Parking for parents and visitors to our campus is parallel parking on Sampson Street. The only entrance for visitors and parents is our main entrance on Sampson Street. In order to meet safety and security needs all other doors will be locked.

Late Start Wednesday

Classes start at 9:15am on Wednesdays. Bus arrivals will be scheduled one hour later than normal bus pick up times.

College Fairs

Mark your calendar today to attend these events next month!

NACAC National College Fair

February 12, 9:30am-12:30pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm

NRG Center

Houston Hispanic Forum Career and Education Day
February 14, 9:00am-3:00pm

George R. Brown Convention Center

Texas National Hispanic College Fair

February 16, 9:30am-12:30pm

University of Saint Thomas

Black College Expo

February 28, 10:00am-5:00pm

JW Marriot Houston

Official ADA Time

Energy's official ADA time this year is

10:00 AM.

Please schedule your child's appointments so that he or she is back to school by 10:00 AM or leaves after 10:00 AM. We receive our funding based on attendance at this time. Funding allows us to provide more for your child!

Special Thanks

Energy would like to thank IPAA/PESA for all of their support! For those parents who don't know, IPAA/PESA is one of our major supporters. They work very hard to secure of funding, plan guest speakers, and plan our field trips. So a huge thank you to IPAA/PESA for their unending support!

9th grade students in Ms. Gianukos and Ms. Ratliff's English 1 and World Geography class completed a PBL on Animal Farm and Political Systems last week by participating in a Socratic Seminar in which students were tasked with developing the 7 commandments for their new political system. Pictured above are student developed propaganda posters supporting their political system. Great work to all the students who participated in this PBL.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Jo'Jauni Monges Cooper is a 10th grade student at Energy and was nominated for Student Spotlight by his English teacher Ms. Blake. "Jo'juani is a gem. He tries to work diligently on all of his assignments. Sometimes he gets confused and turns things in late, but when he does, he never makes excuses. He thanks me for holding him to high standards! That's maturity. He is very thoughtful. He asks how Mr. Tate and I are every day when he comes into class." Jo'Jauni was so honored by Ms. Blake's nomination and commented that he believes that his work ethics come from his belief that the more you put into something, the brighter your future may be and the more opportunities you will have. That is exactly why Jo'Jauni chose to come to Energy. "I was really interested in this school because I thought it would expose me to a lot of different opportunities such as PBL. PBL has taught me collaboration which I will use in any field I enter after college." Jo'Jauni wants to be an aerospace engineer and enjoys spending his free time working on musical projects and playing the flute. Keep up your hard work Jo'Jauni it definitely has not gone unnoticed!

PetroChallenge

1st Place: Petros - Phillip Gamez, Drew Dennis, Diego Valerio, and Matthew Brack
2nd Place: Texxonattar Industries - Carla Forro, Timothy Chung, Alex Tesson, and Shawn Attar
3rd Place: Century Oil - Juan Espinoza, Gabriela Daniels, Angel Soto, Yvette Alvarran

Congratulations to our top 3 teams who earned over 10 billion dollars for their corporations during last week's PetroChallenge. Energy students are among only a handful of high school students nationwide to use such this simulation program which is typically reserved for college and corporate level training programs. For a live view of the action check out this HISD Video capturing the energy of the event!

To learn more about the PetroChallenge check out this article featured on RigZone: PetroChallenge Competition: Oil, Gas Industry, Academia to Hold Competition.

MAGNET APPLICATION UPDATES for 2015-2016

For potential Energy families and interested 8th grade students we will be hosting a number of events this spring to help you learn more about the unique vision of Energy before making your high school decision. Notification letters will be sent out Friday, March 27th and the following Wednesday, April 1st we will host an Open House informational session to answer any questions you may have.
Important dates to keep in mind:

March 27th: Notification Letters sent
April 1st at 6:30: Open House for Prospective Students and Families.
April 2nd, 7th, 9th: Magnet Tours at 9am.
April 10th: Selection Deadline

If you are the parent of an 8th grade student and have any questions about the application process or would like to learn more please contact Jenna Moon at jmoon2@houstonisd.org.

IMPORTANT UPDATES

RICE UNIVERSITY hosts MATH CIRCLES open to all interest 8th -11th graders selected Sundays from 1:30-4:00 for the rest of the semester. For more information visit Math Circles at Rice. Each session will include a lecture on an easy-to-understand math topic followed by some games related to the lecture. To help you understand our math topic even more, we'll finish with some problems or a group project. All interested students are encouraged to attend, all you must do is complete a complete a consent form. Be sure to take advantage of this math focused lecture and activity series.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to help with a number of projects at Energy. If you are interested in donating your time please contact Ms. Cabrera at hcabrera@houstonisd.org. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

YEARBOOK Orders can still be placed through the following link for $40. Order Now! Don't miss your chance to get a copy of the first Energy Institute HS yearbook ever created!

The TESLA Club is hard at work preparing a STEM Challenge they will be hosting for HISD middle school teams. Middle schools are being invited to send 2 teams of 3 students to participate in a full day of STEM competitions, Quizbowl challenges, and various STEM related exercises. The TESLA club is hoping to share their passion for STEM with middle school students across the district and get them excited about their future high school opportunities. The Tesla Energy Challenge Bowl will be held at The Energy Institute High School on March 7th. For more information email the Tesla Club sponsor Mr. Diosomito at mdiosomi@houstonisd.org.

"Teens for Jeans" jean drive sponsored by the Recycling Club is continuing this week. Students are encouraged to donate gently worn jeans without holes in them by placing them in the Recycling bins located in front of the display cases outside the main office. Remember our goal is to collect 300 pairs of jeans!

10th grade art classes completed their ArtBots PBL with professional presentations last week. Projects and presentations demonstrated a high level of collaboration and extremely detailed and higher level design components. Art and engineering combined to create a truly innovative and artistic robot!

10th grade Principles of Engineering students enrolled in the Alternative Energy course are developing and testing their own wind turbine designs. We can't wait to see the results of this PBL!

We value your feedback!

Please direct comments or questions to Jenna Moon at jmoon2@houstonisd.org.

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