MacArthur
Homecoming
MacArthur High School Cardinals
celebrate homecoming activities this week. Highlights of the homecoming
schedule include:
- Parade
– Thursday, 3 p.m. at MacArthur
- Pep Rally & Bonfire
– Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at MacArthur
(following ninth grade football games)
- MacArthur vs. South Grand
Prairie
– Friday, 7:30 p.m., Irving Schools Stadium
- Crowning of Homecoming Queen
– Friday, halftime of homecoming football game
- Homecoming Dance
– Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sheraton Grand Hotel
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Live United
Irving ISD employees have the
opportunity in November each year to contribute to the welfare of our
community through the district’s United Way giving campaign. This year’s
campaign builds upon past years, calling the community to “Give.
Advocate. Volunteer. Live United.”
Last year, through the generosity of
IISD employees, $32,427 was raised for United Way affiliates that
provide food, shelter, care, counseling and help to thousands of our
neighbors. Building coordinators have additional information and pledge
cards available for donations through various means: payroll deduction,
credit card, or cash gift. Also available is a list of organizations in
Irving that directly benefit from United Way support. Please consider
making a donation and returning it with a completed pledge card to the
building coordinator for your school/department by Friday, November 6.
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Family Honors Son with Chess
Donation
The family of Charles Scott Watson
has donated $2,000 to the Chess Club at Jack E. Singley Academy in
memory of Watson’s service as teacher and chess coach in IISD.
John Watson and Nancy Bauer,
parents of former IISD teacher and chess coach Charles Scott
Watson, donated $2,000 to the Jack E. Singley Academy Chess
Team in memory of their son. Pictured are (from left) Watson
and Bauer; James McCalip and John T. Smith, Singley Academy
teachers and Chess Club co-sponsors; and Sam Farsaii,
director of instructional technology. |
Watson, who passed away August 3,
joined Irving ISD in 2003 as special education aide at Singley Academy.
He then became sixth grade math teacher at Houston Middle School in
2004. While at Houston, Watson co-sponsored the Chess Club, helping lead
the team to win 12th place in the unrated division of the National
Junior High Chess Championship in April 2008.
Watson’s parents, John Watson and
Nancy Bauer, made the donation October 16. The donation funded a site
license for Think Like a King chess training software for the
Chess Club’s use. The software, which promotes critical thinking and
problem solving, is the official training program of the United States
Chess Federation.
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Adopt-a-Family
Irving ISD will sponsor the annual
Holiday Adopt-A-Family program from November 9 to December 4. This
valuable program gives individuals, organizations and companies the
opportunity to "adopt" one or more economically disadvantaged Irving ISD
students and their families for the holiday season.
Individuals, organizations and
companies interested in adopting a family in need are encouraged to
contact Thelma Cantu at 972-600-5017 or
tcantu@irvingisd.net.
Cantu will connect those who are interested with a counselor at a
participating school. Families in need and interested in being adopted
should contact the counselor at their child's school in order to
participate.
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Discovering True Strength
Lively Elementary School and
Strong Fathers Strong Families hosted an event for parents of
kindergarten-second grade students, focused on “bringing fathers
together to discover their true strengths.”
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Big Read Book Club
Jennifer Jackson, secondary
English coordinator, and Lea Bailey, learning resources director,
meet October 23 to talk about the works of Edgar Allen Poe as part
of the Administration Building Big Read book club.
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Follow IISD on Twitter
Keep
up with the latest Irving ISD news and events. Follow Irving ISD on
Twitter with your cell phone or online.
http://twitter.com/IrvingISD.
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