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  School / Sports Section

Women’s Center Children are involved in Fort Bend Community Partnerships
The Fort Bend County Women’s Center is very excited about the community partnerships with ....
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Child Advocates of Fort Bend
offers one week volunteer training
Are you looking for something meaningful to do this summer
and interested in making a difference in the lives of children?
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Coaching brothers give
Sugar Creek Gators a finals win!
Gator coaches and brothers: L-R Greg Rosner, Michael Rosner,
and Matt Rosner led their team to a successful swim
season and a win at the Finals meet.

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Comprehensive sports
physicals offered at no charge
Just watching teen athletes excel in sports, it’s easy
to think they are extraordinarily healthy people.
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FBISD sets registration for
free & reduced Meals Program
Children need healthy meals to be able to focus on learning, and
Fort Bend ISD offers children healthy meals each school day.
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FCST Senior Swimmers
continue record breaking season
FCST Senior Swimmers continue their
record breaking season this summer.

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Four students receive Thoreau Scholarships
Thoreau Scholarship recipients Gabriela Acosta, Elizabeth Vasquez and Hugo Velazquez were presented with their scholarships by Valerie Tolman, chairman of the scholarship committee.
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Freestyle relay team wins
at All-Stars - sets record
First Colony Gators' Boys 15 -18 Freestyle Relay Team  won
in All-Stars and set a new Gators team record for the event.

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George Ranch High School announces
Athletic Booster Club Executive Officers
The George Ranch Longhorn Club (GRHS Athletic Booster Club) has elected Executive Board Officers.
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Graham Wheeler earns opportunity to
play with Houston Dynamo Academy
For young soccer players the road to a possible professional career begins at the Houston Dynamo Academy – the Major League Soccer club’s youth development program that is designed to identify top local prospects.
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Houston Texans and Methodist educate
high school athletes on sports safety
High school students in the Sugar Land area got an inside look into the world of sports and sports injuries from a former Houston Texans player thanks to a new sports education program.
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Local students selected to go
Texas Brigades summer program
Cullen Eversole, Clayton Gardovsky, Blake Knox, Lance Knox, Dylan Lamensky and Kent Waters of Fort Bend County will participate in the Texas Brigades program this summer.
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Master Naturalist Training
now open to applicants
The Texas Master Naturalist Program, Coastal Prairie
Chapter, is now open to applicants for the Fall 2010 program.
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Rachel Fox named Gatorade
Texas Softball Player of the Year
Pitcher Rachel Fox of Fort Bend Baptist Academy has been named the 2009-2010 Gatorade Texas High School Softball Player of the Year
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Stingrays go to All Stars
2010 Covington Woods Stingrays All Stars with Head Coach Brian Tucker, Asst. Coach "DC" Jerome Muniz, Asst. Madison Kauffman, and Asst. Coach Jessica Klipper
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SynchroStars compete in National
Synchronized Swim Championships
The First Colony SynchroStars 11-12 Team recently competed
in the Esynchro Age Group National Championships in Buffalo, NY. 

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WCJC student orientation to be held
Wharton County Junior College will host a student
orientation program called College Success-YES!...
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Boys who love music &
singing auditions ongoing
Unlike sports, there are no benchwarmers
in the Fort Bend Boys Choir.
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All Stars champs go undefeated
First Colony Gator's Open girls Madison Haan, Amanda Allen, Courtney Frederick and Cierra Cole go undefeated for the medley...
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Congratulations to New Territory
– Sets in the City
The Ladies 3.5 Tennis League has won their
division and will be going to Citywide Playoffs.

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FBISD’s Junior Student Leadership
group explores city government
Members of Fort Bend ISD’s Junior Student Leadership
Program experienced another fast-paced day of learning....
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Congratulations to FCST Zones Qualifiers
On July 26, twelve FCST swimmers will travel to Atlanta,
Georgia to compete in the Southern Zones Meet.

