C­INSIDE CORSICANA ISD E­NEWS April 17, 2018

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Corsicana

High School

903.874.8211 Shade Boulware

Principal

Sean KaysAssociate Principal

Maria Christon

Assistant Principal

Shonna FranklinAdvanced Academics

Coordinator

John GriggsAssistant Principal

Kenya Landers

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Corsicana

Middle School

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Darla NolenPrincipal

Jason Hervey

Assistant Principal

JP JohnsonAssistant Principal

Collins

Intermediate

School

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Stephanie Howell Principal

Tim Betts

Assistant Principal

Shane HolcombAssistant Principal

Bowie

Elementary

903.872.6541

Hollye UseryInterim Principal

VOTE NOW!

Todd Jones, instructor at CHS, was nominated for the WFAA Eco­Educator Awardfor the Earth Day projects his Intro. to Welding students have done.The Earth DaySale is Saturday April 21 from 9­12pm in the teacher parking lot at CHS.

Click here to vote! You can vote every day.

Cook Wins in National Photo Contest

Congratulations to Becca Cook, Junior Editor of The Corsican! Her photos wereselected as the 1st Place and Honorable Mention winners in the Portraits for the

Jostens 2018 NATIONAL Photo Contest.

This award comes with a prize of $500.00, a photo accessory, and a display inOctober at an art gallery in New York City.

Dr. Robin CorbettInterim Assistant

Principal

Carroll

Elementary

903.872.3074

Cheryl Murdock Principal

Molly CorringtonAssistant Principal

Fannin

Elementary

903.874.3728

Karen Miller­Kopp Principal

Shelly Dyer Assistant Principal

Navarro

Elementary

903.874.1011

Debbie CottarInterim Principal

Jennifer Farmer Assistant Principal

Sam Houston

Elementary

903.874.6971

Tracey JordanPrincipal

Drane

Learning

Center

903.874.8281

Lisa WestEarly ChildhoodCoordinator

Left: Becca Cook Top Right: 1st Place, Chemistry Portrait Bottom Right: Honorable Mention, Cheerleader Portrait

Click here to check out the video announcing 1st Place winners.

JOB FAIR ­ MAY 10TH

District Track & Field Results

Courtesy photo from the Daily Sun

The boys track & field team won the district title in Jacksonville with 200 points!

Click here to read the news story.

Daily Sun Photo/Ron Farmer

The girls track & field placed fourth with 89 points! Click here to read the news story.

Way to go, Tigers!

Nutt Named Finalist inNational Merit Scholarship Program

Derek Nutt is a finalist in the National MeritScholarship Program.

Nutt, a 2017 Corsicana High School graduate, iscurrently attending Harding University inArkansas with a double major in Biochemistryand Molecular Biology.

Approximately 15,000 students have beenselected as finalists based on a number ofrigorous academic requirements. Thenationwide pool of finalists represents less than1 percent of U.S. high school seniors andincludes the highest­scoring from each state.

Beginning in March and concluding in June,7,500 finalists will be notified that they havebeen chosen to receive a Merit Scholarship.

Easter Fun!

From egg drop competitions to hunting eggs, the students had a great day!

Pens to Lens Winners

Congratulations to the Pens to Lens screen­writing contest winners from CISD!

The winning scripts are in the process of being produced and filmed. Thesewinning films will be shown at a Red Carpet Gala at the Cook Center June 6. The

program is sponsored by the Navarro Council of the Arts.

3rd Grade, 1st Place ­ Sam Houston ElementaryAllyson Ramos, Dennise Alonso, Analia Garcia

4th Grade, 1st Place ­ Sam Houston Elementary

Ava Rodriguez, Olivia Heisserman, Josue Gonzalez (not pictured GiovanniGuarmeros)

4th Grade, 2nd Place ­ Sam Houston Elementary

Kelli Boyd, Elle Marie Hintz, Sergio Palacios pictured with Brandi Moore, Libraryand Media Specialist

Corsicana High SchoolWesley Gunn, 3rd Place

Samuel Guffey, Ivan Owens, 1st Place

CMS Spring Choir Event

CMS 7th & 8th Grade performed "Songs of the British Isles" at their

Pre­UIL Choir Concert. Very impressive!

