Chess Puzzle 4th Place, Pablo Alvarado; Science 1 10th Place, Mariya Bermau; Impromptu Speaking 12th Place, Mariya Bermau; Social Studies 8th Place, Mariya Bermau; Modern Oratory 7th Place, Jontae Dilworth; Oral Reading 6th Place, Jontae Dilworth; Calculator Applications 1st Place, Keilan Levesque; Editorial Writing 2nd Place, Megan McKnight; Social Studies 8th Place, Megan McKnight; Oral Reading 1st Place, Quinyana Myles; Editorial Writing 9th Place, Colton Nowak; Impromptu Speaking 13th Place, Javon Rougely, 13th; and Spelling 14th Place, Angela Salazar.

8th Grade Winners

Art 6th Place, Jasmine Arroyo; Chess Puzzle 4th Place, Gerardo

Avila; Dictionary Skills 10th Place,

Vanessa Betancore; Calculator

Applications 1st Place, Daniela

Betancourt; Number Sense 5th Place, Daniela Betancourt; Art

1st Place, Daniela Betancourt; Science II, 11th Place, Robie Bradley; Science II 7th Place, Walter Chapman; Listening, 14th Place Aaliya Charles-Hollis; Oral

Reading 8th Place, Aaliyah Charles-Hollis; Social Studies 4th Place, Aaliyah Charles-Hollis; Art 5th Place, Nathan Delgado; Maps,

Graphs & Charts 8th Place, Seth Elliot; Listening 14th Place, David

Gage; Editorial Writing 5th Place, Taylor Hall; Impromptu Speaking

8th Place, Taylor Hall; Calculator

Applications 2nd Place Alexis Herrera; Number Sense 9th Place,

Alexis Herrera; Science II, Joseph Hykel; Social Studies 9th Place, Jospeh Hykel; Spelling 15th Place, Joseph Hykel; Dictionary

Skills 8th Place ,Diavion Ivory; Art

4th Place Alejandro Luna; Maps,

Graphs & Charts 7th Place, Andrew

Mathisen; Chess Puzzle 12th Place, Andrew Mathison; Spelling 6th Place, Gabriel Poarch, Modern

Oratory 6th Place, Javia Rice; Maps, Graphs & Charts 11th Place,

Diavion Ruckett; Spelling 12th Place, Diavion Ruckett; Social

Studies 10th Place Diavion Ruckett; Chess Puzzle 5th Place, Brandon Sam; Maps, Graphs &

Charts 15th Place, Zachary Schlagal; Modern Oratory 11th Place, Zachary Schlagal; Modern

Oratory 9th Place, Seth Elliot; Editorial Writing 8th Place, Veronica Stovich; Impromptu

Speaking 6th Place, Veronica

Stovich; Listening 8th Place,

Veronica Stovich; Maps, Graphs &

Charts 12th Place, Jessica Ybarra; Number Sense 3rd Place, Tierney

Zarazua; Mathematics 9th Place,

Kaylin Zarazua; and Mathematics

8th Place, Tierney Zarazua.

Book Fairs at Kohfeldt & Roosevelt end this week

Kohfeldt Elementary will host a Scholastic Book Fair on March 3-7, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary will have their Book Fair now through March 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.

Funds raised will help purchase books and supplies for the library. Families, faculty and the community are invited to attend this fun reading event that helps inspire children to become lifelong readers.

The Book Fair offers specially priced books and educational products,including popular series, award-winning titles, newreleases, adult bestsellers and other great reads from more than 100 publishers.

Spazmatics will play for the Ed Foundation night

at county fair and rodeo

The Galveston County Fair and Rodeo starts soon and one night has been designated to benefit local education foundations including the TCISD Foundation for the Future.

April 10 is Foundation night at the Galveston County Fair & Rodeo. The popular 80's cover band, the Spazmatics, are playing that night and $1 of proceeds can be designated to our Foundation.

