Olympian Show & Tell
Olympic
gold medalist Brad Bridgewater will visit Good Elementary School on
Wednesday, February 20 to talk with fourth and fifth graders about
setting and pursuing goals. Bridgewater won Olympic gold as a swimmer in
the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. He will bring his medal with him.
Brown Teacher Published
Brown
teacher Lorie Heydenburk will soon become a published author. Heydenburk
received word last month that her manuscript, Seven Cookies, was
selected for publication by Lee and Low Books of New York. Seven
Cookies is a book for emergent readers about sharing and kindness.
“I was
very surprised,” Heydenburk said. “It’s so hard to get all the things in
there that publishers are looking for. It’s very exciting that they
happened to choose mine.” Heydenburk sent three manuscripts to Lee
and Low in response to their call for works with multicultural themes
for emergent readers. “This was my first attempt at writing for
general publication and I’m floored and thankful,” Heydenburk said.
Heydenburk has been published before with articles in the Texas
Counseling Association Journal. She has been counselor at Brown for
three years.
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IHS Drill Team Takes Top Honors
The
Irving High Marine Corps Junior ROTC Drill Team was named National Best
of Service Drill Team at the American Legion National Drill
Championships in Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday, February 2.
Cadets
competed and placed in several drill events. Besides the Best of Service
designation, the team won third place in Overall National Demilitarized
Drill Team, second place in Demilitarized Drill Team Regulation Drill,
third place in Demilitarized Drill Team Inspection, third place in
Demilitarized Drill Team Color Guard, third place in Unarmed Drill Team
Color Guard, fifth place in Demilitarized Drill Team Exhibition Drill,
and fifth place in Unarmed Drill Team Inspection.
“We spent
many long hours of practice to prepare for this event, giving up time on
weekends and during Christmas break,” Cadet Commander Leticia Vega said.
“Our many hours of practice and hard work paid off.”
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Middle School In-District Transfers Due
April 1
With the
opening of Irving ISD’s seventh middle school, boundary lines have been
redrawn for students entering the sixth, seventh and eighth grades this
fall. For the 2002-2003 school year, all students in these grades are
required to attend the middle school in their new attendance zone unless
an in-district transfer is approved by the principal of the school to
which the student wishes to transfer.
Transfer
requests will be accepted between March 1 and April 1. Transfer request
forms are available at all IISD schools. Decisions to accept or reject
transfer requests will be made by April 30.
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Sweethearts To Dance At Lee
The Lee
PTA will sponsor a Sweetheart Banquet and Dance on Friday, February 15.
Students are encouraged to attend the event with an adult that is
important to them. It’s a night for dads, moms, aunts and uncles to be
sweethearts, Lee art teacher Jennifer Parks said.
A lasagna
dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. with a dance following. A live
deejay will provide the music and there will be a drawing for prizes.
The event is semi-formal.
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Bowie Chess Clubs In the News
Chess
groups comprised of at-risk students and sponsored by Baylor Healthcare
have been featured in newspaper and television news recently. Channel 4,
Channel 8, and The Irving Morning News have all done pieces on
the two-year-old program that was developed after a study revealed that
chess improves critical thinking skills, attendance and test scores.
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Healthy Lunchrooms
Cafeteria
managers took part in a new training class last week led by an Irving
city health inspector. Lisa Pomroy gave a presentation about proper
dishwashing and other sanitation procedures in cafeterias.
Food
Service Director Michael Rosenberger said the event was part of a new
partnership between the District and the city to ensure the best
possible service at school cafeterias.
“We
envision this partnership being one where we would have the city’s
health inspectors become a regular part of our manager meetings and
in-services, to provide the latest training on health, safety and
sanitation to our managers,” Rosenberger said.
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Academy Students Win at
Regionals
Five
students from the Academy placed at regional competitions at a Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America meeting in Killeen last weekend.
In the
food service competition, Eric Rosales placed fourth with his spaghetti
with chicken sauce, and Shemorrow Irvin was fifth with seasoned
vegetables.
In the
entrepreneurship competition, Sommer Brooks and Lauren Champagne won
first places. Kendra Perry won fifth place in the job interview event.
