Marching Band Results, Ratings, and Tweets

November 6 Update:

Congratulations @lakeridgeband for placing 10th in Conf. 4A Finals #UILState Marching Contest: http://t.co/jbEc92f5e7 cc @LakeRidgeEagles
— Mansfield ISD (@mansfieldisd) November 6, 2013

Congratulations, marching band students, directors, and supporters! All five Mansfield ISD high school bands made a first division rating at the Region marching contest last week.

All three of our 4A bands (Summit, Legacy and Lake Ridge) advanced out of the preliminary phase of competition at the Area contest this past Saturday.

Mansfield Lake Ridge High School advanced to the 4A state marching contest that will take place in San Antonio on Tuesday, November 5. Lake Ridge HS has been open for only two years and this is the first year the band was eligible to compete and continue on to the next level.

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Update: Lake Ridge High School Marching Band presents State Marching Contest send-off show, 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 3 at Newsom Stadium

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/10/26/5280291/24-area-bands-march-for-a-chance.html#storylink=cpy

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's coverage: 24 area bands march for a chance to make it to the state finals:

"The Lake Ridge High School marching band performed songs like Muse’s Madness while engaging in a pretend battle as part of its performance for the UIL State Marching Band area finals...What drum major Nick Clark, 16, didn’t know halfway through the day was that his Lake Ridge band members had won first place in the preliminary competition. The bands, with color guard members helping amp up performances, were ranked in the finals for music and marching skills."

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/10/26/5280291/24-area-bands-march-for-a-chance.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/10/26/5280291/24-area-bands-march-for-a-chance.html#storylink=cpy

The following are the tweets from the newest Mansfield ISD Twitter profile, @MISD_FineArts:

Lake Ridge HS invaded the Area prelims. Another band behind me said they were "Legit!" And wanted to see it again. pic.twitter.com/ie2w6s0WFQ
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 26, 2013

Summit HS was superb at the Area marching prelims!! Wow!! So great!! pic.twitter.com/qhoytxfahV
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 26, 2013

Legacy HS band was outstanding at the preliminary Area Marching contest. Powerful performance!! pic.twitter.com/nJHpwleB4i
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 26, 2013

Timberview HS made the audience howl. They did an awesome job!! pic.twitter.com/VVjxqKaCph
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 23, 2013

Mansfield HS earned their stripes tonight with a division I rating at Regional Marching Band competition. pic.twitter.com/wRc337gEWF
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 23, 2013

Legacy HS band wowed them at Region Marching Band competition!! pic.twitter.com/LXVj8CxrPl
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 22, 2013

Lake Ridge HS band was out of this world at Region Marching Band competition!!! pic.twitter.com/pCojQuVW8l
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 22, 2013

Great job Summit HS Band at Region marching competition!! pic.twitter.com/UvJRupmA7C
— MISD Fine Arts (@MISD_FineArts) October 22, 2013

Timberview seniors selected for 2014 Army All-American Bowl

Congratulations to seniors Ed Paris and Brandon Simmons, Timberview High School varsity football defensive backs, for being selected for the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. This prestigious bowl game takes place at the San Antonio Alamodome on January 4 and will be televised on NBC. Only 90 players from across the U.S. are selected each year.

On Thursday, September 26, Paris and Simmons received their jerseys during a special afternoon ceremony at the campus.

(Read related article in the Mansfield News-Mirror.)

Australian Principal of the Year Tours Mansfield High School

Mansfield High School hosted the 2012 Australian Secondary Principal of the Year, Mrs. Shayne Player, on Wednesday, September 18. Mrs. Player is the Principal of the Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, Tumbi Umbi Campus. While the school name may sound confusing, in Australia, the schools are called colleges. Mrs. Player’s campus is similar in student level to our middle schools.

As a prize for being named the Australian Secondary Principal of the Year, Mrs. Player was granted time for a trip around the world for a Professional Learning Sabbatical to visit schools in order to study common principles in high-performing schools. By the time she completes her trip, she will have visited schools in Finland, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles and many more.

