Speakers Sought for
Career Days
The
Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 11th
Annual Business Exchange Days event in February to benefit Irving ISD
high school juniors and seniors. It will be held February 8 at Irving
and MacArthur high schools and February 8-9 at The Academy of IISD.
Business professionals
are encouraged to sign up as a speaker for the popular event, which
gives students the opportunity to hear from local business professionals
about various careers. Each year, the event attracts guest speakers from
fields such as technology, entrepreneurship, communications, graphic
arts, finance, medicine and education to share their experiences with
classes at IISD high schools.
More than 160 speakers
have been requested by teachers this year. For a complete list of
speaker topics, refer to
www.irvingisd.net/pie/articles/HSCareerDays.htm.
For more information
about the specific classes, contact Thelma Cantu at
tcantu@irvingisd.net.
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WaMu Donates $5,000
Toward Adopt-a-Family
The Irving-based
National Operations Center for Washington Mutual (WaMu) donated $5,000
toward Irving ISD's Adopt-a-Family Program. These funds will be
designated to schools to help families with gifts and/or meals during
this holiday season.
WaMu presented the check
to IISD officials during the company's holiday party December 8.
Representing IISD were: Thelma Cantu, coordinator of Partnerships in
Education; Ralph Diaz, administrative assistant to the superintendent;
and Toni Gallego, homeless grant coordinator.
WaMu is a provider of
financial services with its headquarters based in Seattle. In addition
to its operations center, WaMu has several financial centers located in
Irving.
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Washington Mutual representatives Jeff Deuel,
Leslie Flynne and Priscilla McGuire presented a $5,000
donation to the IISD Adopt-a-Family Program. The check was
accepted on behalf of IISD by Toni Gallego, Thelma Cantu and
Ralph Diaz. |
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Nimitz Decathlon Wins
Holmes Meet
The Nimitz High School
Academic Decathlon Team traveled to San Antonio to participate in a
practice meet held last weekend at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in
San Antonio.
The meet annually
attracts many of the best teams in Texas. Nimitz won the meet for the
first time since 2001.
Individually, Jeremiah
Glenn was not only the top B student at the meet, but the highest
scoring student among the 400 participants.
Other outstanding
performances were turned in by Shehznan Baqui and Alex Masterson, who
were the third- and fourth-ranked B students at the meet, and Jared
Hindman and Matthew Granado, who ranked third and fifth among C
students. Nimitz A students Austin Christenberry, Joseph Mathew, and
Murtaza Jafferji were the ninth, 10th and 12th ranked A students. Jerry
Jacob also participated for Nimitz.
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Beginning Sign
Language Class Offered at Britain
Irving ISD is offering
part two of Beginning Sign Language that will be held each Monday
between January 22 and March 5 from 5:30-6:45 p.m. in the Britain
Elementary School cafeteria.
The class is free to
families with deaf students, $10 for IISD employees, and $15 for
community members. The instructor is Sherry Clifton. Attendees may
register on the first night of class.
For more information,
call 972-554-3800.
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IHS Senior Receives
Princeton Scholarship
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Adrian Gallegos |
Irving High School
senior Adrian Gallegos has received a Quest Bridge College Match
Scholarship to attend Princeton University.
Gallegos was accepted to
Princeton’s early admissions program and will receive a full scholarship
worth about $160,000.
The scholarship will
cover tuition, room and board for the entire four years of his
undergraduate studies.
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Fine Arts Holiday
Program Schedule
The following is a
schedule of December fine arts programs scheduled in Irving ISD. Events
take place at the school unless otherwise noted:
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Thursday, December 14:
Irving High School Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m.; MacArthur High School
Orchestra Cluster Concert, 7 p.m.; Nimitz High School Orchestra Cluster
Concert, 7 p.m.; Bowie Middle School Choir Holiday Concert, 7 p.m.;
Britain Elementary School Third Grade PTA Program, 7 p.m.; Farine
Elementary School Singers Winter Concert, 6:30 p.m.; Gilbert Elementary
School Honor Choir/Fifth Grade PTA Program, 7 p.m.; John Haley
Elementary School PTA Program, 7 p.m.; Hanes Elementary School Third
Grade PTA Program, 6:30 p.m.; Lee Elementary School Fifth Grade Art
Show, 7 p.m.; Lively Elementary School Choir/Fifth Grade PTA Program, 7
p.m.; and Schulze Elementary School Second Grade PTA Program, 7 p.m.
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Sunday, December 17:
Lively Elementary School Keynote Choir, 4:30 p.m., Six Flags Over Texas.
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Monday, December 18:
Irving Children’s Chorus Concert, 7 p.m., Oak View Baptist Church; and
Travis Middle School Choir Holiday Concert, 7 p.m.
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Tuesday, December 19:
Nimitz High School Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band, 7 p.m.; MacArthur
High School Band Holiday Concert, 7 p.m.; Houston Middle School
Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 p.m.; Thomas Haley Elementary School Honor
Choir, The Nutcracker, 9 a.m., 1:45 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Townsell
Elementary School Fifth Grade Program, 7 p.m.
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Wednesday, December 20:
Elliott Elementary School Third Grade Program, 1 p.m., and Travis Middle
School Music Holiday Assembly, 8:30 and 9:30 a.m.
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PTA Council Reports
Volunteer Service Hours
The IISD Council of PTAs
reports a total of 31,779.5 volunteer service hours during the months of
October and November. Elementary schools totaled 18,510, middle schools
totaled 7,101.5 and high schools totaled 6,168. Top performing PTA units
were Johnston Elementary School, de Zavala Middle School, and MacArthur
High School.
In other PTA news, a new
PTA unit was established last month at Clifton Early Childhood School.
The council currently has 28 local PTA units.
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Bowie Students Make
All-Region Band
Bowie Middle School
announced that five of its students made the TMEA All-Region Middle
School Band. They are Jessica Alvarez, Jena Gallemore, Star Hernandez,
Itcel Ordonez and Travis Stone. The school is also highly represented in
the All-City Band with 23 members.
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Claymation at Elliott
 Fourth
graders at Elliott Elementary School are using Claymation in
lessons involving books. Final Claymation products will be
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District Weekly
Schedule
The next District
Weekly is scheduled for January 4 after the holiday break.
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