Thursday, November 12
* Northside Annual Turkey Trot
* Heights Elementary Thanksgiving Luncheon for parents
* Industrial Trades Center Showcase, 5-6 p.m. at the Doyle Center
* Levi Fry Spelling Bee, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 13
* Levi Fry Thanksgiving Luncheon for parents
* TC Stings vs. Angleton Wildcats, Hopper Field 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 14
* Region Choir Performance, Blocker 5:30 p.m. FREE
Monday, November 16
* TCHS Student Council Meeting, 5:30 p.m. J110
* TCHS Senior Steering Meeting 6:00 p.m. J110
* Stingarette Booster Meeting 6:30 p.m. Lecture Hall
Tuesday, November 17
* TCHS College Fair, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
* 9th Grade Region Band Contest at Alvin
* TCHS Letter Jacket Fitting, 2-4 p.m. J110
* TCHS Choir Caf� Night and Holiday Market, 6-8 p.m. in the TCHS cafeteria ($5)
* JROTC Booster Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Lecture Hall
Wednesday, November 18
* TCHS Freshman Meeting
* TCHS Thanksgiving Luncheon for parents
* Stingarette Meeting 4-8 p.m. Cafeteria
* TCHS The Green Stings Meeting 4 p.m. Room C210
* TCHS Redefining Beautiful Meeting 4:30 p.m. Lecture Hall
Thursday, November 19
* TCHS Heritage Club Meeting, 7 a.m. Room B102
* Heights Fall Picture Retakes
* Roosevelt-Wilson Thanksgiving Luncheon for parents
* Roosevelt-Wilson Science Fair Awards Assembly, 2:15 p.m.
* TCHS Speech & Debate Meeting 3 p.m. Room D126
* TCHS Forensic Club Meeting 3 p.m. Room C212
* Little Women, 7 p.m. Auditorium
$5/$7
Friday, November 20
* Northside Thanksgiving Luncheon for parents
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Charity Basketball Event
It's the TC Fire vs. the TC Police in a Charity Basketball game benefiting the Blue Santa Program that visits our schools every year. The event is Thursday, November 12 at 7 p.m. in the Blocker gym. Admission is $5 or a new unwrapped toy. Celebrity Guest is WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
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Volunteer Events listed
If you have students looking for volunteer opportunities, here are a list of events that you can earn volunteer hours. |
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LEADSopoly successful
This was the third time that the TCISD Foundation for the Future has hosted the Charles T. Doyle Leadership (LEADS) Program "LEADSopoly" event. LEADS is a leadership event for high school juniors and seniors that is sponsored by Texas First Bank. There are 7 Galveston County high schools involved in the program. This particular event was created by a group of students tasked with developing a leadership event for future programming. It turned out to be successful and popular with the students so it's implemented every two years now into the LEADS rotation. LEADSopoly is similar to Monopoly. Students have a budget and they are able to travel around a life-size game board. When they land on businesses, they have the opportunity to purchase them after interacting with local business representatives. There were 20 groups of 10 playing this game. Students learned about leadership, team dynamics, communication, and about local businesses.    |
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TCHS yearbook pre-sale
The TCHS yearbook staff is currently taking pre-orders for the 2015-16 yearbook. Yearbooks are priced at $60 until Thanksgiving. Our staff will be taking orders at all three lunches until Friday, November 19th. You may also order a yearbook online. Enter Texas City High School, then click "yearbooks" to order. After Thanksgiving break, the price goes up to $70, so order yours today.
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TCHS Scholarship Bulletin
Seniors should be looking into scholarships now if they are planning on going to college next fall. Here is a comprehensive Scholarship Bulletin that are either available at TCHS in Room B110 (Ms. Rawls) or online. Students should read through each summary to determine eligibility. If you have any questions, email Ms. Rawls or call her at 409-916-0843. |
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College & Career Events
Seniors should take advantage of the following events: - November 14 - Sam Houston State University Campus Tour
- November 17 - College Fair at TCHS in the Reef 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- November 23 - Aggie Information Day at College Station
If you have any questions please email Staffany Rawls or call her at 409-916-0843. |
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Soccer Booster Club selling ornaments
The Soccer Booster Club is currently selling Christmas ornaments for $10 each. They are made of shatterproof plastic with the Stings logo and name imprinted on both sides. Please email Kristi Rambin if you are interested.
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Tote Bag & Food Drive
The TCHS Soccer Booster Club is now selling Sting Tote Bags for $8 each. They will be sold at Friday night's Homecoming The Soccer Boosters are also sponsoring a Thanksgiving Food Drive. Donations of non-perishable food items can be given to any soccer player or coach or taken to a drop box at the Field House beginning Monday. ,Please email Kristi Rambin or call her at 832-660-1076 if you are interested in buying a tote bag or donating to the Food Drive.
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Iron Engineer Program
Iron Engineer at Aggieland is a conference that will be held Friday and Saturday, January 29-30, 2016 at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas. The conference is open to all high school students, especially those interested in math, science or engineering related fields! Cost of Attendance for this two day event is $45 and includes: engineering competitions, department and lab tours, panel discussions, interactions with Texas A&M engineering students and much more. Registration is now open and closes December 1, 2015. Register Here |
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Thanksgiving lunch offered again
Texas City ISD annually prepares a traditional Thanksgiving meal in the school cafeterias. Students are encouraged to invite their families to join them during their regular lunch period. Please RSVP with your child's school cafeteria if you plan to participate. Lunch for visitors costs $5.50 and tickets can be purchased at the door.
