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$255.9
Million in Bonds Approved by IISD Voters
Irving
ISD voters approved both propositions totaling $255.9 million in the
IISD Bond Election. Results of early voting, branch voting, and election
day voting were counted Saturday evening, October 27 after the polls
closed. Proposition 1 received 1,791 “yes” votes and 506 “no”
votes. Proposition 2 received 1,494 “yes” and 528 “no” votes.
The
$249.5 million approved in Proposition 1 will fund construction of new
facilities to accommodate enrollment growth; renovate existing
schools/other facilities; provide additional technology for instruction
and support services; and purchase buses, library books, fine arts
equipment, and musical instruments.
Proposition
2 authorizes the IISD to transfer $6.4 million in maintenance and
operations (operating fund) debt obligations to the interest and sinking
fund (long-term debt).
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Nimitz
Celebrates Homecoming
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Nimitz
High School will host homecoming festivities this week. Activities
include:
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Spirit
Rally on Thursday, November 1 at 6:45 p.m. in the Nimitz west
parking lot
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Parade
on Saturday, November 3 at 9 a.m. beginning at MacArthur and Shady
Grove
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Homecoming
game on Saturday, November 3 at 2 p.m. featuring Nimitz Vikings vs.
Grand Prairie Gophers at Irving Schools Stadium
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Performance
by the Nimitz Viking Band and Vikas Drill Team during halftime of
the football game
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Presentation
of 2001 Homecoming Court and crowning of this year’s queen during
halftime
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Homecoming
Dance on Saturday, November 3 from 7-10 p.m. in the school cafeteria
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Recognized as Advanced Placement Scholars
Forty-two
2001 IISD graduates and 13 IISD seniors have been named
Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars by the College Board in
recognition of their exceptional achievement on college-level AP
examinations.
Five
IISD graduates and one senior qualified for the AP Scholar with
Distinction Award, which is granted to students who achieve grades of
3.0 or higher on five or more AP exams on full-year, college-level
courses and whose average AP exam grade is at least 3.5. The graduates
are Marianne Bergquist and Brian Johnston, Irving High School; and
Stephen Hepp, Clint Prater, and Brent Russo, Nimitz High School. The
senior is Grant Clayton, Nimitz.
Four
IISD graduates and two seniors qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor
Award, which is granted to students who achieve grades of 3.0 or higher
on four or more AP exams on full-year, college-level courses and whose
average AP exam grade is at least 3.25.
The graduates are David Cuthbertson, MacArthur High School; and
Jessica Hokamp, Rhianon Price, and Ian Young, Nimitz. The two seniors
are Roberto Cardenas, MacArthur and Rita Crocker, Nimitz.
Thirty-three
IISD graduates and 10 seniors qualified for the AP Scholar Award, which
is granted to students who achieve grades of 3.0 or higher on three or
more AP exams on full-year, college-level courses. The graduates are:
Margaret Ballard, Michelle Curtsinger, Abraham Frank, Anne Halsey,
Lyndsey Hummert, Gabriela Lepe, Anh Nguyen, Jose Rivera, and Fernando
Vadillo from Irving High; Shobit Arora, Elizabeth Barnett, Jeremy
Brueggemann, Rory Cannaday, Shea Hunter, Brandon James, Wen-Hsiang Juan,
Shanjana Mahmud, Oscar Masters, Joseph Putnam, Nirmita Skukla, Ji Song,
Yeon Song, and Amanda Vogt from MacArthur; and Jerald Abraham, Amber
Bolton, Jack Giang, Lynlie Johnson, Simon Lee, Tina Narithodkil, Phuc
Nguyen, Laura Noneman, Nima Patel, and Carl Reeves from Nimitz. The 10
seniors are Theresa Curtsinger and Jonathan Paynter, Irving High; Isam
Abousaid, Cheng Lee, and Chad Peoples, MacArthur; and David Cooley,
Audrea Harrington, Benjamin Kendall, Jonathan Myers, and Michael Ta,
Nimitz.
Approximately
13 percent of more than 840,000 students who took AP exams in May 2001
have received AP Scholar awards. Last year the IISD had 17 AP Scholars.
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Board
of Trustees Will Meet November 5
The
IISD Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, November 5 at 6 p.m. in the
boardroom of the Administration Building. In addition to considering
action items, the Board will honor Patrick Reeves, D.V.M., 1990 graduate
of Nimitz High School, as an Outstanding Graduate.
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Fort
Worth Opera Comedy Comes to Irving High
In
a “first” for Fort Worth Opera education, a touring production of
Puccini’s only comedy opera, Gianni Schicchi, will come to Irving High
School on Wednesday, November 7 at 1:15 p.m. Complete with sets,
costumes and eight young professional opera singers, Gianni Schicchi is
a rollicking, 50-minute, one-act opera based on the story of a wily
Italian who double-crosses a family of buffoons in their attempts to
falsify a will.
As
part of a program that brings opera to students, the production is being
funded by a grant and students will be admitted at no charge. In
addition, the Fort Worth Opera has provided excellent teaching materials
for teachers to share with students, to ensure a well-prepared audience.
Puccini,
the composer, famous for his operas Madama Butterfly, Tosca and La
Boheme, wrote this comedy as a light final act to an evening of three
short operas, and it is acknowledged to be the finest one act opera ever
composed. The story is a real one, from Florence, Italy of the 1300s,
and Gianni Schicchi was a well-known rascal who ended up in Dante's
Inferno for his antics. Sets and costumes by Hip Pocket Theater's Diane
Simons bring out the beauty of 13th century Florence.
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Cardinal
Band Wins Awards at Plano Festival
The
MacArthur High School Cardinal Marching Band was awarded Best in Class
and trophies for outstanding winds, drum majors, flag corps, and
drumline at the Plano East Marching Festival October 13. Directors are
Will James, Bryan Bond, Rick McCoy, and Tim Deaver.
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Good
to Host Job Fair for IISD Parents
Good
Elementary School will host its first Job Fair for parents on Thursday,
November 1 from 5-7 p.m. in the school gym. Twenty-five local
employers will participate in the fair to help the parents of students
find or change employment. The fair is open to all IISD parents.
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IHS
Art Student Wins First
Irving
High School student Sanya Kongdara won first place in the Alzheimers’
Young Artist Contest. His winning painting will be published on the
cover of a supplement in the October 31 edition of The Dallas Morning
News and he will receive $250. Sanya’s artwork was chosen from over
500 entries.
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Davis
Reads for America
Thursday,
November 8 is Read for America Day at Davis Elementary School. School
and city officials and other volunteers will visit the school and read
to children.
The
event has been organized in honor of those touched by the tragedies of
September 11, and many of the books read will have patriotic themes.
Davis
invites community members to serve as guest readers. If you would like
to participate, contact Melissa Kinkeade or Cindy Kemp at 972-313-4900.
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The
Kindergarten teachers and Mr. Crotty, their great actor
and assistant principal, perform a Pig play for the
Kindergarten classes at Brandenburg Elementary.
This play was a culminating event for a pig unit being
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