Visit the GCF&R website

and click on 'buy tickets'. You can select the April 10 concert night, and then it will take you to a screen where the all of the education foundations are listed. Please select the TCISD Foundation for the Future. Spread the word because anyone ordering their tickets online can help TCISD earn $1 donation by choosing our Foundation.

Registration is now underway for Advanced Placement Exams which will be administered in May. Cost for each exam is $89. Students who are on free or reduced lunch will pay $55 for each exam ordered. The deadline to register in the TCHS counseling center is March 28. Please contact Lonnie Senegal at 409-916-0817 for additional information.

Roosevelt-Wilson PTO Fun Run is set for March 29

Roosevelt-Wilson PTO is hosting its 3rd Annual 5K Fun Run/Walk and 1K Kids Run/Walk on March 29th at Bay Street Park in Texas City. This event is open to the public. The purpose of this event is to promote an active lifestyle. Everyone medals! Registration has started.

2014 Senior Prom Tickets

The Texas City High School Senior Prom will be held at the Galveston Convention Center on Saturday, April 26 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are available for purchase now in the front office of TCHS. Ticket prices are: Before Spring Break: $50 single, $75 couple; After Spring Break: $60 single; $100 couple; At the Door: $100 per person.

Snapshots of Roosevelt's

Black History program

Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary held their annual Black History program last month. Here's a peek.

Photos by Communications Intern Jeraud Samuels

TC-LM game ball winner

Congratulations and thank you to David and Misty Moffitt for scoring the highest bid for the Texas City-La Marque Battle by the Bay signed game ball where the Stings beat the Cougars with a score of 56 to 35. The Moffitt's $500 bid benefitted the Texas City High School Cheer Booster Club.

Spotlight on Grants

Funding supported by Marathon Petroleum for $4,872 was awarded to Jacqwelin Snyder by the Texas City Independent School District Foundation for the Future for the grant "Hands-On Math". This initiative will furnish complete sets of math manipulatives for all K-4th grade students at Kohfeldt Elementary School. Shown are Foundation Director Betty Wilson, Foundation Past-President Jami Clark, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Sam Myers, Foundation Director Mike Ridings, Jacqwelin Snyder and Kohfeldt Elementary School Principal Donna Peterson.

Sherri Simmons of Texas City High School was awarded $7,620 by the Texas City Independent School District Foundation for the Future for her grant "Put a SPARK in Chemistry". This grant, made possible with Dow Chemical funding, will aid in creating effective hands-on STEM-based experiences with modern tools and technology. Shown are Foundation Directors Stephanie Doyle and Mike Ridings, Sherri Simmons, and TCISD retired Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Curriculum and Instruction Diane Martin.

Keep up to date with what's going on in TCISD. Please like Texas City ISD on Facebook and please like the TCISD Foundation for the Future on Facebook.

Tonight is a busy night with games and Open Houses so if you are getting dinner on the go, stop in at the Texas City Whataburger from 6-9 for dinner. Proceeds benefit 2014 Project Graduation!

Texas City ISD has Spring Break next week, March 10-14. Enjoy the time off from school! We hope all of the students and staff return refreshed and ready to work hard for the rest of the school year!

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Celebrate Texas City ISD schools

Texas City ISD is "Celebrating Texas Public Schools" this week.

Open House has been held at all of the schools this week.

Thursday, March 6

Levi Fry & Blocker, 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Download the flyer for a complete list of activities.

The City of Texas City proclaimed it Texas Public Schools Week in the City of Texas City this week. Pictured are Mayor Pro Tem Mike Land, members of the Masonic Lodge Pat McMahan and Fred Foreman, and TCISD students Braeden Cotton, Lane Simmons, ylan Thrash, Emma Landrum, Caden Cotton and Montzerrat Valle.

TCHS power lifted headed to State

This past weekend, Francois Bonilla qualified to compete in the State Power Lifting Meet which will be held on March 22 in Abilene. Fran�ois and Korey Robinson represented Texas City recently in the Region 4 Power Lifting Meet at Mayde Creek High School. Francois tied for 5th place and hit his automatic qualifying total of 1,450 pounds to move on and compete at State where he will represent Texas City and the Greater Houston Region. Way to go, Francois! Good luck at State. His coach is James Shepherd.