She is particularly interested in seeing AVID schools that integrate technology. (Her campus is an AVID school, and they are exploring computers on a 1:1 basis with their students similar to our iPad program for high schools.) Since she was interested in seeing a school integrate technology with AVID, she toured a few Mansfield High School classes to see instructional integration of the iPads and learn of some of the experiences we have gained in implementing new technology.

While she was at our campus, she observed classes and spoke very highly of the kinds of things offered to our students. Before she left the school, she shared some thoughts on her visit to the campus and what she's learned on her trip to this and other countries.Watch her interview on YouTube:

 

Read more about Mrs. Shayne Player. Watch a video her campus made about AVID. 

Superintendent Update - August 2013

New Mansfield ISD Superintendent, Dr. Jim Vaszauskas, discusses the latest on district preparations to welcome returning students, new school construction, the new semester exam pilot program at Lake Ridge High School and an update on the budget.

Watch the August Superintendent Update:

Photo Galleries:

• Tarver-Rendon Elementary Construction 
• Judy K. Miller Elementary Construction
• J.L. Boren Elementary Demolition

As a reminder, the new Judy K. Miller Elementary is the temporary staging campus for J.L. Boren Elementary starting in the 2013-14 school year. Read more: bit.ly/MISDBigMove

Mansfield High School Speech Team Awards

[Updated April 22] Mansfield High School speech team is heading to Nationals! The students competed on Saturday, April 6 at Plano West Senior High and were very successful with Aldean Pearson II placing First in Original Oratory and second in Dramatic Interpretation, he will compete in dramatic at Nationals, Daniel George placing third in Original Oratory and Olivia Soliz placing third in Humorous Interpretation. Over all the team placed third! Also advancing to semi finals were Brittany Davis and Daniel George in dramatic interpretation and in duo semis Brittany Davis and Zach Montou. Congrats to these students on their success they will represent MHS at the National Tournament in Birmingham, AL this summer. (Update and photo via Kristy Thomas)

Back row: Beaven Waller, Aldean Pearson II

Middle: Zach Montou

Front: Daniel George, Olivia Soliz, Brittany Davis

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MHS Speech Team (L-R) Olivia Soliz, Zach Montou, Beaven Waller, Aldean Pearson II,
Brittany Davis, Kristy Thomas (coach), Daniel George

Mansfield High School Speech team represented the district well at state competition March 6-8 at South Grand Prairie High School. Awards are as follows:

• Olivia Soliz & Beaven Waller - Semi finalist in duo interpretation
• Olivia Soliz - semi finalist in dramatic interpretation
• Olivia Soliz & Aldean Pearson II - semi finalist in duet acting
• Beaven Waller - quarter finalist dramatic interpretation
• Daniel George & Beaven Waller - quarter finalist in duet acting
• Zach Montou & Brittany Davis - Semi finalist in duet acting
• Aldean Pearson II - semi finalist in original oratory
• Aldean Pearson II - State champion Dramatic Interpretation

Overall the team placed 14th out of 201 schools from around the state that competed. Congratulations to the team and to their coach, Kristy Thomas.

Mansfield High School senior, Aldean Pearson II won first place at the state speech and debate competition out of 136 entries from all over the state. He's pictured above with his coach, Kristy Thomas.

Summit and Legacy High Schools Among Top Teams at State Academic Decathlon

At the Texas Academic Decathlon State competition in San Antonio last weekend, Summit High School placed 11th in the state with a school-record 41,690 points. Earning gold medals for their performance as top honors, scholastic, and varsity team members were Nicholas Toliver, Sina Rahesh, and Ethan Kohner. Additionally James Smith earned a bronze medal for science and a bronze medal for music. Competition team members include James Smith, Victoria Miglets, Nicholas Toliver, Gina Shahidullah, Sina Rahesh, Caroline Rodgers, Ethan Kohner, Felicia Freeman, and Michael Moore. Additionally the team tied for 6th place in super quiz with a score of 2500.

Legacy High School placed 19th at state with a team total of 37,760. State medalists included: Laura Baker (3rd Economics, Legacy’s top Honors student); Amanda Hargett-Granato (3rd Art, Legacy’s top Scholastic student); Sammi Singarella (1st Essay); Austin Bailey (3rd Essay); Nathan Wright (3rd Essay); and Autumn McGaha (Legacy’s top Varsity student).

