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Week of November 2, 2015

Gators prepare for last
regular season football game

Coming off a disappointing loss on Friday night to Clear Creek, the Dickinson High School Varsity Gators are leaving the loss in the past and have set their attention to their last regular season football game at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 against Clear Springs High School. The game will be played in Clear Creek ISD's Veterans Memorial Stadium, 2305 East Main in League City.

Tickets will be sold in advance at the DHS Field House from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 8 a.m.-12 noon Thursday. Prices are $4 for students and $6 for adults. All tickets purchased at the gate Thursday night at $8.

Following Thursday's game, the Gators will enter the playoffs starting the weekend of Friday, Nov. 13. Depending on game outcomes this coming weekend, more information about the first round of playoffs will be in Gator Bytes on Monday, Nov. 9.

Annual Stuff the Bus food drive wraps up this week

Gators Give Back! This is the final week of the district's annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive to benefit the Food Pantry at the M.I. Lewis Social Service Center. Campuses are accepting donations of non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products, as well as monetary donations.

Through their partnership with the Galveston County Food Bank, the center can purchase one dollar worth of United States Department of Agriculture subsidized food for only 10 cents. With this buying power, monetary donations go along way to providing food to families in need living within the Dickinson ISD boundaries.

Donations for the Stuff the Bus Food Drive can be made at any Dickinson ISD campus or the Education Support Center, 2218 FM 517 East in Dickinson through Nov. 5.

DHS SMART Lunch serving system
recognized with national award

Judy Lee, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, is pictured on the right
accepted the Best Concept Award from editors at Food Management magazine.

A program started at Dickinson High School is getting national attention. SMART Lunch, which involves all 2,800 students eating in the same one-hour period, allows students to spend part of the time attending tutoring sessions, working on homework or attending a wide range of specialty clubs or groups. While other schools have implemented this type of program, Director of Food and Nutrition Services Judy Lee knew for it to be a success she needed to find a way to speed up the serving process.

"A large part of the success of the Smart Lunch operation is due to the food packaging," said Lee. "This special packaging system allows us to prepare fresh items and seal in the nutrition and quality on the day it is served. Each packaged entree item is a complete reimbursable meal."

Lee worked with kitchen consultants to design a serving system where students just have to simply grab a sealed, ready-to-go meal without having to go through a traditional serving line. Students have up to 22 choices every day in which to choose. Food is cooked hot and fresh the same day, but packaged in a new way.

Interest in the packaging system has grown. Lee recently accepted the Best Concept Award from Food Management magazine at their conference. She gave a presentation this past summer at the National School Nutrition Association Conference in Utah and has been asked to present at a state conference in North Carolina later this month. In addition, she has taken many phone calls from schools wanting more information and has given tours of the DHS kitchen and cafeteria design to many other schools as well.

SMART Lunch

A specially-designed serving system was designed to hold the pre-packaged meals for students to quickly grab and purchase.

SMART Lunch

Dickinson High School cafeteria employees work on preparing the pre-packaged meals for lunch.

Silbernagel students get chance to earn

a new bike through CYCLE program

Christmas could come a couple weeks early for students at Silbernagel Elementary who meet their goals as part of the CYCLE Program - Changing Young Children's Lives through Education. Community member Ernie Deats worked with Principal Leslie Burke to coordinate the program, which provides bikes to students in kindergarten through third grade who meet certain goals. In addition, Deats decided to donate the money to provide the opportunity to fourth graders. Students must meet certain reading goals, have 98 percent or better attendance, have good conduct and have their parents sign a contract agreeing to help the student reach their goals. The students who are successful will be given a bike on a special day in mid-December.

Palmer earns second at state for Bus Safety Poster Contest

Elena Palmer was recently recognized for earning second place at the state level in the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation School Bus Safety Poster Contest. She is a fourth grade student at Bay Colony Elementary and the student of art teacher Kimi White.

A special awards ceremony was held Oct. 19 during National School Bus Safety Week at the Texas State Capitol where Elena and others from across the state were recognized for their "Bully Free Zone" posters. A private tour of the Capitol and lunch were also included as part of the festivities.

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It is the policy of the DISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap for services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. It is the policy of the DISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Robert Cobb, at 2218 East FM 517, Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Laurie Rodriguez, at 2218 East FM 517, Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000.

Es pol�tica del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dickinson no discriminar en base de raza, color, nacionalidad de origen, sexo o discapacidad, por servicios o actividades como es requerido en el T�tulo VI del Acto de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, seg�n enmendado; el T�tulo IX de la Enmiendas de Educaci�n de 1972, seg�n enmendado; y la Secci�n 504 del Acto de Rehabilitaci�n de 1973, seg�n enmendada. Es pol�tica del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dickinson no discriminar en base de raza, color, nacionalidad de origen, sexo, discapacidad, o edad en las pr�cticas de empleo como es requerido por el T�tulo VI del Acto de los Derechos Civiles de 1964, seg�n enmendado; el T�tulo IX de la Enmiendas de Educaci�n de 1972; el Acto de la Discriminaci�n de Edades de 1975, seg�n enmendado; y la Secci�n 504 del Acto de Rehabilitaci�n de 1973, seg�n enmendada. Para informaci�n sobre sus derechos o procedimientos de quejas, contacte el Coordinador del T�tulo IX, Robert Cobb, en 2218 East FM 517 Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000, y/o el Coordinador de la Secci�n 504, Laurie Rodr�guez, en 2218 East FM 517 Dickinson, TX 77539, (281) 229-6000.