Sw Wire Dec 2007.pdf - Southwest ISD
Sw Wire Dec 2007.pdf - Southwest ISD
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Page 6 SouthweSt wire Fall 2007<br />
NASCAR Driver Terry Cook Visits Career Tech Center<br />
Toyota-sponsored NASCAR driver Terry Cook was brought to the High School Career Tech classes that focus on automotive<br />
interests by Toyota Texas in late October. Cook spoke to the students about a Driver’s role and the education, skills, work ethic,<br />
and dedication it takes to be a driver and a part of the team for NASCAR. Being a team player and developing good relationships<br />
were also stressed as attributes for success in the world after<br />
high school. After talking with students, he autographed posters<br />
of the 2007 NASCAR Toyota Tundra Truck series.<br />
Terry Cook began his career in the NCTS a little over a decade<br />
ago and has earned himself a place among NASCAR’s<br />
top competitors posting six wins, seven poles, 26 top-five and<br />
90 top-10 finishes. Cook also holds the record for the most<br />
consecutive starts in the NCTS beating out previous record<br />
holder Rick Crawford (210) with 222 starts.<br />
At the close of the 2006 season, Terry Cook secured one win<br />
at Kansas Speedway and an eighth place standing in the overall<br />
driver point<br />
Cynthia Sanchez and 1st Place quilt<br />
standings<br />
Library Notes<br />
At McAuliffe Jr. High, Mrs. Rendon’s 7 th grade Reading classes learned about<br />
“Día de los Muertos”, a three-day Mexican holiday honoring and celebrating<br />
loved ones who have died beginning on October 31 through November 2.<br />
McAuliffe students wrote letters to deceased family members and/or friends.<br />
A cultural display was on exhibit in the library through November 5th. At<br />
Scobee Jr. High, librarian Ellen M. Ramon completed library orientation for all<br />
7 th Graders (460+ students) with orientation for new students scheduled<br />
throughout the year. Increased usage of the library through class rotations<br />
and walk-ins is reflected in the circulation statistics with combined checkouts<br />
for September and October of nearly 3,000 books. A well-rounded collection of<br />
magazines, newspapers, reference materials, Destiny OPAC (online public<br />
access card catalog), K-12 online databases are available in the library. A Fall<br />
Book Fair in November with a Parent’s Night to allow the community the<br />
opportunity to visit, select and purchase materials for leisure reading, as well<br />
as instructional reading. At McNair 6 th Grade Campus, the library has beautiful<br />
Mars rovers on display. Enrique Guerra’s art students constructed the rovers,<br />
small, unmanned robotic vehicles used for exploration of the planet Mars. It<br />
took the students seven days to construct them. Mr. Guerra’s students received<br />
prior information before starting projects and based their art work using the<br />
information and their imagination to continue the central theme for the year<br />
that “art is about ideas.”At Big Country, students in Grades 3-5 participated in<br />
the Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) reading program, established in 1979 to<br />
“encourage Texas children to read more books, explore a variety of current<br />
books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books”.<br />
Under Mrs. Ince’s guidance, students will read a minimum of five books from<br />
the current master TBA list before they may vote for their favorite title. If you<br />
want to see the master list with a short synopsis of this year’s titles, please go<br />
the following link: http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/nominees.html.The author<br />
of the book receiving the most votes statewide is declared the winner of the<br />
Texas Bluebonnet Award. At the TLA annual conference, ten children, selected<br />
randomly, who participated in the reading and voting, will present the author<br />
with the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Sun Valley K-2 nd students viewed a<br />
Halloween puppet show on “Trick or Treating” safety. Third grade students<br />
saw the McGruff Halloween safety video and made good use of the Biography<br />
and Reference sections to complete projects on famous people.<br />
Dragon Football Team:<br />
11-0 and Bi-District Champs!<br />
After a wet start, the football team finally<br />
came home to play in late September for<br />
Parents’ Night. The Athletic Booster Club<br />
sponsored “White Shirt Day” and had<br />
white T-shirts made for those unprepared<br />
to dress accordingly! Featuring an SW on<br />
the front, the back was printed with “D-<br />
Boys are Back Home!”<br />
The Dragon Football Team was named as<br />
District Champs after garnering a perfect<br />
record of 10-0 and went on to become the<br />
Bi-District champs.<br />
<strong>Southwest</strong> <strong>ISD</strong> Chief of<br />
Police Ed Vasquez shows off<br />
updated uniforms including<br />
new patch for the Dragon<br />
Security team