Congratulations Summit and Legacy Acadec teams.

Related: Acadec Teams Score Big at Regional Competition

About Academic Decathlon
The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is a program that provides high school students an opportunity to experience the challenges of rigorous academic competition through participation in team activities. In addition, the Academic Decathlon involves members of the business/industry as active supporters of a program promoting academic excellence.

JROTC Programs earn 'Honor Unit' accolades

The Junior ROTC Battalions from Mansfield High School, Legacy High School and Summit High School earned or retained the highest JROTC unit commendation, Honor Unit with Distinction, during their Army-directed Formal Inspections last week.

The inspection looks at every aspect of the manner in which the cadet staff, commanders, and students run their Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit as a business. Logistics, Public Affairs, Administration, Finance, Management, and Reporting are all evaluated using checklists. The unit members are inspected both wearing their uniforms correctly and marching as a member of the combined unit.

“The effort of each cadet, coupled with a phenomenal battalion staff, was clearly evident during the day’s demanding activities”, says LTC Pat Easley, the Senior Army Instructor.

Inspectors noted how very pleased they were to see as a district, Mansfield ISD takes positive actions to promote JROTC as one of the most rewarding electives available to high school students.

SFC James Darrell Watkins, Mansfield High School JROTC Army Instructor

Legacy High School - Marching to Honor: JROTC Federal Inspection

According to Legacy High School's Sergeant Major Smith, evaluators were impressed on how well-organized the inspection went and how Legacy cadets looked and performed. Legacy JROTC members received a score of 590/600 placing them in the top 1% of 318 schools in the entire fifth JROTC Brigade covering eight states.

“Though we are happy with our results, we will strive to improve in the few areas noted we need work,” said Sgt. Major Eric Smith of the inspection process. View the Legacy HS JROTC Commend Inspection photo gallery.

"These Formal Inspections were conducted by our higher headquarters, 5th Brigade in San Antonio, TX," said Major James Fry. "We also received an honor unit with distinction (580 out of 600) as did Mansfield and Legacy."

Congratulations, cadets!

Editor's Note: Lake Ridge High School was not inspected as they are a new unit and the inspections are every three years.Also, the Timberview High School Air Force JROTC unit had their last formal inspection during the 2010-11 school year and received the AFJROTC Distinguished Unit Award.

2013 Mansfield ISD National Signing Day

Mansfield ISD congratulates student-athletes on signing national letters of intent to compete at the college level. National signing day is traditionally the first day a high school senior can sign a binding National Letter of Intent for college football, field hockey, soccer, track & field, and cross country. (Thanks to the Athletics Department for compiling this list. This list will be updated as additional students make decisions.)

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Legacy High School
Girls Soccer
Morgan Nutley – Navarro Junior College
Callie Jo Davis – Southwestern Christian University
Kallie Moores – Louisiana State University Shreveport
Stephanie Gutierrez – Texas Woman’s University
Jamie Couch – Texas State University

Golf

Marchie Murdock, Legacy HS committed to Illinois

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/04/4599899/city-of-mansfield-enjoys-boom.html#storylink=cpy

(PHOTO: Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins)

Andrew Dixon – Boys Golf – Southwestern Christian University
Amber Campbell – Girl Golf – Southwestern Christian University

Football
Brady Burke – Evangel University
Marchie Murdock – University of Illinois

Lake Ridge High School
No students this signing date

Mansfield High School
Football
Austin Davis – Duke
Zach Crabtree – Oklahoma St.
Chad Whitener – University of California
George Baltimore – TCU
Trent Gow – Air Force
Bryan Shanklin – Air Force
Calum Rodriguez – Henerson St.

