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.

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 is a proud recipient of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program

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!

Students in Ms. Sola's Spanish class practice language skills through an engineering design project. Energy students are STEM focused in all classes!

Driving Question: How can we, as aerospace engineers , design a space shuttle for Scientists to study the natural phenomena of the earth?

Students will read articles, newspaper, listen to audio in order to participate in an engaging research to study natural phenomena and environmental issues. In the same way, they will propose a new design of a Space Shuttle that can help scientist to study natural phenomena from Space.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

This week we would like to honor two students who went above and beyond last week to help make our Open House event for potential Energy families amazing! Tenth grade students Chance Bednorz and Kaleigh Davis wrote, memorized and performed a 5 minute "Entry Event" for parents and potential Energy students that spoke about the unique opportunities they have at Energy, how they are growing as leaders and people, and why they are so glad they chose Energy! Their performance was the result of a truly collaborative effort. "We definitely collaborate really well together. We are always singing and spending time together working on projects and learning how we work as individuals. Now we know how to work best with each other and how we can feed off each other to make projects even better," Chance commented on their partnership. While both Kaleigh and Chance credit PBL and their presentations at Energy with helping them develop into such strong public speakers, they still admit to getting a little nervous before speaking in front of a large group. "We were kind of nervous. We have our own little ritual we do to prepare and make us feel relaxed and comfortable before speaking," Kaleigh shared. Chance and Kaleigh did an excellent job representing the students of Energy and we could not be more proud of them!

STUDENT AMBASSADORS

We would like to thank all of our wonderful Student Ambassadors, club representatives, and volunteers who worked so hard last week to make Open House a great success! We had over 100 families join us for a night led by our students. Students worked as tour guides, presented projects, represented their clubs, and showed all our potential Energy families what being part of Energy really looks like. We are so proud of all the hard work and leadership you exhibited last week!

10th Grade Guest Speaker

Energy is pleased to have Mr. Jonathan Rhoads from Rockwater Energy speaking with our 10th grade students this Wednesday.

Jonathan is currently working with oifield services/pressure pumping companies to provide them with hydraulic fracturing chemical and fluid technology solutions.

Prior to joining Rockwater, Jonathan was with National Oilwell Varco, where he progressed through Sales and Organizational Development management roles. After starting with NOV in a rotational program, and then joining the sales and marketing organization of NOV's Distribution Services group, where he ultimately served as Global Marketing Director, Jonathan moved into the NOV Corporate Sales organization as the Director of Sales Effectiveness Programs. In this role, he worked with different NOV business units across the world's major oil and gas regions to develop and implement sales processes and strategies, build the NOV sales culture, and bring different groups together to create customer-focused solutions.

Jonathan is active in the Oil and Gas industry, serving on the Advisory Board for the IPAA Petroleum Academies, as past Co-Chair and on the Executive Committee of the Offshore Technology Conference Next Wave Program, and is a member of Young Professionals in Energy, American Association of Drilling Engineers, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Please remember to dress business professional for our guest speaker day!

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SUMMER PROGRAMS

Texas A&M University

2015 Summer Outreach Programs and Summer Camps

Texas A&M University is offering a number of exciting summer opportunities for interested students. It is a great time to enhance your resume as well as learn about Texas A&M. Deadlines are approaching quickly so take advantage of these amazing programs!

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CAMPS

WE IDEAS SUMMER CAMP

The Women in Engineering (WE) IDEAS summer camp is a 6-day residential summer camp program designed to give female high school students an opportunity to explore engineering as a career. Sessions will include hands-on activities with engineering faculty and female graduate students from 13 different disciplines. Tips on admissions requirements, college majors and career options for women in engineering will be discussed. The deadline to apply is this Friday, April 10th.

CAMP BUILD

July 26-31, 2015 (DEADLINE: N/A)

Hosted by the Dwight Look College of Engineering on Civil Engineering. Apply online!

EXPLORE CAMP

June 21-24, 2015 (DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2015)

Hosted by the College of Education. Apply online!

CAMP ARCH

June 28-July 4, 2015 (DEADLINE: N/A)

Hosted by the College of Architecture. Website currently under construction. Check back soon!

GeoX

July 12-August 7 (DEADLINE: APRIL 10, 2015)

Hosted by the College of Geosciences. Apply online! Contact: Judy Nunez at jnunez@tamu.edu for more information.

