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Danny Griffin Operations Complex Naming Ceremony
 On Sunday, November 4, 2007, MISD named the Operations Complex for a
beloved former special education bus driver who passed away in 2003.
Danny
Griffin worked for the MISD Transportation Department for 20 years. He
and his wife, Verna, were the first husband and wife special-needs
driving team, driving as partners for 17 years.
"Danny
Griffin was the model school bus driver; dependable, compassionate,
loyal, and trustworthy," says Joe Glover MISD Director of School
Services.
In January 2003, Danny was
diagnosed with brain cancer. "Through all of his chemotherapy and
radiation treatments, he still kept his charming and witty
personality," recalls his daughter, Heather. "He left impressive
footprints on your heart, and you couldn't help but love him and want
to be around him." Read on plus photo gallery... |
| HOG Week: Mansfield Timberview HS  Timberview students turned Halloween into HOG-O-WEEN as they
continued the campus tradition of HOG (Helping Others thru Giving) Week, a week-long fundraising campaign.
The students were
supporting the 9-year-old son of a MTHS faculty member, Coach Marty
Malone. Tyler Malone, a healthy, athletic fourth grade student, was in
a four-wheeling accident in February 2007. Many surgeries later, Tyler
and his family are still adjusting to his life as a paraplegic.
Totaling hospital bills, wheelchair ramp installations, and many other
new costs the Malone family is facing, as well as the All-Terrain
wheelchair Tyler is wishing for, the total financial goal for this year's HOG Week was $15,000.
According to preliminary totals, MTHS HOG Week raised over $20,000. Read on plus photo gallery... |
Pinkfest 2007 - Life Rocks: Legacy HS
On October 25, 2007 at 2:00 PM, the Mansfield Legacy High School Teen Leadership student group hosted Pink Fest 2007 - Life Rocks
in the gym.
The group joined together with the school's step team,
cheerleaders and various other performers to have a celebration of life
as well as honor breast cancer survivors.
The
event was the conclusion of a month-long campaign to raise money and
awareness for breast cancer research during October. The group's goal
is $10,000 and they held various fundraisers. Read on plus photo gallery... |
Donna Grant announces her retirement
Summit HS principal to leave at the Winter Holiday
 Donna Grant, principal at Mansfield Summit High School, announced
her retirement. Grant has been in Texas public education for 32 years
including eight with the MISD (five as Summit's principal.) She will
leave the district at the Winter Holiday.
Grant
will leave public education to move into another worthy field. She will
head the Texas operations for a private company that manages group
homes for mentally handicapped clients.
The former Director of Secondary Education, Mr. Bob Currey, will assume duties as interim principal beginning January 3, 2008.
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And the winner is...Danny Jones MS
Update on the Danny Jones & James Coble Middle Schools' friendly rivalry to benefit area food banks
Danny  Jones vs. James Coble Rivalry Week canned food drive October 29 - November 2
Results:
5,626 cans - Danny Jones MS
5,200 cans - James Coble MS
The rules were simple: whichever school brought in the most canned goods will have the losing school's administrators conduct lunch patrol while wearing the winning school's football jersey. The date for the Coble administrative team to conduct the Jones lunch patrol has not been set.
Danny Jones Middle School collected for Tarrant Area Food Bank and James Coble Middle School collected for Mission Arlington.
Both schools collected the week of their sports matchups in football and volleyball.
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District to Hold 3rd Annual College Night
Mansfield ISD will hold the 2007 College Night at Ben Barber Career Tech Academy on Wednesday, November 7.
Two
financial aid seminars will be available to attendees, one beginning at
5:30 PM and a repeat session at 7:00 PM, to inform parents and students
about financial aid and preparing students for college.
Any and all
students grades 9-12 and parents are invited to attend.
More...
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