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Austin Student Wins Scholarship
Austin Middle School student David Simmons is one
of nine seventh graders who outscored more than 97 percent of the
nation’s college-bound high school seniors on the SAT or ACT tests
recently. The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP)
conducts an annual talent search to identify bright students across
the South and Midwest. Of the 76,735 students who participated in
this year’s search, nine students scored among the highest, earning
scores that most college freshmen would envy.
For his achievement, Simmons will receive a full
scholarship to attend TIP’s Center for Summer Studies Program at
Davidson College in Charlotte, North Carolina or at the University
of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.
Simmons and the other eight students will be
honored at a ceremony at the Duke Chapel at Duke University on
Monday, May 20.
Simmons was also honored recently for placing 45th
out of 287 students at the state MathCounts competition in Austin.
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State Choral Solo & Ensemble
The Irving ISD choral program will be
well-represented by 37 students at the state solo and ensemble
contest this year.
From Irving High School, eight ensemble students
qualified for the state competition. They are Duke Anderson, Rachel
Bowers, Tim Castillo, Lyndsey Colwell, Jay Edwards, Chase Gooding,
Laurel Halsey, and Susannah Halsey. Laurel Halsey also qualified for
state as a soloist.
From MacArthur High School, seven soloists and 10
ensemble members will attend the state meet. The soloists are Tonya
Cadenhead, Crystal Boothe, Rochelle Kent, Nicole Plagens, Julio
Polanco, Amber Allen, and Sarah Mercer. The ensemble members are
Tonya Cadenhead, Pamela Okeke, Melissa Enyart, Jessica Ingram, Amber
Allen, Nausheen Jiwani, Dina McDaniel, Stacy Reeves, Keith Rafferty,
and Chris Jacobs.
Nimitz High School will send five soloists and 11
ensemble members to the meet. The soloists are Krista Lundquist,
Jodi Jungman, Jeremiah Boisclair, Ben Kendall, and Amber Louviere.
The ensemble members are Marcus Jaurequi, Brent Johnston, Jeremy
Payne, Lacey Johnson, Krista Lundquist, Jodi Jungman, Jeremiah
Boisclair, Ben Kendall, Felicia Taylor, Erica Solis, and Amber
Louviere.
The state contest will be held May 25 and 27 in
Austin.
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Irving High Fun Run
The Irving High School Student Council will host
its annual fun run April 6 at Lively Park. The event will begin at 8
a.m. and all proceeds go to Children’s Hospital for research at
Children’s Cancer Center. For more information, contact Lynda
Temple, student council sponsor, at 972-273-8389.
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IISD Science Teacher Published In Genetics Journal
MacArthur High School science teacher Bob Wyatt
has written an article that appeared in the latest issue of the
scientific journal Genomics. This is the second of Wyatt’s
scholarly articles published in the journal. The title of the piece
is “Genomic Organization and Mapping of the Gene Encoding the PP2A
B56y Reulatory Subunit.”
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Dental Day for Clifton, Academy
More than 200 students from Clifton Early
Childhood School got a first-hand look at the dental clinic at the
Academy of Irving ISD recently when they underwent free dental
screening exams at the school.
Academy
dental students assisted Dr. Kathy Lord, director of the Dental
Health Program, in the screenings which identified 93 children who
need dental treatment. While dental students worked in the clinic,
Academy students from the early childhood/education specialization
entertained the children with games, arts, crafts, storytelling and
a video on dental health.
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Librarian Lecture Takes Off
Civil Air Patrol Major Cynthia Whisennand, a
librarian at the Irving ISD Instructional Center, will speak at the
National Amateur Rocket Convention in Austin April 6. Whisennand’s
teacher workshop, Aerospace and Rocketry for Educators, helps
teachers better understand and relay the physics principals and
techniques used in aerospace applications.
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BEAM Conference
The Bilingual/ESL Education Association of the
Metroplex will present its 18th annual BEAM Conference at MacArthur
High School on Saturday, April 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
program will include keynote speaker retired Lt. Col. Consuelo
Kickbusch as well as featured speakers Linda Quiroz and Leticia
Diaz. The conference is designed to help teachers learn to serve an
increasingly diverse student population.
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Haley Essays Recognized
Two students at Tom Haley Elementary School were
named semifinalists in the Letters About Literature essay contest
sponsored by Read Magazine, the Library of Congress, and the
Texas Association of School Librarians. The young writers are
Jonathan Allen and Megan Howell. They were coached by Haley teachers
Lori Totty and Julie Manax.
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Jump Rope for Heart
Lee Elementary physical education teachers Mandy
Slayton and Iris Welch organized a Jump Rope for Heart event to
benefit the American Heart Association. Lee students raised $5,078
for the charity. Fourth grader Danielle Laux collected the most
money with $200.
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