MISD Messenger
February 5, 2014 - Vol. 10, No. 6     



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HB 5 Update
House Bill 5 (commonly referred to as HB5) impacts many areas in
the Texas Education Code. The new law significantly changes the requirements for high school graduation, graduation planning and state testing requirements at all levels.

HB5 is designed to instill more flexibility in public education by enabling students to either pursue a traditional path into colleges and universities or move directly into the workforce to help fill what business leaders say is a critical skills shortage.  

Students will be able to explore their individual interests as they prepare for higher education or the workforce. 

  

Parents and students will hear more about HB5 in the coming weeks and months as Mansfield ISD prepares to meet the academic needs of each student. 

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Superintendent Update - February 2014  

Watch the February Superintendent Update:
MISD Superintendent Update - February 2014
MISD Superintendent Update - February 2014

Dr. Vaszauskas shares info on the following: iStart Collegiate Program for Accelerated Dual Credit; dramatic changes to public education in Texas as a result of House Bill 5;  2nd Annual MISD iPad Summit; and a special thanks to the community for supporting the Toys For Tots event in December.

Parent Survey 2013-14 Parent Survey
Curriculum & Instruction

As a part of our educational improvement planning, Mansfield ISD Administration is conducting its annual survey to gain important feedback on how you rate your child's education.

 

IMPORTANT: A separate survey should be completed for each child you have at a Mansfield ISD school. After submission, simply complete the survey again for any additional campuses.  

 

Survey closes on Monday, February 10 @ 5 p.m.

English Survey -  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JDP9RF

Encuesta para los Padres de 2013-2014

Como parte de nuestra planificación para mejorar la educación, la administración de Mansfield ISD está llevando a cabo su encuesta anual para obtener opiniones importantes sobre la manera en que usted clasifica la educación de su hijo.

 

IMPORTANTE: Debe completar una encuesta separada por cada hijo que usted tenga en una escuela de Mansfield. Después de presentar la encuesta, habrá un enlace para llevarlo de regreso a la encuesta para que la complete para otro hijo u otro campus.

 

La encuesta se cierra el lunes 10 de febrero a las 5 p.m.

Attendance Zone Review
Intermediate Schools / Middle Schools / High Schools

Attendance Zone Review An Attendance Zone Review for Mansfield ISD intermediate, middle and high schools will begin this month in response to the annual demographic report presented during the December School Board meeting.

The review will address projected future growth, campus overcrowding and the effective use of our buildings. Get detailed information including the timeline for review and how to volunteer to serve on the review committee.
  • 7pm, Feb 11 - Parent info. meeting at Lake Ridge HS PAC
  • 7pm, Feb 13 - Parent info. meeting at Lake Ridge HS PAC
Bad Weather Make-up Days
Communications

 Mansfield ISD will use the two bad weather make-up dates on the district calendar to account for two missed school days in December. Monday, February 17 and Friday, June 6 will be the two make-up dates following the school closures on December 6th and 9th due to icy road conditions.

Print a copy of the revised district calendar with the two make-up days included.

Campus Connection

 

Wester Middle School: 7th grader Brooke Nelson has a bright future in comic book digital design. [Related post.] 

 

National Signing Day: Congratulations to over 50 student athletes for signing national letters of intent to compete at the college level.

  

MISD Academic Decathlon teams competed at the 4A and 5A levels in the recent regional competition and advance to state. Summit High School's team earned their 4th consecutive regional championship.  


Mansfield ISD students head to state Business Professionals of America competition 


Legacy HS: Congratulations to Christian Oldham and Thaddeus Brown, seniors at Legacy High School, for receiving appointments to the USAF Academy and the US Naval Academy, respectively.

 

Legacy HS Band: 2014 Bronco Big Band Bash, Feb 22   

 

School Communication: New Skylert Service Lets Parents Provide more Contact Info, Get Texts from Schools    

 

Parents: Guidance and Counseling Department offer spring 2014 Love & Logic parenting classes.  

   

Fine Arts: 22 high school students were named Texas All-State Musicians

Check out the Mansfield Ben Barber/Frontier Highlights blog for updates from our career and technology campus.
 
Cafeteria Menus mobileCafeteria Menus Get Mobile Makeover

 


The new menus replace our old PDF documents allowing you to view our schools' cafeteria menus on any smartphone or mobile device and obtain nutritional information on every item we provide.

Simply select your school from the drop-down above and then select the menu of your choice. Menus are also available in Spanish.

Go to http://mansfieldisd.nutrislice.com
MISD Education Foundation Dallas Stars Game Fundraiser

Support the MISD Education Foundation by buying discounted tickets to the Dallas Stars vs Phoenix Coyotes fundraiser game on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 7 p.m. Get your discounted tickets (use passcode "mansfield").
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