Congratulations go out to 34 students from the McAdams band who earned positions in the All-Region and All-District Band. Four McAdams students also earned chair positions. Those students were: Abby Edgerton, Y-Vi Tran, Alison Guffey and Joeisha Foreman.
The following students qualified for Region and District Band:
Abby Edgerton, Hannah Sharer, Shelbi Cormier, Mikayla Roseboro, Vanessa Rodriguez, Anayatzi Ortiz, Gwenaelle Chevillard, Y-Vi Tran, Ozioma Okeke, Sydney Esders, Julia Dang, Ebone Washington and Dazjanique Solomon.
Also qualifying for Region Band were: Jesse Ott, Ryan Kennedy, Saleemah Thomas, Alison Guffey, Alex Rutter, Elijah Perez, Evan McCarty, Jackson Lambert, Chris O'Kelley, Joeisha Foreman, Jacob Perales and Harold Love.
The following students qualified for All-District Band honors: Amber Sherman, Mandy Zapata, Jim Tran, Brayan Aguirre, Savanna Martin, Joseph Rodriguez, Jimmy Fulmer, Bryan Sims, and Malcolm Hall.
Also through this audition, students were selected for the All-Region Orchestra based on their placement in the Region Band. McAdams had four students qualify for this honor: Abby Edgerton, Y-Vi Tran, Alison Guffey and Joeisha Foreman.
The students are under the direction of John Hinojosa, head band director and Robert Baker and Mary Santarelli, assistant band directors.
Gator Bytes
Learning about science and nature has taken on a more hands-on approach at San Leon Elementary now that the school has unveiled its new outdoor classroom at a ribbon cutting and open house Nov. 9. 
Complete with a small pond and fish, a pavilion and areas to grow plants and vegetables, teachers will be able to take their classes out to the outdoor classroom to teach students about all these topics. The outdoor classroom was made possible through $11,000 in grants from the Dickinson ISD Education Foundation, Lowe's and DOW, plus help and contributions from a number of other businesses, teachers, parents, students and community members.