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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The Keenan family is spreading the holiday cheer throughout the campus and throughout the community. This past weekend, several KES staff members were spotted volunteering at the Annual Montgomery Cookie Walk. Keenan was honored to have the Big man himself and his sweet wife spend time with our staff and students for photo opportunities. The KES PTO sponsored ‘Pictures with Santa’.

Keenan Elementary By: Kim Wunderlich

2017 – 2018 School Year December 07 – December 12, 2017

Stewart Creek Elementary By: Elaine Clevenger

Sweets with Santa was a great success on Friday night at SCE. Students wrote letters to Santa and made Christmas crafts. There was also hot cocoa and cookies and plenty of gift shopping in the Reindeer Lane Gift Shop at the event. The Treble Makers Choir entertained the crowd with an old fashioned sing along for families to enjoy. Santa came for a visit and many Christmas wishes were shared. It was a fun family night to celebrate the holiday season. Thank you to SCE staff and PTA for making this Christmas event such fun!!

It was a fun family night to celebrate the holiday season. Thank you to SCE

staff and PTA for making this Christmas event such fun!!

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Lining the Language Arts hall at Oak Hills are life size characters that the students in Ms. Tyler's and Ms. Gentry's 6th Grade ELA classes created after reading the novel, Among the Hidden. Student groups were required to copy text evidence from the book that revealed important details about the characters and come up with two "props" their character would use.

Many thanks go to McCoy’s Building Supply in Montgomery for donating picnic table kits to the MES 4th Grade Wood Working E-tracks, under the guidance of Sarah Wieghat and Buddy Hodges. The students worked hard the last nine weeks; reading building plans, using hand and power tools, and collaborating together to successfully build three picnic tables. The picnic tables are now available for students and teachers to use as an outdoor classroom. After finishing the picnic tables, students began work on pallet art and look forward to displaying their work at their E-tracks Showcase. The Wood Working Group consisted of Lucas Scogin, Lane Miers, David Troyer, Charles Villarreal, Addison Muncherjee, Matthew May, Kyle Gay, Logan Anderson, Sage Houser, Bradly Silvas, Hannah Sifuentes, and Aby Lehmann.

Montgomery Elementary By: Denise Ansley

Oak Hills Junior High By: Shannon Sedoff

Montgomery Junior High By: Tracey Hooton

MJH has five incredible choirs in which students can participate: 6th Grade Girls, 6th Grade Boys, Bella Voce Women, Concert Women, and Men's Choir. These talented MJH students along with their director’s Mr. Bansuelo and Mrs. Allcorn recently performed at the Veterans Day program as well as their Christmas concerts this week. MJH Choirs have a long history of first division ratings at UIL Concert and Sightreading Contest. They have also won the Space City Showcase of Music Overall Outstanding Award and Outstanding in Class awards several times. “We love to sing and we love to share our music!” said Mr. Bansuelo and that is clearly evident anytime you hear a Montgomery Choir!

Our 8th Grade Science students have been comparing and learning the differences between speed, velocity, and acceleration this week. Mrs. McFadden's students are experimenting and testing how the height of a ramp impacts velocity. Our 7th Grade Science students are learning about the Laws of Motion. Coach Rice (AKA Sensei) demonstrated these laws by doing a little board breaking and laying on a bed of nails! The students were thrilled and captivated by his martial arts science expertise.

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Lone Star Elementary By: Elisa Krug

Madeley Ranch Elementary By: Kelly Lowe

We would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding performance at the District U.I.L Competition last night. We are so proud of all of our students that competed! We will recognize all students that competed and those that placed in U.I.L next week on the Morning Announcements.

Montgomery High School By: Kate Whittaker

In the 50 freestyle, Woodard placed third. Watson took second in the 100 free with Woodard taking fourth. Seabolt took the silver medal in the 100 butterfly. Woodard, Watson, Hermes and Will Kennemer won bronze in the 200 freestyle relay. Seabolt was third in 100 backstroke and Parks, Watson, Seabolt and Kennemer won silver in the 400 free relay.

The MHS Swim team had an outstanding showing at the Spring Branch Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 9th. The girl’s team took 2nd place with Valerie Brilanti, Morgan Whitaker, Kelli Curington and Jolie Daspit taking gold in the 200 medley relay, and Brilanti, Haley Nelson, Curington and Daspit placing first in 200 free relay. Daspit took first place in the 50 freestyle followed closely by Curington in second. Daspit also took gold in the 100 freestyle. Anisa Nelson earned bronze in the 200 freestyle. Curington was the silver medalist in the 500 freestyle. Whitaker won the gold medal in 200 Individual Medley and the bronze in 100 breaststroke. The boys placed third with Peyton Parks, Tucker Hermes, Daniel Seabolt, and Rip Woodard taking bronze in the 200 medley relay. Harris Watson took second place in the 200 freestyle.

District U.I.L Competition 2017 2nd Grade Chess Puzzle

Forest Hastings - 1st Place 3rd Grade Chess Puzzle Lance Ehlers - 3rd Place

Aspen Howell - 6th Place 4th Grade Chess Puzzle Brode Clark - 3rd Place

Preston Williams - 4th Place 5th Grade Chess Puzzle

Cameron Miller - 3rd Place Creative Writing

Mason Lancaster - 1st Place Abbie Cobb - 3rd Place

Elina McMahon - 6th Place Number Sense

Brayden Harris - 3rd Place Brady Bains - 4th Place

Dhevan Patel - 5th Place 4th Grade Oral Reading Eyan Staels - 1st Place

Sophia Zarada - 6th Place 5th Grade Oral Reading

Hannah Irving - 2nd Place Joey Rizzo - 6th Place

3rd Grade Ready Writing Emma Arrowsmith - 1st Place

Ansley Bull - 4th Place 4th Grade Ready Writing

Daly Gollofon 5th Grade Ready Writing

Carly Corn - 4th Place 4th Grade Spelling

Campbell Owens - 5th Place 5th Grade Spelling

Adam Nunez - 2nd Place Caden Lancaster - 5th Place

Christmas Angels are everywhere at Lone Star! Students, staff, and community members have all been busy shopping for our Angel Tree program recipients. With the open hearts and donations of many, this year's Angel Tree program will be a blessing to many of our own. Every 5th grade class has even volunteered to adopt a local Angel Tree family in lieu of receiving gifts at their own class party! Special thanks to them, April Sound church and golf club, LSE PTA, MISD Blue Santa, and also shown here, these very giving ladies at United Methodist Church-Woodforest.