Terry Named National Merit Scholar
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Taylor Terry, senior at Singley Academy |
Taylor Terry,
senior at Singley Academy, has been awarded a college-funded scholarship
through the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Named as a National
Merit Semifinalist in September 2009, Terry has been offered a
scholarship from University of North Texas. College-funded scholarships
range in size from $500 to $2,000 annually for up to four years of
undergraduate study at the awarding institution. Ultimately about 8,400
high school seniors will have been offered undergraduate funding.
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Students to Attend Summer Program
A
total of four Irving ISD students have been selected for Education in
Action’s Lone Star Leadership Academy for summer 2010.
Houston Middle
School students Kathryn Overland and Bedrick Topovich were announced as
program attendees earlier this month. Joining Overland and Topovich are
Skye Graham of Houston and Mason Shelley-Cieslawski of Lamar Middle
School.
Overland and
Topovich will attend the summer program in Dallas/Fort Worth and Graham
and Shelley-Cieslawski will attend in Houston/Galveston. In order to be
selected, students must be recommended by a school official, display
academic success, and demonstrate leadership ability. The week-long
program includes sessions to develop leadership skills and learning
about Texas and state government. Sessions also include exposure to
career and internship opportunities and visits to many significant Texas
landmarks.
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TeleParent Survey Results
IISD Public
Information Department conducted a one-question survey June 16 regarding
parents’ perceived effectiveness of the TeleParent system.
According to the
results, 73 percent of respondents gave the TeleParent system the
highest grade, while 5.4 percent of respondents gave the system the
lowest grade.
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Grade |
Percentage |
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7 |
73 % |
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6 |
9.3 % |
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5 |
7.5 % |
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4 |
1.9 % |
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3 |
1.5 % |
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2 |
1.4 % |
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1 |
5.4 % |
Patterned after a
similar survey administered by IISD in May 2008, the telephone survey
message was presented in either English or Spanish depending upon the
primary language spoken at each household, and was telephoned to every
parent or guardian phone number in the IISD TeleParent database, which
numbers 22,674.
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Irving ISD Awarded National PR
Honors
The Irving ISD
Public Information Department has won three awards in the National
School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) 2010 Publications &
Electronic Media Contest.
In the publications
division, IISD earned an Award of Merit for
Inside IISD. The district also won two Awards of Honorable
Mention for the IISD 100 Years of Learning information folder and for
the
2009 Annual Report.
There were 583
entries in the publications division of the national contest, with 103
receiving Awards of Merit and 176 receiving Awards of Honorable Mention.
Since 1935, NSPRA
has been providing school communication training and services to school
leaders throughout the United States, Canada and U.S.-dependent schools
worldwide. For more information on NSPRA and a complete list of winning
entries, visit www.nspra.org.
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IISD Partners with Irving YMCA to
Serve Free Breakfast and Lunch
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In
partnership between the Irving ISD Food Service Department and
the Irving Family YMCA, free meals will be served to community
members age 18 and younger through August 13 at the YMCA. |
Meals will be
served at the Irving YMCA location. Breakfast is served from 8:15 – 8:45
a.m. and lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Meals will not be available on July 5.
Meals are prepared
and served by staff from the IISD Food Service Department, and all meals
meet the nutrition standards set by the USDA. Free breakfasts and
lunches served at Irving YMCA are available to all community members age
18 years old and younger. Participants are limited to one breakfast and
one lunch each per day, and the meals must be consumed at the YMCA.
Other than age
limits, there is no requirement to receive free meals. Patrons do not
need to be a member of the YMCA nor a student at IISD schools. Irving
YMCA is located at 2200 West Irving Blvd, near the intersection of Story
Road and Irving Blvd. Irving YMCA may be reached at 972-986-8898.
Click here for
summer meal calendar and map.
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up with the latest Irving ISD news and events with three Tweets per
day, Monday through Friday. Follow Irving ISD on
Twitter with your cell phone or online.
http://twitter.com/IrvingISD.
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