Thanks to the TCISD Foundation for the Future for hosting Teacher Appreciation Breakfasts this week at each school. Business sponsors include Mainland Medical Center and Whataburger. Here are some of the hardworking teachers at Woodrow Wilson DAEP!

Next week is the final week for standardized testing this school year. Students should get a good night's rest, eat breakfast and come to school on time prepared to do their best!

STAAR Test Schedule
Monday, May 9
* Mathematics for Grades 3, 4, 6 & 7
* Mathematics retest for Grades 5 & 8 if necessary
Tuesday, May 10
* Reading for Grades 3, 4, 6 & 7
* Reading retest for Grades 5 & 8 if necessary
Wednesday, May 11
* Science for Grades 5 & 8
Thursday, May 12
* Social Studies for Grade 8 

TCHS seniors Cory Darden and Shane Parlor presented a check for $500 from Project Grad 2016 to the Marine Junior ROTC (MJROTC) program. This year the Sting Out game was on 9/11 and PG 2016 voted to give a portion of the proceeds to the MJROTC program in honor of 9/11. Major Westhoff and Gunny Sergeant Daniels are also pictured. 

The Texas City High School basketball program is holding its First Hoopfest on May 14. Teams of four in grades 7th and up can sign up. Teams can be co-ed. Get your team and sign up today! Download the Hoopfest registration form and return it to Coach Johansson or Coach Belford.
 

Texas City ISD "New Student" registration will be held on Tuesday, June 21 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Simpson Education Support Center, located at 1700 Ninth Avenue North. This registration will only be for students who have never been enrolled in Texas City ISD or La Marque ISD. This is for any new student living in the current TCISD and LMISD. Proof of Residency for the parent/guardian will be required. Special residency situations will need to register in August. Parents must provide student's birth certificate, copy of Social Security card, immunization records, as well as last report card.

Hal Biery of Texas City ISD was one of 95 school board members developing the legislative program of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). Biery was elected to the TASB Legislative Advisory Council during the regional grassroots meeting of public school board members earlier this year.

The Council met in Austin on April 16 to consider the regional legislative priorities identified by school board members across the state and develop one statewide list of priorities to guide the Association. The TASB Advocacy Agenda, created through direct input from Texas school board members, guides the legislative advocacy efforts of the Association on behalf of public school students.

The Council discussed issues related to school finance, governance and accountability during its meeting, which is the first of three. The priority statements finalized by the Council during its next meeting on June 16 will go to TASB's Legislative Committee and Board of Directors for review before they are sent to TASB's Delegate Assembly for final adoption in September.

TASB is a voluntary, non-profit association established in 1949 to serve local Texas School districts. Its membership includes every public school district in the state, as well as county school boards, junior colleges, tax appraisal districts, cooperatives and education service centers. TASB represents the largest group of elected officials in the state. 

In addition, Biery has been elected as a Director of the Gulf Coast Area Association of School Boards (GCAASB) for the 2016-17 school year.

The GCAASB is a voluntary organization composed of more than 50 school boards in the greater Houston area to enhance the quality of education for public school children in the Texas Gulf Coast area by providing education and information to local school boards, and creating an opportunity for local school boards to impact legislation affecting public schools.