Clear Creek ISD’s Teachers of the Year
Clear Creek ISD announced the 2023 Teachers of the Year nominees, finalists and top two winners at the traditional awards luncheon. Jennifer Ramsey from Wedgewood Elementary School was named the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Erin Quinones from Clear Creek Intermediate School was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year. Ramsey has been an […]
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 […]
Clear Creek ISD 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How Can We Foster Improved Critical Thinking?
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 critical thinking? “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character […]
The Value of Elementary School Recess
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 school recess in elementary school? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines recess as “a regularly scheduled period […]
What is the Value of Robotics Education?
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 robotics education? Robotics in education refers the blending of STEAM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) to create machines […]
Clear Creek ISD Livestock Show Raises Money for FAA
The annual Clear Creek ISD Livestock Show and Auction raised funds for the district’s FFA students and programs. The 41st Annual Clear Creek ISD Livestock Show and Auction raised more than $312,000 for high school students in the FFA program. This is the HIGHEST amount raised in program history! There were also seven individual sales […]
How do school bonds work?
Likened to a home mortgage, a voter-approved school bond allows a school district to borrow funds. The Board of Trustees authorizes bond elections, and State law grants the Board the authority to sell bonds.
