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McAdams
to present
fine arts production
The McAdams Junior High art, choir, dance and theatre departments will present "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 and Friday, May 10 in the McAdams Auditorium. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. |
Bus Safety Poster Contest Winners Recognized
Three Dickinson ISD students were recognized recently in the Gulf Coast Association for Pupil Transportation Regional Bus Safety Poster Contest.
Chloe Morales from San Leon Elementary earned first place in Division II, while Madison Johnson was awarded the first place award in Division III. Analise Nixon from Calder Road Elementary received third place in Division I. The two first place winners will now compete at the state level in June.
These three honorees all earned first place at the district level before advancing to regionals. Other district winners included:
In Division I, Elena Palmer from Bay Colony Elementary with second place and Penelope Martinez-Hitchcock from San Leon Elementary with third place.
In Division II, Isabella Murphy from San Leon received second place and Mikayla Huggins from Bay Colony earned third place.
In Division III,third place was won by Isabella Atkins from McAdams Junior High. |
DHS Athletics Week in Review...
The following are Dickinson High School sports results from the past week.
Track and Field
Lauren Caldwell will be competing at the State Track and Field Meet May 10-11 in Austin after earning First Place in Shot Put and Second Place in Discus at the regional meet last week.
Good Luck Lauren! |
Awesome ambassadors for DISD...
This week, special recognition goes out to Ryan Boone for referring Jacob Morales, the new accountant in the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
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 Celebrating Dickinson ISD Teachers and Nurses the week of May 6
The week first full week in May is a special time set aside each year by the National Parent Teacher Association to honor teachers. So, sometime during the week of May 6-10 tell a teacher how much they are appreciated. Thank you to all of our 600 teachers who serve more than 9,500 students attending Dickinson ISD schools.
The week of May 6 is also Nurse Appreciation Week. Dickinson ISD has a school nurse on each campus, plus we benefit for the services of a physician assistant through the district's partnership with Christus St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay. The physician assistant is housed at Dickinson High School but her services are available to all Dickinson ISD students. Take a minute this next week to show your appreciation to all of our school nurses. |
Congratulations to the Dickinson ISD
Campus Teachers of the Year and
Principal of the Year for 2012-2013
Ten Dickinson ISD teachers have been recognized this year by their peers as the 2012-2013 Dickinson ISD Campus Teachers of the Year. In addition, the district also recognized a Principal of the Year for 2012-2013. These educators will represent their school and be recognized at the Dickinson ISD Education Foundation Recognition Gala on May 14, where the overall Elementary and Secondary honorees will be named. They will also by honored at the Board of Trustees Recognition Ceremony on May 28. This year's honorees include:
Principal of the Year:
Dr. Billye Smith, Dickinson High School
Teachers of the Year:
Margaret Milutin, Pre-Calculus, Dickinson High School
Laura Chaffin, Eighth Grade Science, McAdams Junior High
Misty Coyle-Jacobs, Fifth Grade Science, Barber Middle School
Alberto Lujan, Fifth Grade Math, Dunbar Middle School
David Rich, Second Grade, Bay Colony Elementary
Theresa Martin, Dyslexia Academic Coach, Calder Road Elementary
Amanda Williams, Structured Learning, Hughes Road Elementary
Diana Hinds, Third Grade Bilingual, K.E. Little Elementary
April Sykes, Pre-Kindergarten, San Leon Elementary
Shannon Shifflett, Fourth Grade, Silbernagel Elementary |
Three family members at Dickinson ISD
hold the same Teacher of the Year honor
 The Williams family has taken the saying "All in the Family" to a whole new meaning. Amanda Williams, a fifth year teacher at Hughes Road Elementary, was recently named Teacher of the Year at her campus. This is the same honor both her mother, Lisa Williams (2004), and her aunt Jennifer Overton (2001), have held at the same campus.
"This was really exciting for me," Amanda said. "I was shocked about it. I was so surprised, but the fact both my aunt and mother had been named the same hnor just made it so much more exciting for me."
The Williams family has been a part of Dickinson ISD for 15 years. "I got married and my husband was in pharmacy school at the University of Houston, so we moved to Texas from Louisiana," Lisa said. "We loved this area and I taught at Friendswood before coming to Dickinson. Once I got here, there was no better place to be. We love it here."
