Tech Savy Kindergartners on the Hunt

Davis Elementary Kindergartners participated in a scaverger hunt to find the Gingerbread Man. They had to find and scan QR codes to reveal clues to pinpoint his location.

C-FB FFA Starts the Year Off Right

C-FB FFA attended the North Texas State Fair in Denton the week before school started and had great success. The team did a great job exhibiting their heifers and lamb.

Student exhibitors and results:

Alex Barbosa - 1st, Breed Grand Champion, 2nd, 2nd, Reserve Breed Champion
Deanna Groves - 2nd, 2nd, 2nd
Kelsey Balluch - 1st, 1st, 1st
Kelly Catter - 3rd, 4th, 4th
Kimberly Reuscher - 4th, 3rd, 3rd

Joei Schwab was the only lamb exhibitor from C-FB.  Joei did a great job exhibiting her lamb.

23,047: The Power of Numbers

Citi Employees Donate Big Numbers to Bush Middle School

As the 2013-2014 school year begins, students across the nation will be adding, subtracting, and counting many different numbers. The numbers, though, that Barbara Bush Middle School students were counting meant more than just a math problem in class. These numbers equaled support from a business in the community.

And what was the special number that the Bush students counted: 23,047. Citi, the leading global bank, with two large campuses near Bush Middle School, ran a two-week school supply drive in August collecting 23,047 items for the students at the campus.

One student at Barbara Bush said, "I loved when Citi came to our school and they revealed the numbers at our pep rally. The comma was the funniest part of the number because no one expected it. It was so exciting seeing that many new supplies being donated to us. It feels good to know that people care about middle school kids."

Citi school supply donations included:
· 458 boxes of tissues
· 494 three-ring binders
· 500 spiral notebooks
· 2,149 composition notebooks
· 5,285 pens
· 7,961 pencils
· 5,881 pocket folders
· 319 miscellaneous items

Matt Warnock, Barbara Bush Principal, said, "The support of local businesses like Citi that schools receive is unquestionably linked to the success of students. Barbara Bush Middle School is educating future employees of Citi and other companies like it. The investment in our students is a critical need. We cannot do this alone. And we value the partnership of Citi and its employees. Kudos to the Citi employees for their generosity."

And for Bush Middle School, the support did not stop with the number 23,047. Citi provided car sunshades to the school faculty. The staff felt covered in care from the Citi employees. Additionally, Citi presented a $5,000 check to members of the C-FB ISD Educational Foundation to further support Barbara Bush Middle School.

Rodney Phelps, Citi Irving Campuses Site President, said "At Citi we know how important it is to give back and help make our communities the best they can be. This year we selected Barbara Bush Middle school – just up the road from our Irving campuses - as our partner school and beneficiary of our annual back to school supply drive. We delivered over 23,000 school supplies to these deserving students to help them in their journey to achieve academic success. We loved their energy and enthusiasm!"

Students at Barbara Bush Middle School have learned that there is great power in numbers. The generous 23,047 item donation along with the monetary gift from Citi and its employees will make an impact on the lives of the students.

View photos from the event here.

C-FB Has Region Superintendent of the Year!

Dr. Bobby Burns, superintendent of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, has been named Region 10 Superintendent of the Year for 2013.

The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) announced that regional superintendents of the year have been selected from each region in Texas. A committee will interview regional winners in Austin on August 23-24 and select five state finalists. The superintendent of the year will be announced September 28 at the TASA/TASB Convention in Dallas.

First Day of School 2013

First Day of School 2013, a set on Flickr.

We asked you to share and you DID! Thank you for all the fantastic first day photos.

R.L. Turner FFA Open Barn Night

The R. L. Turner FFA would like to invite you to visit their project center and meet the animals. On September 4, 2013 from 6-8pm the R. L. Turner High School FFA barn will be open for touring and learning about the FFA Chapter.  The barn is located at 1600 Sandy Lake Road in Carrollton.

