DHS Robotics students headed to state for First Technical Challenge
 The First Technical Challenge (FTC) team 4683 from Dickinson High School has qualified for the state competition by earning first place at the FTC regional meet held February 16 at San Jacinto College. The team battled through the qualifying rounds emerging as the number one seed and finished first by winning their semifinal and finals matches. They were also awarded the PTC design award, which is awarded to the robot that perfomed the most consistently and was also the most durable. The team is proud of this award because their robot is small, simple and tough, with a name fitting the design -- "KISS," which stands for Keep it Simple.
This was only the second time the team competed. During both events, the team set the high point score of the day and was the number one qualifier. At the first regional event, the team was the number one qualifier but fell short and lost in the semifinals. They were awarded the Judges Trophy, which is given to a team that exemplified good team work, as well as persistent and good attitude throughout the competition.
Pictured above is Michael Quintanilla, kneeling with the robot; along with Job "JJ" Garcia, teacher John Bruysschaard and Austin Canales. Not pictured are team members Troy Hagen, Clayton Sumrall, Daxter Peel and Matthew Mireles. |
Calder Road students celebrate different cultures at Family Literacy Night
 Calder Road Elementary held its first Multicultural Night in conjunction with Family Literacy Night on February 6. Students were able to learn about multicultural authors and literature, play games, hear from guest readers, swap their books for new ones and learn about different cultures of Calder Road families while sampling tasty treats. |
March is National Athletic Training Month
March is National Athletic Training Month and an opportunity to spotlight the important work done each day in Dickinson ISD by our athletic trainers.
Dickinson ISD employs one school-based athletic trainer and one contract athletic trainer from St. John Hospital. Both work full-time with all of the sports teams in Dickinson ISD. In addition to John Harmon and Jenna Tubbs, the student trainer program currently has 15 students enrolled. The students include Kelsey Menasoff, Jalen Dominy, Terrisha Davis, Selena Maldonado, Victoria Vo, Aleiss Walker, Dakota Hourtienne, Courtney Kelly, Michelle Marks, Paige Pierce, Allicia Strambler, Lauren Traylor, Vanessa Vo and Lauren Drenner.
Certified athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating injuries from physical activity. Athletic trainers work under the direction of a licensed physician, and in cooperation with other allied health care providers, parents, guardians and athletic administrators. Athletic trainers are educated, trained and evaluated in six major practice domains -- including prevention; clinical evaluation and diagnosis; immediate care; treatment; rehabilitation and reconditioning; organization and administration and professional responsibility.
Thank you to all of our athletics trainers -- both adult trainers and student trainers -- for the work they do with Dickinson ISD athletes each day. |
Calder Road teacher and student
testify at Texas State Capitol
Holly Sanderson, a fourth grade teacher at Calder Road Elementary, and her son Elliot, represented themselves recently and testified at the State Capitol in the Texas Senate Committee on Education hearing on Assessment as part of Senate Bill 3. Elliot is also a third grade student at Calder Road. He is pictured to the left during their trip to Austin.
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Storyteller connects to social
studies at Barber Middle School
Storyteller Jo Rader recently connected social studies lessons with stories from around the world and in Texas as she spoke to students at Barber Middle School. Some of the stories that she told were "The River Bend Fiddler," "Taily-bone" and "Clickity Clack Bones." One of the stories was set at the Menard Mansion in Galveston and others were set in China, Iraq, Scotland and England. Rader was the librarian at Dunbar Middle School and has told stories around the state of Texas since she retired from that position.
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