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Nimitz High School Decathlon Wins Again
For the fifth straight year, the
Nimitz High School Academic Decathlon Team won top honors at the Region X
competition. The victory marks the 13th regional championship in the past
15 years for the team.
Nimitz scored 44,868 points, more
than 4,000 more than second-place Arlington High. Nimitz also won the
Super Quiz for the sixth consecutive year. In the Super Quiz Relay, Brent
Black, Chris Haug, Melody Cole, and Lisa Joseph posted perfect scores.
Nimitz won 68 medals in the
competition with each team member grabbing a gold medal for the Super Quiz
Relay, the Super Quiz total, and the overall team score. The team will
compete in the state competition March 1-3 in Wichita Falls.
Individual medal totals were as
follows: Grant Clayton — 8198 points, 13 medals; Melody Cole — 8023
points, 11 medals; Chris Haug — 6799 points, 9 medals; Lisa Joseph — 7869
points, 8 medals; Brent Black — 7014 points, 8 medals; Lauren Campbell —
6943 points, 6 medals; May Lam — 6965 points, 5 medals; Michael Ta — 6858
points, 5 medals; Casey Sneed — 4958 points, 3 medals.
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Foundation Awards $7,313
The Irving Schools Foundation
recently awarded grants to 13 teachers. From a field of 39 applicants, the
winners were selected based on their plans for innovative classroom
strategies to be implemented and reported this semester.
The fall grants totaled $7,313.
Winners were notified before the winter break. The grant recipients are:
Robert Wyatt, MacArthur High School; Crystal Torres, Schulze Elementary;
Heather Lamb, Lee Elementary; Janis Almand, Lively Elementary; Michael
Marchant, The Academy; Susan Lambert, The Academy; Audra Rowell, Davis
Elementary; Melissa Kinkeade, Davis Elementary; Cathy Schleback, Barton
Elementary; Mary Kay Dixon, Barton Elementary; Shirley Sturges, Barton
Elementary; Heather Garrison, Lamar Middle School; Sheila Morgan,
Brandenburg Elementary.
Irving Schools Foundation Executive
Director Karen Martin urges teachers to apply for Spring 2002 grants by
February 15. For more information, visit the foundation’s website at
http://www.irvingisd.net/foundation or call 972-273-6027.
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Houston Marches for MLK
Students and faculty at Houston
Middle School honored the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the holiday
that bears his name by marching from the school to nearby Victoria Park in
a reenactment of King’s historic march on Washington D.C.
At the park, students and guests
enjoyed an inspiring program and an appearance by Irving Mayor Joe Putnam
who gave the school a key to the city for its efforts to promote cultural
diversity and honor King.
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Science Fair This Weekend
Irving ISD will sponsor its 17th
annual Science Fair in the Irving High School cafeteria this weekend.
Almost 400 honors/gifted and talented students will display their projects
to be judged by 60 science professionals. First, second and third place
prizes will be given in each of 13 team and individual categories.
Several businesses are sponsoring
student awards for this weekend's Science Fair and for the IISD Science
Olympiad March 3. The Diagnostic Division of Abbott Laboratories
contributed $1,375 for first place awards. Other contributions to this
year's event are as follows: NCH Corporation, $250; Medical & Surgical
Clinic of Irving, $250; Bank of the West, $200; DeVry Institute of
Technology, $200; Carrington Labs, $100; Comerica, two $50 savings bonds;
and Science Kit, one graphing calculator.
First place winners in the Science
Fair and Science Olympiad will be eligible to compete for a trip to the
U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama during the summer.
Baylor Medical Center at Irving will choose two students and sponsor their
trip to the camp.
The exhibit area will be open for
public viewing from 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 26.
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Spelling Bees Scheduled
Dozens of students will take part in
the District’s 2002 spelling bees next week. For three afternoons in a
row, students of all grade levels will compete at the District
Administration Building.
All three events begin at 1 p.m. and
contestants are asked to check in at 12:15 p.m. The bees should end about
3 p.m. The schedule is as follows:
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January 28 – Irving High School
Cluster
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January 29 – MacArthur High School
Cluster
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January 30 – Nimitz High School
Cluster
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March 23 – The Dallas Morning
News Regional Spelling Bee
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May 26-31 – National Spelling Bee
Week in Washington D.C.
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Storyteller Visit
World famous storyteller Finley
Stewart visited Lee Elementary, Davis Elementary, Keyes Elementary, John
Haley Elementary, Lively Elementary, Brandenburg Elementary, Barton
Elementary and Gilbert Elementary during the week of January 8 through 11.
Students enjoyed listening to Stewart tell stories, and learned how to
choose and present a story.
The visit kicked off the District’s
annual storytelling season which ends with the storytelling festivals in
February. The schedule for the storytelling finales is as follows:
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MacArthur High School Cluster -
The Academy, February 25, 7 p.m.
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Irving High School Cluster -
Irving High Library, February 28, 7 p.m.
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Nimitz High School Cluster –
Nimitz High Library, February 28, 7 p.m.
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Mrs. Cheryl Jennings, principal of John R.
Good Elementary School, came to visit the K/1 classes
dressed as Baba from The Mitten. Mrs. Jennings read
the story to the students as the character Baba would have
shared the story. The reading left all the students with a
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