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October 4, 2012 - Vol. 9, No. 2
Greetings!
Thank you for reading the MISD Messenger, your district e-news source. October is shaping up to be a very busy month. Remember, there is no school on Monday, October 8 for Parent/Teacher Conference Day. Parents are invited to come to the schools to meet with your student's teacher(s). |
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For the tenth year in a row, Mansfield ISD continues its financial excellence with a rating of "Superior Achievement" for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, scoring positive responses on all 20 indicators and an overall score of 65 out of 70 in the Schools FIRST (Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas) rating.
The District's Schools FIRST rating is based upon budgetary and actual financial data along with an analysis of staff and student data reported for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. This information is submitted through the District's annual PEIMS (Public Education Information Management System) submissions. TEA issued the final financial accountability ratings for the 2010-2011 fiscal year in September 2012. |
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College and Career Night October 17
 The 2012 MISD College and Career Night is scheduled for Wednesday, October 17, at Legacy High School starting at 6:00 p.m.
After the District's annual day of testing, high school students and their parents are encouraged to continue the process of preparing for life after high school during an evening event.
College, technical school and military representatives will be available to provide students and parents with information and answer questions about their respective programs and campuses.
2012 MISD College and Career Night Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Legacy High School
1263 North Main
Mansfield, Texas 76063
817-299-1100
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Superintendent Update
 Dr. Bob Morrison shares the latest on the district's high school iPad initiative including preliminary plans for an expanded parent information night on Monday, October 29. He also mentions other items of interest in the month of October: Red Ribbon Week (beginning October 22), College and Career Night (October 17), and the upcoming Parent/Teacher Conference Day (October 8).
Reminder: No school Monday, October 8.
Watch Dr. Morrison's update on YouTube or on the District's Video Portal. |
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Foundation Mini-Grants
The Mansfield ISD Education Foundation WeCanChoose mini-grants are now live. Many wonderful ideas were submitted for projects that teachers wanted to do to enhance the education opportunities for our students. Funding opportunities close October 10. We hope to see all of these great mini-grants fully funded.
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Rachel's Challenge Comes to Worley Middle School on October 11
Worley Tigers are excited to bring Rachel's Challenge to Mansfield! The Rachel's Challenge organization is a non profit, non political, non religious organization based in Littleton, Colorado. The objective of this program is to equip students and adults with strategies to combat bullying and feelings of isolation or despair. Seventeen year old Rachel Scott was the first student killed at Columbine High School in 1999. Rachel left behind a legacy of positivity and caring for others through her writings and drawings. Rachel's story has been shared with the world through the Rachel's Challenge organization. Her hope was to start a "chain reaction" of kindness and compassion. Our number one reason for inviting Rachel's Challenge to Worley is to change the culture of bullying, teasing and harassment in today's society by empowering our students with the social and emotional tools they need to exist in an ever changing global society. According to the Rachel's Challenge website, the assembly conveys the power of deliberately reaching out in word and action to others. It also encourages listeners to examine their own lives, their relationships with the world around them and the impact their behavior has on others by taking on five challenges. 
