FWISD Arlington Heights teacher, Cody Davenport, will receive the Bayard H. Friedman HERO Award on February 3 at the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo! Mr. Davenport has been chosen for his superb commitment to his Agricultural Science students and program, and his contributions to the North Texas community. Chesapeake Energy will also present Cody with $1,000.00 honorarium for all his proven excellence in teaching. Come on out to the 2 p.m. matinee at the Will Rogers Coliseum and help cheer this new HERO on!!
HPRF Kids Come Feb 2012 Y’all Come!! All children, ages 4 – 11, are most welcome to attend the TCU “Fall in Love with Reading” Festival at the Sam Baugh Indoor Football Practice Facility on the TCU campus; the time is 9 to 11 a.m. Kids get to meet and receive age-appropriate free books from the TCU Reading Frogs, and much more!!
The Western Heritage Trail Drive Celebration - Saturday, January 14 - featuring lots of (free) fun for the whole family – country-western singing and dancing, FWISD high school bands, Native American dancin’, chuckwagon chili cookin’ and much more!! Every year we get to see Aurellio Castillo chiseling something special out of a big red cedar tree trunk on the street corner with his chainsaw; this year it was a 5′ Indian brave! Special tribute was made and awards presented to Ben Tahmahkera (great, great grandson of the legendary Comanche chief Quanah Parker), and Jim Lane!!
This is like a Januaryfest for cowboys and cowgirls, folks – except it has the bonus of teaching our younger generation to better understand and appreciate our rich western heritage and its values!!! There are interesting, hands-on displays – making butter at the 4-H booth, learning about the art of blacksmithing, and even fishing for big catfish and bass!WH-ad 2011 - THANKS TO CORNERSTONE SPONSORSHIP BY NORTH TEXAS CHEVY DEALERS!!! -
The Texas Ballet Theater and Score A Goal In The Classroom School Incentive Program have selected Mrs. Dolores Chapa as the recipient of the Bayard H. Friedman HERO Award and winner of the Chesapeake Energy $1000.00 honorarium! Dolores is the executive assistant to the superintendent at the FWISD, and has been serving the district’s administration and children in an amazing, very professional manner for over 33 years! She was honored at the matinee performances of “The Nutcracker” in Dallas on December 4 and at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall on December 10!
Congratulations, Dolores!! Anyone may call 817/429-4024 for further information.
Since September 1 of this year, thousands of second graders have prepared and competed to be their school or district’s Reading Bee Champion! Twenty-eight finalists convened at TCU Saturday morning, November 12, to determine who this year’s grand champion will be! Diana Schwartz, Everman ISD’s reading czar, co-directed the event again this year along with Ernie Horn, Executive Director of Score A Goal In The Classroom.
This year’s grand champion is Mary Grace McGann, a second grade student at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School! Congratulations, Mary Grace. You deserve the new 2011 Go-Kart and many other prizes that you won, and it was seemingly better than Christmas at TCU’s Meyer-Martin Athletic Complex for all the area champs who got to take home so many prizes that they needed a wagon to haul everything to their car!
First Runner up was Zahra Stevick of St. Andrews Catholic School! Others are as follows: 2nd Runner up – Jordan Hicks - Calvary Christian Academy / 3rd Runner up – Sawyer Todd with Pantego Christian Academy / 4th Runner up – Bryce Ballew – Joshua ISD. Please see attachment for full list of these excellent reading winners who represented their school/districts so magnificently! RB 2011 CHAMPS
Thanks to all who have worked very hard to participate!
North Texas residents and leaders of all stratas are adopting the slogan “The Best Is Yet to Come in My Schools!!” Please see attached for strategic information - FW Mayor’s Ltr 2011 and Best Is Yet to Come Info
Half Price Bks RF Nov 2011 Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 was a fabulous, fun time for the kids to get to receive fun, free books and read with and to the famous TCU Reading Frogs, FWISD high school athletes, etc.!! This is a great way to encourage them to set their sites on college! They got to have their pictures made with Clifford the Dog, and the big green Half-Price book worm! Many schools brought student on the bus, and others enjoyed the event with their whole family! – Ninos, Vengan a leer 2011 (Map) RF 2011 Map
All Fort Worth ISD students are eligible to get their names in the drawing for the 2011-2012 Perfect Attendance Award - a 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER, donated by Moritz Dodge. See following for information – FWISD 2012 CAR GIVE AWAY or call 214/533-1333!
Laura Cooper, who is Director of Health Services for the entire Aledo ISD, was honored today at the TCU v SMU football game with the Bayard H. Friedman HERO Award trophy, and also presented a $1000.00 honorarium by Kimberly Britton with Chesapeake Energy.
Congratulations, Mrs. Cooper! Thanks for all you do for our community’s children, and with such class!
Today (September 24, 2011) at the Women’s Vision Expo at Market Hall in Dallas, Rose Horton was honored as the 2011 Best First Year Teacher in North Texas, and awarded the prestigious Bayard H. Friedman HERO award! Rose gave up a profitable career to fulfill her lifelong ambition to teach, received her degree from UNT, and is now a Pre-K teacher at Short Elementary in Arlington, Texas.
Scott Castaneda with Chesapeake Energy was there to present Mrs. Horton with a $1,000 honorarium in appreciation for all she does for her community’s children, and with such diligence and class!!