Conroe ISD Campus Updates: January 15-21

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Conroe Independent School District reports on campus updates for The Woodlands area schools from January 15-21.

Academy of Science & Technology

SCI TECH, the flagship program of Education for Tomorrow Alliance, EfTA, offers 13 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competitions. Volunteers are needed to make the competitions run seamlessly and provide nearly 5,000 students an opportunity to expand on classroom learning. Please consider volunteering for one or more competitions. The website is www.efta-us.org. We need your help in the following: • Senior High School Science Fair Friday January 31 7:30 a.m. – noon LSCC • Junior High School Science Fair Friday January 31 noon – 5:30 p.m. LSCC • Junior High EDC Saturday February 8 8 am – 4 pm Moorehead JHS • Senior High EDC Saturday February 15 8 am – 4 pm Lone Star College • Biotechnology Competition February 15 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lone Star College • Technical Writing Competition January 28 evening grading at TWCP HS • Math Bowl Saturday February 1 Lone Star Convention Center • Science Bowl Senior High Friday January 24 Lone Star College Montgomery • Private School Science Fair Friday January 24 Our very own Rita Sonka designed this year's poster!

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to participate in the 2014 High School Aerospace Scholars Program with NASA: Matthew Bartell, Vikram Krishnan, Alex Choi, Hunter Rudy, Aaron Shi, and Jason Shan. These students are part of an online community that includes chat sessions with subject matter experts and completing learning modules and attending an on-site experience in the summer at NASA Johnson Space Center. For more information visit http://has.aerospacescholars.org/faq-page#n24.

Anderson Elementary School

Fourth graders will be taking their writing benchmark tests on January 15 and 16.

The Conroe YMCA staff will be coming to do activities with third and fourth grade students on January 17. Third grade will be participating from 10-10:50 a.m. and fourth grade will be participating 1:15-2:05 p.m.

There will be no school on January 20 as Conroe ISD celebrates the memory of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The fruit of the month for January is a cherry. Encourage your student to live healthy by bringing cherries for lunch or a snack during the entire month of January.

Birnham Woods Elementary School

Spirit sticks will be on sale before school from 7:20-7:45 a.m. Wednesday, January 15.

Congratulations to the following students whose artwork has been selected to represent Birnham Woods Elementary at the CISD Western Art Show on Saturday, January 11: Landon Gates, Grant Guenther, Dakota Henry, Rebecca Ruiz, Nigella Lewis, Hailey Aguilar and Rachel Jimenez. We are very proud of all our artists! All Lost and Found clothing items will be donated at the end of January.

If your child is missing a jacket or coat, feel free to come in at any time to look through the Lost and Found.

The last day to order yearbooks is January 15. You may order yearbooks on-line at www.balfour.com and enter Birnham Woods or over the phone at 1-800-944-5930. Please note there is a $1.00 processing fee. Be on the lookout for yearbook dedication forms to come home in your child's Friday folders, due on January 31.

Broadway Elementary School

Welcome Back! Broadway will celebrate its second Walk of Fame on Friday, January 17. Among the children being inducted into the Hall of Fame are: Danielle Roland, Hayden Ross, Tanner Bruschke, Athen Hart, Bailey Pflughaupt, Melinda Maybin, Noah Potts, Sophia Laney, Madison Morris, Lily Backman, Matthew Reel, Helen Gordon, Ava Olanyk, Vivian Ruiz, Sven Naaden, Natalie Bruschke, Kandice Lopez, Rylynn Singletary, Kylie Morse, Nicholas Hansen, Aaliyah Torres, Gabriel Struve, Hayden Alleman, Aracelli Salas, Rylee Gable, Christian Fadal, Hailey Hague, Johnathon Benitez, and Lauren Villanueva.

We will also be honoring our A/B Honor Roll children with a celebration in the morning on Friday, January 17.

The following children earned Principal High Fives: Gavin Pratt, Brandon Flauaus, Jamieson Blanchard, Sophia Winston, Bella Evans, Diego Guzman, Mackenzie Wetzig, Kytalin Washburn, Koa Strause, and Grant Harrison. We are beginning our school wide unit on Respect next Monday, January 13 by wearing yellow to school that day.

Buckalew Elementary School

Class photos will be taken on Thursday, January 17.

On Friday, January 24, students and staff will participate in the Walk for Diabetes. In addition to walking, students will learn about diabetes and the importance of making healthy choices including eating nutritional foods and exercising every day.

Bush Elementary School

Yearbooks and yearbook ads are now on sale. Please visit our Parent Teacher Organization website to place your order. If you have any questions email us at yearbook@bushpto.com.

Collins Intermediate School

PTO Meeting will be held January 13 at 1:15 p.m.

Fifth grade Envision will be on January 14 at 8 a.m.

Neat Pep Rally will be held on January 24 at 9 a.m.

