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A community-wide e-newsletter... |
March 7, 2008 |
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| Pictured l-r: Mrs. Green, Josephine Green, and Angela Varga, UPHS teacher |
| UPHS Student Wins Poetry Contest |
Josephine Green, FBHS University Preparatory freshman, won honorable mention in the Emerging Writers Contest sponsored by the Art Center for the Islands. There will be a special reception held in April for the contest winners, their teachers and family members at the Art Center in Port Aransas. Students will share their poems with the audience at this reception.
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| FBHS Visual Art Scholastic Event Medalists |
Flour Bluff High School Art and Digital Graphics and Animation classes won 41 regional medals at the Visual Art Scholastic Event on February 16 at Ray High School. All students competing in the event received superior or excellent scores on their artworks. Eleven schools entered the event. Forty-four entries from Region 2, including 19 from Flour Bluff High School, will advance to State VASE at the University of Houston Clear Lake in April.
Students with entries competing at State VASE are Sydnie Alexander, Doug Beard, Britnee Denison, Shane Reader, Candace Packard, K.K. Powell, Tommy Crocker, Adan Flores, and Alyssa Black. Anthony Pabillano, Trevor Cook, J.T. Lanier, Eddie Herrera, and Theresa Robinson each have two artworks advancing to State VASE.
Students receiving regional medals are Lydia Gibbon, Ceymione Herbert, Chance Kidd, Alex Miller, Michael Brusowski, Mariah Forester, Rebecca Horn, and Kathryn Wilkinson.
Students receiving two regional medals each are Doug Beard, Sydnie Alexander, Trevor Cook, J.T. Lanier, Jamie Bevill, Alyssa Black, Tommy Crocker, C. J. Downey, Adan Flores, Eddie Herrera, Anthony Pabillano, Candace Packard, K. K. Powell, Shanda Price, and Theresa Robinson.
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Pictured l-r: Lynn Kaylor, Dr. Carbajal and Stephan Noack |
| Flour Bluff ISD Wins Publication Awards |
The Flour Bluff ISD Public Information Office won state recognition at the annual Texas Schools Public Relations Association (TSPRA) Star Awards Banquet held in conjunction with the annual conference on February 19 in Houston, Texas.
Each year TSPRA recognizes school communicators for outstanding work in both print and electronic media. More than 800 entries were received from over 135 school districts and education foundations. Flour Bluff won Best of the Best in three categories and received gold medals for: Latest Buzz, electronic newsletter; Hornet 5000, invitation; and We Treasure our Volunteers, image identity package. Eight gold stars and three silver stars were also awarded for other publications.
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| Elementary Students Get a Lesson in Measuring |
Students in Mrs. Wohlschlegel's 4th
grade class received some extra help in preparing for the TAKS Math test. Joy Beard's high school Textile and Apparel class came up with a FCCLA project that involved measuring and sewing to help students get an extra edge on the TAKS test.
Measuring is a key area on the TAKS Math test and students sometime have difficulty with using rulers and measurement. Therefore, the high school students came up with a project that would have the elementary students use a ruler to measure a square of fabric and then sew the squares together to make a pillow. The lesson on area and measurement proved to be a fun and useful tool for the students.
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| Skills USA Competition Results |
FBHS Skills USA traveled to Laredo on February 28-29 to compete at the District 12 Meet. The students won 2nd place for Outstanding Chapter out of 50 chapters represented. This is the first year the group has earned this award. They also earned a blue ribbon for highest score on their computer project. They will advance to the state competition to be held in Corpus Christi on April 2-5.
Individual results were as follows: Computer Maintenance 2nd Place- Kevin Dellarocco; Internetworking 1st Place- Scott Hurta; Telecommunications 3rd Place- Kyle Kalinec; Quiz Bowl- 2nd Place, Architectural Drafting (CAD)- 1st Place- J.T. Lanier; Computer Programming 1st Place- Colin Sanders; Fire Fighting 1st Place- David Melin; Fire Fighting 2nd Place- Anthony Cruz; Web Page Team- 2nd Place- Chris Cox and Krista Torralva; Extemporaneous Speaking 3rd Place- J.T. Lanier; First Aid/CPR 1st Place- Lyle Green; and Prepared Speech- 2nd Place- Krista Torralva.
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| FBHS Students Excel |
Congratulations to Andrew Acker for winning the gold medal in Mathematics (perfect score) and Anthony Pabillano for winning the silver medal in Art at the State Academic Decathlon meet held February 28-29 in San Antonio.
Kathleen Paschal, a senior at FBHS won seven first place ribbons in the photography contest sponsored by the 4-H Show held in Robstown. Kathleen will now advance to the state 4-H competition in June.
