Anahuac Independent School District The Slate February, 2016
Academic Teams Compete in Annual Meet The Anahuac High School Academic Team traveled to Nederland January 23 to compete in its annual academic meet. It was a successful trip with many of the Anahuac students bringing home a medal. The Current Events team started things off on the right foot finishing in 2nd place, with Carlos Chavez finishing in 1st place for the event. Luciano Palacios, Ana Gonzalez and Tia Cormier rounded out the team. The calculator team finished in 2nd place with Dante Nguyen finishing in 2nd place and Mason Duhon in 5th place. Ana Gonzalez finished in 3rd place in informative speech, Jaden Blue 6th place in Accounting, and 4th place in Ready Writing. Imani Wooding finished in 2nd place for Ready Writing. The Spelling team also placed 2nd with Kate Hankamer, Imani Wooding, Blane Daugherty and Keagan Frank participating. Dylan Jircik finished in 2nd place in both Feature and News Writing, and 5th place in Editorial and Headline. The Math team finished in 2nd place with Gabriela Salazar finishing in 3rd place, Dante Nguyen in 4th place, and William Orozco 6th place. Olivia Sierra and Mason Duhon rounded out the team. Kodi Abshier finished in 1st place for Biology and Tyrique Smith finished in 1st place Chemistry.
Congratulations to all the competitors and thanks for all the hard work. The students will participate in the Virtual Challenge on January 27 and the next meet will be on February 13 at Port Neches Grove.
Inside this issue of The Slate: Board is Honored Pgs. 2 & 3 HLS&R Art Winners Pg. 4 Revised School Calendar Pg. 5
Dylan Jircik
AHS Congress Team Competes @ State Imani Wooding and Jaden Blue
AISD Educators Present at State Level Recently, the Anahuac ISD Blended Learning (BLT) Team was asked to demonstrate the innovative blended learning activities taking place in the district. On January 13, the team presented a blended learning program to area educators at the Region 4 Digital Learning Conference. On January 27, they team presented to state administrators at the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Mid-Winter Conference. Both presentations were well -received, with several participants requesting additional information and opportunities to collaborate with the Anahuac BLT. Pictured at right are Patti Nauman, Karen Hooper, Cindy Bertrand, Rebecca Green, Tammy Duhon and Lori Lambert. Not pictured is Tammy King.
The Anahuac High School Congress Team competed January 12 in the third State Congress Meet held in Austin. Seniors Ana Gonzalez and Addison Hemphill and sophomore Tia Cormier qualified for the State Meet after finishing in the top three spots at the Regional Meet held in November. Ana Gonzalez authored the bill that was introduced from the 3A Region 4 Meet. She along with the other competitors discuss, debate and question a variety of bills from the other state qualifying regions. None of the girls were successful in moving to the final day of competition, but they each learned a great deal about the legislative process and events of the day. Above, left to right, are Addison, Tia and Ana.
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Board Revises School Calendar; Students Get Out A Week Early Students will have five fewer days this school year, thanks to a new House Bill and Anahuac ISD board members. The state, through the passage of House Bill 2610, now calculates a school year in Texas by minutes instead of days. Instead of being required to hold 180 instructional days, schools are now required to hold 75,600 instructional minutes per school year. Because Anahuac ISD will end up having more than the required number of minutes by the end of the present school year, the last day for AISD students this year is May 26 instead of June 3. AISD instructional staff members will use May 27 and 31, and June 1, 2 and 3 for curriculum planning for the 2016-17 school year. Anahuac ISD approved the school calendar revision during its January 12 board meeting. Public School Board of Trustees across the state are honored for their service during January school board meetings. AISD Board of trustees were honored by members of each campus. Prior to the Board meeting the members were treated to a 4-course meal consisting of shrimp and grits appetizer, a sweet vinaigrette salad, and roasted pork loin, followed up by a delectable raspberry lemon mousse for dessert. The delicious meal was prepared by high school FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) students as well as AHS’s culinary finest and their teacher Kristyn Copeland.
First graders entertained the board with two songs – “I’m a Little Teapot” and a personalized “Thank You” song. Anahuac Middle School cheerleaders and band members gave a mini pep rally before goodie bags made by National Junior Honor Society and Student Council members were handed out. AMS 6th and 7th grade Gifted and Talented students presented a tile made by student Reagan Richard for each board member with a sketch of that board member as well as a poem. Other GT students created lunch certificates for free lunches at the AMS cafeteria. Members of Anahuac High School organizations handed out gift baskets containing various goodies to the board members. In other business, the district received a clean opinion on its annual audit, with no material weaknesses or deficiencies found by the auditor. The board also hired the audit firm of Hereford, Lynch, Sellars and Kirkham to continue its auditing services for 2015-16 school year. The board approved the May 2016 Order of Election. Board of Trustee positions up for re-election are those currently belonging to Kate Hampton and Kenneth McGraw. A workshop was held January 12 after the regular board meeting. The board received information from the architectural firm of Claycomb & Associates who is conducting a facilities assessment.
