State of the District 2015

Annual Report

2014 – 2015ANNUAL REPORT

FISD #1

• Friendswood Independent School District is the number one Best School District in the Houston Metro Area according to Niche K-12

Friendswood High School made the #20 spot on the list of Houston's Best

Public High Schools for 2015! Niche

Friendswood Junior High Choir4 FJH choir members participated in the Texas Choral Directors Assoc. Elementary Honor Choir in San Antonio this summer. Kate Humlicek, Emma Ryan, Anna McHenry & Alice Nguyen with teachers Carrie Hall, Laura Rachita, & Glynis David.

Brooke Humlicek & Margaret Otto had the unique opportunity to be involvd in a demonstration choir during one of the state clinician’s workshops.

Westwood Bales track record holder is Junior Olympian, AAU medalist

Matthew Kovacevich, sixth grader at FJH 3 medals, 1 gold & 2 silver

FISD, FHS winTHIRD

LONE STAR CUPMayor Kevin Holland read a proclamation about the win.

FHS teacher Annette Walter presented UTD Computer Inspiration Award

2014 Clean Air Champion

The Houston-Galveston Area Council

Recognizes

Friendswood ISD

for

Its commitment to support voluntary

Measures reducing air pollution

And promoting regional

Air quality initiatives.

Transportation Director Mike Jones

Friendswood ISD Earns State’s Highest Fiscal Accountability Rating

• FISD received a rating of “Superior Achievement” under Texas’ School FIRST financial accountability rating system. The rating system measures the quality of a school district’s financial management and reporting. The Superior Achievement rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating the quality of FISD’sfinancial management and reporting system.

National Merit Semifinalists

Five Friendswood High School seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship competition. They include Molly M. Chen, Thomas J. Chenette, Hannah Hall, Julia J. Lu, and Stephanie A. Ngo.

22 named National MeritCommended Students

FHS’ commended students consists of Andrew Adcox, Anne Balderrama, Benjamin Beck, Andrew Bynum,, Matthew Chenette, Cooper Dixon, Derek Hudson, Sean Jankowski, Rachel Jensen, Yumna Khan, Sarah Mai, Kaitlin Martin, Edward Pettit, Evan Roper, ShanikaSilva, Sam Slusky, Jonathan Snowden, Andrew Stone, Vivian Tat, Robert Todd, Olivia Williams and Westin Williams.

National Hispanic Recognition

Four Friendswood High School seniors have been named 2014-2015 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars. These include Andrew Adcox, Anne Balderrama, Bishop Lopez, and Robert Todd.

Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle Platinum Award

New Platinum Award for

financial transparency

given to only 123 districts in more

than 1050 ISDs in Texas. Second

Year for FISD to be in Leadership

Circle.

FHS Marching Band ties for 14th

at 6A Contest in San Antonio

• FHS is 14th out of 245 State HS Bands.

Mustang Band

• In the past 12 years under Greg Dick’s direction, FHS has placed more students in the All-State Band than any other school in our music region.

• FHS's 10 6A All-State band musicians number the 3rd highest of any 6A high school in Texas.

Band performs at grand opening of First Choice Emergency Room

New business donates $5000 to FHS Mighty Mustang Band.

FHS Band has 13 make Orchestra

Record breaking amount. Most of all other schools in area.

13 freshmanMustang Band members earned positions in the 9th Grade Region 17 Band. They do not play a concert; it is an honor group only.

The 13 Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors performed in the Region Orchestra concert.

Board member Montz in TASB select group for trustees

Third board member in 3 years

David Montz, DDS shown here with Anne McCausland from Frisco ISD and (middle) John Green of Nordheim ISD.

Tony Hopkins & Matt Robinson, M.D

Previous Participants

NRG-Reliant Foundation Athlete

• Sarah Redding, nominated by her coach, is one of 8 students in the Greater Houston Metroplex to receive $5000 for outstanding academics, community service, and athletic skills. This is our first time to receive this.

Wranglerettes march in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The Friendswood High School Wranglerettes enjoyed a bit of the national spotlight as they spent their holiday performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They also appeared on the NYC Today Show.

51 make Region Choir

State DAR Award

• Friendswood High School Teacher, Mrs. Dianne Hanegan, Chosen Outstanding Teacher of American History of the Year by Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution

• Outstanding Teacher of American History for 2014 by Jane Long Chapter of NSDAR

Adopt a Grant Program

167 grants sold as of 2/6/15

National Awards

• National Spanish Exam-2nd Place/Michael Fowler

• Adrian Falco: senior alto saxophone member of FHS Band won 2 major competitions

•Clear Lake Symphony Senior Concerto Competition playing Fantasia by Claude T. Smith. He will perform Fantasia on March 27, 2015, with the Clear Lake Symphony.