#TCC

A perfect example of what TCC (Take Care of Corsicana) is all about ­

Tyler VanCleave was assisted by Ally Aldama, senior at CHS, and Lane Dotson,student at Frost ISD, while showing his goat at the Navarro County Youth Expo.

Congratulations to VanCleave for winning Reserve Champion!

CHS Student Featured in Youth Entrepreneurs Magazine

Congratulations to CHS student Will Culloty for being featured in the monthly Youth

Entrepreneurs magazine with his custom greeting cards.

GO TIGERS!

Come support the TIGERS at their next home games! Tuesday, April 17th

6:00PM ­ Varsity Softball vs. Lindale 7:00PM ­ Varsity Baseball vs. Whitehouse

CHS Students Win State Awards from the American Veterans Association

Congratulations!

Winners of the American Veterans Association (AMVETS) Against Drug andAlcohol Abuse essay contest were announced at Corsicana High School. CHSstudents in the Higher Start program taking Sociology (for both college and high

school credit) entered the essay/poem contest with the assistance of the instructor,Sandra Willard and the AMVETS local chapter.

Claire Johnson's poem advanced to win the state competition. Jason Rivas took second place at state, and Samara Williams placed third at state,and took first place in the local competition. Johnson's entry will continue to the

national competition.

CHS Calicos Shine at National Competition

The Calicos won several awards at their recent compeition including national

champion team hip hop, national champion officer hip hop, national championsocial officers, 2nd place team open, 2nd place team contemporary, 3rd place team

pom, 3rd place officer jazz, 3rd place officer contemporary, 2nd place seniorensemble, 3rd place team, and 3rd place dance officers!

Amazing job! Congratulations, for a job well­done!

Cottar Returns to Navarro

Ms. Debbie Cottar was named Interim Principal atNavarro Elementary after Mrs. Lauren Hodge, principalsince 2015, accepted a position at Huntsville ISD.Cottar is very familiar with the campus as she wasprincipal there for 11 years. She is currently working asthe CISD Director of Bilingual ESL. Cottar has 43years of experience in education. "Ms. Hodge hasdone a wonderful job as principal and we are sad tosee her leave CISD. I feel confident that Ms. Cottar willsuccessfully assume the responsibilities of principaluntil we find a permanent replacement," said Dr. DianeFrost, superintendent of Corsicana ISD.

Go Texan Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the Go Texan scholarship recipients! For FFA: Ally Aldama,Anna York, Kieley Thompson, Lacey Herrin, Madison Pond, Anna Yates, MarquisEstrada, Corbin LeGrand, Jack Blanton, Lexi White, Isabel Robinson, Dylan White,Sheila Garcia (not pictured), Ryan Vadasy (not pictured). 4H recipient: Marissa

Davis.

CHS Academic UIL WINNERS

DISTRICT WINNERS Number Sense Team 1st Place ­

John Beck, Caden Reed, Humberto Regalado and Carson Reed

John Beck, 1st Number Sense Caden Reed, 3rd Number Sense

Accounting Team 1st Place ­

John Beck, Lauren Smith and Justin Azua

John Beck, 1st AccountingLauren Smith, 3rd Accounting

Also placing at the district level:

John Beck, 4th MathematicsVictoria Goodroe, 5th Computer Applications

Justin Azua, 5th AccountingNeal Green, 6th Current Issues

REGIONAL WINNERS

The Number Sense Team & Accounting Team competed at Regionals on

April 13 & 14 at Magnolia High School.

John Beck (pictured bottom center) will advance to the 5A StateUIL Academic Meet in Number Sense and Accounting.