Heights Elementary - November 12
Levi Fry Intermediate - November 13
Texas City High School - November 18
Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary - November 19
Northside Elementary - November 20
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Stings face Angleton Wildcats Friday
 The Texas City Stings will face the Angleton Wildcats on Friday, November 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Hopper Field in Freeport. The location is across the street from Brazosport High School - 1800 West 2nd Street.
Pre-sale game tickets will be sold until 4 p.m. on Thursday and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday at the Stadium Ticket Office. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students (3 years old to 12th grade). All tickets are $8 at the gate.
A fan bus is available for $3 each. Tickets must be paid in advance for the fan bus. For more information, call 409-916-0147.
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Region Choirs perform here Saturday
On Saturday, November 14, the TCHS Choral Department is hosting the Region 17 High School Region Choir Concert at the Blocker Middle School Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Texas City High School will have more than 20 of our students singing in one of 3 different choirs that evening. Students from Dickinson, Santa Fe, Brazosport, Pearland, Galveston, Friendswood, Alvin, Angleton, Manvel, Clear Creek, Clear Springs, Clear Brook, Clear Falls, Clear Lake high schools will be participants in the three Region Choirs. Most of the music that is performed will be Texas All State Choir Repertoire.
"We are very proud that we will be hosting over 300 students and their directors on Saturday," said TCISD Choral Director Kathy Skinner. "We anticipate having a crowd of approximately 1,100 people that evening. This is a great opportunity for the community to support the arts and come and hear some great music!" |
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Lady Stings receive college scholarships
It was a big week for Athletics at Texas City High School with the signing of scholarships by two students.
TCHS Senior Brooklyn DeVine signed a letter of intent to play softball at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
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| | Brooklyn and the TCHS softball coaches Jennifer Oregsbesan, head coach; Justin Long, varsity assistant; Ashlyn Torres and Michael Luna, JV coaches |
TCHS Senior Treslyn Ortiz signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for Wingate University, outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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| | Treslyn and Leland Surovik, athletic director; Christian Dunn, head volleyball coach; and Holly La Roe; TCHS principal |
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Blocker band earns All-Region honors
Blocker Middle School Band placed 10 students in the All-Region Band and 4 students earned an All-District distinction.
Students competed head to head in a blind audition against students from area middle schools. Hundreds of students competed for a spot in the coveted All-Region Band. This is the highest honor a middle school band member can achieve and all students who competed represented Blocker very well.
The following earned a spot in the Symphonic Band: Luke Watson (trombone) and Amy Nichols (clarinet).
Students earning a spot in the Concert Band are: Emily Prada (flute), Carl Levergne (trumpet), Neil Hernandez (trumpet), Fernando de los Santos (trumpet), Garrett Osborne (horn), Leonardo Rabago (euphonium), Bernando Rabago (trombone), and Joseph McCarty-Davis (tuba).
Band members earning an All-District Band distinction include: Joseph Heard (flute), Aleathea Boyle (clarinet), Paige Christian (clarinet), and Nick Fuentes (horn).
Congratulations to these students and their Band Director Mr. Bottlinger. |
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Cross Country places in District Meet
Our Texas City High School boys and girls competed well in the District Cross Country meet last month.
"They ran hard and did themselves and our school proud," said Head Cross Country Coach Steve Allan.
Our leading varsity boys runner, senior, Trevor Pickett, placed 25th. Leading varsity girls runner was sophomore, Macy Ray, who came in 24th
Sophomore, Jose Sanchez lead our JV Boys placing 16th. Junior, Rushelle Pagan earned a medal in the JV girls race coming in 8th.
Finally, Chandler Pickett came in first in the freshmen boys race. |
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Music and Shopping at TCHS Caf� Night
The TCHS Choir Booster is holding a fundraising event on Tuesday, November 17 from 6-8 p.m. in the TCHS cafeteria. It's a night of music and shopping at the Caf� Night & Holiday Market.
Shop various direct sale and arts/craft vendors while listening to the talented & award winning
TCHS Choral Department. Entry is $5.
Vendors include Thirty-one, Scentsy, Tupperware, Chloe & Isabel, Ooh La La Couture, Ella Zane Boutique, Bow Making Mommy, Jewelry In Candles, Bakeology, Pink Zebra, Best Bling in Town, Cakeball Lady, Susie on 6th, Bake Me A Dream, Origami Owl, Silpada, Mary Kay, Avon, Tastefully Simple, Pampered Chef, Perfectly Posh, Younique, Stella & Dot and much more! |
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Bus Safety programs offered to students
Texas City ISD Transportation Department puts on a safety program for students so that they know how to be safe passengers when riding on district school buses. This photo was taken this week at Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary showing students the proper way to sit on the bus. They also demonstrated the ways that were inappropriate such as kneeling or standing.
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Now hiring substitutes; apply online
Substitute Orientation will be held on Wednesday, November 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the TCISD Board Room.
A major priority of the Texas City Independent School District is the employment of highly qualified teachers as well as highly qualified individuals to serve as substitutes in the absence of regular classroom staff. District staff are sometimes unavailable to fulfill their regular assignments due to personal or family illness, professional development activities, or other school related duties and, in their absence, substitute team members provide the essential function of continuity of the educational process for District students.
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Little Women runs Nov. 19, 20 and 21
The Texas City High School production of Little Women runs November 19, 21 and 22 at Texas City High School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday with the show starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. for the Sunday 3 p.m. performance. Tickets are $5 with a reservation or $7 at the door. Reservations can be made by calling 409-916-0837 or email Jessica Hazzard. |
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