Christian,
Huffstetler, Patrick Win Seats
On Saturday, Irving
residents elected one new trustee and re-elected two others to govern
the district.
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Ronda
Huffstetler won the Place 7 seat being vacated by Ken
Murray, who chose not to seek re-election. Huffstetler won 55.6
percent of vote over challengers A.D. Jenkins, who garnered 27.2
percent, and Gloria Agyemang, who received 17.2 percent.
Huffstetler has previously served on the IISD Board of Trustees.
Also, Nita
Patrick was re-elected to her Place 5 seat, winning 62.1
percent of the vote over challenger Patricia Kilmer, who
received 37.9 percent.
Jerry
Christian ran unopposed for his Place 6 seat, receiving a
total of 3,579 votes.
Election
results are unofficial until the vote is canvassed. Newly
elected trustees will be sworn in and installed Monday at the
next board meeting. Board officers also will be elected.
For more on
the election results, click on the Election Results link below
for IISD, City of Irving, and other area election results. |
Rhonda Huffstetler
Place 7
Nita Patrick
Place 5
Jerry Christian
Place 6 |
www.irvingisd.net/ppage/election_information.htm
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Academy Teen
Entrepreneur Advances
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Ashley Mora |
Ashley Mora of The
Academy of Irving ISD won $700 during the National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Greater Dallas annual student business
plan competition held May 4.
Mora’s business plan
was chosen over six other businesses to advance to New York City in
October to compete in NFTE’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. She will
be competing for $10,000 to invest in her teen business.
Her business, Mora’s
Mailouts, assists local Irving realtors in finding addresses for their
postcards and assembling the postcards for mailing.
Ashley became
involved with running a teen business after being introduced to
entrepreneurship in her marketing class by her teacher, Kimberly Watson,
who was named NFTE Apprentice Teacher of the Year last year.
Lupe Recendez and
Zackary McDowell of MacArthur High School also competed in the Greater
Dallas competition, along with students from Dallas ISD. NFTE’s
entrepreneurship education program teaches students the business skills
to start their own small business, while reinforcing academic and life
skills.
The business plan
competition is the capstone of the NFTE program, where students present
and defend business plans before a panel of local judges and compete for
seed capital prizes ranging from $100 to $700.
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ISF Awards
$4,081 in Grants-to-Teachers
Irving
Schools Foundation (ISF) has awarded $4,081 in Grants-to-Teachers to six
teachers. The grants provide teachers with funds to implement innovative
programs in their classrooms.
Applications are
accepted three times per year. The next submission date for the
Grants-to-Teachers program is July 15. Grants are awarded up to $1,000
each.
Spring 2007
recipients were as follows (including grant title): Marilyn Flora,
Barton Elementary School, Articulation Central; Gina Locke, Houston
Middle School, Tech Revisions; Melody Durham, Austin Middle School,
Reading at Mach Speed!; Rick Orndoff, Keyes Elementary School, The
Listening Program for Children with Disabilities and Learning Problems;
Theresa Spencer, Austin Middle School, ‘Writing to be Heard’ Spoken Word
Club; and Gayle Benage, Austin Middle School, Conversing with Chris
Crutcher.
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Student Arts
Celebration Held at Texas Stadium
More than 3,000
North Texas middle school students and their families attended the third
annual Student Arts Celebration May 8 at Texas Stadium.
The event showcased
the work of students and teachers from across North Texas who have
participated in Mobile Learning Institute and Make a Connection Thru Art
classroom programs.
Students from the
Irving, Dallas and Keller school districts shared their creative
writing, visual art and digital films with other students, teachers and
family members.
The event was hosted
by Nokia and the Pearson Foundation, which together sponsor the two
programs, and by the North Texas non-profit Big Thought.
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Lamar Band to
Perform Gelber-Written Piece
The Lamar Middle
School Symphonic Band will premiere a piece by band director Dan Gelber
at 7 p.m. May 21 at the Lamar gymnasium.
The piece is a
collaboration between Gelber and his father, Norman, who is a retired
college English professor. Gelber took poems that his father wrote over
the years and set them to music. The title of the piece is Poems My
Father Sent Me.
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210 Students to
be Honored for Service
A total of 210
Irving ISD high school students are receiving Presidential Volunteer
Service Awards from the Points of Light Foundation this spring. The
awards are given to high school students who have completed 100 or more
volunteer service hours in the community during the school year. Each
award consists of a congratulatory letter from President Bush, a
certificate, and a lapel pin.
Plans are underway
for an IISD Youth Volunteer website in fall 2007 that would be a
resource for students to locate volunteer opportunities.
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Academy Artists
Place at Contests
Four students at The
Academy of Irving ISD won top prizes in the City of Irving’s Wonder of
Water photography contest. Ingrid Laubach won Best of Show and a $225
prize. Her teacher is Wendy McCoy, who won $250.
Anette Villalvazo
and Chris Cardona won first place in Color and Black & White
Photography, respectively. Each won $200. Patricia Cave won second in
Color Photography.
In a related note,
Cardona won the top prize in the art show sponsored by the Irving Black
Arts Council.
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Volunteers
Honored at Lively
Volunteers at Lively
Elementary School enjoyed a breakfast held May 11 in their honor by
staff and students.
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Videoconferencing at Johnston
Fourth
grade gifted & talented students in Jennifer Anderson’s class at
Johnston Elementary School participated recently in a videoconference
with two other Texas schools. The videoconference focused on history,
with each of the schools presenting clues regarding an event, a location
or person important in Texas history.
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Coins for
Cancer at Britain
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Britain
Elementary School recently held its fourth annual Coins for
Cancer collection drive, beating their total from last year
by raising $4,293. Assistant principals Jason Barnett (left)
and Stephen Pollard said they would dye their hair blonde if
the students exceeded $4,000 in donations. |
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