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Credit by Exam Opportunity
Dickinson ISD is offering Credit by Exam without prior instruction on:
July 9-13, 2012 All tests will be administered at Dickinson High School. Contact your campus counselor for registration and payment information.
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Dickinson ISD goes green and
saves green this Earth Day
While the world celebrates Earth Day this month, Dickinson ISD faculty, staff and students can participate as well, each one with a strong sense of satisfaction at having done his or her part to control energy use. Dickinson ISD has an active energy conservation program that has already achieved more than $285,000 savings through a 15 percent reduction in energy use over nine months.
For Earth Day, Dickinson ISD plans to continue its efforts, and invites the public to join in. Jeff Pulkinen, Energy Education Specialist, said there are a number of resources available on the Internet that can help individuals learn how to save energy in their own homes.
"It's important for all of us to save energy. While most of the time we discuss it in terms of saving money, for Earth Day we encourage you to be concerned with our natural resources. Being good stewards of both our money and our environment gives us a great sense of satisfaction," said Pulkinen.
The cost of utilities is the second largest budget line-item for Dickinson ISD, and the prices for electricity, natural gas, and water have steadily increased over the past few years. Dickinson ISD's energy conservation program is projected to save over $7,000,000 through the first 10 years of its energy conservation program. |
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McAdams bands sweep the competition
Congratulations go out to the McAdams Junior High Concert Band, Symphonic Band and the Honors Band for outstanding performances at the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Competition held in the McAdams Auditorium. The Concert Band, conducted by Mary Santarelli, earned its second consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Award by earning Division I in Concert performance and Division I in Sight reading evaluation. The Symphonic Band, conducted by Robert Baker, earned its third consecutive UIL Sweepstakes by earning straight Superior ratings in Concert and Sight reading competition. The Honors Band, conducted by John Hinojosa, earned the UIL Sweepstakes Award by also earning straight I Superior ratings from all six judges.
Only three school districts in the region have the distinction of having three sweepstakes bands in one band program. |
Bus Safety Art Contest honorees named
Each year, The Texas Association for Pupil Transportation holds a School Bus Safety Poster Contest and theme this year was, "Stand Back from the Yellow & Black".
At the district level, in Division I, first place went to Jennifer Trejo, second to Cesar Ochoa and third to Sarah Guedry. In Division II, first place honors were earned by Jessica Ayala, second place to Logan Krejci and third to Chloe Morales. In Division III, first place honoree was Emily Dues, second place Ciara Compton and third place Citlalli Magana. All the Division I and II honorees were from San Leon Elementary and the Division III winners are McAdams Junior High students.
At the regional level, Jennifer Trejo went on to earn first place in Division I, Jessica Ayala received second place in Division II and Emily Dues was awarded first place in Division III.
The students are taught by Elise Roach at San Leon Elementary and Pam Presley and Holly Gottula at McAdams Junior High. |
Nine campuses earn food service gold ribbon awards from Galveston County Health District
Dickinson ISD received nine awards recently from the Galveston County Health District in its annual presentation of Gold Ribbon awards for excellent food service practices. Nine of the district's 10 campuses received the awards, with Dickinson High School ineligible for the honor beccause it was going through renovation and expansion of the kitchen and dining area.
Congratulations to our Food and Nutrition Services Department and all of our campus cafeteria staff on this achievement. |
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McAdams Royals bring home dance awards
The McAdams Junior High Royals Dance Team competed recently at the Kids Artistic Review Dance Competition and won several awards. Director Tricia Robertson choreographed the lyrical dance they performed, and the girls were awarded a top first place trophy and placed in the top five overall in their division. The team also received a Judges Choice Award for Musicality and received a "KAR ALL STAR" invitation to take classes in New York. The girls that performed in the lyrical dance included Sophia Baldez, Mallory Barkmann, Juliana Cordero, Tiffany Davis, Bry Anna Garate, Maritsa Guerrero, Crystal Hernandez, Taylor McDermand, Kaitlyn Montgomery, Ashlyn Nettle, Taylor Sanders, Mattison Storey, Brittany Strobel, Zoey Van Lowe, and Kayla Venible.
Ten girls from the team performed a solo and they all received top first place or first place awards. Soloists included Mallory Barkman, Zoe Bustamante, Tiffany Davis, Bry Anna Garate, Maritsa Guerrero, Kaitlyn Montgomery, Ashlyn Nettle, Mia Rideaux and Mattison Storey. Mattison was also awarded with "Soloist KAR ALL STAR KID."
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