The Academy HS of Irving ISD

Gala 2010 Court Announcement!

Congratulations to the Gala 2010 Court Nominees: GALA QUEEN Tanisha Glaspie Vida Agyemang Patricia Mercado Star Nguyen GALA KING Lautaro Guevara Eric Juarez Enrique Morado Gustavo Salazar 11th GRADE DUCHESSES Odessa Barron Janette Razo Jannah Sanders 11th GRADE DUKES Phillip Avila Jesus Cervantes Huy Nguyen 10th GRADE DUCHESSES Juanita Escobedo Kely Funes Juhi Vyas 10th GRADE DUKES Thi Nguyen Isaac Reyes Mohamed Zaybek 9th GRADE DUCHESSES Angelica Arteaga Elizabeth Dominick Josselyn Escobar Brittany Featherston Skye Graham 9th GRADE DUKES Javier Angeles Maximiliano Porcel Osvaldo Avila Please meet with Mr. Calderon in Room 325 to get your campaign signs approved.

GOT Technology?

Help the Girls of Technology (GOT) win a microgrant! The Girls of Technology is a club formed to create community between girls who are interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. You can help them to raise money to fund one of their events by clicking HERE to cast your vote! Voting closes November 4.

Red Ribbon Week

Academy students and faculty Red Ribbon week is next week and we want you all to show your support for being drug free and to help promote staying drug free everyday!

RED RIBBON WEEK: THIS YEAR�S THEME: �I AM DRUG FREE.�

Dates: Oct.25-29, 2010

Monday-"Highlight your life don't do drugs!" (Wear REALLY bright neon colors)
Tuesday- �Sock it to Drugs� (Wear wacky socks)
Wednesday-"Strut your way through life don't stumble and fall by doing drugs." (Girls wear your best heels, and guys dress to impress)
Thursday-�Living Drug Free is no Sweat� (Wear sweats).
Friday- "Shade out drugs" (Wear shades)

Red Ribbon week is an ideal way for people and communities to unite and take a visible stand against substance abuse.

Gala Court Information

The Singley Academy Gala Court is a representative group of students that consists of a King and Queen, and Dukes and Duchesses. The King and Queen are senior students, while the Dukes and Duchesses are ninth through eleventh graders.

Classmates traditionally nominate students who they feel have made great contributions to their school, then students vote for members of the Court from the nominees. Once the Gala Court candidates are announced, the entire student body votes for the King and Queen, and Dukes and Duchesses. The voting is conducted by Penny Voting during all three lunches, where one penny is equivalent to one vote.

The winning gala court will be announced the evening of Gala. Gala Dukes and Duchesses are recognized along with the King and Queen gala evening. Gala Court candidates are expected to participate in the Spirit Week's activities as well.

SAVE THE DATES:
October 20-22: Nominations - VOTE NOW!
October 21: Announcement of Gala Court Candidates
October 22: Mandatory Gala Candidates Meeting
October 25-November 5: Penny Voting & Gala Ticket Sales
November 1-5: Spirit Week
November 5: Posting Saenz
November 6: Gala Court Announced

First Parent Involvement Class

The first Parent Involvement Class will be Saturday, October 23rd from 9 to 11:45. There will be four 35-minute sessions that parents can attend to learn more about the technology used at school to help with students learning and management. Parents can participate in sessions that focus on:

- Blackboard/Digital Footprint Learn how Blackboard is used in the classroom and how you can see what your student is learning! Then explore digital footprints and how your student is creating one.

- Gradespeed/Grading Policy In this session you will learn how you can access your students grades and about the district's grading policy.

- Internet Safety/AUP/Copyright Discuss Internet Safety, Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), and Copyright laws that your student is learning about and applying at school.

- ES/Professional Learn more about the Employability Skills (ES) and how professionalism plays an important part of Jack E. Singley Academy culture.

Snacks will be provided! The Parent Involvement Center is located by the main office on the 3rd floor. We hope to see you here! REGISTER NOW!

THE ACADEMY ... DO YOU KNOW?

DO YOU KNOW WHY .... (10.01.10)

"Mr. Brain, The Academy's school colors are black, white, and silver? All of the other schools have two colors? Why do we have three, and why those three?" from Academy Mind

"Academy Mind, another great question. The Academy, if you recall, was a satellite campus for students at Irving High School, MacArthur High School, and Nimitz High School. When we became a stand-alone campus, the student body voted to use the secondary colors of the other high school. The BLACK represents Irving HS ... WHITE represents MacArthur HS ... SILVER represents Nimitz HS. So with this explanation, now you know where the colors came from, as well as why we have three colors." Mr. Brain

DO YOU KNOW WHY .... (09.22.10)

"Mr. Brain, why are the chairs in The Academy Food Court such odd colors?" from Academy Mind

"Academy Mind, the chairs in The Academy Food Court are strange. When The Academy opened in 2001, the school was a satellite campus for students at Irving High School, MacArthur High School, and Nimitz High School. The YELLOW chairs represent Irving HS ... RED chairs represent MacArthur HS ... BLUE chairs represent Nimitz HS. When the school finished the construction last year, two more colors were added: BLACK and GREY, which represent The Academy's school colors." Mr. Brain

STAY TUNED AND REMEMBER THESE FACTS. A SUMMATIVE WILL BE COMING!