Changes to Bus Routes 239 and 218 have been made due to overcrowding. Students from Route 239 have been reassigned to Route 219. Students from Route 218 have been reassigned to Route 240. These changes will take effect on Monday, November 29, 2010. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Santa's Exchange is a joint effort of the Sugar Land Exchange club, the Sugar Land Rotary Club and the Fort Bend Exchange Club in support of Project SMILE.
The common goal of these volunteer organizations is to ensure a more joyful christmas to more than 3,000 deserving children in Fort Bend County by providing christmas gifts through Santa's Exchange. Here is how you can help: *Bring new, unwrapped toys or gifts *For children ages 1 through 12 *Please gifts in the Toys for Kids collection box at Elkins by December 15th. Congratulations to Elkins students Michael Pelz, Nick Cantarell and Matt Cantarell who each won a gold medal and to all of the Fort Bend ISD Special Olympics team which recently won the State tournament in Bryan/College Station, Texas. The Fort Bend Falcons went undefeated in the Coach Pitch Division. This is their second year in a row to win the State competition in the Fall Classic. Pictured are Coach Michael Biasini, Coach Darin Quintero,Yi-No Chen, Mike Garcia, L'Air du Robertson, Andrew Kase, Jeremie Brown, Whitney McLaren, Michael Kidd, Rina Chen, Matthew Cantarell, Kristi Oujesky, Justin Thompson, Tan Tran, Nicholas Cantarell, Vincent Eubanks II. Michael Pelz, Coach Hillaire Porche, and Head Coach Charlotte Sanguinetti
http://www.fortbendstar.com/111710/s_FBISDspecial.htm Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests. Just over 1600 schools—only six percent of all the public schools in the U.S.—made the list. READ MORE
Elkins students Sandy Ashkar, Weston Breaux, and Kevin Kurian are three of the 24 FBISD high school juniors selected to particpate in Fort Bend ISD’s Junior Student Leadership Program's cohort class of 2010-2011. Throughout the next six months, the students will explore their personal roles in community leadership and service by taking part in monthly seminars that focus on leadership roles in healthcare, the judicial system, the business community, city government, and community service agencies. Each month, a member of the FBISD Board of Trustees will sponsor and attend a student seminar. Board Member Laurie Caldwell hosted the first session, “Building Your Leadership Skills.” She shared her professional background with students and explained what her leadership role as a Board Member entails. She also reminded students of the advantages of being a part of the leadership program.
“Through the Student Leadership Program, you will have the opportunity to receive many valuable, learning experiences that will help you identify your own personal strengths as well as the different leadership styles and qualities of professionals in our community,” said Caldwell. “Hopefully, you will take what you learn from this program and apply it toward preparing for your future leadership roles.” Dr. Timothy Jenney, FBISD Superintendent, also welcomed students to the program saying, “This is a great opportunity for you to meet and interact with members of the community, some of whom may serve as mentors to you somewhere down the line. Remember to take full advantage of each session and know the relationships you make in the program may last a long time as you advance through life after high school.” Also welcoming students to the program were: Lynda Ruther, Student Leadership Program Facilitator and Ropes Course Manager; Sonal Bhuchar, FBISD Board President; Lindsay Shepheard, Executive Administrator to the Superintendent; and Beth Martinez, Director of FBISD’s Department of Organizational Development. To begin the session, Ruther gave students an overview of the program and shared the program rules. She then joined Jim Harton, Ropes Course Manager, in leading students in a series of icebreaker activities. “The purpose of the icebreaker activities is to allow students to become familiar with one another and learn to respect and value each other’s differences,” Ruther said. “The activities also teach students how to communicate effectively in a group setting, whether verbally or non-verbally.” “I didn’t really know what to expect from the program, but I feel like we already know each other and that we all have so much in common,” said Leny Kerrikattu from Hightower High School. Kerrikattu is also looking forward to interacting with various community leaders and to share what she learns with her peers at Hightower. The 24 members of Fort Bend ISD’s 2010-2011 Junior Student Leadership Cohort include: Neerja Aggarwal (Hightower), Sandy Ashkar (Elkins), Safurah Bharwani (Austin), Weston Breaux (Elkins), Jack Chadderdon (Austin), Kayla Chang-Calk (Dulles), Wen Hsuan Chu (Clements), Eric Diep (Kempner), Jerry Duran (Willowridge), Justin Garfield (Dulles), Rachel Gentry (Bush), Madison Gough (Kempner), Mehreen Haider (Austin), Hanna Hollek (Travis), Leny Kerrikattu (Hightower), Oluwati Kayo Koyejo (Clements), Kevin Kurian (Elkins), Alexis Kyle (Marshall), Varunya Limtrakul (Dulles), Sania Panjwani (Travis), Tiffany Reed (Clements), Jazmine Stinson (Willowridge), Rose Udenenwu (Marshall), and KaVonda Woodrow (Hightower)....READ MORE Fort Bend ISD now develops the school calendar two years in advance to facilitate planning for the community and staff. The Calendar Committee began working on calendar options in September for the 2012-2013 school calendar and has reached consensus on three draft calendars for review.
Please view a calendar development process presentation and the three draft calendars. Select your preference for one of the calendars and provide any comments. To access the draft calendars, go to www.fortbendisd.com and look under “Quick Links” and click on “2012-2013 Draft School Calendars.” You may also copy and paste the following link into your browser to view to the draft calendars at: http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/calendar/2012-13/
The Texas Legislature has mandated that all school districts start no earlier than the fourth Monday in August ― no exceptions, no waivers. Therefore, the first day of school for the 2012-2013 school year will be August 27, 2012. The calendar preferences will be taken on http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/calendar/2012-13/ until December 17, 2010. Fort Bend Independent School District NEWS RELEASE
FROM COMMUNITY RELATIONS [email protected] 281.634.1100 ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees to Hold High School, Middle School and Elementary Zoning Boundaries Workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. FORT BEND ISD — On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees will hold a Board Workshop to discuss High School, Middle School and Elementary Zoning Boundaries at 5:00 p.m. The workshop will be held in the Board Room of the Fort Bend ISD Administration Building, 16431 Lexington Blvd., in Sugar Land. The public is invited to attend. A Board Workshop is an informal meeting where the Board receives information for discussion purposes only. No decisions will be made during the Board Workshop. There is no opportunity for public comment, interaction or questions during the workshop. The workshop presentation and handouts will be posted on the District’s website the following morning by 10:00 a.m. On November 11th, Elkins students, faculty and staff partnered with Elkins Student Council and Elkins PE/Health and Athletics classes to bring awareness to diabetes by wearing red and participating in a School Walk for Diabetes which raised more than $1300 for the American Diabetes Association.
On Tuesday, November 30th, EHS Faculty and Staff will host a Workshop for the parents of ninth graders and their students. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with a light supper and last through 8:00 pm. A general session of topics will include an overview of grading procedures, graduation plans and testing. Student/parent individual conferences with an EHS faculty member will be available after the general session to talk about the student’s progress & transition to high school. Child care will be available. Please RSVP to Matt McCabe, Dean of Instruction at (281) 634 2606 or email at: [email protected]
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