Rachel's Challenge will be presented at Worley Middle School on Thursday, October 11, for our students at 9:00 a.m. that morning and 7:00 p.m. for parents and the local community. The one hour evening community event will be held at the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts in the Professional Development Center. |
 Fine Arts Update
Mansfield HS Theatre presents "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
at the Mansfield High School Performing Arts Center
October 11, 12, 13, 15 @ 7:00 PM
October 14 @ 2:00 PM
Tickets: $5
Summit HS Theatre presents "Marcus Is Walking"
at the Summit High School Performing Arts Center
October 18, 19, 20 @ 7:00 PM
Tickets: $5 (Students/Seniors); $7 (Adults)
For ticket information & reservations, call 817-299-7498
Timberview HS Theatre presents "Dearly Departed"
at the Timberview High School Performing Arts Center
October 18, 19, 20, 22 @ 7:00 PM
Tickets: $5 (Students/Seniors); $7 (Adults)
{PRESALE: $4 (Students/Seniors); $6 (Adults)}
Legacy HS Theatre presents "Our Town"
at the Legacy High School Performing Arts Center
October 18, 19, 20 @ 7:00 PM
October 21 @ 2:00 PM
Tickets: $5 (Students/Seniors); $7 (Adults)
For more information, call 817-299-2630
Lake Ridge HS Theatre presents "Big Love"
at the Lake Ridge High School Performing Arts Center
October 18, 20, 22 @ 7:00 PM
October 20 @ 2:00 PM
Tickets: $5 (Students/Seniors); $7 (Adults)
{PRESALE: $4 (Students/Seniors); $6 (Adults)}
Senior Art Show Dates - We are starting Senior Art Shows for our Advanced Visual Art Students. These shows will be held at The Center and will give students an opportunity to have an art show beyond the Annual Disrtict Art Show. The Senior Art Shows will be two weeks in duration and feature 2-4 students from each of the high schools. The first show runs October 8-19 and features works from Anai Vargas and Jessilee Shipman from Legacy HS.
Howard MS Honor Band - Congratulations to the T.A. Howard MS Honor Band, directed by Nathaniel Neugent, has been selected as a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors project. |
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concert
Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts
 The Dallas Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert at the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. The DSO on the GO concert series performance is presented by Mansfield Methodist Medical Center and benefits the MISD Education Foundation. Tickets on sale now.
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Student Recognition Spotlight
National Achievement Program
Congratulations Nicholas Toliver, Summit HS senior, for being named a semifinalist in the 2013 National Achievement Program announced by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These scholastically talented young men and women now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for aproximately 800 Achievement Scholarship® awards worth more than $2.5 million that will be offered next spring. The National Achievement Scholarship Program, conducted by NMSC, is a privately financed academic competition that operates without government assistance. It was initiated in 1964 to recognize academically promising black students throughout the nation and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding program participants. |
Judy K Miller ES - 1st floor slab pours and masonry walls are underway to be completed mid-October. The 2nd floor steel framing has started for the 2nd floor slab pours and roof framing to commence mid-October. Facility completion target is May 2013. As a reminder, Miller Elementary will be occupied by Boren Elementary starting in fall 2013 as we begin the campus replacement construction process approved in the 2011 bond.
Ag-Science Center - The New Ag-Science Center, Phases 1 and 2, design has commenced. Archeological and geotechnical studies are underway.
JL Boren ES and Alice Ponder ES Design Development is underway.
Site paving is underway at the new Tarver-Rendon Elementary (referred to in construction docs as "Rendon ES 24"). Construction began last May and will be completed next summer in time for the school to start at their new location next fall.
High Schools District-wide security and wireless projects are near completion with final access control connections and programming underway. Middle, Intermediate and Elementary Schools bid development should commence November 2012.
The first major construction renovation package is underway in the Schematic Design phase. It consists of approximately $26.2 million for new and renovation construction work at Cross Timbers IS, TA Howard MS, Mansfield Summit HS and Mansfield HS Gymnasium.
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Three MISD Students Namaed to Texas Trust Youth Advisory Council
Community
Three Mansfield ISD high school students have been chosen to serve on the Texas Trust Credit Union Youth Advisory Council. The Council provides financial education and student leadership opportunities.
The Council meets twice a month to discuss and learn about personal finances, service leadership, marketing, and career opportunities in the financial field. The Council will also participate in a group service project and volunteer at a community event sponsored by Texas Trust.
A total of 16 members were chosen for the Council from 90 applicants from the local area. Their session will run through December 2012. They were chosen based on their student leadership credentials, extracurricular activities, and willingness to actively serve and participate in bi-monthly meetings and community events.
The Mansfield ISD 2012 Council members for the fall session are:
- Zaria Vick, Legacy, Senior
- Deyzia Heath, Lake Ridge, Sophomore
- Jezrahiah Mendoza, Summit, Senior
Read more...
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