Gulf Coast Region ISDs – Houston

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Alief Students Participate in Ecobot Challenge

Three Alief ISD campuses (Kennedy, Mahanay, and Miller) participated in the CASE for Kids Ecobot Challenge. The day was filled with working on STEM activities, Gimkit (answering various questions), and judging for their coding and costumes. The All-Earth Ecobot Challenge is an innovative engineering competition that engages fourth through eighth grade students in complex problem-solving, …

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Fort Bend Students Visit with Movie Science Consultant

Students in a class at Fort Bend ISD‘s Malala Elementary received a surprise presentation from NOPE movie science consultant and marine biologist Kelsi Rutledge. Malala student Mihika P. was so inspired after hearing Rutledge give an interview on NPR ‘s Science Friday show she sent her an email. Rutledge was touched by the message and …

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Clear Creek ISD Hosts State Robotics Competition

Clear Creek ISD made history by hosting the first UIL Robotics 2023 VEX Pilot State Championship at the CCISD Robotics Event Center. The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF), is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally. For the last two seasons, CCISD …

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Friendswood Baseball Teams Continue Winning Streak

Friendswood ISD marches ahead to State Title Game! The Friendswood Mustangs intend to ride back to the State Title game this season. Only, this time they won’t plan on leaving empty-handed. Friendswood has garnered two-consecutive district titles (would have, likely, been three if not for COVID) and it doesn’t appear that trend will stop this …

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Clear Creek Students Showcase Coding Projects at The Capitol

Six Clear Springs High School students joined five other school districts from across the state for the Code @ the Capitol event in Austin presented by Computer Science for Texas (CS4TX). Janice Thomas, Mariam Aziz, Zara Siddiqi, David Corvaglia, Zaid Albustami and Caleb Lightfoot were recognized by the Texas State Legislature and had the opportunity …

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Alief Students Visit Texas Southern University

Alief ISD students visited Texas Southern University to learn about being a TSU student. 3rd & 4th graders from Alief Heflin Elementary School experienced A Day in the Life of a TSU Tiger, a community initiative of the Barbara Jordan- Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. Students participated in a mock …

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Fort Bend CTE Students Attend Law Enforcement Day

Fort Bend ISD’s Law and Public Service Program students learned firsthand from local police departments and public servants at the district’s annual Law Enforcement Day. The annual event took place at the James Reese Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center, where students representing all 11 high schools participated in a day of demonstrations and activities. …

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Student internships and externships

Student Internships and Externships

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What are student internships and externships? A student internship provides on-the-job training within an organization to learn about a given profession or …

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Leadership moments in the classroom

Classroom Leadership

Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is a classroom leadership moment? The average teacher makes around 1,500 educational decisions on an average day. That is about 4 …

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