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Gayle Sones from the Nacogdoches Retired Teachers Association brought books to give to each student in the second grade at Cushing Elementary to promote summer reading. Pictured with their new books are the students in Marianne Nichols' second grade class.


The Cushing Elementary Academic Excellence award was presented to students who made the Bearkat Honor Roll each six weeks and maintained a 93 or better average in all subjects for the school year. 

Congratulations to  K. Beavers, T. Pruitt, S. Brashears,  E. Hardy, K. Beavers, G. McCormack, K. Crysup, and B. Tucker and M. Tucker on their academic excellence.




Coach Nicholson and the 7th grade girls (left) and 8th grade girls (right) basketball teams show off the trophies they received after winning the 2006-07 District Championship. 

7th and 8th grade girls who participated in the 2006-07 Junior High Athletic program received a certificate of recognition at the May School Board meeting.
7th and 8th grade boys who participated in the 2006-07 Junior High Athletic program received a certificate of recognition at the May School Board meeting.
Congratulations to Softball All-District Selections:  Sara Swearingen 2nd team Pitcher, Rachel Rawlinson 2nd team infield, Sammi Jo Pruitt 1st team catcher.  Way to go Galkats!
Congratulations to the Bearkat Varsity baseball team on winning District. Under first-year head coach Ronald Cheek, the Bearkats have compiled a 20-7 overall record and a 12-0 record in District 22-A play.

First through fifth grade students competed in the Elementary Talent Show as a junior high fundraiser.  There were 14 acts altogether. 

First place went to D. Ferguson, 2nd grader, who sang a Hank Williams Jr. song a cappella. 

Second place went to C. Simmons and K. Arnold,  singing and acting out Never Underestimate a Girl.

Cl. Knoll, Ch.Knoll, K.l Branton, and B. Matlock took third place with their "Guitarzan" skit.
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Carl the Dog visited the Cushing ISD Library on Friday, May 11.  Carl is the subject of more than a dozen children's books by Alexandra Day that classes have been reading in the library with Mrs. Poskey. 

Carl and his owner, Betty Ann Taylor, entertained Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade classes.

Carl has been featured in the books "Good Dog Carl", "Carl Goes Shopping", "Carl Goes to Daycare" and many more.  Carl has his own website:  www.gooddogcarl.com
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Junior High Accelerated Readers and Texas Bluebonnet Readers who attended a trip to the Tyler Junior College campus and the Hudnall Planetarium were A. Downs, S. Feldman, B. Knight, S. McGee, S. Smelley, B. Stanley,  and R. Wells.

Congratulations to the 5th and 6th grade bands.  The bands traveled to Sandy Lake Park in Dallas Wednesday, where the combined group competed against 37 other junior high bands from across the state. 

The Bearkat Junior High Band received a 1st Division score for their performance.  This is the first time since 1999 that the Cushing Junior High Band has earned this rating.  Great Job!
The Summer Reading Program will be held in the Cushing ISD library on five consecutive Thursdays from July 5th to August 2nd, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The 2007 Academic Excellence Banquet was held on April 3rd at the Fredonia Hotel.  Students from 6th through 12th grade were honored for their academic achievements. All students maintained an average of  93 or higher in all subjects for their last three semesters. Class of 2007 students receiving the award: Christen Ivy, Candace Howell, Stacey Plunkett, Kristen Rigsby, and Aimee Trawick.

Class of 2008:  Nathan Beavers, Trent Rogers,  Sammi Jo Pruitt and Adam Berry.  Class of 2009:  Elia Ali, C.J. West, Hillary Hardy and Kayla King.  Class of 2010: Travis Adams, Ava Bass, Ian Goodwin,  Kendall Lehart, Hannah Martin, and Charlotte Pitman. Class of 2011: Stephanie Brown, Jo’Anna Davis, Shelby Gibbs, Jesse King, Carrie Langham, Colt Simmons, Brandon Whitehead, and Logan Young.  Class of 2012:  Melissa Bradshaw, Tanner Fountain, Zach Hunter, Forest Lemon,  Amanda Murdock, and Joshua Renfro. Class of 2013:  Sarafina Feldman, Codi Houchin, Collin Ivy, Breanna Knight, and Samantha McGee.    

The Cushing High School girls track team will advance to the Regional Track meet at SFA on April 27-28.  The girls finished strong at the District 21 and 22 Area Meet in Beckville. 

The 800 Meter Relay team comprised of Amber Smith, Veronica Tipps, April Smith and Bre'Anna Loftis took first place, beating their own record time.

The same four girls finished second in the 400 Meter Relay, missing first place by 0.04 seconds.

Veronica Tipps finished 2nd in the 100 meter and Bre'Anna Loftis finished 4th in the 200 meter.  Brooklee Raney finished 4th in the discus.  All runners ran their fastest times of the year.

Good luck at the Regional Meet, girls!

The Cushing Bearkat Varsity Track team recently completed the regular season at the District 22-A Track Meet in Beckville.  Jeremy Curry came home as District 22-A Pole Vault Champion with a vault of 11' 6". 

Jeremy won the Area meet on April 12th in Beckville and will represent Cushing at the Regional Meet at Stephen F. Austin University April 27-28.

Congratulations, Jeremy on your District & Area Championship!
ParentConnection - a new way to keep up with your students' grades - is now available.  CISD parents can now view their students' grades online.  Please note:  Student information will be kept private.  Parents will only be able to view the grades for students for which they have legal guardianship.  Parents will not be able to see any student's grades other than their own.  The only access will be through a private login name and password that will be provided to applicants who have been verified as legal guardians.  You can gain online access to your child's grades by completing and signing the ParentConnection form and returning it to the campus secretary.  Forms can be faxed to 936-326-4131.  Printed copies of the form are also available in the campus offices. You will receive your login information in 6-10 business days from the date you turned in the form.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact the campus principal.   (Adobe Reader is required to download the form - get it free here).
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