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Flour Bluff I.S.D. Celebrates Texas Public School Week March 10-14, 2008. We encourage you to take time from your schedule to visit our schools during this week. Click here for a list of scheduled activities at campuses. |
| Hornet Week-end Activities |
Friday 3/7 - V Softball Tournament @ Ingleside
Friday 3/7 - V/JV/F Tennis @ CCISD
Friday 3/7- V Baseball Tournament @ Falfurrias
Friday 3/7 - JV Baseball Tournament @ GP
Friday 3/7 - F Baseball Tournament
Friday 3/7 - BPA State Meet in Dallas
Saturday 3/8 - BPA State Meet in Dallas
Saturday 3/8 - Operation Graduation Talent Show @ Auditorium
Saturday 3/8 - NJROTC State Drill Meet @ College Station
Saturday 3/8 - Spring District 10 Student Council Convention
Saturday 3/8 - JV Maroon Soccer @ Alice
Saturday 3/8 - JV White Soccer @ Ray
Saturday 3/8 - JV Girls Soccer @ Alice
Saturday 3/8 - V/JV/F Tennis @ CCISD
Saturday 3/8 - V Baseball Tournament @ Falfurrias
Saturday 3/8 - JV Baseball Tournament @ GP
Saturday 3/8 - F Baseball Tournament
Saturday 3/8 - JH Tennis @ Rockport
Sunday 3/9 - Daylight Savings Time Begins - set your clock forward one hour |
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Flour Bluff Independent School District
2505 Waldron Road
Corpus Christi, Texas 78418 |
(361) 694-9000 phone
(361) 694-9800 fax |
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A community-wide e-newsletter... |
February 29, 2008 |
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| Pictured l-r: Trey Collins, FBHS Diving Coach, Taylor Orner, Scott Bucy, FBHS Swim Coach. |
| Taylor Orner Brings Home the Bronze |
FBHS Junior, Taylor Orner, put Flour Bluff on the state map Saturday, February 23 when he won the bronze medal in the UIL District 4-AAAA State Diving Contest. This is the first time a Flour Bluff student has won a medal in the state diving contest. Taylor was recognized along with his coaches at the school board meeting February 28, 2008. Coach Scott Bucy was also recognized for being selected the Regional Swim Coach of the Year.
The All-State Swimming and Diving teams were announced recently and the following FBHS students were recognized.
1st Team All-State - Taylor Orner
2nd Team All-State - Chris Prewit, Haley Land, Ceci Mestas-Nunex, Taneesa Morris, Madlyn Vadney, Kevin Wilson, Andrew Acker, Andrew Willias.
All-State Honorable Mention: Kayla McCloud, Brittany Tennison and Ali Nieves.
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The Flour Bluff High School KEDT Challenge Team are the new Challenge Champions for 2008. Calallen High School held the title for the last two years. Each team member will receive a $500 scholarship for their win. Pictured l-r bottom row: Jake Alexander, Andrew Acker, Austin Rock and Phil Dusslier. Top row l-r: Ariel Moore, Beth Huckabee, Sponsor, Eric Boyd, Moderator, and Kaitlin McClymont. |
| FBJH Band UIL Solo/Ensemble Awards |
Congratulations to the following FBJH band members for receiving a First Division rating on their solos and ensembles at the UIL contest on February 23.
Twirling Solo - Cambrielle Gorham; Flute Solo - Kalotha Webber, Caroline Teck, Briana Wells, Jasmine Orona and Tiffany Ferguson; Oboe Solo - Ariceli Suarez and Daniel Hebert; Clarinet Solo - Betty Caraballo, So Hee Park, Stephaen Gibson, Stephanie Aguilar and Eric Cadondon; Bass Clarinet Solo - Adriana Brulloths; Alto Saxophone Solo - Chris Smith; Trumpet Solo - Jordanna Rebbeck, Brandon Everett and John Austin Gallardo; French Horn Solo - Rebecca Martinez, Loren Roberts; Baritone Solo - Savannah Agnich; Snare Drum Solo and Marimba Solo - Nikki Evertson; Flute Trio - Briana Hottell, Courtney Brewer and Kylie Petty.