Track
Aleeah Stigarll – Troy University
Sydnee Worlds – University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

Soccer
Sydney Newton – Abilene Christian University
Manny Sevilla – Ottawa University, Kansas

Baseball
Ryan Brooks – Grayson County Junior College


Summit High School
Baseball
Brady Usherwood (Short stop) – Grayson Junior College

Football
DL Bryson Henderson – TCU
DE Kendrick Johnson – Northern Colorado
WR Derrick Styles – SW Oklahoma State
WR Patrick Tshituka – SW Oklahoma State
LB Quan Mathews – Cisco Junior College

Timberview High School
Football
Josh Smith – Liberty
D’Andre Fuller – ACU
Blake Mendenhall – Southwest University
Khalid Conner – SWOSU
Kendell St. Romain – Austin College
Ugonna Nwarie – OPSU
Maurice Smith – Grandview College
Ernest Cash – Grandview College

Girls Track
Briana Adams – Texas State
Jazmine Warden – Houston Baptist

Related: City of Mansfield enjoys boom times in recruiting, DFWVarsity.com

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/04/4599899/city-of-mansfield-enjoys-boom.html#storylink=cpy

Acadec Teams Score Big at Regional Competition

The Mansfield ISD Academic Decathlon (Acadec) teams competed in the Regional Competition held at Lamar High School last weekend. Dozens of team and individual medals were won, and the teams from Legacy High School and Summit High School will both advance to the State Competition in San Antonio on February 22. 

Congratulations to these hardworking students and coaches!

Summit High School

Team Members: James Smith, Victoria Miglets, Nick Tolliver, Gina Shahidulla, Sina Rahesh, Caroline Rodgers, Ethan Kohner, Felicia Freeman, Michael Moore

Team Honors:

Gold: Medium School in the Region
Gold: Super Quiz Team Relay (Tie with Legacy HS)

Individual Honors:

James Smith
    Gold: Art, Language/Literature, Science, Social Science
    Silver: Overall Performance, Economics, Music
    Bronze: Interview, Speech   

Victoria Miglets
    Silver: Science
    Bronze: Music
    4th Place: Overall Performance

Nick Toliver
    Gold: Overall Performance, Economics, Essay, Interview, Music
    Silver: Language/Literature, Math, Social Science
    Bronze: Art, Science, Speech

Gina Shahidullah
    Silver: Art
    Bronze: Essay
    4th Place: Overall Performance

Sina Rahesh
    Gold: Art, Language/Literature, Music, Science, Social Science
    Silver: Overall Performance
    Bronze: Economics

Caroline Rodgers
    Silver: Interview, Music

Ethan Kohner
    Gold: Art
    Silver: Overall Performance, Economics, Math, Music
    Bronze: Interview, Social Science

Felicia Freeman
    Bronze: Art

Michael Moore
    Silver: Art, Social Science
    Bronze: Economics, Language/Literature
    4th Place: Overall Performance

Summit High School Academic Decathlon Team Coaches: Melanie Atkinson and Glenn Adams
Study and Support Team Members: Katie Lobodzinski, Emma Luke and Sandro Cervantes

Legacy High School

Team Members: Laura Baker, Reed Steward, Sammi Singarella, Canute Jacobson, Amanda Hargett, Nathan Wright, Austin Bailey, Autumn McGaha, Taylor Ferguson

Team Honors:

    Gold: Super Quiz Team Relay (Tie with Summit HS)
    Silver: Medium School in the Region

Individual Honors:

Laura Baker
    Gold: Economics, Interview, Math
    Silver: Language/Literature, Science
    Bronze: Overall Performance

Reed Steward
    Bronze: Economics, Math, Science
    5th: Overall Performance

Sammi Singarella
    Silver: Art, Speech
    Bronze: Language/Literature

Canute Jacobson
    Gold: Economics
    Bronze: Math
    5th: Overall Performance

Amanda Hargett
    Gold: Overall Performance, Speech
    Silver: Essay, Language/Literature
    Bronze: Economics, Music

Nathan Wright
    Gold: Interview

Austin Bailey
    Silver: Essay
    Bronze: Math, Music

Autumn McGaha
    Gold: Art, Language/Literature, Science
    Bronze: Overall Performance

Taylor Ferguson
    Bronze: Art, Language/Literature

Legacy High School Academic Decathlon Team Coaches: John Davis and Rena Long

Mansfield High School

Team Members: Samantha Gonzales, Emaleigh Lane, Angel Lo, Alyssa Sheraden, Nick Slater, Torrie Young

Individual Honors:

Angel Lo
    Silver: Math
    Bronze: Speech

Torrie Young
    Gold: Essay

Mansfield High School Academic Decathlon Team Coach: Joel DeLong

Lake Ridge High School

Team Members: Jaime Alegria, Keith Breckenridge, Tuan Dinh, Halee Hutchison, Adam Leteff, Tyler Nelson, David Serrano, Tyler Thipsipasom, Hannah Woodlee

Team Honors:

    Bronze: Super Quiz Team Relay

Individual Honors:

Tyler Nelson
    Silver: Interview

Lake Ridge High School Academic Decathlon Team Coach: Brandon Austin

Timberview High School

Team Members: William Bonila, Cory Reed, Maggie Wachira

Timberview High School Academic Decathlon Team Coaches: Barbara Butler and Barbara Gair

   

JROTC CyberWarriors Secure Damaged Enterprise Computer

Five Mansfield High School JROTC cadets recently competed in the CyberPatriot V – National High School Cyber Defense Competition. Established by the Air Force Association (AFA), CyberPatriot is the nation's largest high school cyber security challenge. This unique competition was designed to give students a hands-on learning experience in cybersecurity and inspire students to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in their studies. It also offers support and technical expertise from industry leaders, including CyberPatriot's presenting sponsor the Northrop Grumman Foundation.


During Friday and Saturday, November 2 – 3, competitors were scored on how well they strengthened their assigned simulated computer systems by finding and fixing security issues.

This round of competition pitted over 120 schools from around the world in a grueling online game to teach students how to assess and correct vulnerabilities within a corporate Windows 7 network that had been damaged by users that changed critical processes and files. The six-hour event round was also the inaugural run of the new CyberPatriot Competition System (CCS), a new cyber training model.  For the first time teams could receive real-time feedback of their scores along with a report of the scored problems they correctly solved.

Mansfield High School's JROTC team, known as CyberWarrior pictured above during the competition, consisted of student cadets Jonathon Chen, Tristan Crawley, Chris Meek, Anthony White, and Dakota Kuhn. The cadets were not told what type of computer, which operating system would be tested, which repairs are required, or how to go about making corrections until they installed the image from their secret archive that was delivered just in time to start the game.

“The first challenges the team faced were testing the authenticity of the downloaded ISO image by MD5 files checksums and the secret decompression passwords,” said SFC Darrell Watkins, their team coach and Army JROTC Instructor at Mansfield High School JROTC. “For a few minutes, I could see the stress level building as the team worked feverishly to install the VMWare Virtual Machine on their Windows game platform. The team came together and assigned tasks, recorded every error, added and deleted authorized users from their scenario, and developed a trouble ticket methodology to establish their priorities, enjoying their snacks and an occasional joke along their way to securing and protecting the system.”


Effective communication within the CyberPatriot Team on computer vulnerabilities, with their coach for questions of the 400-page rule book, and external communications with CyberPatriot Operations Center (CPOC) that was in the path of Hurricane Sandy last week, would all prove instrumental to their success in this game session.

The goal of this program is to teach young people about myriad security issues that render everything from cell phones to automobile ignition systems very lucrative targets for computer crackers and hackers. SFC Watkins said, “CyberPatriot conducts actual online hacking, since that is exactly what we are learning to prevent with this cyber security program. As the team made security repairs, the game counter noted their progress and assigned them points for each security flaw repaired correctly. With the introduction of over 10,000 iPads devices within Mansfield ISD high schools this school year, we have seen firsthand during the past several weeks the benefits of monitoring what users are doing on computers and correcting vulnerabilities.”

Many users ask their seemingly knowledgeable friends to make system, registry, and network changes that could expose the entire network to damage from others in the interconnected digital world, causing problems that could require hundreds, if not thousands of hours for an organization's IT staff to repair. Mansfield ISD’s network staff deployed many virtual Windows Office platforms in a very short time to our students for use on their Apple devices. This gives students access to applications that many families could not afford in the retail sector. The benefit of the virtual machine on a computer is that if it malfunctions, it can quickly be replaced with the image taken before anything was done to cause it damage.

The team wishes to thank AT&T, Northrup-Grumman, the Air Force Association, and the entire CyberPatriot family for helping each of them to learn to maintain and repair security related computer infrastructure by employing the digital game realm as a learning vehicle.

iPad Parent Night Oct 29 at The Center

Your high school student has a district-issued iPad. 
Now what?!