Nikki Loftin, Collins Author Visit, Friday, January 31, 2014 Nikki Loftin's The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy, a debut middle grade novel, was published on August 21, 2012. Before becoming an author, Nikki attended the University of Texas at Austin for both her BA in French and her MA in English – Fiction Writing. She has spent most of her professional life working with children and young adults. After teaching in the New Braunfels Independent School District as a Music and Gifted and Talented teacher, she pursued a career as a Director of Family Ministries at Presbyterian churches. Now a fulltime writer, she lives in Austin with her husband (a Scottish photographer), two sons, and an assortment of dogs and chickens. Her second novel Nightingale's Nest is scheduled for release on February 20, 2014. For more information go to www.nikkiloftin.com.

Cox Intermediate School

Timberwolf teachers are Recognizing Our Committed Kids. Teachers are keeping their eyes out for students who are making great choices in behavior. Congratulations to the following students, you rock this week. Kristi Ramirez, Jordan Martinez, Uriel Sanchez, Evan Sellers, Macie Burkeen, Tyler Meek, Michael Montgomery, Hayden Malawey, Seth Wright, Luke Hudson, Adam Stinson, Carli Smith, Tanner Isaacs, Avery Evans, Abbigail Vanmeter, Blain Bodensteiner, Matthew Lawerence, Nathan Caskie, AJ Osborne, Juliana Guerrero, Cameron Jiminez, David White, Rafael Quiles, Francis Steele, Isaac Gray, Sarah Seay, Brittney Rains, and Nicholas McCants.

Congratulations to the following students chosen to be our Scimathelon participants. They will represent Tom Cox Intermediate at the District Scimathelon competition on February first. Jonathan Austin, Blake Lechmanick, Virginia Batres, Regan Lechmanick, Alexandra Champion, Madison Pigman, Anna Clausi, Anthony Quin, Ricky Do, Celine Ramoutur, Molly Dunn, Reagan Reed, Margaret Duong, Makenzie Samoff, Madison Eaves, Isaac Sanders, Jessica Empson, Kayla Sarrach, Alyssa Gaynor, Noah Sterenberg, Kaitlin Haggard, Celeste Watkins, Katelyn Lawrence, and Madison Wetzig.

David Elementary School

The January PTO Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the mini-gym.

All students with no tardies or absences for the second nine weeks will attend a celebratory pep rally at College Park High School on Friday, January 24.

Deretchin K-6 School

Spring picture day will be held January 16. Information should be coming home in student folders soon.

There will be no school January 20.

January 21 is Chick-Fil-A night! Your support is greatly appreciated.

Ford Elementary School

Ford Elementary Ronald McDonald Character program will be held on January 14 at 1 p.m.

Ford Night at SK8 Town scheduled from 6-8:30 p.m. on January 14 S.W.E.E.T.

Luncheon with the Counselor (Students Who are Empathetic and Encouraging To Others) to be held on January 16.

Glen Loch Elementary School

The school community would like to thank the Indian Springs Village Board for their generous donation.

The Winter Choir Concert will be held on Thursday January 16 at 7 p.m.

The Parent Teacher Organization will be selling personalized bricks as a fund raiser starting at the end of January.

Please continue to drop off your plastic shopping bags for our recycling collection. Plastic bag recycling bins are located just inside the front doors.

Hailey Elementary School

CISD schools will be closed Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Students are encouraged to bring aluminum cans for recycling every Friday for the Cash for Cans program.

Hauke Alternative

It's Just Better at Hauke! CISD schools will be closed Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Work hard; get smart.

Houser Elementary School

Houser will be passing out NEAT popcorn treats at lunch on Friday, January 10 for those NEAT students for the second quarter. NEAT stands for Never Ever Absent or Tardy Report Cards go home on Tuesday, January 14.

Martin Luther King Holiday will be Monday, January 20.

Houser Spirit Night at Fuddruckers on Thursday, January 23 from 5-7 p.m.

Kaufman Elementary School

The library's second AR store will be up and running the week of January 13 -17. The library is always in need of volunteers for this event. If you would like to volunteer to help out please visit: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0E49AEA92BA20-araccelerated2 .

Grade level awards will be held on January 15.

January 16 is Kaufman's Sk8 night . Come out to support your Cougar and join the fun.

Students receiving the Cool Cougar award will be having lunch on the stage with Mrs. Daw on January 17.

Knox Junior High School

The First Lego League won third place in presentation at the Houston Area First Lego League Competition held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas on Saturday, January 4.

The Band will be holding a Rock-a-Thon fundraiser on Friday, January 17 from 5-11 p.m.

The girls' basketball teams will host Peet Junior High on Thursday, January 16.

The boys' basketball teams will travel to Peet Junior High on Thursday, January 16.

The girls' basketball team will host an A Team Tournament on Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18.

Spring school pictures will be taken Thursday, January 23, 2014.

Lamar Elementary School

We will have a closed campus on January 15 because of the fourth Grade Writing Benchmark.

There will be no school on Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

McCullough Junior High School

The library is now taking orders for the McCullough Library Reading Rocks tee shirt. Shirts may be ordered in the upstairs library and the cost is $10.00 each.

Cheerleader tryout informational meeting will be held Thursday, February 13 at 6 p.m. in the Bock Auditorium. This meeting is mandatory and a parent must accompany the student. Tryout packets will be available at the meeting and must be returned to the front office by 4 p.m. on February 20.

