Before school ended in May 2012, our Math, Engineering, Technology and Science Academy (METSA) students participated in a cross-curricular project,
Social Media for Social Good,
in partnership with University of Indiana and four other Indiana New
Tech Schools. Teams selected global issues from the United Nations’ list
of Developmental Goals, developing solutions (including social media)
to bring awareness to the issues and to help solve them.
The students first presented their solutions to their home room, with
the top team from each room presenting their solutions to a panel of
experts from non-profit, marketing and social media in a school-wide
assembly.
Two teams, Food2Fly and Ken-Ya Help, were asked by the panel to
combine their efforts into one project so that they could present their
work to Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce. During their presentation,
the team also shared information with the audience as to how they can
use social media in their business.
METSA team has been asked to share their findings with the members of Hispanic Chamber on Aug. 22.
The R. L. Turner Theater Department has been awarded a grant through
the Dallas Theater Center and their Project Discovery program. The
$13,487 grant provides the following:
Congratulations to Courtney Wilson from Thompson Elementary for her innovative teacher grant, "iPad Innovation," which was funded by the C-FB ISD Educational Foundation in 2012. 
The C-FB ISD Board of Trustees have scheduled 11 regular school board meetings for 2012-2013. There will be one each month except in July. The meetings will be held the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. except in January due the district’s Winter Break schedule. The January 2013 meeting will be held on Thursday, January 17. Click here to view the full meeting calendar. 