TCHS bowlers headed to State again!

The Texas City High School men's and women's bowling teams competed in the District 9 Regional Bowling Tournament last weekend in Pasadena. The men's team of Tyler Elfstrom, J.L. Bennett, Leo Garcia, Kyle Carranza and Brad Kuhn fought hard in District to win the fourth and final spot to advance to the Regional Tournament. These young men fought hard but fell just short in Pasadena to finish 7th overall. The women's team of Chloe Kocourek, Jensine Grant, Breanna Bage, Briana Pate, and Emme Kuhn finished 1st in District, losing only 1 point all season long. The women continued to dominate at the Regional Tournament to become Regional Champions.

Not only did both teams advance, but 6 Stinagree bowlers advanced to Region in the singles competition as well. Brad Kuhn was the only male to advance to Region in singles and finished 8th overall at Region out of a field of 18. All 5 women advanced to the singles competition in the Regional Tournament. Emma Kuhn finished in 1st, Jensine Grant finished 4th, Brianna Pate finished 8th, Breanna Bage finished 9th and Chloe Kocourek finished 10th.

The women's team advances to the State Tournament which will be held Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30 in San Antonio. They will compete as a team and in singles. Good luck! Their sponsor coach is Jacob Hon.

28 choir students headed to State

Last month, Texas City High School took 45 students to Choir Solo and Ensemble competition. We had 28 students qualify for State Solos and Ensemble. This means these students sang the top level solos, Class 1, and made Superior Ratings, 1's. The choir will go to Austin over Memorial Day weekend to perform at yhe University of Texas for university and college voice and choral instructors.

Students who qualified for state are: Taylor Doraty, Teresa Dozal, Sofia Faus, Melanie Galvan, Samantha Gobert, Monica Guitierrez, Samantha Gutierrez, Hanna Harper, Kayelie Harvey, Ursula Martinez, Madison Monroe, Jade Moreno, Kierra Sam, Madalynn Standley, Megan Treadwell, Marissa Vasquez, Samantha Venegas, Victoria Webber, Teya White, Gillian Wilson, Jacob Crisp, Thomas Doyle, Lucas Eaton, Riley Finn, Jacob Garza, Jacob Larsen, Eduardo Ramirez, Alex Still, Damian DeLaRosa and Hernan Hernandez. Students making a Superior rating on class 2 solos were: Perla Arcos and Samantha Rabago.

Congratulations to these students and their directors Kathy Skinner and Rico Hamilton.

Blocker Choirs win Sweepstakes

On March 5, the Blocker Men's Choir and Varsity Women's choir attended UIL Concert and Sightreading contest at Clear Springs High School. For the second year in a row, both choirs achieved the highest honor of a Sweepstakes rating! Both groups received a division one rating from all six of their contest judges, in addition to outstanding comments on their musicality and sightreading ability. The students have put in countless hours of hard work, and demonstrated a truly exemplary performance. Their choir director Kimberly Dillow said, "We are so proud of the growing Blocker Choir program and their accomplishments."

18 TCHS art students advance to Area

By Jennifer Massie, TCHS art teacher

The Texas City High School Art Department participated in the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) competition recently for the first time. This was everyone's first experience in this competition and we were really surprised by the magnitude of event, students and their artwork that had been brought in. Our students were very inspired by the pieces and after having to speak with a juror, they felt a sense of pride and accomplishment! There were a total of 18 students that advanced to Area, which was a great accomplishment and those pieces were put in the VASE gallery for everyone to look at. They worked really hard and have already started talking about what to do for next year! We are so excited about all of the great things happening within our department. It makes it an exciting place to be!

