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 Week of April 22, 2013
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DHS alumnus
named to Football Hall of Fame
  
Donnie Little will be inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame at their annual banquet May 4 in Waco.
  
Little is a 1978 graduate of Dickinson High School who led the Gators to the 1977 State Championship in football. 
  
He went on to play football for the University of Texas as quarterback from 1978-1981. Little also played one year of professional football in the Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Rough Riders.
  
Congratulations Donnie on your achievement!
Celebrating our Administrative Professionals
  
A big shout out to all of the district's secretaries and other clerical support staff this week during Administrative Professionals Weeks.
  
We appreciate the job you do each day for our teachers, parents and students!
DHS Athletics Week in Review...
 
The following are Dickinson High School sports results from the past week.
  
Track
Lauren Caldwell advanced to the Regionals in Shot Put and Discus, while Samantha Snelson advanced to Regionals in the 300-meter hurdles, breaking the DHS record.
  
Soph. Baseball -
won against Spring,
5-3
  
JV Baseball -
lost to Spring, 3-1
  
Varsity Baseball -
lost to Spring, 1-0
  
Softball -
lost to Brazoswood,
7-0
Dickinson FFA wraps up successful showing at Galveston County Fair 
 

The Dickinson High School FFA competed in many events earlier this month at the 75th Annual Galveston County Fair and Rodeo and was very successful in all categories. Sixteen students qualified to sell their animals in the livestock auction totaling more than $30,000 in sales for the student's future projects and college education.

 

Some of the top finishers with first, second and third place honors are listed below. To view a complete list of all the Dickinson ISD student FFA honors at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo, click here.

 

In Junior Breeding Beef Show, Chris O'Kelly earned first place in class; Kathryn Boyd, first and second place in class; Jessica Clark, second place in class; and Cristina Perez, first place in class and Reserve Breed Champion. In Market Broiler Show, Avorie Williams brought home a third place award, while a third place in class was earned by Morgan Perez in the Market Goat Show. In Market Swine Show, Dalton Meeks was third place in class.

 

Market Steer Show had several DISD first, second and third place honorees, including Cristina Perez, second place in class; Victoria Pelzel, second place in class and Reserve Breed Champion; Gabby Bernal, third place in class and second place Showmanship Award; and Brittni Wood, first place in class and Breed Champion.

 

Herdsmen Awards were earned by Chance Cummings for his goat and Gabby Bernal for her steer. Dickinson FFA received the Overall Herdsmen Awards for Breeding Beef, Steers, Goats and Lambs.

 

Congratulations also to the following students who caught animals during the Scrambles. They included Cody Barron, small animal; Brittney Cummings and Brittany Crabb, goat; Chance Cummings and Shellbie Elledge, calf; and Dalton Meeks, Ashley Ferrell, Dalton Padgett, Blakeley Padgett and Adriana Camarillo, swine.

 

In Steer Saddling, Dickinson FFA won first place in their division and second place in the Championship Round. Team members were Chance Cummings, Thazerein Smalley, Skylyn Collins, Gabby Bernal and Dillon Holcomb.

DISD students earn more than half the awards given at Texas City Art Festival
   

The Texas City Art Festival is held every April and includes a Juried Student Art Show among the activities. This year, 25 of the 46 awards given out were to Dickinson ISD students from Bay Colony Elementary, Hughes Road Elementary, San Leon Elementary, McAdams Junior High and Dickinson High School. The honorees include:

 

Kindergarten - Second grade division:

First Place - Lilyana Duran, Bay Colony (Flat Art)

Second place - Cameron Reuter, Hughes Road (Flat Art)

Third Place - Javon Jackson, Bay Colony (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - LaVroe Mason, Bay Colony (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Brynn Walton, Bay Colony (Flat Art)

 

Third - Fifth Grade Division:

First Place - Frida Moreno, Bay Colony (Sculpture)

Second Place - Ashlynn Castillo, Bay Colony (Sculpture)

Third Place - Ajani McKentie, Bay Colony (Sculpture)

Honorable Mention - Dionnah Alfred (Sculpture)

Honorable Mention - Grace Lee, Bay Colony (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Chloe Morales, San Leon (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Harrison Rees, Hughes Road (Flat Art)

 

Sixth - Eighth Grade Division:

Third Place - Mackenzie Warren, McAdams (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Justin Cobb, McAdams (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Kelsey Kuntz, McAdams (Flat Art)

 

Ninth - Twelfth Grade Division:

First Place - Van Do, DHS (Sculpture)

First Place - Berenice Garcia, DHS (Flat Art)

Second Place - Madison Gove, DHS (Sculpture)

Third Place - Madaline Rose Whatley, DHS (Sculpture)

Third Place - Bibiana Bravo, DHS (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Victor Renovato, DHS (Sculpture)

Honorable Mention - Dallas Feazell, DHS (Sculpture)

Honorable Mention -John Muhm, DHS (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Mary Shapiro, DHS (Flat Art)

Honorable Mention - Peter Trinh, DHS (Flat Art)

 

Congratulations to all these DISD artists on representing their school and the school district so well!

Gatorzillas organize donations for West before heading to national competition
  
The Dickinson High School Gatorzillas Robotics Team is now in St. Louis, Missouri, competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition Championships; however, they took time out at the end of last week to organize a trip to West, Texas to deliver more than 4,600 pounds of non-perishable food items, water, household items and school supplies for the families affected by last week's explosion. Several members of the team drove to West this past Saturday with the Gatorzillas trailer full of supplies. The Gatorzillas wanted to thank everyone in the school district and the community for the quick delivery of supplies last Thursday and Friday. "It was greatly appreciated and we hope that we can continue to show that Dickinson is a community in which we pull together to help others," said Barber teacher Misty Coyle-Jacobs.
Three MJHS Bands earn Sweepstakes;
Varsity Band makes history with 
impressive showing at first UIL contest 

 

The McAdams Junior High Bands recently participated in the UIL Concert and Sightreading Competition. In a history making event, the Varsity Band (fourth band) participated in the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Competition for the first time in the history of the DISD band program. They earned Excellent Division II ratings in both concert and sight reading. McAdams is the only junior high or middle school in our UIL Region to send four bands to UIL. 

 

All of the other three bands, Honors Band, Symphonic Band and Concert Band, earned their third consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Award in Concert and Sight Reading by receiving straight Division 1 ratings from all six judges.

MJHS Choir student earns spot
in state middle school honor choir

 

Congratulations to Blessit Pines, a eighth grader at McAdams Junior High, who was recently selected to perform with the Texas Choral Director's Association (TCDA) Middle School Honor Choir at the TCDA convention in San Antonio in July. More than 1,200 middle school choir students from around state of Texas auditioned for a place in this choir and Blessit was one of only 200 student who were selected from across the state of Texas.