East Montgomery County Improvement District $1,000 Scholarship All graduating seniors are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. If you attend a North Harris Montgomery Community College District campus, go to the Financial aid office at that campus to apply and the college will invoice EMCID directly. If you will be attending any other college, university or accred- ited technical school, you will need to send us the following information: *Copy of high school transcript *Copy of enrollment documentation *Copy of a paid receipt up to $1,000 *Drop rate information for that institution Please include your permanent mailing address and phone number. “EMCID Changing the Shape of East Montgomery County For Progress” 21575 U.S. Hwy 59 N. Suite 200, New Caney, TX 77357 281.354.4419 January, 2009 New Caney High School 21650 Loop 494 77357 WINGSPAN Young people love tech- nology. They surround them- selves with it all the time and are hardly away from it. At first glance you might think they couldn’t live without it. Students are seen with iPods, BlackBerrys, and laptops walking around school. The new Porter High School Principal Ken Hodgkins wants the new school to incorpo- rate technology, like the Tri- Caster, a device used to stream Technology Plans For Porter High School By Spencer McAdams They came, they saw, and they defeated. New Caney High School took no prisoners at the UIL competition. At the first UIL competi- tion, several New Caney students loaded up on the bus and traveled to Hamshire-Fannett, where they competed in a variety of UIL sub- jects. Computer applications man- aged to crush their opponents, placing in first by Olivia Milkovic. “I’m ecstatic!” Olivia said, “This is my first time ever coming here. Nobody thought I would win but I did.” But Olivia was not the only victor at the tournament. Her fellow teammates also placed; third by Danny Cuevas, and fourth by Rachele Daniel. “I couldn’t be prouder,” the computer applications teacher, Deitra O’Neill said, “It absolutely brought tears to my eyes when I realized how well they had all per- formed.” Science competitors ex- celled as well. Alex Rodriguez won not one but two awards; sec- ond in science overall, and first in biology and his teammate and brother, Luis Rodriguez placing in second in biology. Their science team, con- sisting of both of the Rodriguez brothers, Eric Bush and Devon Howard became champions steal- ing second place from the other participants. “I think we have a chance of actually going to area,” Alex said. Even the math contestants fared favorably well. Bush deliv- ered three spots in the winner’s circle, sixth place in number sense, fifth place in calculator applications, and fourth place in math overall. The next UIL competition is scheduled for February 7. Computer Applications wins big By Megan Arnold Academic Decathlon team members (above) qualified for state. See story on page two. video and audio onto the internet. T h e Tri-Caster be- ing used by many churches and commer- cial ventures could place Porter High School on the cutting edge of education tech- nology. “Basically we are moving from the age of industrialization to the age of technology,” Mr. Hodgkinson said, “We need to be on the cutting edge as a high school.” Mr. Hodgkinson hopes to use Tri-Caster to stream video of sporting and community events onto the internet where they can be watched anywhere in the world. UIL Computer Applications team (left) has been winning big. Principal Ken Hodgkins
The January Wingspan takes a look at the new Porter High School Principal, Academic Decathlon, UIL, and other school activities. The editor is Spencer McAdams.
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East Montgomery CountyImprovement District
$1,000 Scholarship
All graduating seniors are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship. Ifyou attend a North Harris Montgomery Community CollegeDistrict campus, go to the Financial aid office at that campus
to apply and the college will invoice EMCID directly.
If you will be attending any other college, university or accred-ited technical school, you will need to send us the following
information:
*Copy of high school transcript*Copy of enrollment documentation*Copy of a paid receipt up to $1,000
*Drop rate information for that institutionPlease include your permanent mailing address and phone
number.
“EMCID Changing the Shape of East Montgomery CountyFor Progress”
21575 U.S. Hwy 59 N. Suite 200, New Caney, TX 77357281.354.4419
January, 2009New Caney High School 21650 Loop 494 77357
WINGSPAN
Young people love tech-
nology. They surround them-
selves with it all the time and are
hardly away from it. At first
glance you might think they
couldn’t live without it.
Students are seen with
iPods, BlackBerrys, and laptops
walking around school.
The new Porter High
School Principal Ken Hodgkins
wants the new school to incorpo-
rate technology, like the Tri-
Caster, a device used to stream
Technology
Plans For
Porter High
SchoolBy Spencer McAdams
They came, they saw, and
they defeated. New Caney High
School took no prisoners at the
UIL competition.
