Flour Bluff High School Operation Graduation is holding their annual golf tournament on Saturday, March 27 at the NAS Gulfwinds Golf Course. It is a four member scramble format and a $225 entry fee. All monies raised will go toward the alcohol/drug free lock-in on graduation night, May 27, at the Corpus Christi Athletic Club. Entry forms and sponsorship forms are available from any operation graduation committee person or you can call Cynthia Rasmusson at 728-6284.

To help kick off Texas Public Schools Week, FBISD will hold a Hornet Techno Expo on Saturday, March 6 at the Intermediate School from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Expo will feature the latest technology applications being used in classrooms across the district from grades K-12. Demonstrations will also be available for district applications such as Parent Portal, MyNutriKids Lunch Program and the District website and calendar. The event is open to the public as well as parents and students of FBISD. Vendors will be selling food, drinks and other items. For more information go to the district website and select Hornet Techno Expo.

Flour Bluff NJROTC competed against the best Navy Junior ROTC cadets from across Texas on February 26-27, 2010 at Texas A&M College Station and for the sixteenth year in a row they came back as State Champions!

• First Place Overall Champion
• First Place Physical Fitness
• First Place Academics
• First Place Overall Drill
• Third Place Personnel Inspection

For complete individual results please see the NJROTC webpage.

Members of the FBJH and FBHS Band participated at the UIL Solo and Ensemble contest at Texas A&M Kingsville and came away with top honors. Students who qualified for the State Solo and Ensemble contest to be held May 30 at the University of Texas are:

High School Band
Ian Williams, Julia Cabral, Stephanie Aguilar, Eric Cadondon, Julia Teck, Derek Fitzgerald, Michael Lugo, Michael Mott, Nick Parker, Elizabeth Gillum, Matt Durham, Rony Rodriquez, Paul Barrera, Glen Abalos, Devon Morrow, Ramon Ortiz, Alex Blanke, Chase Campbell, Janelle Gonzales, Meagan Wagoner, Taylor Fancher, John Fabian and Amber Lea Fielder.

For a complete listing of high school and junior high individual results please check the band webpage on the district website.

Flour Bluff ISD will celebrate Texas Public Schools Week March 8-12. Open houses will be scheduled at each campus during this week. Campuses will also be showcasing technology in the classroom and each campus will have scheduled activities throughout the week. For more information go to the district website.

Congratulations to the Flour Bluff High School Skills USA team on their outstanding win at the District 12 competition held in Victoria, Texas on February 26. The team won 1st Place for Outstanding Chapter out of 47 chapters represented. Results are as follows:

Webpage Design Team - 1st place Shade Clatter and Cassidy Reynolds; 3D Animation and Graphics Team - 1st place Ray Randolph and Robert Chamberlain; Computer Programming - 1st place Justin Armijo; Prepared Speech - 2nd place Madelyn Ralston; Community Service Project (Relay for Life) - 1st place Gabriel Diaz, Aileene Nillo and Mary Sheehan; Quiz Bowl Team - 1st place - Justin Armijo, Avery Pfeiffer, Peter Robinson, Madelyn Ralston, and Amberlea Fiedler; Texas Pin Design - 1st place - Amanda Smith; First Aid/CRP - 1st place Justin Gregg, 3rd place - Amberlea Fiedler; Promotional Bulletin Board - 1st place Adriana Resendez, Daniel Hernandez, Taneisha Williams, Bryan Sargent; and Related Technical Math - 1st place - Steven Kyle.