School Choirs to Perform at TMEA Conference - The Cook Middle School Advanced Girls Choir and the Yeager Elementary School
Honor Choir were both selected to perform at the Texas Music Educators
Association
Convention in San Antonio in February 2010.
The Cook Middle School Advanced Girls Choir is directed by Mica Kolb and Stefanie Stephens.
According to Larry Matysiak, director of secondary music, each group submitted recordings of the last two
years and were judged by some of the most outstanding music educators in the
state.
The Yeager Honor Choir is a non-auditioned fifth-grade choir. Lisa Trewin, the Yeager music teacher, has conducted the choir since 2004.
“Although the district has had a variety of secondary groups selected to perform
at TMEA conferences in past years, in my 21 years with the district, the Yeager
Honor Choir is the only elementary choir to perform at the event,
” said Loretta Bourn, coordinator for elementary physical education, health, music and theater arts.
Cy-Fair ISD Named Largest ‘Recognized’ School District for Second Year - Cypress-Fairbanks ISD earned “Recognized” status for the second consecutive school year, according to the Texas Education
Agency
’s annual accountability ratings.
A small percentage of Texas public school districts achieve “Exemplary” or “Recognized” status each year—the highest two performance brackets measured by the TEA. Cy-Fair ISD was a “Recognized” district for six consecutive years from 1999-2004, again in 2008 and currently
in
2009.
Campus performance has risen steadily throughout the last three years of TEA
accountability ratings. This year, 63 out of 74 campuses (85
percent) were declared “Recognized” or “Exemplary;” in 2008, 49 out of 70 (70 percent) schools attained this status; and in 2007,
36 out of 67 (54 percent) received the two highest ratings.
The most notable increase came at Cy-Fair ISD’s high school level, where nine of 10 campuses (90 percent) were “Recognized,” compared to two of eight (25 percent) “Recognized” in 2008.
Softball Players Make All-District Team - District 15-5A softball coaches selected the All-District 15-5A Softball Team
Following each team
’s conclusion of the 2009 season. Named to the First Team All-District team are: Ashley Marks, Cy Woods; Katie Franks,Cy Woods; Brittany Castro, Langham Creek; Brandi Virgil, Cy Creek; Molly Gorrie, Jersey Village; and Patti Bradshaw, Cy Fair.
Water Polo Athletes Honored for Academics - Four Cy-Fair ISD water polo athletes were selected to the 2008-09 USA Water
Polo Academic All-American team. Four incoming seniors qualified for the third
annual team:
Richard Francis and Kristen Flint, Cypress Creek High School; Richard Carnicle, Cy-Fair High School; and Erin Dickson, Langham Creek High School.
Francis and Flint also compete for the Cypress-Fairbanks Water Polo Club, while
Carnicle and Dickson compete for the Houston Water Polo
Club.
A USA Water Polo Academic All-American is a student-athlete who has a GPA of 3.6
or higher, has competed in a USA Water Polo national event during the 2008-09
school year, and is a current USA Water Polo member.