Parents of MISD high school students are invited to attend this learning opportunity for next steps for high school parents in the iPad initiative.

The Mansfield ISD technology development team will host an iPad Parent Night on October 29, 2012, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts.

This free event will feature tips for parents about managing your student’s iPad use at home as well as some exploration of outstanding apps for education in a hands-on format.

The Center is located at 1110 W Debbie Lane, Mansfield, Texas 76063 (Map).

Related Information:

• iPad Program Info
• MISD TechNotes Blog
• OnlineTextbooks and Other Resources

Lady Tigers Volleyball Coach Celebrates 500 Career Wins

Congratulations to Lady Tiger volleyball coach Judith McGill for the awesome accomplishment of winning 500 career games! The monumental victory took place when the Lady Tigers defeated the Panthers on Friday, October 12, in Midlothian.

When we asked Coach McGill how she accomplished the tremendous feat of reaching 500 victories, her answer was simple – it’s the kids.

“Behind every win is a hardworking, dedicated team,” said McGill. "The only way you make it to 500 is by having great kids, and I think that is really the key to any successful school program."

Although reaching 500 wins is a crowning achievement for Coach McGill, she has no intention of slowing down.

“I want to keep winning games and support hardworking kids that will go on to be productive citizens and good people,” said McGill. “That goal will never change.”

On behalf of the MISD Administration, congratulations to Coach Judith McGill! We appreciate your commitment to the Lady Tiger Volleyball program, Mansfield High School and the Mansfield ISD community.

Senior Art Shows at The Center

 

The MISD Fine Arts Department has established a new visual arts show opportunity for advanced art students. Senior Art Shows for our Advanced Visual Art Students are schedule at The MISD Center for the Performing Arts. The shows will give these seniors an opportunity to have a larger art show in addition to our Annual Art shows held in the spring. The Senior Art shows are two weeks in duration and feature two to four students from each of our high schools.

Here is the full 2012-13 schedule of Senior Art Shows at The Center (current show):

October 8-19 – Legacy High School (Anai Vargas and Jessilee Shipman; Reception Thurs., Oct. 18)

October 22-November 2 – Mansfield High School (Courtney Bruce, Arsh Dhaliwal, Erin Johnson, and Lynn Nguyen; Reception Sat., Oct. 27)

November 12-30 – Legacy High School (Caitlyn Moore, Patrick Henson, Lily Masuda, Jessica Darmon, and Trent Ritchey; artists reception, Tuesday, November 27)

December 10-January 10 – Legacy High School (Alex, Horan, Brenda Moreno, Abril Lara, Megan Rathbun, Jennifer Brown, Courtney Johns, Amanda Mixon, and Brandon Bohuslav)

January 14-25 – Summit High School (Charleston Angton and Shaheed Johnson)

January 28-February 8 – Mansfield High School (Alex Williams, Kulraj Chatha, Tara Hohman and Autumn Aguilar)

February 11-22 – Summit High School (Vi Nguyen and Tina Nguyen)

February 25-March 8 – Lake Ridge High School (MaLeeka Curry, Calvin Rowe, Zach Caton, Taylor Lee, Brandon Glathe-Mona, Anisa Avalos, Karla Hernandez, Ashley Gray, Kaitlyn Northrup, Korbie Frazier, Jacob Kang, Ronald Santos, Alexis Wilson, Jazmin Cortez, Lissandra Alvarado, Hannah Woodlee) Please note: Since LRHS is a new campus, we didn't limit this show to seniors.

March 18-29 – Mansfield High School (Josh DuMond, Melanie Mohler, and Austin Sutton)

April 8-12 – District Secondary Art Show (Grades 5-12)

April 22-May 3 – Timberview High School (Trenten Abano, Melody Wong, Markel Briggs, and Kendall Storm

May 6-10 – District Elementary Art Show (Grades K-4)

May 13-24 – Timberview High School

The Center is located at 1110 W Debbie Lane, Mansfield, Texas 76063.
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Fine Arts Senior Art Shows update: 

Frontier Students Display Digital Skills at State Convention

Four Frontier High School students participated in a display of digital learning prowess at last month's TASA/TASB Convention. The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) partner each year to bring Texas school board members and school administrators a premier education-related convention. This year's convention was held September 28-30 in Austin. Among the convention speakers and exhibits was a Digital Learning Pavilion (DLP).

Secondary students from across the state were invited to the convention's DLP to display their ingenuity and collaboration skills in a project-based learning environment. Using technology and social media to accelerate their problem-solving skills, students teamed up to create innovative solutions to real-world problems.

The Frontier High School students at the TASA/TASB Convention DLP were provided questions and then they were to use technology to answer and create a presentation. This was not a competition, rather a display of students' technological learning skills in action.

Students completed two different tasks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The kids were given a SMART board, two iPads, a Macbook, and a Dell laptop and that was it. The morning question was, Childhood obesity rates are climbing. Is our appetite for sugar killing us? and the afternoon question was, Electronic resources drive learning, even textbooks are available online. How does this change affect you?

According to their teacher, Elise Buchhorn from Ben Barber Career Tech Academy/Frontier High School, the students conducted all of the project work and then gave a presentation of their response at the end of the session.

"They researched and gathered data online and used web tools for their first presentation," said Buchhorn. "Their afternoon session, they wanted to survey some of their classmates, so they Skyped them and then screen recorded their conversations and made video clips to insert into their Keynote software presentation. It was very impressive on what they did and how they did it."

Buchhorn made the following video to highlight their day mostly for the parents to see their kids in action, but really, it's too cool and worth sharing.

Enjoy.

Pictures of the Week (Sept 24-28)

Wednesday, September 26, marked the public re-opening for Savvy's Bistro, our culinary program's student-run restaurant. Read the post.

Summit HS was the final campus in the high school iPad program deployment. Students and the professional staff at all MISD high schools were issued iPad devices. Over 9,000 iPad 2 devices were issued at high schools. Make-up dates for deployment and an upcoming Parent informational meeting date are pending. Stay current on the high school iPad program.

Dr. Fred Garza's "Reflections" Scientific, Technological, and Literary Observations in Pastel, art exhibit opened on Wednesday, September 26, in the Mansfield HS Library Learning Commons. This exhibit is divided into three distinct parts. Each part of the exhibit is influenced by areas of which Dr. Garza is very passionate. The exhibit will be available Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m., until Thursday, November 15, 2012.

Each month during the school year, students from our elementary schools are selected to receive the Superintendent’s Star Award for outstanding citizenship. The photo above is from the September 2012 School Board Meeting photo gallery.

Timberview HS Basketball Coach, Duane Gregory, took some of his basketball players to Thelma Jones Elementary for the elementary school's Camp Out Reading Day on Thursday, September 27. "I’m not sure who enjoyed it more, the elementary students or my guys," said coach Gregory.

Rachel's Challenge Comes to Worley Middle School on Oct 11

Guest post from Dr. Shelly Butler, Principal of Rogene Worley Middle School

Worley Tigers are excited to bring Rachel's Challenge to Mansfield!

The Rachel's Challenge organization is a non profit, non political, non religious organization based in Littleton, Colorado. The objective of this program is to equip students and adults with strategies to combat bullying and feelings of isolation or despair.

Seventeen year old Rachel Scott was the first student killed at Columbine High School in 1999. Rachel left behind a legacy of positivity and caring for others through her writings and drawings. Rachel's story has been shared with the world through the Rachel's Challenge organization. Her hope was to start a "chain reaction" of kindness and compassion. (www.rachelschallenge.org)

Our number one reason for inviting Rachel's Challenge to Worley is to change the culture of bullying, teasing and harassment in today's society by empowering our students with the social and emotional tools they need to exist in an ever changing global society. According to the Rachel's Challenge website, the assembly conveys the power of deliberately reaching out in word and action to others. It also encourages listeners to examine their own lives, their relationships with the world around them and the impact their behavior has on others by taking on 5 challenges.

We believe that it is vitality important for our families and our community to hear the Rachel's Challenge message, understand what IS and IS NOT BULLYING and join our student body in taking on the 5 challenges.

