smith. Principal
Lisa Hendrix (back left) is pictured with ARES
employees Mark Riedel, Joyce Massingill, Dan
Garguilo and Jeff Sellevold. Clear Creek ISD
Director of Community Partnerships Ava
Lunsford is pictured far right.
ARES
Adopts
Clear
Lake
School
The
Applied Research and Engineering Sciences
Corporation (ARES) recognizing the need for
community partnerships in public schools has
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ARES, a contractor with
NASA
Johnson
Space
Center
, has adopted Clear Lake City Elementary and
the employees are volunteering as readers and
tutors with the elementary school students.
For more
information call the Office of Public
Information at (281) 338-5803.
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Front
(left to right) Jennifer Malin, team captain,
Lily Banerjee, Lindy Goodwin, NHS Advisor.
Back (left to right) Scott Shearouse, Beth
Schwaab, president of the CLHS NHS, Mary Mas
and Christopher Vu
In
their first appearance at the National
Scholars’ Bowl competition,
Clear
Lake
High School
’s National Honor Society (NHS) team placed
third in the nation.
The
competition is a part of the NHS conference in
St. Louis
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“The
NHS National Scholars’ Bowl offers an
excellent opportunity for NHS members to
challenge themselves and match minds with
other exemplary students from around the
nation,” said Rocco Marano, national
director of NHS.
The
competition, sponsored by Pearson Prentice
Hall, took place in teams of five and came in
two parts with each team member completing a
written multiple choice test lasting
approximately one hour in his or her
respective area of English, math, science,
social studies and general knowledge.
CLHS
advanced to the finals championship round
after winning their semi-final round. After
tying with
Marion
Central
High School
for second in the Championship round, CLHS
lost the sudden death tiebreaker to achieve
third place nationally.
In
addition to receiving a team award for third
place, several team members also received
individual awards based on their superlative
performance on the qualifying exams. Team
members receiving individual awards include:
Lily
Banerjee – second place in General Knowledge
Jennifer
Malin – second place in English
Mary
Mao – third place in Science
Scott
Shearouse – second place in Social Studies
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