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Hats Off to Our Trustees
Texas Governor Rick Perry has
declared January Texas School Board Recognition Month and IISD staff
celebrated the occasion by honoring the Board of Trustees at its regular
meeting January 14 at the Administration Building.
In keeping with the theme, “Hats Off
to Our Trustees,” each member of the board was given a certificate and a
straw hat filled with fruit and chocolate. The gifts were presented by
seven IISD middle school students who spoke eloquently about their
impressions of the board and their gratefulness for each trustee’s
sacrifice of time and effort.
“These seven people are elected by
the community to serve students like you,” Superintendent Jack Singley
said to the presenters. “They don’t get paid for their time. They do it
because they care deeply about education and about you and your fellow
students.”
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Gary L.
Borcherding
President |
Owen
DeWitt
Vice-Pres.
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Barbara
Cardwell
Secretary |
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Willie
DeBerry |
Ruben
Franco |
Ronda
Huffstetler |
Mike
Kunstadt |
Also in celebration of the month,
two local car dealerships – Frank Parra Chevrolet and David McDavid Honda
– agreed to honor the board by putting “Hats Off to Irving ISD Trustees”
on their alphanumeric message boards along Airport Freeway. The seven
current trustees have a combined 44 years of service on the board.
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A
Special Art Teacher
The Texas Council of Administrators
of Special Education honored Irving High School art teacher Jack Brockette
as Regular Educator of the Year for 2001 at its annual conference in
Austin this week.
The recipient of the award must have
demonstrated support for and cooperation with special education by
fostering positive attitudes toward students with disabilities. Brockette
was nominated by IISD Director of Special Education Sandra Mayes. He was
honored by more than 600 educators at the convention on January 16.
Brockette has been with the District
for eight years. Over that time, he has established a reputation for his
work with special education students.
“I treat my special ed kids just
like I do my regular students,” he said. “I don’t push them in a corner or
say ‘you can’t do this,’ and I find that they excel that way, sometimes
even past the regular students.”
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Good Elementary Gets Christmas in January
Students at Good Elementary School
will get a late Christmas present next week when Verizon delivers more
than 200 books to the school’s library. Good was one of two schools in the
Metroplex chosen to receive the gift as part of Verizon’s “Season’s
Readings” program. The company collected books and money from its
employees and partners during the holidays for donation to the schools.
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Bowling Them Over
Ted Bowling, fourth grade bilingual
teacher at Lively Elementary, has been named Elementary Educator of the
Year by the Region X Association of Texas Professional Educators.
Bowling will receive the award on
Saturday, February 16 at the Region X convention in Mesquite.
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Auction Benefits Reassignment Center
The La Cima Club, a Las Colinas
social organization, will host an art auction on Friday, January 25 to
benefit the IISD Secondary Reassignment Center. The event will feature
more than 300 framed works of art, including watercolors, lithographs,
etchings and woodcuts.
Proceeds from the event will help
the Reassignment Center improve its facilities and curriculum to support
mentoring for at-risk students.
The La Cima Club is located on the
top floor of Williams Square’s main tower at 5215 North O’Connor
Boulevard, Suite 2600 in the Las Colinas Urban Center. The event is open
to the public and attendees are asked to make a $10 donation at the door.
A reception and art review begin at
6:30 p.m. and the auction begins at 7:30 p.m. To reserve a seat, call
972-869-2266.
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Dallas Burn Out Drugs Program Offered
Irving middle schools are invited to
participate in the Fourth Annual United Healthcare Dallas Burn Out Drugs
Program, January 29 and 30. Dallas Burn players and staff are spreading an
anti-drug message to students across the Metroplex, visiting local middle
schools and conducting a 45-minute assembly program. If you are interested
in bringing the program to your school, contact Dallas Burn Community
Relations Manager Eimear McGonagle at 214-777-0230.
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