Our students have raised the funds to bring Rachel's Challenge to our school through a Fund Run. Thanks to our coaches and students, we have raised enough to pay for the program and the prizes for the run.

Rachel's Challenge will be presented at Worley Middle School on Thursday, October 11 for our students at 9:00 a.m. that morning and 7:00 p.m. for parents and the local community. The one hour evening community event will be held at the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts in the Professional Development Center.

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Editor's Note: Other MISD campuses have also brought in the Rachel's Challenge program including events at Linda Jobe Middle School, Danny Jones Middle School and Lake Ridge High School within the past year.

Legacy HS embraces Pink Glove Dance opportunity

Mansfield ISD coordinated with Methodist Mansfield Medical Center to help spread the word about breast cancer awareness and prevention through The Pink Glove Dance. The MISD community was invited to join us in starring in a Pink Glove Dance video at the Legacy HS vs. Bryan Adams HS football game on September 13 at Vernon Newsom Stadium. Breast cancer survivors were also encouraged to attend and dance on the field at halftime.

As part of the Pink Glove Dance 2012 competition, Methodist Mansfield’s video will be posted on www.pinkglovedance.com on October 12 along with the videos of the other participants to be viewed by the public. Viewers can vote on their favorite video (voting requires a Facebook® account). The top three winners receive a donation in their name to the breast cancer charity of their choice, such as the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The winners will be announced November 2 on pinkglovedance.com.

Special thanks to the Legacy HS teen leadership and student council students, cheerleaders, drill team, band, staff and game attendees who all put on pink gloves to join in on the fun. Many of the students wore the LHS Pink Fest t-shirts as a sign of solidarity and spirit for the breast cancer survivors and halftime video event. (Each year, LHS students in Teen Leadership classes and Student Council rally the school and community to raise money for breast cancer research and share awareness through Pink Fest programming and events. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised during activities for the cause.)

Shelbi Vaughn: National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year

Congratulations to Shelbi Vaughn, Mansfield Legacy HS graduate, for being named the 2011-12 Gatorade® National Girls Tack & Field Athlete of the Year. Check out the Player Bio for Shelbi Vaughn.

Below is the full-page ad in the July 5, 2012 Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:

On June 27, the Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, announced Abraham Hall of South Grand Prairie High School (Grand Prairie, Texas) and Shelbi Vaughan of Legacy High School (Mansfield, Texas) as its 2011-12 Gatorade National Track & Field Athletes of the Year.

At the USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships, Vaughan had a throw of 198 feet, nine inches, that set the national high school and junior records in the discuss throw. She also won the discuss throw at this year's 5A state championships. She finished 4th in the Women’s Discus Throw at the Olympic Trials in Oregon last month. (Shelbi Vaughan "the future of throwing" - ESPN.com)


Check out the announcement videos on Shelbi here, here, and here
Emmitt Smith surprises Shelbi Vaughan: 2011-12 Girls Track and Field POY

Mansfield ISD congratulates Shelbi Vaughn.

Solar Car Team Takes the Challenge

Students from the Ben Barber Career Tech Academy are voluntarily working through their summer vacation to compete in the Solar Car Challenge which will be held later this month at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Thanks to team advisors Jackie Bishop (auto tech teacher) and Rob Goodson (engineering teacher) along with a lot of help from generous sponsors, the students are building the District's first solar car for competition while learning some valuable skills. Approximately 25 students have been busy working on weekdays and a few Saturdays here and there in the BBCTA automotive garage to finish the solar car in time for the race week, July 15-19. The solar car team is primarily for engineering and auto tech students, but anyone can help according to advisor, Jackie Bishop.

While the car will sport large solar panels on its top for power, it has some some simple automotive roots. The chassis is from an old Legends Car that was donated. It has a four-wheeler front-end suspension and a motorcycle rear-suspension. In order to make this solar car and race a reality, students had to learn a lot about solar power, electronics, steel, construction, welding, and even amateur radio skills (and licenses) for track communication.

Check out the MISD Minutes video feature on the Solar Car Challenge (YouTube or MISD Video Portal).

Superintendent Update - June 2012

Dr. Bob Morrison discusses the new 1:1 iPad Initiative, the opening of the Center for the Performing Arts and shares highlights from the graduation ceremonies.