IISD Wins "What Parents Want" Award
Irving Independent School District is among just 14
percent of the nation’s 15,593 public school districts recognized
recently for meeting the needs of families. IISD is one of 2,304 winners
of the 2002 What Parents Want Award presented by SchoolMatch, an
independent, nationwide service that helps corporate employee families
find schools that meet the needs of their children.
“We’re thrilled but certainly not surprised that
SchoolMatch recognized the wonderful things going on in our
district,” IISD Superintendent Jack Singley said. “Irving can be proud
of its schools, and parents can rest assured that their children are
getting the best education possible.”
SchoolMatch has conducted
more than 1,000 educational effectiveness audits of school systems
throughout the country. Its database of school ratings is offered as an
employee benefit by almost 600 companies, including Office Depot, United
Parcel Service, Ernst & Young, Hewlett Packard, Nationwide Insurance,
PSI Energy, and The Limited.
Criteria for receiving the award is based on more than
90,000 parent questionnaires. SchoolMatch looks for schools that
are:
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Texas Secretary of State to Visit IHS
Texas Secretary of State Gwyn Shea will visit with
seniors at Irving High School on Friday, April 26, as part of a
statewide tour to encourage voter registration among 18-year-olds.
Shea will visit Manuel Garcia’s government class at
noon where she will deliver graduation cards to the students and
register those who are eligible to vote. The tour is a non-partisan
voter outreach program, according to Shea.
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Travis Student Wins State Science Fair
Travis Middle School seventh grader Audrey Achilles
won first place in the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair
April 12.
Achilles’ project, What Does Handwriting Really
Say? took the prize in the behavioral/social science category.
More than 900 students from across the state competed
in the event at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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IISD Nurses Honored
Two IISD school nurses are among the best in North
Texas, according to the Texas Nurses Association and the Dallas/Fort
Worth Hospital Council.
Robyn Noneman, school nurse at Gilbert Elementary, and
Kyra Manry, school nurse at Union Bower Center for Learning, will be
honored on Wednesday, May 1 at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center in
Dallas as two of the Great 100 Nurses of the Dallas/Fort Worth area for
2002.
Awards are given every year to the top 100 nurses in
North Texas by the hospital council and districts three and four of the
nurses association. Past IISD recipients include Katy Dooley, Lynn Yoas,
Mary Kay Hartley, Marge Flowers, and Shelia Morris. Nurses are selected
for the award based on their leadership, community service, and other
significant contributions to public health, safety and education.
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ISF Prize Patrol to Deliver $10,676 to Teachers
Irving Schools Foundation board members will deliver
the Spring 2002 Grants to Teachers to the recipients’ classrooms on
Thursday, April 25 between 9 and 10:30 a.m.
Chosen from a field of 41, the 16 winners will be
surprised by the “ISF Prize Patrol” carrying large checks, balloons and
flowers.
The total of the 16 grants is $10,676.
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Latin Students Qualify for Nationals
Five Irving High School students placed at the state
Latin competition in Austin recently and qualified to compete in the
national meet in Tennessee this summer. Lara Goins, Megan Connolly,
Madonna Solis, Ashley Miller, and Celia Pena all placed in at least one
event at the meet held at Cedar Park High School, April 5 and 6.
MacArthur High School and Nimitz High School teams did not participate.
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Irving High Holds Cultural Fair
Dances, food, costumes and music will brighten the
room at the Irving High School cafeteria Thursday, April 25 at the
school’s second annual cultural fair. From 7 to 8:30 p.m., more than 30
students will display the culture of their native countries with booths,
mementos, and performances. The event is free and open to the public,
and produced entirely by students.
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