Mitchell Intermediate School

Student Group and LC pictures will be taken on Wednesday, January 15.

LC's 8 and 9 will hold their Envision Expo in the school library on Friday, January 17 at 8 a.m.

Oak Ridge High School

On January 23, 24 and 25 Oak Ridge High School will be performing their first musical in three years, "A Little Princess" by Brian Crawley. The production will be held in the Oak Ridge High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $12.00. "A Little Princess" is based on the children's novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett, the story about a young girl's imagination helping her conquer all obstacles that stand against her. The young Sara Crewe, who has been raised by her father and kind-hearted Africans, is separated from her father when she is sent to boarding school. As things decline there, she learns to allow her imagination to lead her to royalty, and begins to act with such elegance and grace as a little princess, earning favor in the eyes and hearts of those around her. This story is sure to spark a fire of childhood fervor that ignites in the hearts of those who have lost their sense of play and plants a new seed of imagination in those who are still wild and carefree. The musical includes students representing the fine arts departments in Oak Ridge, such as drill team, choir, theatre, art, orchestra, and band. "This production will be huge, but it is amazing to watch everyone come together and work as a team," say theatre director, Brittani Merritt. For more information about the musical, contact the Oak Ridge theatre department at: (832) 592-5432 or vprahl@conroeisd.net.

Powell Elementary School

On Thursday, January 16, the Parent Teacher Organization is having skate night at Sk8 Town on Rayford Road from 6- 8 p.m. Come and join the fun with other Panther families!

On Friday, January 17, the Parent Teacher Organization is having Popcorn Day! All students get a popcorn bag as a treat!

The following Panthers are this year's Art Show participants: 4th Grade - Kendall Higgins and Emily Welsh 3rd Grade - Audrey Schiling and Isabella Yim 2nd Grade - Barbara Koulikova Kdg. - Madison Hashimoto and Jack Tresaugue.

Runyan Elementary School

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a Wonderful break! Fourth grade students will be having their Writing Benchmark Jan. 15-16.

Martin Luther King Holiday is on January 20. Students and staff will have no school.

The Science Benchmark is on January 28 for students in grade first through fourth.

The Parent Teacher Organization is welcoming parents/guardians to this month's meeting. The meeting will be held January 30 from 5:30-6 p.m.

We also invite you to bring your child/student that evening from 6 – 7 p.m. for our Family Literacy Night. The Theme will be Dr. Seuss. Come enjoy refreshments and different activities with your family!

Snyder Elementary School

Congratulations to the Snyder Honor Choir, who performed in front of Montgomery County Senior Citizens for their Holiday Party. We are proud of your hard work.

Teachers Achieving Excellence Awards for the first semester go to Hadra Garraty, Kent Doerries, Kasey Cigich, and Paula Brown. We appreciate you! Thank you to Texas Select Property Group for your support of Snyder staff.

There will be no school on Monday, January 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

The Woodlands High School

The AFJROTC Drill Team competed in a very tough meet in San Antonio--the Ladies In Blue JV Female color guard placed third: the color guard consisted of Taylor Koontz, Camila Parra, Juliana Parra, and Ashlee Spence. Joi Willis and Aron Craft came in first in the Tandem rifle spinning category. Well done to all!

The Marksmanship Team just competed in a national postal competition. Competing against 99 teams in the nation, the Varsity placed tenth overall and third in the southern region! The JV placed 33rd overall. Varsity shooters included Lauren Doss, Cat DeKanter, Katie Borey and Hannah Thornton. JV shooters included Jon Heerman, John Carroll, Connor Buffington and Conner McKeough. Congratulations to Lauren Doss, 18th and Cat DeKanter, 40th in the nation among Air Force JROTC shooters! The Varsity team will move on to the Air Force Nationals in Alabama to shoot for qualification to All-Service Nationals where they will compete against the best of the other services.

Tough K-6 School

Coulson Tough fifth graders are learning all about space in the CISD mobile planetarium. Everything from our solar system to the constellations can be viewed in this great educational exhibit.

Wilkerson Intermediate School

Welcome back Wildcats! Report cards go home with students on Tuesday, January 14.

Science Club will be meeting after school that same day. Please plan on staying to hear an amazing presentation by a N.A.S.A. employee!

Monday, January 20 is a school holiday, as we will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Sixth graders, mark your calendars for Tuesday January 21 and Wednesday January 29. Knox and McCullough Junior High Schools will be here visiting with you about seventh grade schedules, athletic and extra-curricular activities available to you.

York Junior High School

The seventh grade Texas History classes are partnering with Caprock Canyon State Park and State Bison Herd to help with conservation efforts to protect a portion of the Great Southern herds that roam Texas. Their goal is to fund a wildlife tracking collar specifically designed for Bison. They are halfway to their goal. Donations can be made on their website. There is a link on the York website. 8th graders are in the process of working on their four-year plans. Parents can review these plans by logging on to the Naviance website. Students have their log on information. Course selection will begin the end of January.

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