Campus News

What’s Happening This Week

• February 12-15 – Colleyville Elementary students will participate in a clothing drive of Shoes and Socks for GRACE. Students and staff are collecting new children's and women's socks and new or gently used tennis shoes for children, women and men.
• February 12 ¬– The Grapevine High School Mustang Band Department will present its annual Contemporary Band Music Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the Madeleine Hemley Auditorium at Grapevine High School. The free concert will feature the Grapevine High School Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Honors Band, and the Wind Ensemble performing contemporary wind band music. The public is invited to attend.
• February 13 – Glenhope Elementary will host a coffee with the principal at 8:00 a.m. in the school cafeteria.
• February 19 – President’s Day – School Holiday

Upcoming Calendar of Events

• March 5 – 9 – Texas Public Schools Week
• March 12 – 16 – District Spring Break
• April 9 – Bad Weather Makeup Day (for January’s inclement weather day)

• Driver’s Education Registration - Download flyer
Registration for spring driver’s education classes will begin February 21 and extend through March 9. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. EACH SESSION WILL BE OFFERED CONTINGENT UPON ENROLLMENT THAT WILL ENSURE COVERAGE OF PROGRAM COSTS.

SESSION TIME PLACE
March 19 – April 16 6 - 8 p.m. GHS (Room 106)
(Monday – Thursday)
*NOTE: No Class April 9

• Last chance to order wall tiles
Grapevine High School’s commemorative tile wall is now in the main hallway. GHS alumni, current students, future students and staff who would like to have a 6x8 tile to place on the school’s wall in honor of the 100th year celebration are asked to create non-copyrighted pictures and/or artwork on special paper provided by the campus by March 9. The price for current students is $20 for all tiles. The cost for other individuals is $25 for the first tile and $20 for additional tiles. For additional information, contact Deanna Showalter, ghstilewall@gcisd.net.

Awards and Announcements

• GCISD receives Award for Excellence in Texas School Health
GCISD was presented the 2006 Award for Excellence in Texas School Health at a recognition ceremony hosted by the Texas School Health Association at their Annual Conference Awards Banquet in January. The program, Cannon Roadrunner, was developed, coordinated and implemented in Cannon Elementary School by Susan Molle, RN, BSN. Cannon Roadrunners is an after school group for third through fifth graders who spend time learning about healthy eating and exercise.

• Future Problem Solving competition winners announced
Fourteen teams of Cross Timbers Middle School seventh and eighth grade students recently competed in the second problem of the Future Problem Solving competition. After studying the topic of Protecting National Treasures, students were asked to read a scenario, brainstorm 16 possible problems, determine an underlying problem and brainstorm 16 possible solutions for the underlying problem, analyze 10 solutions and write an action plan in a two hour timeframe. Winners include:

Gold Medal Winners
7th grade – Katie Borkowski, Tommy McCullough, Stephen Smith, Lauren Wroble
8th grade – Joseph Lancaster, Elizabeth Janicki, Caden Nelson, Clarissa Wedemeyer

Silver Medal Winners
7th teams – Analise Fagan, Clarise Fischbach, Jonah Grimes, William Read, Keith Angers, Ava Moorhead, Austin Pritchett, Kate Stuteville

Bronze Medal Winners
7th grade – Joseph Donegan, Josh Hulsey, Kristen Kenny, Caitlyn Patterson, Andie Biggs, Emmeline Byerly, Austin Stevens, Traci Walterscheid
7th grade – Alisha Pope, Chrishelle Patterson, Katie Shepardson, Mason Vandersteeg, Lea Coligado, Matthew Rodriguez, Lisa Su, Amanda Tabone
8th grade – Abi Kulshreshtha, Kevin Smith, Coby Tao, Michael Young, Austin Friedrichs, Will Hicks, Nico Nakumura, Sarah Park

• GHS students garner awards at District DECA competition
More than 1,000 students, including students from Grapevine High School, recently competed in the District DECA Competition. DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality and marketing sales and service. The following students from GHS were District winners and will compete at the State competition in Corpus Christie in March:

Anil Karamali- Business Services Marketing
Megan Doughney- Retail Merchandising
Jeremiah Brady- Hotel and Lodging Marketing
Kalyn Rosser- Restaurant and Food Service Marketing
Jackson Caldwell- Business Services- 1st Alternate

• CHHS Band to Host Regional NTCA Contest
The Colleyville Heritage High School Band will host the North Texas Colorguard Association Winter Guard and Percussion contest on February 24 at the CHHS Athletics Center, Gym 1. Doors open at 8 a.m. and contests begin at 8:30 a.m. Throughout the day, over 65 Texas and Oklahoma Winter Guard and Percussion units will compete. The public is invited to attend. Admission is $7 per person ages 9 and above and children age 8 and under are free. Limited sponsor and vendor opportunities are available. Contact Vicki Smith at 817-798-6233 for additional information.

O.C. Taylor Elementary teacher receives honor
Cappy from the Tony & Cappy New Morning Mix 102.9 FM radio show recently presented Mary Sletten of O.C. Taylor Elementary with the star teacher award. A parent nominated her for the award and Cappy came to the campus to honor Sletten and the entire special services team with the award as well as present gift certificates to a spa and dinner.

• CHHS debate team wins honors
CHHS debate team member, Arti Bhatia, has qualified for the Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky in May. Bhatia and other students recently competed at the Flower Mound debate tournament. Bhatia captured first place in the Lincoln Douglas division which started out with over 100 competitors. Other place winners in the Lincoln Douglas tournament include: Michael Sorenson-Quarterfinals; Rahim Sayani-Octofinals; Salima Noorani-Octofinals; Binita Patel-Double Octofinals. Sayani was also named top speaker in that division. In policy debate, the team of Evan Defilippis and James Hamraie captured first place honors. Other place winners in policy debate include: Alex Nasr and Jonathan Wang-Quarterfinals; Lyndon Lee and Keith Scharfenberg-Quarterfinals. Nasr was also named second speaker in that division.

• Cheerleading awards
Colleyville Heritage High School Varsity Cheerleaders recently won first place at Texas State College in San Marcus UCA Cheerleading State Competition. They will be competing Feb. 9-14 at UCA Nationals in Orlando Florida. In addition, the Cross Timbers eighth grade cheerleaders recently won the ACA National Championship in Ft. Worth for the Jr. High Division.

• CHHS publication receives national award
Eclectic, a literary publication published by Colleyville Heritage High School has been selected to receive a rank of Superior in the 2006 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines. Chris Ertel, Alex Muller and Joe Muller serve as student editors under the direction of faculty advisor, Patt Walker.
The program honors quality literary magazines from middle schools, junior high schools and high schools in the United States, Canada, and American schools abroad. This marks the twenty-third year for this program. In 2006, 497 schools submitted entries; of those, nine received the Highest Award, 156 Superior, 236 Excellent, and 90 Above Average. The intent of the program’s originators was to recognize quality and encourage all schools to develop literary magazines, seeking excellence in writing and school-wide participation in production.