By Betsy Dolan Philip O’Neal who has more than 25 years experience in education and athletics has been hired as the new Athletic Director for Fort Bend ISD. O’Neal, who was approved at the Board of Trustees meeting on February 13, is replacing Keith Kilgore who retired at the end of January. “I look forward [...]
Sartartia Middle School’s Advanced Drama Group will present the play, Alice, by Jerome McDonaugh on Thursday, February 23, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm; and Friday, February 24, from 7:00-8:00 pm, at the campus, 8125 Homeward Way in Sugar Land. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased on campus from Mrs. Wallace, in Room 208, or [...]
Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. collaborated with the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce and the George Foundation, to host a Youth In Philanthropy volunteer site project on Saturday, February 4, at the Council’s Stafford facility. Sixteen (16) Fort Bend County junior and senior high school students mopped, waxed, and polished floors and [...]
Fort Bend ISD lunch menus will see minimal change resulting from the recently announced new federal nutrition standards. As part of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has established new and improved nutrition standards for school lunches. Fortunately, Fort Bend ISD’s Child Nutrition Services will only need to make small [...]
A Spring Concert featuring music through the ages will be performed by the Wharton County Junior College Pioneer Band on Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Horton Foote Theatre in the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building. Admission is free. Featured music through the ages composers will be: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical music), Scott Joplin [...]
Science Fair winners shown from left to right are:1st place – Johnny K (4th grade) – Water evaporation;1st place – Morgan S (5th grade) – Cut flower life span; and 2nd place – Harakh P (5th grade) - Solar PV cell voltage.
Program to fight obesity UnitedHealth Group is collaborating with Fort Bend Independent School District on a 12-month program designed to help kids who struggle with extra weight reach healthier weights and reduce the risk of many related health concerns. JOIN for ME – a first-of-its-kind community based, whole-family program to fight childhood obesity – is [...]
Students enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB-MYP) at Missouri City Middle School have been involved in numerous activities throughout the school year to celebrate diversity and promote community service. The school hosted its second annual International Festival, “It’s a Different World: Celebrating Our Diversity,” in the fall. The event gave students the [...]
Frost Elementary School’s Verna Berry is the 2012 Assistant Principal of the Year for Region 4. She is now in the running for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association’s Assistant Principal of the Year, which is awarded in June. “She leads by example in every endeavor and consistently goes the extra mile for kids,” [...]
Fort Bend ISD will host the 2012 String Fling Concert on Thursday, February 23, at 7:00 pm at the Wheeler Field House,16403 Lexington Blvd. This event will showcase beginning orchestra students from 12 FBISD middle school campuses, including Baines, Bowie, Crockett, Dulles, First Colony, Fort Settlement, Garcia, Hodges Bend, Lake Olympia, Quail Valley, Sartartia and [...]
