Irving ISD Presents Ninth Annual ICE Awards
The Ninth Annual Irving Celebration
of Excellence (ICE) Awards, scheduled for Thursday, February 26,
recognizes the ongoing hard work and dedication of Irving ISD schools,
faculty and students. Hosted this year at Nimitz High School, a
reception at 6:15 p.m. in the cafeteria will kick-off the event with the
awards program beginning at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.
The ICE Awards will be hosted this
year by Steve Blow, columnist for The Dallas Morning News. Blow
joined the newspaper as a reporter in 1978 and has written a popular
column on the Metropolitan page of The Dallas Morning News since
1989. Before joining The News, Blow worked as a reporter at the
now-departed Fort Worth Press and at the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times. Blow’s columns have been named the best in the state
by the Dallas Press Club, the Headliners Club of Austin, and the
Associated Press. Both the editors and readers of The Dallas Observer
have named his column the best in Dallas. Blow received his bachelor’s
degree in journalism from the University of North Texas.
The Irving ISD Board of Trustees
will also present their esteemed Golden Apple Awards during the
ceremony. Selected by the Board from open nominations, Golden Apples are
given to honor individuals and groups who have set new standards in
service to Irving ISD.
The Irving All-City Jazz Band, as
well as students named to All-City and All-Region performing groups will
provide musical entertainment.
A complete list of ICE Awards
finalists is
attached. For more information, visit
www.irvingisd.net/iceawards.
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Students Attend Leadership
Conference
Student
from Irving ISD high schools competed at the Family, Career & Community
Leaders of America (FCCLA) Region III Conference and Competition
January 30-31.
Students attended leadership
seminars, competed in various competitive events, attended general
development sessions, and elected regional officers for 2009-2010. Amber
Gill, junior at The Academy of Irving ISD, was elected as vice president
of projects. Gill currently serves as regional vice president of
competitive events.
Students Taking Action for
Recognition (STAR) events are the competitive portion of the FCCLA
activities and students from the Academy won several top awards in
various categories. Students earning top placement in regional STAR
events will compete at the state FCCLA conference.
In Leadership Enhancement
Opportunities (LEO), tests designed to gauge a student’s FCCLA and
family & consumer sciences knowledge, Irving High School students earned
five medals and Academy students earned nine. LEO tests are
non-competitive and the award is based on test scores.
Nimitz High School students focused
their efforts on the “mystery basket event”. Mystery basket is an event
being piloted in FCCLA Region III that recognizes participants’ ability
to display knowledge and skill based learning of the Culinary Arts and
was held at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Dallas.
FCCLA students from Union Bower
Center for Learning sponsored a shoe drive as part of the regional
service project benefitting Shoes for Orphans’ Souls, an organization
that provides shoes for children in need throughout the United States.
Union Bower students collected numerous packages of socks and 45 pairs
of new shoes – the most collected by a single school at the regional
meeting.
FCCLA state conference is scheduled
for April 16-18 in Corpus Christi. For a complete list of students
winning awards at the Region III conference, access
www.irvingisd.net/articles/fccla2009.htm.
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Irving High Choral Contest Results
Choral students from Irving High
School traveled to Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, for UIL
Regional Choral Solo & Ensemble competition January 31.
Students from Irving High advancing
to state competition and their performance pieces are: Jolie Palmer,
Sento Nel Core; Vanessa Ventura, Early in The Morning;
Tanisha Archie, La Scia Chio Pianga; Stephanie Bunt, Sento Nel
Cor; Kyle Page, Ave Verum Corpus Est; Kristy Pitts,
Romance; and Katrina Vincent, Wie Melodien
Zieht Es Mir.
These students were awarded a rating
of 1 on a Class I Vocal Solo and will advance to UIL State Vocal
Competition at University of Texas at Austin in May. Class I
competition is the most difficult category.
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Gifted Association Announces
Scholarships
The Irving chapter of Texas
Association of Gifted & Talented (IAGT) met February 2 to announce
scholarship opportunities for summer study.
One hundred and twenty-six parents
and students attended the meeting that also featured application
workshop sessions offered in both English and Spanish. IAGT has posted
the presentation materials to the organization website including power
point, handouts and scholarship applications.
Scholarships are available for
students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and the deadline
to submit applications is March 1. For more information regarding summer
study scholarships, access
www.irvingisd.net/gt.
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