•First place in the American Protege International Brass and Winds competition. He was one of four that received Judges’ Distinction. He will perform in a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 21, 2015.

•Made All-State Band three times consecutively.

5 All State Choir, 3 Alternates

10 selected for All State Band

Aerospace Engineering builds underwater airlock

MARY POPPINS

• FHS Alum at Disney Theatricals helps FISD get license to present Mary Poppins

Creating an FISD Schools Museum

City presents FHS Recycling Club with Partnership Award at Board Meeting

Rodeo Art 9 pieces were taken to Houston Exhibit

Rodeo Art

Spelling Bee Winners

Windsong WinnersMarshall Prince &runner up Madison Fuhr

Cline Winner Baleigh Burtis

Westwood-Bales Winner Ryan Flick with runner up Emma Hoang and teacher Betsy Conn

FJH Winner Tonya Roysam with runner up Rohan Sunkureddi

Rohan Sunkureddi

Honor Circle Awards to FISD, Windsong

Chamber honors FISD for 75 Years of Friendswood Schools

National Champions Cheer AmericaJan. 31 & Feb 1 NRG Stadium

FHS Cheerleaders Intermediate Team wins National Championship at Cheer AmericaNovice Team: 2nd Place

Mars Rover Contest at UH

• Windsong team - First Place

• Bales teams – Second, Fourth & Fifth Places

Academic Decathlon competes in first 6A Large School Regional Contest

• 2nd place in Super Quiz and Regional Overall

• 2nd highest points in State in 6A comp.

• 48,863 points (highest in FISD AD history)

• 36 medals

Technology 2015

• Deployed 2,818 chromebooks and 390 ipads/mini.

• Increased internet bandwidth from 100 megabits per second to 300 mbps.

• From first day of school till now, average for billing is 247 mbps.

• Bandwidth biggest peak was 496 mbps.

Trish Hanks

• President of Texas Academic Decathlon for second consecutive term

• Serves on UIL Music Division Committee

• Serves on TASA Executive Committee

• Presented at TASA TASB “Alternatives to Offset Health Costs”

• Presented at TASA Midwinter with Karen Hillier

• Presented at Bay Area Schools Consortium

• Serves on Board of FISD Education Foundation

Barbara Gruener

• 2014 Rotary Service Award: FISD Teacher of the Year• May 30, 2104: Release of my book What's Under Your Cape?

SUPERHEROES of the Character Kind• Sept. 2014: Book receives a Mom's Choice Gold Award• June 2014: Joined National Character Counts! Faculty at Josephson

Institute of Ethics • June 2014: Presented workshops in Missouri and Wisconsin at their

annual Character Education conferences• June 2014: Gave Keynote Address at Character Matters conference

in San Diego• October 2014: Gave opening Keynote at 21st annual Character

Education Partnership National Forum on Character Education• Presenting in July of 2015 at Character Summit in Mexico!

Greg Dick

• In the past 12 years under Greg Dick’s direction, FHS has placed more students in the All-State Band than any other school in our music region.

• He presented at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention and The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

• He is on the Sudler Flag Committee of the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

• He serves on the School Task Force of the American Bandmasters Association.

Katy Webb- FJH

• Science Teacher Mentor (STM) through the Texas Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching (TRC). There are only 1,261 STMs in the state of Texas.

• Presented two sessions at the 2015 Annual Regional Science Teachers Conference in Galveston.

• Presented two sessions at the 8th Annual Texas Stem Conference in Austin.

Janwin Overstreet-Goode

• Currently President of the Texas Music Educators Association.

• Presented at the Texas Choral Directors Association convention in 2012, 2013, and will again this summer (2015.)

Kathy Powdrell

• Presented as one of The University Interscholastic League's One Act Play Directors Who Have Won the Most (FISD -13 times!) at Texas Educational Theatre Association Theatrefest February 1, 2015

Laura Peter

• Recently re-elected for second two-year term as secretary for TASCO, the State soccer coaches association.

Paula Jones• Presented at the state convention (TAHPERD)

for the radKIDS Program.

Meredith Wise

• Presented at TCEA 2015 and TIVA MidWinterconference 2015

• On the board of TIVA, Texas Industrial and Vocational Association as District President.

• President of an affiliate organization, AVACA, Audio Video, Arts and Communication Association.

• Chair of the Job Interview contest at the district level with SkillsUSA.

Al Tag

• State Treasurer for AVACA/TIVA

TIVA: Texas Industrial Vocational Association

AVACA: Audio Visual Arts & Communications Association

Stephen Peter

• 2014-2015 TASCO Vice President

Stacy Daugherty

• Will be presenting at the State Assessment Conference.

• Past president of the Texas Statewide Network of Assessment Professionals

• Continues to sit on the board of directors for the organization.

TO BE CONTINUED…….

Things are CLICKING in FISD! March….April….May…….