CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL Feb.
18, 2014
Olympics Food Drive
The PALS are sponsoring a canned food drive to benefit the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry. This charity provides food for families in need in the Fort Bend County area. Many of these families have children that attend FBISD schools. Please encourage your fifth period classes to participate in this worthwhile cause. The class with the largest number of cans per student will win a pizza party and the teacher will receive a gift card. The second place and third place classes will also receive a prize along with the teacher receiving a gift card. Unfortunately, there cannot be any extra credit or grade associated awards given to students who bring in cans.
GOOD LUCK!
Academic Decathlon at State Contest @ San Antonio FEB 22
UIL
UIL Academic Challenge @ CHS (building-wide), 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
NEW MEMBERS
Spanish NHS Induction Ceremony @ Auditorium, 7:00 P.M.
GOOD LUCK!
Swimming at State Meet @ Austin, TX FEB. 22
PRO GRAD SPIRIT NIGHT
2/19- Clements Pro Grad Spirit Night at Red Mango Cafe (First Colony Mall), 3--8PM (attached flyer). Salads, flatbread, wraps, & frozen yogurt! [Link]
Mark Your Calendar
2/24 - Orchestra Concert 2/24-3/1 - Student-Directed One Act Plays 2/28 - Tri-M Music Society Showcase 3/10-3/14 - Spring Break!
MU ALPHA THETA WINS
Please congratulate the Clements Mu Alpha Theta Math Club on winning first place sweepstakes in the University of Houston HS Math Contest. This is the second consecutive year the students have taken first place.
BLACK HISTORY FACTS
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Ella Fitzgerald, known for having a remarkable threeoctave range, got her start at the Apollo Theater
HforH
Applications for Habitat for Humanity President, Vice President and Secretary are due NOW. Please give to Mrs. Goeke, or leave with any current Habitat officer. We will have applications for other positions later this spring. Applications are on facebook page.
Sammys A Winner!
Congratulate our own Sammy Gregus for 4th place at the state Special Olympics Bowling Competition. A former Ranger, Justin Thompson, was a Gold Medalist!
CHAMPS!!
Clements Academic Decathlon Team won the 2014 Regional Competition at Seven Lakes High School. The Team scored 42,859 points and is currently ranked 8th in the State of Texas.
Decathlon Winners
Aanandh Chandrasekar bronze Economics, bronze Language/Literature, Gold Art, Gold Science (Perfect score!!) Ashley Chen bronze Speech, silver Economics, silver Language/Literature, silver Music Gene Hsu gold Interview, gold Math, silver Essay, silver Science Anna Wang bronze Music, bronze Speech, gold Economics, silver Math, silver Science Andi Liang bronze Art, gold Language/Literature, gold Math, silver Music Faroha Khan bronze Science, silver Art John Hattan bronze Science, silver Art Josh Tannous silver Speech Henry Burgess bronze Speech, gold Interview, silver Essay
Register for 2014-15
9th, 10th, and 11th grade students will begin online course selection through Skyward for the 2014-15 school year
Graduation Info
Seniors If you need to order items for graduation including announcements and cap and gown, Balfour representatives will be here on Monday, Feb 10 in the Commons at lunch. You can also order from Balfour online at [Link] or come to the Balfour office on Chimney Rock near the Galleria. Make sure to have your graduation order completed by March 3 to avoid added charges.
Comp Sci Wins
Computer Science teams did an outstanding job at the UT Austin invitational competition this weekend. They received 1st place team written, 1st place team programming and 1st place team overall awards. Individual Awards 1st place Michael Loppiccolo 2nd place Raymond Chee, Michael Li, Jim Ren
German Wins
Clements students took first place in sweepstakes at Houstonfest German contest, regaining the title that we lost to archrival Kingwood last year. About 50 students have thus qualified for the Texas State German Contest at UT-Austin on February 22.
Congrats Model UN
20 students brought home awards at the Houston Area Model UN Competition, and the entire group won Best Large Delegation
Foreign Language Wins
Farrington Awards are given by HATFL (Houston
Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages) Awards are presented the same day of testing, to outstanding students in languages and levels tested. First Place Nikil Ragav AP 4 Spanish non-native Second Place Vishnu Thiagarajan AP 4 Spanish non-native Second Place Kylie Morgan French 1
SPEECH TEAM CONTINUES WINS
The Clements Academic Speech Team has had more students who have qualified to compete at the Texas Forensic Association State Meet in March, bringing the teams total number of qualifications to 27.
COMP SCI WINS
the Computer Science teams placed first and third at the Seven Lakes UIL invitational A. There was a three way tie for first place individual. All three students ( Michael LoPiccolo, Jim Ren, and Micheal Li ) were from Clements. Also congratulate Michel LoPiccolo for advancing to Gold team and Wilbur Li and Byron Xu to Silver team in USA Computing Olympiad competition
JETS
The JETS competed at the Langham Creek Science Olympiad Invitational. Two CHS teams competed and placed 3rd overall.
JETS WINS AGAIN
JETS placed 1st and 2nd overall at the Hendrickson Science Fair Olympaid. We received 38 of the possible 54 medals
CHOIR STUDENTS EXCEL
Congratulations to 11choir students that competed at Area auditions. Six students made All State Choir and will sing at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in Feb. Matthew Cramerus Amy Farrell Emily Garvin Madeline Gonynor
Gabby Young
This is the highest honor that a high school choir student can achieve.
FBISD CAN HELP SENIORS WITH FAFSA/TASFA
Fort Bend ISD will host NINE FAFSA/TASFA Workshops in Spring 2014! Financial aid staff from area colleges, universities, and financial aid institutions will be available to help you complete and submit your FAFSA/TASFA before March 31st deadline! Thurs. Feb 20 4:00pm to 7:30 Clements [Link] CAAFF2-free YOU MUST PRE REGISTER ON LINE
Shots for Seniors
The passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1107, 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, requires that all students entering Texas institutions of higher education to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis within the last five years and at least 10 days prior to the first day of class. If you have received the meningitis immunization (Menactra) after September 2009, you meet the minimum criteria. If not, schedule your appointment early. The school will NOT be sponsoring a meningitis clinic to update these shots. Vaccines through Texas Vaccines for Children program are no longer available to vaccinate students with insurance.
PRO GRAD
Clements ProGrad will be having a style and talent show on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Sweetwater Country Club. There will also be a silent Auction. The event starts at 6:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at [Link] Proceeds from the event will help fund Clements High School Project Graduation which will be held on June 7th at Main Event in Katy.
OTHER YEARBOOK NEWS Senior ads are now on sale, fill out the contract and make sure you get it to room 2810 or to a yearbook staffer.
COLLEGE VISITS
The link to the college and career readiness center here at CHS is [Link] In order for students to attend the college visits they must register for the event, registration closes at noon the day before the visit. All info on how to register is on this site.
PRO GRAD
Seniors can also earn hours by joining either the Clements Facebook page, Twitter, or the newly added Instagram. If a student joins, likes and shares one of our three social media pages, it is worth 1 hour to him or her.
Black Heritage Organization Meetings
Jan 28 Feb 11 Feb 25 Mar 18 Apr 8 Apr 22 May 13
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Clements High School Graduation 2014 will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 11:00 a.m. in the Toyota Center.