AMS cheerleaders and members of the AMS Band put on a pep rally in honor of the AISD board members.
Board members Chris Jircik, Lane Bertrand Kate Hampton, Ken McGraw, Cris Stephenson and Dr. John Redman show off gifts given to them by members of AMS’s National Junior Honor Society, Student Council and Gifted and Talented class.
Board members Lane Bertrand, Kate Hampton, Ken McGraw, Dr. John Redman, Cris Stephenson and Chris Jircik are flanked by AHS students who created and presented gift baskets to the trustees.
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Above are AES first graders performing “I’m a Little Teapot” for the AISD board members. The students were directed by Music teacher Meredith Johnson.
Anahuac High School Honor Roll 1st Semester Ninth Grade A Kodi Abshier, Kristin Cao, David Edwards, Kevin Gonzalez and Zachary Kelley. Ninth Grade B Nona Brisboy, Blane Daugherty, Tanner Fugere, Kate Hankamer, Mitchell Hargraves, Kevin Husband, Kyle Lake, Samantha Lopez, Jennifer Lugo, Francisco Martinez, Cameron Mayes, Keeli Meyer, Jacy Norris, Anthony Ramirez, Olivia Sierra, Cale Swope, Kaila Thomas and Kassidy Tilton. Tenth Grade A Ryan Murphy. Tenth Grade B Kaitlyn Bennett, Ty Bergeron, Haley Binur, Araceli Chavez, Dominique Clawson, Cara Hooper, Elizabeth Klecka, Kyle Kreuzer, Victoria Magana, Morgan Oler, Trent Robertson, Ty’Rique Smith-Gantz, Emma Swonke, Katrina Swope and Brian Totty. Eleventh Grade A No students. Eleventh Grade B Alyssa Adame, Cameron Bertrand, Claudia
Chavez, Guadalupe Diaz, Madison Dunn, Erykah Hill, Haley Jircik, Brittany McDaniel. Madelynne Nauman, Kailee Richey, Landyn Rose, Gabriela Salazar, Meghan Thomas and Sabrina Trahan. Twelfth Grade A Cameron Lieck, Tori parish, Ximena Valencia, Victoria Wedin and Madison Wilkins. Twelfth Grade B Eduardo Alvarado, John Artis, Bethany Brown, Carlos Chavez, Allison Cormier, Addison Hemphill, Maricela Hernandez, Jacob Jackson, Jamus Lotz, Dylan Lugo, Paulin Netro, Meagan Oler Jamie Reily, McCaleh Sanders and Kaylie Villemez.
Anahuac Middle School Honor Roll 3rd Six Weeks Sixth Grade A Lillian Edwards, Jarelis Hernandez, Conner Jones, Hannah Kelley and Angela Rodriguez. Sixth Grade B Haley Alfred, Savanna Alfred, Marshall Allen, Alvin Avalos, Shelby Daugherty, Caylee Garcia, Phoebe Hampton, Thang Huynh, Alyssa Jackson, Jatorian Landry, Diego Mares, Kyler McKenzie, Diana Miranda, Halley Moor, Grace Sharp and Baker Walker. Seventh Grade A Jewell English and Reagan Richard. Seventh Grade A-B Alejandra Amaya, Cody Anderson, Graci Berry, Brady Bertrand, Jessenia Cabrera, Roselin Cabrera, Anna Cao, Mason Cook, Lushias Cooper, Christian DeHoyos, Cade Dye, Conner Garcia, Becca Henicke, Sandra Hernandez, Chase Herrington, Destiny Husband, Zoe kKy, Sanaa Kingsberry, Breighana Lino,
Logan Lotz, Eric Martinez, Preslie Moor, Mylik Oppenheimer, Kassidy Ortiz, Alex Sanchez, Mailey Sherman, Madison Smith, Owen Stephenson and Dadrien Whittington. Eighth Grade A Yael Andujar, Sydney Bertrand, Ana Chavez, Jessica Gonzalez, Demonta Lewis, Tracy Ly and Brandon Winbush. Eighth Grade A-B Bree’anna Anderson, Regan Artis Briggs, Megan Barfield, Logan Borne, Laurena Brisboy, Jose Cabrera, Brylie Dillard, Charles Fertitta, Sara Graves, Mikayla Griffith, Jackson Hampton, Santiago Hernandez, Karissa Jircik, Foster Kreuzer, Donald Langham, Cydney Lassetter, Emily Magana, Joanna McGregor, Crystal Moreno, Christa Morris, Pablo Neyra, Morgan Rose, Madison Sherman, Jun Tran and Bryan Vargas.
