Jack E. Singley Academy
The IISD Board of Trustees voted
unanimously May 18 to re-dedicate The Academy of Irving ISD as the Jack
E. Singley Academy, effective with the 2009-2010 school year.
The
Academy re-dedication will be part of the Jack Singley Retirement
Celebration scheduled for 3-5 p.m. May 31 at the Academy. Groundbreaking
for construction of the Academy took place on March 5, 2000, and the
school opened for the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year. The school
currently accommodates approximately 1,500 students, however
construction is underway to increase the capacity and academic
facilities available.
Jack E. Singley Academy - 4601 N. MacArthur Blvd - Irving, TX
In
addition to re-naming the Academy, another of the recommendations
presented by a committee appointed by the IISD Board of Trustees is to
fund the Jack Singley Scholarship for four graduating seniors, one at
each IISD high school. Currently the Singley Scholarship allows for only
one scholarship per year. Individuals who want to personally honor
Singley and his family are encouraged to contact the Irving Schools
Foundation to make a donation to the Jack Singley Scholarship.
Click here to donate online.
The Academy is located at 4601 N.
MacArthur Blvd in Irving. Due to construction at the Academy, parking is
limited. Overflow parking with shuttle service to and from the
celebration will be available at MacArthur High School.
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Keyes Soccer Wins National Title
The soccer team comprised of
students from Keyes Elementary School defeated a team from Los Angeles,
California, to win the Futbolito Bimbo Stars indoor soccer national
championship May 17.
To get to the championship game, the
Keyes team defeated teams from Houston and Chicago May 16, but on the
morning of May 17 lost to Los Angeles in the final preliminary game and
was seeded second. The championship game in the afternoon of May 17
matched the first and second seeded teams – Los Angeles and Dallas,
which was represented by the Keyes team. Keyes defeated Los Angeles 5-3
to win the national championship.
The Keyes Elementary
School soccer team won the National Championship May 17 and
will compete at international competition July 3-4. |
The Keyes soccer team now looks
forward to the international championship tournament, playing against
national champion teams from Mexico and Central America. The tournament
is scheduled for July 3-4 at NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland
Hills.
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Farine Students, Staff to Donate
Hair for Charity
Approximately 40 students and staff
at Farine Elementary School have volunteered to donate hair for the
Locks of Love organization from 8-11 a.m. June 1 at Farine.
The hair donation is part of
Farine’s Service Matters day, an event to celebrate the school’s
year-long theme, “What We Do Matters”. Farine students have spent the
month of May conducting various activities related to making a
difference in one’s community: fourth graders adopted the school’s
courtyard to clean and make improvements and have been working with
Irving Cares in collecting hygiene items to donate to people in need;
third grade students are researching ecological issues and are
collecting recyclable materials; second graders are creating a butterfly
garden in the courtyard; and first grade students are creating activity
books to give to children in the hospital. The final results of
students’ projects will be revealed during the June 1 day-long event.
Ronda Huffstetler, IISD Board of
Trustees member and owner of Ronda of the Plaza Salons will partner with
stylists from Scott LeMaster Salon in cutting hair for Locks of Love,
then restyling donors’ new haircuts. Guest speakers will include
representatives from Keep Irving Beautiful, SPCA, Cocker Spaniel Rescue,
Girl Scouts of America, Southwest Transplant Alliance, Mothers Against
Drunk Driving, and Irving Cares. In the afternoon, a mobile donation bus
from Carter Blood Care will arrive at Farine for a blood drive.
Farine Elementary School is located
at 615 Metker in Irving. For more information regarding the events
scheduled for Service Matters day, call 972-261-2700.
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Lee Elementary Reaches Milestone
Lee Elementary School has scheduled
a 50th anniversary celebration beginning at 8 a.m. May 29 at
the school located at 1600 Carlisle in Irving.
The annual fifth grade versus
faculty softball game will open festivities from 8-9:30 a.m. The annual
softball game is a 30-year tradition at Lee, and former principal Cecil
Carson will throw out the first pitch. From 9:30-11 a.m., brunch will be
served and a reunion of former school staff and a slide presentation
depicting the school’s history will be hosted. Former staff members are
invited to visit classrooms and read to children from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
and former students are invited to a reception in the library from 3-4
p.m.
Lee was opened in 1959 and was named
for T.J. Lee, a long-time resident of Irving and an American Airlines
pilot who served for five years as an Irving ISD School Board Trustee.
T.J. Lee operated a small airport in the area where the elementary
school is now located.
For more information about the Lee
50th anniversary celebration, call 972-261-2600.
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MacArthur Drama Gains Valuable
Experience
MacArthur High School theater
department earned eighth place overall at State UIL One-Act Play
Competition at University of Texas at Austin May 16.
Performing The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot, the MacArthur troupe received the Texas Educational
Theater Association Award of Outstanding Achievement in Conference 5A as
well as a plaque for achieving state finalist status. Governor Rick
Perry also recognized the IISD cast with Texas Governor Recognition
Certificates, the only group to be recognized in such a fashion. In
individual awards, Donald Bennett, playing the role of judge in the
play, was named Honorable Mention State All-Star Cast.
MacArthur High School student
Donald Bennet, playing the role of judge in The Last Days
of Judas Iscariot, was named to the Honorable Mention
State All-Star Cast at Texas UIL One-Act Play Competition
May 16. |
Stephen F. Austin High School from
Austin was named state champion, Keller Central High School won second,
and Edinburg High School won third. In looking to next year, MacArthur
drama teacher Phillip Morgan said they plan to take advantage of the
experience and lessons learned and apply them to next year’s one-act
play preparation.
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Bowie Solo & Ensemble Contest
Bowie Middle School band students
competed in the school’s second annual internal solo and ensemble
competition May 12.
Seven judges scored more than 200
Bowie band members from sixth through eighth grade. More than 85 percent
of the band participated in at least one portion of the contest.
Approximately 127 students earned a
first division rating, and each judge also awarded outstanding soloist
honors in their respective categories. For a complete list of students
awarded outstanding soloist, access
www.irvingisd.net/articles/Bowie2009.htm.
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Athletes of the Month
Erika Hamilton, junior at Nimitz
High School, and Jeff Stovall, sophomore at Irving High School, have
been named female and male IISD Athletes of the Month for May.
Erika Hamilton |
Jeff Stovall |
Hamilton plays right fielder for the
Nimitz softball team and is batting .495 for the season. She has also
recorded 18 runs-batted-in (RBIs) and 25 stolen bases.
Jeff Stovall leads the Irving High
baseball team with a .472 batting average. He also leads the district
with 22 RBIs and is one of the top pitchers on the squad for the season.
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Climbing the Walls at Johnston
A student at Johnston Elementary
School enjoys the rope climb during the Johnston Field Day May 15.
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