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| FBJH Academy English Class Mentors Kindergartners |
In October, 2007,
the JH Academy English class invited the kindergarten class of Christy Zamora to learn about our founding fathers and the American Revolution by taking part in a joint writing venture. The kindergarten class became an extension of the existing FBJH Junto group and carried on the tradition of Ben Franklin's original Junto, studying history and literature and taking part in community service projects. The Academy English students included the kindergartners in a writing project where they created, wrote, and illustrated books that they are entering in the Scholastic Kids Are Authors contest. They held a publishing party to celebrate the completion of the books. All kindergartners received copies of their own books printed in black and white so they can use them as coloring books. The originals have been sent to Scholastic. Maybe some of our Flour Bluff budding authors will be published by summer! |
| FBJH Students Excell |
The Mathcounts team won 1st place at the Texas A&M Corpus Christi meet on February 16. Individual results were: Matt Gilmore - 1st; David Acker - 2nd; Robert Walker - 3rd, Nathan Portwood - 5th, Tristan Guajardo - 7th, Steven Kyle - 9th, Ian MacDonald - 10th, and Ian Williams - 14th. The Flour Bluff team will now advance to the state competition to be held March 29.
The Science Olympiad team competed at the Regional tournament on February 23 held at Texas A&M Kingsville. Individual results were: Ashley Rock & Katie Rock - 3rd in Rocks and Minerals and Oceanography; Joshua Strunk & Anna Rinehart - 2nd in Science Word, Simple Machines, Scrambler (egg car); Gypsie Alavarado & Christian Harper - 2nd in Tower Building; Chris Becho & Emily Miller - 2nd Balloon Launch Glider and Trajectory (catapult); April Furman & Anna Rinehart - 2nd in Write It/Do It; and Sammi Billman & Abigail Phelps - 3rd Metric Mastery.
Braden Brower and Maricca Conte were awarded the Whataburger Winner's Circle Award. They were chosen from a pool of students as "best of the best" for the Winner's Circle by their teachers. Each received a t-shirt, coupons for Whataburger meals, and four tickets to an Islander's game.
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| Primary School Pilots HEB Healthy Living Program |
The Flour Bluff Primary School piloted a program sponsored by
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Standing l-r: Sabrina Childers, Thalia Rigney, and Meredith Marcum |
HEB to promote healthy living. Classes from Mrs. Tomscha, Mrs. Tate and Mrs. Jurgensen participated. Students were given pedometers to encourage exercise, they toured the local HEB, sampled healthy food, and HEB Buddy visited the classrooms and gave them samples of a variety of fruits and vegetables. The grand finale was an essay contest which students wrote about why being healthy was important. The top essay from each class won an HEB backpack filled with school supplies. Winners were Sabrina Childers, Thalia Rigney and Meredith Marcum. Thalia was chosen the top winner and received a $25 gift certificate from HEB.
The following students were runners up and received a small bag of school supplies. Standing left - right: Anthony Skrobarczyk, Gabriel Suarez, Alyssa Kiser, Jewlia Albe, and Jesse Ogden.
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| Operation Graduation |
Operation Graduation 2008 is holding several fundraisers to help sponsor a chemical-free party for graduating seniors of Flour Bluff High School. Those events include:
March 8 - Pride of the Community Talent Show
FBHS Auditorium - 7:00 p.m.
$5 per person (children 5 and under are free)
Contact Penny Robinson (947-3160) or Velda Schalk (774-0925)
March 29 - Golf Tournament
NAS Gulf Winds Golf Course - 12:30 p.m. Tee Time
$225 per team due by March 24th
Contact Tracy Belew (945-0284) or Teresa Brumley (739-6925)
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Flour Bluff I.S.D. Celebrates Texas Public School Week March 10-14, 2008. We encourage you to take time from your schedule to visit our schools during this week. Click here for a list of scheduled activities at campuses. |
| Hornet Week-end Activities |
Friday 2/29 - Intermediate Leap Festival
Friday 2/29 - V Softball Tournament @ CCISD
Friday 2/29- Boys Soccer @ TM
Friday 2/29 - V Baseball Tournament away
Friday 2/29 - JV Baseball Tournament @ Kingsville
Friday 2/29 - F Baseball Tournament @ Calallen
Friday 2/29 - DECA District Competition @ CC
Friday 2/29 - SKILLS USA District @ Laredo
Friday 2/29 - Texas State Academic Decathlon @ San Antonio
Saturday 3/1 - Texas State Academic Decathlon @ San Antonio
Saturday 3/1 - SKILLS USA District @ Laredo
Saturday 3/1 - V Softball Tournament @ CCISD
Saturday 3/1 - JV Maroon Soccer w/King @ FB
Saturday 3/1 - JV White Soccer @ Rockport
Saturday 3/1 - V Baseball Tournament away
Saturday 3/1 - JV Baseball Tournament @ Kingsville
Saturday 3/1 - F Baseball Tournament @ Calallen
Saturday 3/1 - JH Tennis @ FB
Sunday 3/2 - Texas State Academic Decathlon @ San Antonio
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Flour Bluff Independent School District
2505 Waldron Road
Corpus Christi, Texas 78418 |
(361) 694-9000 phone
(361) 694-9800 fax |
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