Four C-FB Schools’ Videos Featured on TASB Website

Several C-FB ISD schools participated in the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) video contest entitled “Texas Public Schools Rock!” Videos from Furneaux Elementary, Rainwater Elementary, Polk Middle School, and R. L. Turner High School are featured on TASB’s website.

The videos can be viewed here:
http://www.tasb.org/services/communications/student_video/entries/

CHS Senior Awarded Presitgious AP Arts and Music Theory Scholarship

Creekview High School senior, Samantha Guu, has been selected as a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Excellence in AP Arts and Music Theory Award Scholarship of Communities Foundation of Texas. This $20,000 scholarship is highly competitive and is only available to senior AP Art or Music Theory students from the top-performing schools in the state in regard to academic and fine arts achievement. Samantha’s accomplishment is a great representation of high achievement at Creekview High School and C-FB ISD.

International Baccalaureate Art Show

The International Baccalaureate students at Ranchview High School invite the community to their art show on March 28, 2013 at 6pm in the Ranchview High School Library.  There will be sculptures, drawings and paintings on exhibit as well as an opportunity to meet the artists.  

This is a free event open to the public. 

Five RLT Girls’ Basketball Players Receive as All-District Honors

On Feb. 21, five R. L. Turner girls’ basketball team members received all-District honors for their athletic and academic accomplishments:

Academic All-District
Nicole Ellis
Laura Gerencser
Alexis Bynum
Palma Rodriguez

2nd Team All-District
Palma Rodriguez

NSHS French Students Place Well at Regional Competition

Five Newman Smith High School French students scored wins at the Regional Fete competition recently in Plano.

NSHS winners were: 

Liliana Alarcon - 1^st Overall, Level 4

David Oostenbrug - 1^st Overall, Level 3

Vicki Contreras - 3^rd Place, Level 2

Tannah Oppliger and Benjamin Peillard were tied for 2^nd place, Level 1.

Schools from the North Texas region participated in the annual French Language competition,

The NSHS team is coached by French teachers David Hardy and Nathalie Sporcic.

Newman Smith DECA Wins Big at State

Newman Smith DECA took 50 students to the state competition in Corpus Christi.  The following students will advance to international competition in Anaheim, California in April:

Shivam Patel - Accounting Applications
John Rahlfs - Business Finance
Ben Rice - Business Services Marketing
Phoebe Mizuno - Entrepreneurship Written Project
Sierra Sailer - Entrepreneurship Written Project
Anthony Obiedo - Financial Services
Pablo Ortiz - Financial Services
Cynthia Herrera - Hospitality Services
Saidy Servin - Hospitality Services
Maureen Genov - Travel and Tourism
Erica Lara - Travel and Tourism
Paulina Herran - Travel and Tourism
Blaire McClure - Travel and Tourism

Alternates
Jaida George
Radhika Shah
Mikey Babick
Alex MacElvanie
Kat Benecke
Heip Nguyen
Breanna Huynh
Karen Pedraza

Newman Smith DECA advisors are Jackie Hopkins, Lola Walker, Linda Hicks and Kathi Long and Kathy Holdge

Freshmen DI Team Advances to State

A C-FB ISD Destination Imagination team made up of 7 freshmen from each C-FB High School recently competed and took 1st place at the DI eXtreme competition.  This group of talented students, competing together since second grade, have earned the opportunity to compete at the state tournament in April.

John Clarke  - R. L. Turner – BioMed

Robby Pierce – Ranchview

Taylor Allen – Newman Smith - International Business Academy

Joey Piriano – R. L. Turner – METSA

Jeena Piriano – Creekview – Law

Alex Stack – John Paul II (private school)

Creekview Boys Basketball All-District Honors

The following members of the Creekview Boys’ Basketball team received All-District honors for district 10-4A.

2nd Team
Alex Rincon

2nd Team All-District
Ian Spaight

Sophomore of the Year
Larry Hughes

Academic All-District
Desmond Funches
Larry Hughes
Johnny Jones
Will Romaine

Lady Mustang Basketball: All-District

The following athletes have received All-District honors:

1st Team
Brianna Shavers

2nd Team
Brittany Adams
Peyton Hurst

Honorable-Mention
Izzy Meijering
MaKayla Bonner
LaLa Burnett
Ariel Page

Acadmic All-Disrict
Izzy Meijering
Peyton Hurst
Brianna Shavers
Sadie Howard
Maddie Meijering
Hansen Breen
Amarissa Raley
K.K. Kowald

C-FB ISD Featured on CBS DFW

Check out this video about Mr. Baker's AP Physics class at Creekview High School.
Real Science: 'Flipping' The Classroom At Carrollton's Creekview High « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth