Fort Bend Independent School District: Scoop From The Supe

Sugar Land TX

31 March, 2022

6:40 PM

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Press release from Fort Bend Independent School District: March 30, 2022 Hello Everyone, It was standing room only at Monday night's Regular Board Meeting because we had so many outstanding students and staff present who were recognized for their exceptional achievements. Congratulations, you make all of us very proud! And thank you Commonwealth Elementary students for kicking off the meeting with your beautiful rendition of the National Anthem! Visual Arts Student Achievements During National Youth Art Month, FBISD schools proudly displayed student artwork on each campus throughout the month of March. Our student art was also on display in District facilities and in various community locations like the Sugar Land Airport and Sugar Land City Hall. I hope you were able to enjoy viewing it. At Monday evening's meeting, we recognized all FBISD students and teachers who earned honors at the Houston Rodeo Art Show. A total of 17 FBISD student works were selected for auction. The students attend Austin High School where they are taught by Nancy Dunlevy and Shehla Sheikh, Clements High School where they are taught by Kelly Chen, Elkins High School where they are taught by Ryan Morales, and Ridge Point Hight School where they are taught by Laura Angeles. Ridge Point Students Selected as State Thespian Leaders Congratulations to Ridge Point High School students Talya Hammerman and Katie Bland who have been selected by their peers from around the state to serve as officers in the Texas Thespian organization. Well done! Students Headed to National Distributive Education Clubs of America Competition (DECA) Students from FBISD's Business, Marketing, and Finance CTE programs competed recently with 4,000 other Texas students at the DECA State Career and Development Conference and have qualified to move on to the national competition. The students took exams, researched, prepared presentations, and participated in on-the-spot role-play activities to advance. We wish them well as they continue in the DECA competition. Austin High School Amynkhan Hashim, Nimishi Khiantani, Sheyan Lalmohammed, Aim Varma Clements High School Reeba Abraham, Iayan Ali, Ausum Ali, Trisha Botcha, Rohith Chemitiganti, Anish Cheraku, Karthik Chitta, Ariya Datta, Adit Dayal, Ronit Dhawan, Dev Dhruva, Michael Frenkel, Sriram Gaddam, Saloni Gajwani, Nishil Gandhi, Sheena Gupta, Angelina Hu, Anuhya Juturi, Riyan Khoja, Selina Lam, Matthew Li, Lyle Link, Alishan Lokhandwalla, Saif Maredia, Mahira Mathur, Neha Matlapudi, Aryan Mehta, Nikhil Mehta, Mohammed Memon, Sanjana Mittal, Kent Nguyen, Sai Panthangani, Aidan Paradise, Rohan Parikh, Kavi Patel, Dylan Pham, Francesca Pientropinto, Samyuktha Prabu, Riyan Prasla, Kishlaya Rastogi, Tanya Ratnani, Shaurya Saini, Jash Shah, Sudarshan Varadarajan, Dev Vijay, Mukil Vivek, Faris Younes, Jack Zhang Dulles High School Sriya Chippalthurty, Hannah Chu, Nitya Pakala, Ashley Kurian, Zanir Pirani, Zishan Pirani, Abhitej Devireddy, Riya Gupta, Aditya Shah, Zion Alexander, Connor Hendrie, Da'Vine Yancy, David Yancy, Jeffrey Tomy, John Vasquez, Kernell Durand Travis High School Anjali Narayanan, Kais Ali, Mirsab Ali, Mahir Maknojia, Trisha Gurnani, Tina Tran, Kelly Chang, Jami Spriggs, Cammi Tran Crockett Middle School Teacher is H-E-B Excellence Finalist Crockett Middle School's Project Lead the Way/STEM teacher Richard Embrick is a finalist in the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards "Leadership" category for teachers with 10 to 20 years of experience in the classroom. In 2013, Embrick opened the first STEM classroom at Crockett with no funding. He will travel to Austin at the end of April to attend the awards ceremony where the winners will be announced. Two FBISD Counselors Earn Excellence Awards Two Fort Bend ISD counselors have earned the Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) Award. They are Karen Powell from Mission West Elementary and Missy Masters from Cornerstone Elementary. The CREST award recognizes counseling programs that demonstrate effective counseling programs the emphasize a commitment to obtaining results that boost achievement and wellness for our students. Colony Bend ES Assistant Principal Wins State Award Colony Bend Elementary School Assistant Principal Shweta Khade has been awarded a 2022 Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Award for her leadership and outstanding service. Ms. Khade collaborates with principals and supervisors throughout the state to positively impact student outcomes. FBISD Elementary Music Program Receives National Endorsement This press release was produced by Fort Bend Independent School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.