FFA is a national organization with vast opportunities for students who have an interest in agriculture and leadership. This event is open to the public so come on out and meet the cows, sheep, turkeys, chickens, goats, and current FFA members.

Pre-K Start Date

Ready or not....here they come!

Our pre-k students will be joining us on Tuesday, September 3.  

Click here for pre-k information.

A Holiday Already?

That's right!

September 2 is a district holiday.  All campuses and district offices are closed for Labor Day.  Enjoy the long weekend and we will see you back at school on Tuesday, September 3.

What's On the Agenda?

There is a C-FB ISD board meeting on:

September 5, 2013
at 7pm

Board meetings are open to the public and are held at the administration building on 1445 North Perry Road in Carrollton.

See the meeting agenda here.

If you can't make it to the meeting, you can watch it on-demand or on CFB-TV.

Opportunity for 7th and 8th Grade Girls--Save the Date!

Reach For The Stars is a half day workshop which introduces 7th and 8th grade girls to successful female role models in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math career fields. The workshop will be held on Saturday, November 2nd at Brookhaven College. Bus transportation will be provided from the middle school campuses. Registration is required. Students interested in attending need to contact their school counselor for event and registration details.

Check Out Our First Day Photos

Creekview Hurdler Among the Best in the World!

On July 19, Samantha Gonzalez, junior at Creekview High School, represented the United States in the Junior World Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine. She competed in the women’s 400 meter hurdle event, placing fifth in the world. Samantha qualified for the USA World Team by placing first in the world trials, held in Edwardsville, Illinois, earlier this summer. She is the younger sister of Melissa Gonzalez, 2012 Creekview graduate, who won the Texas state title in the 100M hurdles and 400M hurdles and is now a member of the University of Texas women’s track and field team.

School Starts Monday -- Welcome HOME!

Another summer has come and gone and now it’s time to come home—To C-FB ISD!

The past school year in C-FB brought many high achievements…

• An outside research group (ERG) has ranked C-FB ISD number 7 out of the largest 200 school districts in Texas for Academic Achievement.
• Several C-FB students and teams won state and national competitions.
• And 1763 students graduated from C-FB earning a total of over $28 million dollars in scholarships.

Whether you work in C-FB or your children attend school in C-FB, we know you have a choice. Thank you for choosing C-FB ISD, where our number one goal is High Achievement for ALL Students.

Share your first day photos-- use hashtag #cfbfirstday on your Instagram photos or send them to the district website at www.cfbisd.edu.

We look forward to seeing you come home to C-FB ISD!

Interested in Learning Spanish?

C-FB ISD is proud to provide an opportunity for employees and adult community members to learn to speak Spanish.  Spanish I and II are being offered beginning in September and is taught C-FB ISD employee, Georgina Tezer.

Spanish I

Come and learn to converse at a basic level in Spanish. You’ll learn vocabulary, basic grammar and cultural concepts. Expect homework.

30 hours – 10 weeks
Every Thursday, September 12th – November 21st, 2013
No classes on October 10th
6-9 p.m. ESDC Bldg. B, F. Branch Room
SRN for ERO enrollment: 1323032801

Spanish II

This is a follow-up to Spanish I. We will extend vocabulary, enhance concepts already learned and learn past tenses. 30 minutes of conversation with native Spanish speakers at every class!

30 hours – 10 weeks
Every Wednesday, September 11th – November 20th, 2013
6-9 p.m. ESDC Bldg. B, F. Branch Room
No classes on October 9th
SRN for ERO enrollment: 1323032501

Fee: $50.00 (C-FB employees) $100.00 (all others)
1820 Pearl St. ESDC Bldg. B
Carrollton, Tx. 75006
C-FB employees: register electronically
All others register by calling Georgina Tezer at 972-968-6513 or by email at tezerg@cfbisd.edu.

Photos from C-FB Convocation 2013

C-FB ISD's photostream on Flickr.

Check out the photos taken at Convocation 2013 by the district photographer, Shelley Gammon.