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History comes alive in FBISD
National History Day makes history come alive for America’s students by engaging them in the discovery of the historic, cultural and social experiences of the past. .
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Lamar National 12U All-Stars
District 18 Champs
Lamar National 12U All –Stars beat out Alvin (4-15 in 5 innings)
Monday night in Angleton to take the District 18 Title.

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Make sure early vaccinations
are on back-to-school list
Trendy new clothes and stylish school supplies may be on the
back-to-school list, but don’t forget your children’s immunizations.

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Missouri City Firefighters complete
health and fitness competition
Missouri City’s Fire and Rescue Services recently completed a week-long fitness competition that tested both their physical and culinary skills.
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Military Supply Drive draws
local swim team support
The Greatwood Geysers swim team visited the Grand Parkway
location of First Tire & Automotive to make a donation to the
store’s Military Supply Drive.
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Sugar Land’s Team to be named by….YOU!
Sugar Land’s new minor league baseball team that will play its inaugural season in 2012, announced today the process that will allow local fans to select the team name.
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Sugar Land Youth earns Eagle Scout Rank
Matthew T. Smallwood, a senior at Kempner
High School, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
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7-8 Sugar Creek Gator Boys
take the Blue Ribbon
The Sugar Creek Gators swim team swamped their opponents and won their first two meets against the Town West Tidal Waves and the Sharpstown Stingrays.
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Wharton County Junior College announces
Fall 2010 walk-in and web registration
Wharton County Junior College is currently registering for the Fall 2010 semester. Students may register now through September 1 on the web.
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CHS Stars officers hit the ground running
The 2010-2011 Clements High School Stars Dance Team Officers have hit the ground running for the upcoming school year.
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Baines Middle School make Walt
Disney World their classroom
Students from Baines Middle School of Missouri City traveled to the Walt Disney World Resort recently to take part in the Disney Youth Education Series Program (Y.E.S.) “Dynamics of Technology.”
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Century plant blooms for Troop724
Girl Scout Troop 724 (Rainbow Stars Service Unit)
recently went on a trip to San Marcos, Texas.

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Finalists named in Fort Bend ISD’s
“Celebrating Our Legacy” Quiz Bowl
Congratulations to the Quiz Bowl teams from Dulles High School and Hightower High School on being named finalists in Fort Bend ISD’s 2010 “Celebrating Our Legacy” Quiz Bowl.
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Incoming Aggies to be
treated to ice cream social
Ice cream sundaes for incoming Texas Aggies! Come meet
your Class of 2014 classmates and other Fort Bend area Aggies...

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Kevin Starnsky earns Eagle Scout award
Kevin Stransky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Stransky of
Sugar Land, was recently presented his Eagle Scout
Award at the Boy Scout Troop 1852 Court of Honor.

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LCISD students earn honors at National
Technology Students Conference
Students from Lamar Consolidated High School brought home honors
from the Technology Student Association’s National Conference.

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Mary Ellen Edge named new
principal of Austin High School
At its May 24 Board Meeting, the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees
named Mary Ellen Edge as the new principal of Austin High School.

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Missouri City students receive
awards from university
Pelham Keahey and Sarah Porter of Missouri City received
awards from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
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“No Place for Hate” rally held
Quail Valley Elementary School is tackling the problem in its own way to reduce bullying, name-calling and biased remarks on campus through a comprehensive student/administrative program.
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Schoolcraft’s Eagle Scout project completed
Corey Schoolcraft is a member of North Star District Troop 615 of the Boy Scouts of America. His father, Philip, is a member of St. Basil Council 4204 and Bishop John L. Morkovsky Assembly 2243 in Sugar Land, Texas.
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Willowridge Principal, Dr. Joe Coleman,
named finalist in 2010 H-E-B Excellence
in Education Awards Program
Dr. Joe Coleman, principal at Willowridge High School, has been named
a finalist in the 2010 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program.
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