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National Champions
Congratulations to
the 13-14 year-old Cushing Girls’ Little
Dribblers team on winning the 2006-07 National Championship in Levelland.
The team took first
place in the
Pineywoods Tournament in Lufkin and took second place at the Cayuga
Regional Tournament and then advanced to play in the National
Tournament on April 4th-7th. Team members include: Brittany
Barron,
Shanell Tutt, Jesse King, Krystal Barrett, JoAnna Davis, Savannah
Martin, Ashley Bishop, Hailey Wallace, Danielle Crawford, and Amanda
Murdock. Coaches are John Barron, Tim Martin (not shown), and
Thomas
Kerss. Way to go, girls!
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Cushing
first and
second grade classes took a field trip on Friday March 23rd to
see a rodeo exhibit put on by the PRCA at the Nacogdoches Expo Center.
All students received a free ticket to attend the rodeo. After seeing
barrel racing and calf roping, the classes toured the stock show. After
leaving the Expo Center, students stopped by Pecan Park for a picnic
before concluding the field trip with a tour of SFA’s arboretum and
azalea trails.
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Pre-K through 5th grade enjoyed a visit
from Nacogdoches Firemen Anthony Cruz and Stephen Arreguin on Thursday,
March 29. The firemen brought a fire truck from Angelina College that
is used to train students attending the Fire Academy. Mr. Cruz and Mr.
Arreguin covered fire safety tips with the students and demonstrated
the use of special equipment and gear used by fire fighters. Some of
the teachers even donned the special fire-fighting gear and
practiced spraying water with the fire hose. More photos>
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| Cushing Boys
Basketball team members chosen for the 2006-2007 District 20
All-District team include Jacob McGinnis - Co-Offensive MVP, 1st
Team, Nick Halliburton - 1st Team, Justin Doles - Honorable Mention,
Daric Egan - Honorable Mention and Adam Berry - Honorable Mention. |
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132 fith, sixth, seventh and eighth
graders recently competed in the Cushing Middle School Science
Fair. Students had 12
weeks to prepare their presentations. After researching and
selecting their topic, students had to create an exhibit which included
a statement of purpose, a prediction (hypothesis that can be tested), a
data graph or chart showing the experiment's results, and a
conclusion. There were two divisions: 5th-6th Grade and
7th-8th Grade, with first, second and third place winners in each
division.
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Mr.
Dee’s Chemistry students visited the lab to learn about decomposition
reactions. They set up an experiment
using hydrogen peroxide and learned about measurement techniques and
lab
safety. At left, Adam, C.J. and Jake watch their experiment
unfold.
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Students had some hands-on learning
in Scott Dee’s high school Physics class. In “Crash Test
Dummies”, students had to construct a vehicle that could
transport and protect its passengers (two large grade A eggs) as they
travel down an inclined ramp, across a length of floor and crash into a
concrete wall. The winning vehicle was determined by mass,
length, and velocity; faster, lighter, and smaller vehicles received
the highest scores. Vehicles had to be constructed exclusively
from wood and paper, except for the wheels and axles. The
“passengers” were secured in the vehicles with seatbelts (lengths of
string). Mr. Dee is happy to report that a number of the
passengers survived the trip down the ramp, owing to the ingenuity of
their car makers.
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Cushing
Elementary students donated a total of $901.21 for the Avery Arnold
penny drive. Avery is a Douglass ISD first grader who has recently
been diagnosed with cancer. Mrs. Marianne Nichols' second grade
class donated the most with a total of $108.00. They will be treated to
pizza by elementary principal Melanie Pettit for bringing in the most
money. Other class totals are: Pre-K
$75.79, Kinney's kindergarten
$9.74, Martin's kindergarten
$37.92, Parker's 1st grade
$49.94, McCormack's 1st grade
$64.10, Beard's 2nd grade
$77.70, Nunn's 3rd grade
$83.78, Goldsberry's 3rd
grade $67.75, Minix's 4th
grade $72.96, Emanis' 4th
grade $89.15, Ivy's 5th grade
$98.98, and Cruz's 5th grade
$63.69.
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Nine
Bearkat Band members went on the
prowl Friday at the UIL Solo Competition in Nacogdoches.
J. King,
C. Pitman, and S. Thornton all scored ones on their solos. K.
Rigsby scored a one on her solo and will join S. Thornton (who
qualified for state twirling in the fall) at the all-state competition
in San Marcus in May. Pictured at left are B. Whitehead, C.
Pitman, C. Langham, T. Ross, K. Rigsby, L. Gallegos, S. Thornton, I.
Goodwin, and J. King. Congratulations to all of the soloists!
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Cushing Librarian Valori Poskey serves
cake at the Texas Bluebonnet Book voting party she hosted for
students. 104 students read 5 or more books, qualifying to vote
for their favorite book in the statewide Bluebonnet Book
election. Special congratulations to the nine students who read
all 20 books!
(student list)
The Texas
Bluebonnet Award reading program was established to encourage Texas children
to read
more books, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of
discrimination,
and identify their favorite books.
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High school students in Shelia
Beddingfield's Algebra I class use interactive skill-building software
to reinforce their math skills in the computer lab. When an
assignment is completed the software will analyze the student's answers
and then advance the student or begin remediation activities based on
the results. Reports generated by the software help the teacher
check student skill levels and pinpoint areas where more instruction is
needed.
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Eighteen students from Cushing Elementary
recently attended a Theatreworks USA production of Junie B. Jones presented by College
of Fine Arts & Children's Performing Arts Series. The play
was held at the Stephen F. Austin University's W.M. Turner Auditorium.
Students who attended were chosen for their interest and achievement in
reading the Junie B. Jones series, whose hilarious adventures have
followed Junie B. through kindergarten and on to first grade. The trip
was organized by Valori Poskey, Cushing School librarian.
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Cushing Junior
High took "Best of UIL" in the District 22A One-Act Play
competition held at New Summerfield High School on Saturday, December
2nd. Kathleen Dawson and Linda Sides directed students performing
in the play "Hopes and Words and Ordinary Things" by Ronald
Burke. Members of the cast included M. Davis, K. Perry, N.
Johnson, C. Langham, A. Laurent, R. Halliburton, J. Renfro, B.
Vardeman, B. Whitehead, A. Bishop, and C. Mahan. The stage crew
members were M. Smith, M. Bradshaw and K. Moses. A. Bishop was chosen for All-Star Cast and
actors B.
Vardeman and C. Langham were awarded Honorable Mention All-Star
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Cushing Athletic Director, Cory Spivey
(left) is shown presenting award plaques commemorating the CHS girls
track team's accomplishments. Shown at left are Bre'Anna
Loftis, April Smith, Veronica Tipps, and Amber Smith, members of
the Cushing girls track team who were U.I.L State Finalists in 2005 and
2006. Not shown are team members Taja Polk and Kayla Lawson, both
of whom graduated in 2006. The plaques will be placed in the CISD
trophy case in the hallway outside the Cushing High School gym.
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 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.
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The Cushing
Athletic Booster Club will meet every Monday at 6:30 pm in the
school
cafeteria.
There will be a short meeting followed by a viewing of Friday night's
game. Booster Club financial reports will be given on the second
Monday of each month. Parents, grandparents, relatives
and friends are encouraged to attend and show their support for our
athletes.
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