Friday, May 20, 2016

Carroll Theatre Dominates Betty Buckley Awards
Carroll Theatre won big at the 16th annual Betty Buckley Awards presented at Casa Mañana on Thursday, May 19. Click here for a full list of winners.

Relay for Life Northern Tarrant County to be Held July 23
The Relay for Life of Northern Tarrant County will be held July 23 from 6 p.m. to midnight at Texas Motor Speedway. The survivor dinner will be held inside the NASCAR garage. Click here for more information about the event.

CMS & DMS Spring Choir Concert
The Carroll Middle and Dawson Middle School Choirs will present their spring pops concert on Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Carroll Senior High School Auditorium. Admission is free.

Southlake Women's Club Annual School Supply Sale in Progress Now
This event is online again for a second year in a row. The Southlake Women’s Club is also offering the opportunity to have the school packs delivered to your home as well as picked up at Carroll High School's Cafeteria. Click here to order your school supplies now, see participating schools and pick up information/dates.

Retirement Party May 26 for EIS Teacher Cindi Arnold
A retirement party for Eubanks Intermediate School teacher Cindi Arnold will be held Thursday, May 26 from 5-7 p.m. at the Wentwood Club House, located at 700 Wentwood Drive. Arnold's current and former students and parents are invited to attend. She is retiring after 33 years in teaching.

Dragon Football Season Tickets Still Available
Season tickets still remain for the 2016 varsity football season. The Dragons will host five games - Tulsa Union, Martin, Trinity, Byron Nelson and Hebron. Catch the games with your own coveted green seatback. Limited number of seats are still available. There are two options - a one-year Personal Seat License or three-year Personal Seat License for Southlake residents or Carroll ISD families. There is also a seat license option for non-residents. You can purchase up to four seats per family/per house. Tickets can be purchased at the administration center (located at 2400 N. Carroll) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

CSHS Teacher Earns Prestigious Award
Congratulations to Carroll Senior High School teacher John Irish for being named the 2016 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award winner by HumanitiesTexas. This prestigious award recognizes teaching excellence in the humanities fields. Irish teaches AP US History/American Studies.

Durham Intermediate Garden Project Featured in Society Life
Durham Intermediate School's Science Lab garden project, which included harvesting potatoes, is currently featured in Society Life magazine. The feature is located on pages 74-75. Click here to view the electronic copy of the magazine.

Dawson Students Tour Carroll High School
Dawson Middle School 8th Graders had the chance to tour their next school today. It was a transition tour for DMS students at Carroll High School. These 8th graders got the chance to walk the campus and hear from current CHS students who guided the tours. Carroll Middle School students will tour CHS on May 24. View photos from today on Facebook.

DPAC Presents Shrek the Musical
Dawson Performing Arts Company presents Shrek the Musical, May 18-20 at 7 p.m. in the Dawson cafeteria. Reserved $10 and $15 tickets can be purchased at https://ticketracker.com/store/events/1583. The performance on May 18 is $5 for CISD students and teachers with an ID and $5 tickets are available at the door for all performances.

Looking for a Summer Read? Check Out Books on Overdrive
Free eBooks will be available through Overdrive from June 1-30. Click here for more details.

Project Graduation Tickets for Sale
Project Graduation is a Drug and Alcohol free celebration for Graduating Seniors. Seniors will have the chance to spend one last night with their graduating class, enjoy fun times and have a chance to win prizes like TVs, laptops, Apple Watches, Xboxes, jewelry and much more. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on-line at https://www.ticketracker.com/store/events/1551. A price increase will occur on May 27, so get your tickets now.

Video Feature: Dragon Quarterback Mason Holmes
The Carroll Dragon football team will wrap up spring football next Thursday with the annual Green-White game at 7:30 p.m. at Dragon Stadium. Click here to watch a video produced by a member of our Carroll ISD intern program featuring starting quarterback Mason Holmes as he discusses the upcoming season.

Summer School Registration Information
Registration has started for Carroll ISD's Summer School sessions. Session I and II registration and tuition must be completed and paid by Friday, June 3. Click here for the registation form and more details.

Community News

Carroll EQ Club Hosting Community Event
Move the Needle is a campaign launched by Applied Inner Sciences and Carroll EQ Club with a goal to help better our community by raising awareness of the critical role emotions play in students lives. The EQ Club is hosting a free educational seminar on Saturday, June 4 from 3-4 p.m. at the Southlake Chamber of Commerce. Come learn more about what we can do to help our children develop skills that will last a lifetime.

Carroll ISD is a proud supporter of the greater community we serve, and we are happy to share news pertinent to citizens in our area. The contents of Community News solely express the viewpoints of private individuals or groups who submitted the news and do not reflect the endorsement, sponsorship, position or statements of the Carroll Independent School District.