MISD Messenger
May 30, 2014 - Vol. 10, No. 10         



The 2013-14 school year comes to a close next week. Thanks for another great year and for reading the Messenger. We have some updates and reminders to share from across the district including the June 10 MISD Night at the Rangers game, summer school, and some great awards and recognition for schools and students.
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Texas' High School Graduation Rates Shine in National Comparison

In a study released by the U.S. Department of Education, only Iowa posted a higher graduation rate than Texas for the Class of 2012. Texas, with a graduation rate of 88 percent, tied for second place with Nebraska, Vermont and Wisconsin.  

 

Mansfield ISD's graduation rate for the class of 2012 is 91%. (2013 Texas Academic Performance Report) 

 

In addition, the Texas Class of 2012 had the highest graduation rate in the country among African-American students and tied for the highest graduation rates for white and economically disadvantaged students.
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MISD Night at Globe Life Park in Arlington
Marlins vs. Rangers - Tuesday, June 10

Mansfield ISD Night @ Rangers game In appreciation of all of your hard work throughout the school year, please join the Rangers during Mansfield ISD Night. The National Anthem will be performed by the Timberview High School Choir, and the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown out by the winner of the MISD Education Foundation auction.

Tickets are available at a discounted price and the MISD Education Foundation Receives a portion of each ticket sold from the Foundation Office.

The Foundation is auctioning off the ceremonial first pitch (includes 4 tickets). Visit the Foundation's Facebook Page from May 29 - June 5 to view the current bid. All bids will need to be emailed to Lindabacsik@misdmail.org. Auction closes at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 5. The last email received by 4:30 p.m. will be the winning bid. The Foundation office will notify winning bid by Friday June 6, 2014.
Summer School Summer School, Testing, & Programs
Curriculum & Instruction

 

Credit Recovery -- Acceleration -- Virtual School -- Mansfield ISD offers a variety of summer school programs for grades PreK-12. Registration is now closed. Get late registration details and the full summer school schedule, fees, criteria, and more.

Additional summer programs:
Reminder: Last Day of School June 6
Early Release Schedule

The last day of school in Mansfield ISD is Friday, June 6, 2014 and it is an early release day.

The schedule is as follows:

UT Arlington, Mansfield ISD new partnership

UTA teams with Mansfield ISD to pave way for more students to earn college degrees
The University of Texas at Arlington announced a new partnership with the Mansfield ISD for a major expansion of Bound for Success, the early admissions effort aimed at increasing the number of high school students who earn a college degree. The announcement and memorandum of understanding signing event was held Tuesday morning, May 27, 2014 at the Ben Barber Career and Technology Academy.

 

The Bound for Success partnership awards Mansfield ISD juniors at all high schools in the Top 20 percent of their class pre-admission to UT Arlington, contingent upon their completion of a college preparatory diploma.

 

Read on...

Campus Connection


Athletics: Baseball Playoff Update

Congratulations to Mansfield High School's Grace Schuetze for advancing to state in two Academic UIL events after placing 1st in Feature Writing and 2nd in Editorial Writing at the regional competition.

Congratulations to two performing arts students from Mansfield High School for being recognized during the Betty Lynn Buckley Awards for the MHS Theater production of Thoroughly Modern Millie:
  • Halli Morgan - two categories, "Best Female Actor in a Musical" and "Excellence in Choreography" 
  • Elizabeth Homer- for "Excellence in Costume Design"

Congratulations Summit High School Choirs for recent UIL concert/sight-reading awards:

  • Non-Varsity Girls Choir - Sweepstakes Trophy
  • Varsity Girls Choir - Sweepstakes Trophy
  • Varsity Mixed Choir - Sweepstakes Trophy
  • Varsity Men's Choir - Division One Plaque  

Congratulations state medalists in the 2014 UIL State Track & Field Championships held in Austin, May 9 and 10:

  • Briona Oliver, Summit HS - 3rd place in Girls Long Jump 4A, 18'-8 ¼"
  • Ivy Walker, Summit HS 3rd place in Girls Triple Jump 4A, 39'-3 ½"
  • Jaylyn Hernandez, Lake Ridge HS 3rd place in Boys Triple Jump 4A, 47'-4 ¾"
  • Kelsey Johnson, Timberview HS 1st place in Girls Long Jump 5A, 19'-7 ½" 

Congratulations Mansfield HS senior, Kami Stockett for placing 1st in 5A Girls State Powerlifting.

 

Congratulations Haley Yelle , Legacy HS 9th grader, who is the state swimming champion, 1st place in the 200 Freestyle and 2nd place in the 500 Freestyle. 

 

Congratulations to two Mansfield HS students on recent election wins for district leadership positions in Key Club International; Andrew Loh, Lt. Governor and Colin Gonzalez, Treasurer. 

Feed the Kids for Summer 2014
Common Ground Network
FeedTheKidsFeed the Kids for Summer is a program that helps supplement food during the summer for students on the free/reduced breakfast and lunch program in Mansfield ISD. Each student can receive a bag of food containing nutritious food that can be prepared without the use of an oven or stove. The bags are distributed each week through the student's nearest food pantry.

The program operates June 4 - August 13. If you are interested in receiving this supplemental food, please contact your nearest food pantry.
Campus Cruiser Episode 3
Video

Watch the third, and final episode of the year of the Campus Cruiser, hosted by Frontier High School senior, Anna Nguyen.
MISD Campus Cruiser - Episode 3
MISD Campus Cruiser - Episode 3

Anna interviews Dr. V, shares graduation reminders, and lets students thank some favorite teachers plus much more.

Graduations Schedule
Class of 2014
graduations

 

Frontier High School
Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 7:00 PM

 

Summit High School
Friday, June 6, 2014 at 3:00 PM

 

Mansfield High School
Friday, June 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM

 

Lake Ridge High School
Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 9:30 AM

 

Timberview High School
Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 2:00 PM


Legacy High School
Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 7:00 PM

All Mansfield ISD high school graduation ceremonies will be held at the MISD Center for the Performing Arts, 1110 West Debbie Lane, Mansfield, TX 76063, and streamed live online here.
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