Cy-Fair Lifestyles & Homes April 2010
Lana Burns, a Cy-Fair High School U.S. government, economics and street law teacher,
received the Texas Council for the Social Studies High School Teacher of the
Year award at the TCSS Convention.
By winning the CFCSS Outstanding High School Teacher of the Year award in 2008,
Burns had the opportunity to submit her nomination packet to the TCSS.
The TCSS Outstanding Teacher Awards honor one elementary, one middle and one
high school teacher for outstanding teaching; contribution to the advancement
of social studies education within the school and community; and active
participation in local, state and national social studies councils.
“I am truly blessed to be honored for what I love to do,” Burns said. “My students, fellow teachers and family are the ones who should be honored. They
make teaching an enjoyable and
meaningful experience that I am blessed to be a part of.”
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital’s Neonatal Transport Team serves as a ground transport unit for area hospital
facilities that are not currently operating a neonatal intensive care unit.
The transport team, consisting of registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and
emergency medical technicians, function under the direction of the
neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners associated with Cy-Fair
Hospital
’s Women’s Health Center and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The Level III NICU at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital is equipped to
care for some of the sickest, tiniest babies who may need specialized treatment
for infections, birth defects, breathing difficulties, growth restriction, and
maternal health problems.
“In addition to extremely premature and low birth weight babies, sicker full-term
babies can be cared for in the NICU for a variety of conditions, including
anemia, jaundice, seizures, low blood sugar, or breathing difficulties,
” said Sandra Chaveleh, RN, MBA, nursing manager of Cy-Fair Hospital’s NICU.
Kandy Bond, assistant principal at Frazier Elementary School, has been named the new
principal for Reed Elementary School. Bond replaces
Leslie Thomas, who will open Rennell Elementary School in August.
Bond spent 15 years in education, 11 of those within Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. Bond
taught four years at Wesley and Smith elementary schools in Houston ISD before
coming to Cy-Fair ISD. She taught two years at Horne Elementary School, served
two years as a math helping teacher at Lieder Elementary School, and one year
as the instructional specialist at Frazier before taking her first assistant
principal position at Copeland Elementary School. She spent one year at
Copeland and three years as an assistant principal at Hairgrove Elementary
School before returning to Frazier as an assistant principal, where she served
the last two years.
Bond graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Science in
Criminology and Corrections, and received a Master of Education Administration
and Supervision from the University of Houston.
Crystal Romero-Mueller, assistant principal at Emmott Elementary School, has been named the new
principal for Fiest Elementary School. Mueller replaces
Ronda Rickett, who will retire in June.
Mueller has 15 years of educational experience, 12 of which have been invested
in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. She began her teaching career in 1995 in Deer Park
ISD before moving to Cy-Fair ISD in 1998 to teach special education at Copeland
Elementary School. In 2002 she transferred to Holbrook Elementary School as an
instructional specialist, serving one year before being promoted to her current
role at Emmott, where she has served six years.
Gina Guidry, an assistant principal at Sheridan Elementary School, has been named the
principal of Sheridan. Guidry replaces
Anne Wilcox, who will open Emery Elementary School in August.
Guidry has spent 27 years in education, 26 of those within Cypress-Fairbanks
ISD. She began her career as a teacher in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, for one
year before coming to Lieder Elementary School, where she taught six years
before serving one year as an assistant principal. She then was named an
assistant principal at Sheridan, where she has been the last 19 years.
Guidry received her Bachelor of Science from Stephen F. Austin State University
with a major in elementary education and received her Master of Arts in
Education from SFASU.
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Capital Farm Credit
Sharing earnings with customers is part of the cooperative way of business.
Capital Farm Credit is proud to uphold the cooperative principles and continue
this practice. As the state
’s largest rural lending co-op, Capital Farm Credit is owned by its
customer-stockholders and is proud to share its success with them through its
patronage program. More than $300 million has been returned to Capital Farm
Credit customers since 1997.
Patronage payments help lower the effective interest rate paid by customers, and
prove why it pays to do business with a cooperative like Capital Farm Credit.
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The Cy-Fair Lifestyles & Homes features homes, people and upscale lifestyles.
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