February 12, 2016


Calendar of Events

February 2016
Black History Month

February 1- March 15
Student Scholarship Applications Available

February 15
School Board Meeting

February 15
Presidents Day 

February 18
Bilingual Program Parent Meeting 

February 26 
Early Release | Campus Professional Learning

February 29-March 4
Celebrate Texas Public Schools Week

March 2016
Music in Our Schools Month 

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Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD eNews
Welcome to your bi-weekly eNews update! EMS ISD eNews is one way our families can stay up to date on community events, programs, and news around the district. Click the headlines below for highlights of district news. In addition, the "News Links" tab on your left will take you to more campus, athletic, and fine arts news. To visit our homepage, click here
BOS Senior Blake Dobbins, center,
pictured from left with Counselor Virginia Rodriguez, Principal Nika Davis, and Academic Principal John Fahey.
EMS celebrates
National Merit Finalist!

EMS ISD is proud to announce that Boswell HS senior Blake Dobbins has advanced as a Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Dobbins will compete against 15,000 other finalists from across the U.S. for more than 7,400 available National Merit Scholarships later this spring. Read more about Blake

CTE Showcase:
Preparing for tomorrow's jobs...Toda
y!

EMS ISD's Hollenstein Career & Technology Center hosted the school district's fourth-annual CTE Showcase in late January. The Showcase provided students and parents with the opportunity to explore the career & technology courses available, tour the 10 academies housed in the state-of-the-art HCTC facilities, and learn about earning college credit and industry certifications while enrolled in EMS ISD schools.
Student scholarship applications now available

Turn your goals into reality -apply today!  

The EMS Education Foundation offers dozens of scholarships for graduating EMS ISD students. Scholarships are provided through generous donations from community and business partners. Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2016.

The general application automatically considers you for many local scholarships, including the EMS ISD Education Foundation, PTO and PTA scholarships, local business scholarships and more!
Students only need to complete a single application to be eligible for dozens of local scholarships, which generally range from $500 to $1,000 each. The criteria for selecting winners varies from scholarship to scholarship. Visit the Foundation's website for more information and the application form.
Artwork by Alyssa L.,
Lake Pointe ES kindergarten

Happy
Valentine's 
Day
from EMS ISD

Sunday, 2.14.16

Teacher Lyndsey Love
and fiance Blake Ellis
Miss Love gets Valentine surprise during school assembly!

Congratulations to Comanche Springs second-grade teacher Lyndsey Love! During the elementary school's weekly "InSPURations" assembly Friday morning, her boyfriend Blake Ellis surprised her with a Valentine's proposal.

Disguised as a life-size Valentine's teddy bear, Ellis joined the assembly by handing out valentine's candy to CSE staff. During the assembly, Love was "chosen" to compete in a dance off against the Valentine's teddy bear, at which point her soon-to-be fianc� removed his mask, dropped to one knee, and presented her with a bouquet of roses and an engagement as he asked her to marry him. She said "YES!" 

"I was very surprised and shocked," Love said. "I figured it out when he started dancing, I noticed the dance moves." 

EMS ISD celebrates with the happy couple and wishes all in our community a Happy Valentine's Day.
District Highlights 
Click the headlines for additional information on each story. 
EMS clenches top two spots at Area 12 Spelling Bee
Prairie Vista Middle School eighth-grader Brandon Keo earned first place in the area spelling bee with Highland Middle School seventh-grader Hannah Oberoi placing second. Students from EMS ISD joined top spellers representing 33 schools from across the region in the Area 12 Spelling Bee hosted at Boswell High School's Fine Arts Center on Friday, February 5. 

Meeting for parents of all EMS ISD English Language Learners
Parents of Spanish-speaking students currently enrolled in the bilingual program at any EMS ISD elementary campus are encouraged to attend an informational meeting on Thursday, February 18, at 6 pm at Highland Middle School. 

The EMS Education Foundation has an RFP open for Investment Advisory Services. The application deadline is Friday, March 11. Interested applicants should click the headline above for more information.

February is National Teen Dating Violence Prevention & Awareness Month
School counselors from around the district have planned lessons and scheduled special visitors to address EMS ISD students about this serious social issue. They have also made resources available to parents to help facilitate these conversations at home. 

College Signing Day: 31 EMS student-athletes sign letters of intent 
Thirty-one EMS ISD seniors signed letters of intent to play at the collegiate level on Wednesday, February 3. Boswell and Saginaw High School each had 10 student-athletes sign and Chisholm Trail High School had 11. This is the highest number of signers the district has had to date. 

2016-2018 UIL District Realignments Announced
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) has announced the realigned districts for 2016-2018. Click the headline above to see how this impacts EMS ISD high school athletics.

HCTC receives Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects
Earlier this month, the Sarah Hollenstein Career & Technology Center was recognized for its outstanding architectural design by the Fort Worth chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
 
SHS alumnus takes second place at UMaine's annual math competition
EMS ISD graduates are college and career ready! Reuben Kebreau, a recent graduate of Saginaw High School, won second place at the University of Maine's prestigious mathematics competition as a college freshman.

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