Posted on Dec 30, 2011 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , Education , Community
A new book club for Sugar Land reading lovers is set to hold its first monthly meeting in the area’s beautiful new state-of-the-art library.
The University Branch Library of the Fort Bend County Library debuts its monthly book club on Monday, January 9, at 1:30 pm, and will meet every second Monday of the month henceforth.
The Literacy Council of Fort Bend presents Bike the Bend for Literacy, Sunday, November 20, beginning at Foster High School in Richmond at 8 AM.
Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Fort Bend County while getting some great exercising and helping a worthy cause.
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 | Tagged in: Honors , Fort Bend , Education
Fort Bend ISD recently announced 50 students who have been chosen as semifinalists for the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program, which will award over 8,000 scholarships totaling $34 million dollars. Fort Bend ISD has one of the highest percentages of students in Texas to qualify for the semifinals.
This prestigious group of 50 students was selected from over 1.5 million other juniors in high school all across the nation. In order to qualify students must take the PSAT and have the highest scores for their state. This pool of candidates represents less that one percent of the class of 2012.
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , Events , Education
August is a crazy month for many families as they transition from the lazy days of summer to hectic Back to School schedules. For most Sugar Land families, this also means less time at home and less time to prepare healthy meals!
The good news is that your local Williams-Sonoma store, located at the First Colony Mall, has devised a plan for families on the go and is offering free technique classes each weekend this month. Class sizes are limited, so make your reservations to attend one (or all) of the classes listed below:
Posted on May 26, 2011 | Tagged in: LCISD , Education
Stephanie Richerson, a Lamar Consolidated High senior, is a uniquely talented - and now state recognized - artist. This year, at the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) Richerson’s aboriginal artwork earned her a coveted gold medal.
Over 24,000 students competed in 25 regions across the state with only 1,195 pieces making it to the state competition. The competition included a variety of artwork including oil and water paintings, sculptures, photographs and mixed media pieces.
Posted on Feb 07, 2011 | Tagged in: Sugar Land , People , Education
Emerging Leader Academy is a new program intended to provide leadership skills necessary to guide Sugar Land into the future, and has recently graduated a group of city employees.
This program focuses on management and leadership skills while providing comprehensive exposure and apprenticeship opportunities in all areas of the city’s organization.
Participants gain hands on understanding of city operations, policy/procedures, management techniques and leadership, strategic planning, accountability, budgeting, communication and collaboration.
Posted on Jan 24, 2011 | Tagged in: LCISD , Education
All-State status from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) was awarded to four Lamar Consolidated Independent School District students. The students chosen will perform at the 2011 TMEA State Conference February 9 through 12 in San Antonio.
The four students chosen were Hannah Hausler, Carolyn Castillo, Alyana Thomas and Chika Iguh. Hannah Hausler is a senior and a first time All-State selection to the Women’s choir. Carolyn Castillo is a junior and is All-State for the second time. Alyana Thomas is a junior and was chosen for All-State for the second time. Chika Iguh is a junior and was chosen for All-State for the third time. Castillo, Thomas, and Iguh are also members of the Mixed Choir.
All-State is the highest honor a Texas choir student can receive. Over 1,500 students are selected from 55,000 students during the whole competition process. The process begins throughout the state in auditions hosted by 28 TMEA regions.
Posted on Aug 06, 2010 | Tagged in: LCISD , Education
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It’s almost that time again!
The 2010 School Year is set to begin August 23 at the River Park West schools of Hutchison Elementary, Wessendorff Middle School, Lamar Junior High School, and Lamar Consolidated High School. Some early pre-year and school-year information is already available to view at several schools, and here are some of the published important dates you won’t want to forget:
Posted on Jul 27, 2010 | Tagged in: Education
July has been a great month for Lamar Consolidated High School (LCHS) scholastics.
Lamar Consolidated Students competed and won the Texas State-Level competition for the Technology Students Association (TSA) in May, qualifying 21 students to compete at the national TSA conference in Baltimore, Maryland, from June 28 to July 2, 2010. Competing at the conference against 4,300 students from all over the United States, the LCHS team achieved three 2nd place finishes and one 8th place finish.
Gregory Heugel and Grayson Clark finished 2nd in “Debating Technological Issues”, and Heugel also earned 2nd place in “Extemporaneous Speech”. As well, the team of Andrew Fails, Alise Isaksen and Mitchell Williams took 2nd place in “Scientific and Technical Visualization”, while Federico Chow finished 8th in “Transportation Modeling”.
Posted on Jul 06, 2010 | Tagged in: Education
A local art teacher, Charlene Tevis, from Wessendorff Middle School has been chosen to participate in the East-West Center’s prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program this summer. Tevis is famous for taking her stuffed Froggy on all her travels, which have included Washington, D.C. and The Great Wall of China, and bringing pictures of Froggy in these places back to her classroom to share and help educate her students on the world.
Tevis has achieved much for Wessendorff in her tenure there, including securing $60,000 in an equipment grant from Samsung that arrived on an 18-wheeler to the more than excited school.
The East-West Center is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and for the last fifty years has been dedicated to improving relations between the USA and pacific countries and educating participants in the differing cultures. Find more information on the center at EastWestCenter.org/education.