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AHS Art Students Bring Home Ribbons The Anahuac High School Art students participated in the 2016 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Contest. Landyn Rose received the Best of Show award and Juan Sustaita received a Gold Medal. Jessica Edmonds, Maleni Cabrera and Geordan Howard earned finalist ribbons. The artwork will be displayed in the Hayloft Gallery at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo throughout the run of the rodeo. Blue Ribbon winners were Beatriz Hernandez, Dalton Richards, Ivy Herrera, Bridgette Sherman, Haley Kruger, Hailey McDaniel, Cheyenna Green, Kullen Till and Kassidy Tilton. Red Ribbon winners were Beau Cendejas, Kodi Abshier, Lane Harrison, Alex Hisler, Haley Oldham, Audrey Barrett, McKenzie Williams, David Avalos, Cameryn Lewis, Kyle Kreuzer, Stephanie Amaya, Ryan Murphy, Alonso Rodriguez, Jose Cabrera, Dario Cabrera, Madalyn Orozco, Joseph Dodd, Anthony Capili, Landon Hatfield, Savannah Magana, Jonathan O’Banion, Gabriela Salazar, Gabriela Ramirez, Katie Reily, Brianna Humphrey, Calob Wiley, Imani Wooding, Cortney Hisler, Krista Theriot and Shelby King. White Ribbon winners were Sam Chavez, Jai’laia Landry, Tanner Fugere, Gabriel Land, Kailee Rhame, Yasmene Lino, Buddy Reedy, Briar Totty, Jennifer Lugo, Samantha Lopez, Kaitlyn Bennett, Guadalupe Pescador, Michael Harris, Camryn Jackson, Landon Thompson and Aaliah Castillo.
Shown above are finalist ribbon winners Jessica Edmonds, Malenia Cabrera and Geordan Howard with their artwork.
Support SPEED Day 2016 by making a purchase at the Chick-Fil-A (located on Hwy. 146 in Mont Belvieu). This fundraising event will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 5 p.m-8 p.m. Be sure to tell your server that you are making a purchase to benefit SPEED Day so that a portion of your sale will be donated to this annual event.
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The Slate Anahuac ISD Administration Office 804 Mikhael Ricks Drive Anahuac High School 201 S. Kansas Street Anahuac Middle School 706 Mikhael Ricks Drive Anahuac Elementary 905 Ross Sterling District Phone: 409-267-3600 Anahuac ISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, or disability in providing education services, activities, and programs, including vocational programs, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Sorting Through Invertebrate Anahuac High School Roots and Shoots members and microbiology students attended round two of the invertebrate trip at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. The students separated out tubs of invertebrate to study what local water fowl eats in this area. The students’ efforts are to help a Texas Tech graduate with research for her Master’s project. The information will be published in a scientific journal through Texas Tech.
The following district staff members have been designated to coordinate compliance with these legal requirements: · Title IX Coordinator, for concerns regarding discrimination on the basis of sex: James Hopper 409 -267-2001. · Section 504 Coordinator, for concerns regarding discrimination on the basis of disability: Cindy Bertrand 409-267-2017.
The Slate is published by Anahuac Independent School District P. O. Box 369 Anahuac, Tx. 77514 Superintendent James Hopper Board of Trustees Ken McGraw …………...…....…. President Kate Hampton ….……..…. Vice President Chris Jircik ……………………...…. Secretary Calvin Hill Dr. John Redman Lane Bertrand Cris Stephenson Sue Hawthorne, Editor
Rocket Club Takes Its Show on the Road Members of the Anahuac High School High Altitude Engineering Design Class presented to engineers from NASA, Boeing, SAIC, and Blue Origin on Thursday January 28 at Space Center Houston. The students performed a preliminary design review of their Whites Sands rocket. The presentation gave students the opportunity to have engineers evaluate, critique and question the students about their design choices.
Important AISD Dates to Remember: Feb. 9: AISD board meeting, 6 p.m. in Administration Building. Public welcome to attend.
Feb. 17: Senior cap & gown retakes.
Feb. 12: Pancakes for Parents, 7 a.m., AES cafeteria.
March 8: AISD board meeting, 6 p.m. in Administration Building. Public welcome to attend.
Feb. 15: AMS Spring photos.
Feb. 26: End of 4th six weeks.
