Early Voting
Begins Monday
Early voting by personal appearance will begin Monday, April 28 and
continues through May 6 for the May 10 IISD Trustee elections. Ballots
for early voting may be cast at Irving City Hall, Irving Arts Center,
and Dallas County Records Building as follows:
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April 28-May 3, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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May 4, 1-6 p.m.
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May 5-6, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
A
list of polling places for voting on May 10 is available by accessing
www.irvingisd.net/ppage/election.htm.
Candidate interviews can be viewed at the website and on Irving Schools
Television via Time Warner Cable Channel 98 and Verizon FiOS Channel 33
through May 8. Interviews are broadcast daily at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 6:30
p.m. and 11 p.m.
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Students Win Gold at State VASE
Students
from Irving High School, MacArthur High School, and The Academy of
Irving ISD traveled to the University of Houston at Clearlake April
12-13 to participate in the state level Visual Arts Scholastic Event.
Sixteen IISD students’ work was exhibited and judged among more than
1700 pieces of artwork submitted from around the state of Texas.
Students were rated on a scale of 1 to 4 on design, technique, concept,
and originality and eight Irving students were awarded gold medals for
their submissions. In addition to the competitive events, students
participated in workshops, viewed demonstrations, and received
instruction from professional artists.
For
a complete list of participants and gold medalists, access
www.irvingisd.net/articles/vase.htm.
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Free
WIFI Access
Irving ISD currently provides laptops to each high school
student attending school in the district. Though wireless
internet
is available at IISD schools, a connection to the
Internet may not available at a student’s home.
Students who do not have home Internet service should
become familiar with the free public access points around the community.
For a list of free public WIFI access points, or to submit a free access
point in Irving, visit
www.irvingisd.net/wifi.
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Irving ISD Council of PTAs
Irving
ISD Council of PTAs conducted their Life Membership Banquet April 11 at
Las Colinas Country Club. Three council awards were presented and 55
awards were presented from individual school PTAs. The organizations
awarded the National PTA Lifetime Achievement Award, Texas PTA Honorary
Life Membership Award, or Extended Service Award.
For a complete list of recipients and awards, access
www.irvingisd.net/articles/PTAawards.htm.
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State Media Fair Winners
IISD
submitted 54 projects to the state technology media competition
sponsored by Texas Computer Education Association, 14 of which won the
top award.
According
to TCEA officials, the association received more than 600 project
entries created by more than 1400 Texas students. IISD had five
first-place winners, three second-place winners, and five third-place
winners.
Students who created the winning projects will be receiving medals in
May along with a participation certificate and report with scores and
judges comments.
For
a list of state media fair winners and their projects, access
www.irvingisd.net/articles/mediafair.htm.
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Elliott to Open Parent Center
Elliott Elementary School has scheduled the grand opening of a new
parent center for 6:30 p.m. April 24 in the Elliott cafeteria.
Planning for the parent center program, named AMIGOS, was established in
February 2008 as a result of the growing interest to strengthen parental
involvement at Elliott. Dr. Rosie Garcia, an Elliott grandparent, will
conduct parent workshops on Tuesday mornings and bilingual teachers will
be holding computer classes on Thursday afternoons. Future plans for the
Elliott parent center include establishing a family reading club,
teaching drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and workshops on
preventative child discipline.
The
Elliott parent center is open Tuesdays from 8:15-11:30 a.m. and
Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m.
Parents and
their children work together in the new Elliott Elementary
School parent center in order to prepare for the center’s
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Lions Roar
IISD
students involved in choir, band, dance and orchestra will be
featured in The Lions Roar Show 2008 at 7 p.m. May 3 at MacArthur
Auditorium.
The
event is sponsored by the Irving Noon Day Lions Club and is designed to
showcase the talents of IISD students. Proceeds from the event will help
to provide scholarships for Irving students.
For
more information, contact Woody Schober at 972-790-4101 or via email to
wschober@irvingisd.net.
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Girls Take
Technology Tour
|
 Students
from Union Bower Center for Learning traveled to Microsoft,
Inc. on April 2 for a one-day workshop sponsored by the
company’s DigiGirlz program. |
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Conference Features
Librarians, Administrators
The “Freedom Fighters” book cart drill team
comprised of IISD librarians and library clerks competed at the Texas
Library Association Annual Conference. IISD librarians and
administrators also received presentations from leaders in school
library research as well as delivered presentations ranging from school
and business partnerships to bid processes.
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Academy Students
Present Dental Program
Dental
students from The Academy of Irving ISD provide a show for Clifton Early
Childhood School students regarding dental health including a video and
puppet show, and an opportunity for prekindergarten students to practice
brushing the puppets’ teeth.
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