Relay for Life at Bowie

Bowie Elementary showed their support for the friends, families and

loved ones who have had cancer and who are currently fighting the battle against cancer. #TCC

Future Collegiate Athlete

Jonathan Thomson will be continuing his soccer career at

Centenary College in Louisiana. Congratulations!

Williams Wins 1st Place at Art Show

Congratulations to CHS student Toviyah Williams for winning 1st place in thehigh school division at the 18th Annual Spring Art Show in the Pearce Museum at

Navarro College.

Students from around the area including seven students from CHS had artworkselected for the show ­ Addison Collins, Brooklyn Elliott, Daniel Medina, ElvisAlvares Nieto, Diamon Sabri, Anthony Versquez, and Toviyah Williams. David

Collins is the art instructor at both CHS and Navarro College. Pictured are ToviyahWilliams and David Collins.

Way to Go, Tigers!

Nelly Hernandez (pictured left) won her 3rd District Championship in a row! Enrique Ramirez and Kendra Smith (pictured top right) were District Runner­Upsand qualified for Regionals! Hannah Keltner and Hanah Bautista (pictured bottom

right) won 4th place. Congratulations!

THANK YOU!

Thank you for the generous donations from families and staff for help making

Sam Houston Elementary beautiful with new landscaping.

CHS JROTC Adopts Hwy 22

JROTC Cadets working hard cleaning up Highway 22.

FCCLA Places at State Convention

Congratulations to the FCCLA students who each placed 5th at the state convention!

Julieta Herrera, Mattie Sawyer, Jazminen Cuevas­ Chapter Service DisplayMaggie Dragoo and Avery Dechaume ­ Promote and Publicize FCCLA

Anna Hollingsworth and Hannah Carlisle ­ Chapter Service Portfolio

CISD FFA Wins Biggest Award at Houston Show

Over spring break, Corsicana ISD students and teachers competed in the Houston

Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Corsicana students from both the middle school and high school competing in theAg Mechanics Project Show, collectively won the Dr. Billy Harrell Award ofExcellence over every other FFA and 4H program including over 500 projectentries. This award represents leadership, knowledge, work ethic, teamwork,

communication and skill.

In addition to the Harrell Award, the Corsicana Middle School Ag Mechanics ShowTeam won the Grand Champion Overall for Showmanship for their Aquaponics

Lab. The team received over $12,000 in prizes. CMS team members include ZanePetty, Peyton Brown, Bradley Gruver, Christian Eastman, and Will McSpadden.

Corsicana High School studentsDylan White and Jack Blanton won first in class fortheir 16 ft. Utility Trailer. Mason Dyer and Kinden Townsend had a third place in

class their 35 ft. Multi­bale Trailer and Brendon Watkins and Andrew Benton placedsixth in class for their 12 ft. Utility Trailer.

Other students who placed at the show include CHS student Ally Aldama won 4thplace for her End of Year Essay out of 368 entries; and Junior FFA participantMaycie Walker from Bowie Elementary placed 7th in the Pig Show; and Alyssa

Walker junior FFA member from Collins Intermediate School placed 4th in her steerclass and made the sale.

The instructors at CHS are Mark Vitters, Kaitlyn Riggin and Miranda Johnson. Larry

Acock is the instructor at Corsicana Middle School.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction

Congratulations to the new inductees of The Class of 2018 Phi Theta Kappa HonorSociety! This makes a total of 78 students that have been inducted this year!

45 in the Fall & 28 this Spring.

Look at Those Smiles!

The students at Drane Learning Center enjoyed the Petting Zoo.

Challenge Accepted!

Sgt. Roger Hardie, ROTC instructor at CHS challenged his students to bring home two ormore trophies at their last drill meet of the year. If they did, he would shave his head, legs

and wear a kilt. The ROTC cadets brought home four trophies!

CONGRATULATIONS, JROTC!

Kindergarten Round­Up

Reunion Time

Is your class planning a reunion this year? Please let us know! Corsicana Education Foundation will help you share the information.

Email cef@cisd.org or call (903) 602­8133.

Mark Your Calendars

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