A scene from Annie - Hooverville singers left to right are…Victoria Major (green sweater), Katy Gonzales, Yong-Min Ho, Carly Soler, Mat Gillum, Brandon Wilson (very back), and Elizabeth Maxwell (red shirt) This will be the last week-end to catch the musical production of Annie presented by the FBHS theater arts, choir and band departments. The reviews have been excellent! There is talk already about next year and what musical they might choose. The students and staff have worked very hard at rehearsals, creating set designs and sewing costumes. Don't miss this opportunity to see Flour Bluff's students shine. Tickets can be purchased at the Hornet Spirit Shop or at the door. Scheduled performances are: Friday and Saturday, December 8-9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 10 at 3:00 p.m.

The FBHS Interact Club is participating in an international fund raiser to support the building of three classrooms in Honduras. The Port Isabel Rotary Club with the assistance of Interact volunteers from Texas, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire and Virginia will be traveling to LaCeiba Honduras, February 7-23 to help build and repair classrooms. FBHS students are helping purchase the supplies needed for the classrooms by selling hand made jewelry from Honduras.

The jewelry is all hand made by the villagers in Honduras. Necklaces, bracelets and earrings offered at a variety of prices are available for purchase. The jewelry will be displayed in the Spirit Shop and during lunch at the high school on Fridays. Special showings have been scheduled at all campuses also.

Students from FBJH and FBHS were honored at a reception at the Art Center for the Islands in Port Aransas on December 3. The students' work will be displayed through the end of December. Participating classroom teachers are Lisa Brown, Ron Richardson, Valerie Lichtenberger, Connie Vallie and Charlotte Walker. Students who placed in the art show are: 7th Grade - Mary Sheehan (1st), Vicki Stewart (2nd), Eric Hurt (3rd); 8th Grade - Tricia Parham (1st), Ashley Caven (2nd), Brittany Tennison (3rd); 9th Grade - Dylan Keyes (1st), K.K.Powell (3rd); 10th Grade - Anthony Pabillano (1st), Kyle McCoy (3rd); 11th Grade - Tisha Rodriguez (1st), Jenessa Trebatoski (2nd), Chelsea Wilkerson (Honorable Mention); 12th Grade - Kari Sassenrath (1st and Special Judges Award), Evan Bangle (2nd), and Kaitlin Calk (3rd).

FBHS band students auditioned at the TMEA Region Auditions on December 2 at Alice High School.  Eleven students were named to the TMEA All Region Band and six students were certified to advance to the TMEA All Area Band Audition. Those students named to the All Region Band were: Holly Dihn, Samantha Honors, Mary Ann Gonzales, Allison Clark, Angela Grey, Kimberlee Ortiz, Rachel Boyd, Eric Rasmussen, Claire Ellis, Kelly O'Bryant and Daniel Proske. Advancing to the Area Band are: Jennifer Moses, Monica Leal, Grace Guthrie, Steven Keener, Vincent Cruz and Vincent Karbowski. The band is under the direction of Victor Lara.

Flour Bluff ISD is one of 287 school districts and education entities selected to receive an automated external defibrillator (AED) from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Risk Management Fund. These life-saving devices can dramatically increase the chance of survival for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Recently the University Interscholastic League mandated that all 1,300 Texas public high schools that are UIL members obtain at least one AED for their campuses and athletic events beginning in the 2007-08 school year.

FBHS NJROTC competed at the largest JROTC competition in the state of Texas on Saturday, December 2 at Southwest High School in San Antonio and received 1st Place Overall Grand Champion. There were forty nine teams competing from throughout the state. Of the nine high school JV teams competing in the competition, Flour Bluff JV placed 1st Overall in the JV competition. Results were: 1st place in Unarmed Drill Regulation, Unarmed Drill Inspection, Unarmed Drill Overall, Female Color Guard and Academic Team; 2nd place in Unarmed Drill Exhibition and Open Color Guard; 3rd place in Armed Drill Inspection, Armed Drill Exhibition, Armed Drill Overall, and Athletic Team.

The FBHS Robotics team traveled to Lubbock on Friday and Saturday, December 1-2 to compete in the State Robotics competition at Texas Tech University. The team won 1st place in Robotics Design and 15th overall at the competition. Our congratulations to these students for their accomplishments at the state level.

The Flour Bluff Academic Decathlon Team won second place at the King Invitational Decathlon Meet held December 1-2. Overall winners in the three categories were Juliana Vasquez 1st place Varsity, Thomas Cronnon 2nd place Scholastic, and Lisa Lawson 3rd place Scholastic. Individual results were: Honors Division - Kyle Huskin 2nd in art, 3rd in literature and 6th in social science and economics; and Anthony Pabillano 1st in mathematics; Scholastic Division - Thomas Cronnon 1st in social science, economics, and literature; 2nd in mathematics, 3rd in art, 6th in super quiz; Lisa Lawson 2nd in literature and art, 3rd in mathematics, 4th in music, 5th in economics and 6th in super quiz; Wes Gaddie 2nd in literature, 3rd in economics, 4th in super quiz, 6th in essay, social science, mathematics and art; Juliana Vasquez 1st in essay, music and economics, 2nd in super quiz, 3rd in social science and art, 4th in mathematics and literature; Ariel Moore 4th in super quiz, 5th in art, 6th in social science and mathematics.

St. Pius Catholic School sponsored a holiday chess tournament on December 3 and several FBISD students participated in the tournament. Flour Bluff won 1st place in the primary (K-3) division with 9 team members of which scores from the top four students determined the winner. The K-3 team members were: Natanee Wallett (1st place out of 63 students with a perfect score), Alex Wallett (tied for 2nd), Ryan Breen (7th), Sarah Muir (20th), Richard Blankenship (23rd), Travis Diehl (35th), Andrew Perez (36th), Mary Blankenship (39th) and Ammarie Wallett (54th). Flour Bluff won 5th place in the elementary (4-6) division. Individual places were: Christian Castaneda (13th), Ryan Braly (22nd), Kyle Breen (33rd), Dru Wen (37th), and Joshua Rider (39th). FBHS student Brian Hirschman won 2nd place in the high school division.

Friday 12/8 - Annie @ Auditorium
Friday 12/8 - TMEA Area Auditions
Friday 12/8 - JH Girls Basketball Tournament @ FB
Friday 12/8 - HS Girls Basketball Tournament @ TM
Friday 12/8 - HS Boys Basketball Tournament
Saturday 12/9 - Annie @ Auditorium
Saturday 12/9 - JH Girls Basketball Tournament @ FB
Saturday 12/9 - HS Girls Basketball Tournament @ TM
Saturday 12/9 - HS Boys Basketball Tournament
Saturday 12/9 - ACT Testing
Saturday 12/9 - Athletic Booster BBQ
Sunday 12/10 - Annie @ Auditorium