ARLINGTON BACK-TO-SCHOOL RALLY -  August 24, 2010 – downtown Founders Plaza ( 6 – 8 p.m.)   Site Map Arl Rally Layout 1        Y’all come!    Call the office at 817/429-4024 for more information; see more information below.

TCU READING FROGS FESTIVAL – October 9, 2010 (11 a.m., before the 2:30 TCU football game)

TEXAS READING BEE CHAMPIONSHIPS – At TCU on Saturday, November 20, 2010 (9 a.m. to noon)

Included at this meeting will be pertinent information about the upcoming 2010 Championship Reading Bee for second graders in North Texas.  Please plan to attend!

The mystery DRAMA HERO WINNER for 2010 was announced at Casa Manana’s Betty Buckley Awards Night on Thursday, May 20.  Kristy Minor, who heads up Mansfield High School’s Theatre Department, was presented the Bayard H. Friedman HERO Award for being the most outstanding Drama Teacher in North Texas!  As part of the ceremony, Chesapeake Energy presented Kristy an honorarium in appreciation for all she does for her community!

 August 24, 2010 - Arlington residents and friends are invited to celebrate the 2010-2011 School Year with a concert of music and prayer in unity for all public, private and church school students and HERO school employees.  This event will be 6 to 8 p.m. at the Founders Plaza downtown.*  We sincerely invite your involvement, prayers, suggestions, questions, and donated supplies for the children of Arlington.  PLEASE COME!!  Call the office at 817/429-4024 if you want to know how to be involved.                                          * See map here Arl Rally Map 2

Hundreds, if not thousands of Arlington’s students are depending on donated supplies.  Please plan to donate school supplies at this event and/or new children’s socks and underwear  (which will go directly to Mission Arlington for distribution), collected at the site from 5 – 8 p.m. 

NOTE:  Ideas for Church or School Projects: 

• Choose a leader representative to bring all the school supply/children’s socks and underwear that you collect during the month of August to the Rally.
• Community service hours can be obtained to young people who volunteer in helping with the event.  Call the Score A Goal office to sign up ahead of time; let Ernie Horn know you’re available (817/429-4024).

                                                                                                                          It’s  More  Than  a  Game!!! 

Garden Concerts PicScore A Goal In The Classroom is proud to again collaborate with The Fort Worth Symphony to encourage all the folks that our organizations serves to celebrate an evening of joy at their “Concerts in the Garden” Series this 2010 season!  These 8:00 p.m. performances are open to the public from May 28 through July 4, 2010 at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.  (See attached).2010 Concerts List  Your family can arrive as early as 6:30 p.m. when the concert gates open so you can take full advantage of all the glorious sights and sounds, and maybe even enjoy din-din together in the family-friendly surroundings there.  Consider bring the whole neighborhood for a guaranteed fun, touch-your-soul, joyful evening under the stars!

The Fort Worth Symphony is celebrating their 20th anniversary this season!  These outstanding friends of the community always support students and Hero school employees, and we salute them and say “Happy 20th Anniversary, and may you enjoy many more!!”  Each concert in the park is an opportunity for you and our community to bring and drop off much-needed school supplies at the concert entrance for our “Every Student Is at Promise” Mentoring Program.  We will be most grateful for all contributions.

For the latest information and tickets, please call 817/665-6000, or you may scope them out fully at www.FortWorthSymphony.org.

This Saturday night, May 8, Mr. Stacey Dunn will become our newest recipient of the prestigious HERO Award.  The honors ceremony, conducted in part by Chesapeake Energy, will take place at the 8 p.m. performance of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Bass Hall.  Mr. Dunn has proven his expertise and inspired his school and community for ten years.  Congratulations, Stacy!!

We are proud to announce the inaugural presentation of the new Marcia McEntyre Zoffuto HERO Award Saturday night, May 8.  This prestigious award goes to the most outstanding band teacher in the Permian Basin and is given in collaboration with our Score A Goal In The Classroom School Incentive Program.  (See attached). Marcia McEntyre Zoffuto HERO Award PR052

Here are lists compiled by educator experts that Score A Goal suggests for summer reading:  View K – 5th Gr. Summer Reading List K to 5  View 6th – 12th Gr. Summer Reading List Gr 6 to 12

April 23, 2010, a Success Rally for the 7th and 8th graderswas hosted by Azle Junior High.  Yvonne Rubenstein, featured speaker, has been a successful retail executive for 30 years and electrified the student audience by sharing the importance of commitment to one’s education, and particularly taking steps to finish well on the upcoming TAKS test.  Stacy Summerhill, recently named as a new Bayard H. Friedman HERO, is the excellent, pro-active principal there.

Diamond Hill Elementary’s principal, Keith Burgett, is thrilled to have the first school in Texas to receive a $3,000 check award presented by Educational Products, Inc. and Score A Goal In The Classroom on Tuesday, April 20 at 1:15 p.m. on their campus!  Diamond Hill Elementary was selected because of their superb achievements and participation in Score A Goal’s “Every Student Is at Promise” Initiative.  EPI is one of the nation’s #1 custom school supply companies, which offers ag reat variety of school supplies and outstanding fund-raising programs.  For more information, you may contact Keith Burgett at 817/815.0450.