Lisa taught in the classroom for the majority of her career but now serves as an academic coach at Dunbar Middle School.
Overton, like Amanda, works in the special education department. She explains that her work is not something everyone can do. "These kids work very hard and I think sometimes harder than the rest of the population because when they finally get it, and you see that light bulb go off, you know you have really accomplished something," Overton said.
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Gatorzillas earn 15th in 100 team division at national Robotics contest
The Dickinson High School Robotics Team, the Gatorzillas, ended their trip to the FIRST Robotics Competition national championships with an impressive 15th place out of 100 robots in their division, which was a higher ranking than they received in previous competitions at nationals. This year's contest included 400 teams with 20,000 people from around the world.
The Gatorzillas would like to thank the Dickinson High School staff, all the mentors and especially all of their sponsors for helping make this trip to nationals possible. The students had a great 2013 season and are looking forward to the 2014 season. |
DISD Special Olympics team scores several medals in track and field meet
Congratulations to the Dickinson ISD Special Olympics Team, which brought home several individual medals at their recent Track and Field Meet. Honorees included:
Gold Medals:
Blake Bannert - 100 Meter Dash, Travis Barton - Shot Put, Emma Brown - 4x100 Meter Relay, Diego Flores - 100 Meter Dash, Lynn Greenland - 4x100 Meter Relay, Skyler Kingery - 100 Meter Dash, Jose Lazo - Shot Put, Aaron Peveto - Shot Put, Victoria DelaGarza - 100 Meter Dash and 4x100 Meter Relay, Ramon Rojas - Softball Throw, Victor Rodriguez - 100 Meter Dash, Ashton Bennett - Softball Throw, Corey Drummond -Softball Throw, Lyndell Drummond - 100 Meter Dash, Faith Panciera -100 Meter Dash and 4x100 Meter Relay, Kimberly Toliver - Softball Throw and Tanya Toliver-50 M Dash
Silver Medals:
Emma Brown - Softball Throw, Isaac Carter - 100 Meter Dash and Shot Put, Anthony Cannatella - 4x100 Meter Relay, Diego Flores - Shot Put and 4x100 Meter Relay, Lynn Greenland - 100 Meter Dash, Aaron Peveto - 4x100 Meter Relay, Victoria DelaGarza - Softball throw, Rickey Salas - 100 Meter Dash and Shot Put, Chris Holland - 100 Meter Dash and Softball Throw, Erik Nigro - Softball throw, Larry Drummond - 50 Meter Dash, Charles Drummond - Softball Throw, Lyndell Drummond -4x100 Meter Relay and Faith Panciera - Softball Throw
Bronze Medals:
Emma Brown - 100 Meter Dash, Anthony Cannatella - Shot Put, Lynn Greenland - Softball Throw, Skyyler Kingery - Softball throw, Jose Lazo - 100 Meter Dash, Adrian Nava - 100 Meter Dash, Asia Moore - 50 Meter Dash, Erik Nigro - 50 Meter Dash, Corey Drummond - 100 Meter Dash, Caleb Lambert - Softball Throw, Kimberly Toliver - 50 Meter Dash and Anthony Mata - 100 Meter Dash |
Student art earns first place
honors in Tar Wars Poster Contest
Six Dickinson ISD students were recognized recently as first place winners in the Tar Wars Poster Contest. Skills for Success is a substance abuse prevention program through DePelchin Children's Center that works in schools to educate students about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. BACODA (Bay Area Council on Drugs and Alcohol) has a similar program called Youthworks.
Recently, these two programs presented Tar Wars, a tobacco-free education program endorsed by the American Association for Family Pediatricians, to Dickinson ISD fourth and fifth grade students at several schools. The students could also participate in the Tar Wars Poster Contest and first place winning posters from each of the participating schools advanced to the regional contest in the greater Houston area. The first place honorees from each of the participating Dickinson ISD schools are:
- Mikayla Huggins, Bay Colony Elementary
- Madalyn Bazan, Calder Road Elementary
- Sandra Garcia Morales, K.E. Little Elementary
- Chloe Morales, San Leon Elementary
- Briana Guerrero, Silbernagel Elementary
- Haley Bingham, Dunbar Middle School
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