At the first UIL competi-
tion, several New Caney students
loaded up on the bus and traveled
to Hamshire-Fannett, where they
competed in a variety of UIL sub-
jects. Computer applications man-
aged to crush their opponents,
placing in first by Olivia
Milkovic.
“I’m ecstatic!” Olivia
said, “This is my first time ever
coming here. Nobody thought I
would win but I did.”
But Olivia was not the
only victor at the tournament. Her
fellow teammates also placed;
third by Danny Cuevas, and
fourth by Rachele Daniel.
“I couldn’t be prouder,”
the computer applications teacher,
Deitra O’Neill said, “It absolutely
brought tears to my eyes when I
realized how well they had all per-
formed.”
Science competitors ex-
celled as well. Alex Rodriguez
won not one but two awards; sec-
ond in science overall, and first
in biology and his teammate and
brother, Luis Rodriguez placing in
second in biology.
Their science team, con-
sisting of both of the Rodriguez
brothers, Eric Bush and Devon
Howard became champions steal-
ing second place from the other
participants.
“I think we have a chance
of actually going to area,” Alex
said.
Even the math contestants
fared favorably well. Bush deliv-
ered three spots in the winner’s
circle, sixth place in number
sense, fifth place in calculator
applications, and fourth place in
math overall.
The next UIL competition is
scheduled for February 7.
Computer Applications wins bigBy Megan Arnold
Academic Decathlon team members (above) qualified for state. See
story on page two.
video and audio
onto the
internet.
T h e
Tri-Caster be-
ing used by
many churches
and commer-
cial ventures
could place
Porter High
School on the
cutting edge of
education tech-
nology.
“Basically we are moving
from the age of industrialization
to the age of technology,” Mr.
Hodgkinson said, “We need to be
on the cutting edge as a high
school.”
Mr. Hodgkinson hopes to
use Tri-Caster to stream video of
sporting and community events
onto the internet where they can
be watched anywhere in the
world.
UIL Computer
Applications
team (left) has
been winning
big.
Principal Ken
Hodgkins
By Torrie Adams
The election was not
about race, people who always
bring up race just contradict
themselves over being “color-
blind”. As the old saying goes it
depends on what he can bring to
the table and what can Obama
bring? He has lack of political
experience, ideas similar to
socialism, and no military
experience.
Now onto the paying for
the school lunch issue. Unfortu-
nately, the free food for every-
one, hurts everyone. The world
runs on hard, cold cash, that’s
the way it has always been and
most likely that will never
change. The reality is there are
thousands of people who don’t
eat all day in America. Some of
them receive Medicaid, others
don’t. People need to realize the
state and federal government
can only feed so many.
Now, onto the “Bailout
is Bad News”. It does have a
few good things about it if you
This that or other
New TennisCourtsby Courtney NashSports Writer
The New Caney High Schooltennis team started the new year with abang. The team was gifted with newlyrefurbished tennis courts to begin the2009 spring season.
The courts were in desperateneed of repairs due to age and winddamage caused by hurricane Ike. Therenovations included brand new fencingwith windscreens, re-leveling, re-
surfacing, and fresh coats of paint.“I’m excited about the new
courts! I can’t wait to see what greatthings will come of them,” said varsityplayer, Megan Chappell. The team isenthusiastic about the updates.
“The new courts will allowplayers to hit the ball solid and notmake as many mistakes.” CoachThomas Lowe said he expects to seechanges in the performance of theplayers.
The team has high hopes fornext year as they plan to host a fewtournaments to show off the renewedcourts. So far the tennis team has takenpart in one tournament in Liberty.
Matt MillerReporter
On Jan. 30th, at Nimitz High
School, schools from all around gathered
to compete in the Regional Academic
Decathlon. Subjects included social
studies, English, mathematics, science,
art, music, and even economics. The
New Caney High School AcDec Team
qualified for the State Competition (13th
year in a row).
The New Caney AcDec team
was composed of many of the brightest
students of New Caney High, which
included Gilberto Ramirez, Sarah
Vickery, Edgar Garcia, Justin Wilson,
Tanya Domingez, Rachel Sims, Jonah
Wilson, and Trent Lawrence. The
Coaches of the team were Jim Moore,
Lauri Stephenson, Elaine Smith,
Courtney Ieva, and Eric Russell.
New Caney won both of the
team events over the entire 24-team field
in the “Super Quiz” category which, this
year, focused on evolutionary biology.
Every member of the New Caney AcDec
team earned gold medals in these two
categories.
Sims, Wilson, and Lawrence of
Academic Decathlon
qualifies for state thir-
teenth year in a rowthe Varsity, or C student division, posted