The following students placed as Area winners: Liliana Adame, 12th grade; Alondra Alvarez, 10th grade, Victoria Barbin 12th grade, Alina Briones 10th grade; Avery Brundrett, 11th grade; Ailise Collins, 11th grade; Monica Fernandez, 11th grade; Stacy Flores, 9th grade; Marissa Garza, 9th grade; Matt Gerhardt, 10th grade; Kyra Kane, 9th grade; Zion Luerson, 9th grade; Reynaldo Maldonado, 10th grade; Maria Martinez, 10th grade; Victoria Regini, 9th grade; Mikaela Vasquez, 9th grade; and Daniel Webber, 9th grade.

Blocker claims UIL One-Act awards

The Blocker Middle School Theatre Arts department performed the UIL One-Act Play production of Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett with excellence last weekend.

The cast and crew members received multiple awards for their performance. Honorable Mention All-Star Cast was given to Alexis Sauceda for her strong portrayal of Nicole Burns/Nicole Bernhardt. Erin Hipp, who portrayed Anne Frank, and Malik Julien, who portrayed Jack Polin/Jacques Poulin, were both awarded the Silver All-Star Cast. The All-Star Technical Crew Award was given to Stage Manager Maggie Humphrey who led in the areas of scenic painting, prop design and construction and stage management.

Congratulations to the whole cast and crew: Daniella Vasquez, Lorenzo Gonzales, Darcie Papillion, Julian Yanas, Alexis Sauceda, Sierra Ramos, Javon Rougely, Erin Hipp, Bobby Serda, Mariya Bernau, Nick Bell, Micah Mannie, Hunter Osburn, Malik Julien, Maggie Humphrey and David Gage on a job well done. Their director is Sagina Varghese.

Duck Derby poster contest winner

Texas City High School sophomore Madison Wylie won the 2014 Duck Derby poster contest. She is in Desiree Haddock's art class. Copies of her winning design have been made to promote the Youthfest and Duck Derby on March 22. Megan is pictured with Foundation Executive Director Deborah Laine.

TCISD holds industry forum for future

The Texas City Independent School District held an Industry Forum last week at the Texas City-La Marque Chamber of Commerce to seek feedback from industry, community and college leaders on the types of skilled jobs their businesses are most in need of. In addition, TCISD Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Lusignolo informed industry leaders about the flexibility the new graduation plans are going to give our students so they can explore more classes and be college and career ready. Texas City ISD is excited about the opportunity to explore career options in our community for our students' futures.

Youthfest & Duck Derby is March 22

The Texas City Independent School District Foundation for the Future has a lot to quack about this spring as they gear up for the 7th Annual Youthfest and Duck Derby on Saturday, March 22.

There will be 5,000 yellow ducks racing down Sting Creek to the finish line where the Top 10 ducks will win fabulous prizes. One lucky duck is worth a chance to win a new Ford car or truck valued at $50,000 sponsored by Valero. In addition to the Duck Derby, Texas City ISD choirs and bands will be performing during the Youthfest. The event begins at 11 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. The duck launch will be at 3 p.m. Food and fun activities will be available throughout the day.

Stop by Sting Creek, in between the TCISD administration and St. Mary's Catholic Church on 9th Avenue, for a fun-filled family day with many chances to win prizes.

Duck Adoption papers are now on sale and can be purchased from any TCISD student, at any TCISD School, at the Simpson Education Support Center, City Hall, Texas First Bank, the TC-LM Chamber of Commerce and more.

Prizes include:

1st Place - $2,500 Visa gift card AND a Chance to Win the "Lucky Duck" Prize: A NEW $50,000 Ford Car or Truck
2nd Place - $1,500 Walmart gift card
3rd Place - $1,000 Tanger Outlet gift card
4th Place - 55" Smart HD-TV
5th Place - $750 Best Buy gift card
6th Place - $500 Academy gift card
7th Place - $400 HEB gift card
8th Place - iPhone 5s
9th Place - iPod Touch
10th Place - $100 Iguanas Ranas Cantina gift card

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Sincerely,

Melissa Tortorici

Director of Communications

Texas City ISD