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April 22, 2009 - Vol. 5, No. 14

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In This Issue
Tarleton State Honors Superintendent
Summer School
Duke Talent I.D. Program
Who's Watching Your Space?
Visual Art Scholastic Event
Clean-up Crew
Tiger Yearbook 2008 Receives ILPC Star Award
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Tarleton State Honors Superintendent
Mr. Vernon Newsom recognized by his alma mater

Vernon Newsom honored by alma mater

Mansfield ISD Superintendent, Mr. Vernon Newsom, was recently honored by the Tarleton State University Alumni Association and College of Education. Newsom was selected as an honoree at the 17th Annual Alumni Academic Forum held on March 30, 2009.
Summer School, Testing and Programs

Summer SchoolThe Mansfield ISD will offer summer school, testing and programs for grades pre-k through high school.

  • Summer School 2009 Dates & Times
  • Criteria for Summer School Enrollment
  • TAKS Summer Re-testing Calendar
  • Administrator Contacts
  • Fee Schedule
  • Student Nutrition
  • High School Credit Recovery Course offerings
  • High School Acceleration Course offerings
  • Summer School Registration is now open.

Check back to the Summer School Web page frequently as more information is added.
Duke University Program helps identify academically talented MISD students

Mansfield ISD had 113 seventh grade students take the SAT or ACT as part of the annual Duke Talent Identification Program. Each year, seventh grade students on middle school campuses are identified to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). The Talent Search recognizes academically talented 7th graders based on standardized test scores achieved in prior years.

Of the 113, two MISD students qualified for Grand Recognition.
Of the 113 who had the experience, 25 MISD students qualified for State Recognition. See the results.
Who's Watching Your Space?

From The Rider: Mansfield Legacy High School's online newspaper

Who's Watching Your Space?

Would you want your grandma to see your MySpace profile?
Colleges and employers ask for future students' or employees' MySpace and Facebook pages to check background information. 
Sophomore Megan Ireland thinks no one should look her MySpace page to judge her or make a career decision.

Read on...
VASE: Visual Art Scholastic Event

On Saturday, April 18, MISD High School students competed at the state level in the Visual Art Scholastic Event in Houston.  There were over 20,000 entries in this year's show from all over the state of Texas and only 1700 students advanced to state.  Legacy High School received nine Gold Superior medals and one Gold Seal State Winner (the second year in-a-row). 

Mansfield High School had one student, Dani Archuleta, receive a gold seal on her art work. (Summit and Timberview High Schools did not have students advance to state.) 

Advancing to State:

Gustavo Salcido
Michelle Heath
Kendall Newton
Abner Cabriales
Casi Moss
Kenzie Moss
Kaci Rodgers
Viridiana Guzman
Samantha Server
Jackie Kuenstler
Spencer Brown
Jeana Whittenberg
Dani Archuleta (MHS)

Receiving Superior Gold Medals:  (approx. 500 win this award out of 1700)

Michelle Heath
Abner Cabriales
Viridiana Guzman
Casi Moss (with 2 medals)
Kenzie Moss
Kaci Rodgers
Jeana Whittenberg

Winning State Gold Seal Medal:  (only 128 win this award out of the 1700)

Kendall Newton
Dani Archuleta (MHS)

Related: 2009 Art Show
Elementary student art work will be on display April 20 - 23 at the MISD Administration Complex located at 605 East Broad Street in Mansfield. During the course of the show, more than 1000 anticipated student works of art displayed at the District Art Show will be adjudicated to select those works to be designated as this year's "Best of Show." Student art work will be on display in the Old Rock Gym and will be available for viewing during the following dates and times:
  • Monday, April 20 | Noon - 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, April 21 | Noon - 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April | 22 Noon - 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 23 | Noon - 4:00 PM & 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Those works having been selected as either "Honorable Mention" or "Best in Show" will be on display in the Great Room of the MISD Administration Building on the evening of Thursday, April 23.
Can't make it? View the online gallery.

Note: Secondary student artwork will be on display May 4-7, 2009.

Clean-up Crew
Texas Trash Off

On Saturday, April 4, the Mansfield ISD Police Department hosted their annual Texas Trash Off event on their adopted portion of North Main St. from Legacy High School north to Nelson Wyatt Road.  This year's event was a shared community service project with the Student Council of Carol Holt Elementary School. 

Eighteen students, parents and Police Department staff members pitched in to collect 26 bags of trash and numerous items too large for bagging.  The MISD Police Department would like to thank the Carol Holt Student Council for helping to make this year's event an overwhelming success.
Tiger Yearbook 2008 Receives ILPC Star Award
MHS Tiger earns Star Award

The 2008 Mansfield High School yearbook was recently awarded the Bronze Star from the Interscholastic League Press Conference.  This award places the yearbook in the top 10 percent of yearbooks statewide.

Editors of the 2008 Tiger were Laura Jinks, Tayler Westlake and Aly Ramirez.  Deborah Watson is MHS yearbook advisor.

The Tiger was one of 33 yearbooks statewide to be recognized with a Star award from the ILPC, which is an affiliate of the University Interscholastic League and the nation's largest state high school association of student newspapers and yearbooks.

Read on...
Odds & Ends

Summit High - SHS senior Sooji Kim has been selected by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) as a member of the TASSP All-State Academic Excellence Team. This award recognizes seniors for their outstanding academic achievements and rewards of superior scholarship. Sooji Kim will be awarded a $500 scholarship and recognized at the TASSP Summer Workshop in Austin on June 11.

Ben Barber CTA Discovery Camp - Radio Camp, Online Learning and Virtual Worlds, Culinary Arts...These are just some of the outstanding programs being offered during the Rising Stars Discovery Camp at Ben Barber Career Tech Academy.

SKillsUSA - Congratulations go to the BBCTA Construction Tech training program has been selected for the "Tough Tools for Cool Schools" program, sponsored by Lowe's. Lowe's has selected more than 500 SkillsUSA building trades and renovation programs to receive a set of complimentary tools. This is Lowe's way of introducing their Kobalt hand tools into technical schools for the
benefit of programs, instructors and students. The value of each tool set is about $600.

Worley MS Whiz Quiz Teacher vs Student End of Season Challenge - On Tuesday, April 21, Worley teachers and students engaged in a mock Whiz Quiz match to celebrate the end of the 2008-2009 season.

High Schools -  TAKS Bell Schedule for April 27-30

Campus Support - 4th Grade Option for Perry Elementary (PDF)

Your Mansfield ISD BlogOn Your Mansfield ISD Blog - Teaching as a Second Career

Immunization Requirements - Get the updated 2009-10 Immunization Requirements

Swim Classes Start Soon - Mansfield ISD Natatorium 2009 Learn-to-Swim Program Registration is now open.
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