OPEN HOUSE

April 25, 2015

Hosted by the College of Veterinary Sciences and Biomedical Sciences

HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING

June 26, 2015 or July 17, 2015

Summer Information Sessions for High School students.

TEXAS A&M CORPS OF CADETS

Regular overnight sessions during the fall and spring semesters. Apply online!

SPEND THE DAY WITH THE CORPS

Summer 2015 Family Day Sessions

FANTASTIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Tune in here each week to learn of amazing opportunities available to students outside the classroom either for weekend or summer enrichment.

Energy Explorations Academy for 9th grade students will allow students to perform experiments in Rice University's undergraduate chemistry laboratory and have learning experiences in different areas on campus. Topics will include fossil fuels (chemical energy) along with alternative energy (fuel cells, solar cells). The academy will include 3 field trips (Ocean Star Oil Rig Museum, Wiess Hall at Houston Museum of Natural Science, Schlumberger tour) along with an exploration of seismic data in Rice's new 3D visualization lab.

The program is free to students and is only open to students Energy Institute and four other HISD schools. The program is held at Rice University, June 15th - 26th from 8:30am-3:30pm daily. The deadline to apply is April 17th. Visit www.rstem.rice.edu/energy to submit your application.

Camp STEM Prep aims to increase the number of minority students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Camp students will be exposed to lectures, labs, and field trips targeting two statewide industry clusters: 1) biotechnology and life sciences and 2) petroleum refining and chemical products. Additionally, the program will address issues critical to preparing for STEM college degrees and careers. The application has been extended to April 15th for HISD magnet students. For more information check out Camp STEM Prep!

If you love lab experiments, robotics, solving math problems or visiting science museums then Houston Community College Southwest has the perfect summer camp for you. The Governors Merit Summer Program is a free, four-week, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) themed summer camp. It is open to 10th and 11th-grade students enrolled in the Houston Independent School District, Fort Bend Independent School District and Stafford Municipal School District.

Students will learn about robotics, MakerBot-3D printing, biology and microbiology. Participants of the Summer 2014 STEM Camp took field trips to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Center and the Health Science Center. Technocamp speakers will talk about STEM-based skills that will give students the confidence to further their studies and focus on a career path.

Interested students who have at least a 2.0 GPA in math and science should submit a two-page, double-spaced typed essay titled "STEM ignites my creativity and excitement," along with a letter of recommendation from their principal or counselor by the May 15 deadline to betty.fortune@hccs.edu. APPLY NOW!

THE WOODS CAMPING CLUB

Help Support Camping Club Summer Trip! Energy is sending six students on an amazing two-week hiking trip this summer. Students will do service projects and will backpack through the mountains of either Yellowstone National Park (California), Glacier National Park (Montana) or Donner Lake (California). We are partnering with The Woods Project, who is leading the trip. Students are raising money to pay for their trip through the "Walk for the Woods"-a walk that will be held April 11th. Please support our trip by either joining us in walking or through an online donation. Donations can be made HERE! If you have questions, please contact Mr. Tate at atate@houstonisd.org.

For more information visit The Woods Project

STAAR UPDATES

Testing time is upon us! Please check the newsletters weekly to receive important testing information.

Algebra 1 STAAR Tutorials
Saturday, April 11th, 9am-12pm

Algebra 1 and Biology STAAR Tutorials
Saturday, April 18th, 9am-12pm
Saturday, April 25th, 9am-12pm
Saturday, May 2nd, 9am-12pm

PTSA AND CLUB NEWS

Pizza Sales: This Thursday during lunch, stop outside the cafeteria to purchase pizza slices for lunch. All proceeds to benefit the 9th grade Student Council.

Basketball Tournament: Sign up during lunch this week in the cafeteria to participate in the 9th grade sponsored Basketball Tournament. It is $5 per person to participate. The first 16 teams (of 5 people) will be able to participate. The tournament will be held April 20th - 24th during lunch.

SCRIP is a way to raise money for Energy without selling random stuff! To get started create a SCRIP ACCOUNT today! Use Energy's enrollment code: DD41C4CC42863.

Want to raise significant funds for Energy without selling or buying random stuff?! Check out Energy's Scrip program.

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!

We value your feedback!

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

Visit us on the web at www.energyhigh.org.

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