Volume 17 Issue 1 September 2009

CLEAR CREEK COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF PTAS SPACE CENTER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTA

17400 SATURN LANE, HOUSTON, TX 77058

SYNC UP WITH SPACE CENTER

A Message from the PTA President

A Message from the Principal

Every child, one voice

CLEAR CREEK COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF PTAS SPACE CENTER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTA 17400 SATURN LANE, HOUSTON, TX 77058

Welcome to Space Center Intermediate School! Our 2009-2010 school year is destined to be an amazing year filled with astronomical success. We have many exciting opportunities for you to become intricately involved as a partner during this educational journey. Parents and staff can stay “up-to-speed” with what’s going on around SCIS, by simply joining our incredible SCIS PTA. Our PTA President, Darlene Selmarten, does an amazing job of uniting people to do great things for the overall benefit of our students (AKA our future). As SCIS PTA Members, our electronic PTA

Newsletter will be e-mailed to you on a regular basis. Another way, for everyone to stay informed about the happenings at SCIS is for you to follow us on Twitter.com @ SCISchool.

For those of you that are new this year, you may not be aware of some of our many campus strengths:

* Amazingly multi-talented students * Committed, as well as supportive,

parents and community partners * Compassionate, dedicated and student-

centered staff

PTA President / Principal 1-2

New Faculty and Staff 2

PTA Activities / News 3-6

Booster Clubs 7-8

Cardinal Sports Page 9

Notes from Librarian 10

Faculty and Staff Contact Information

11-13

Other News 14

Deadlines, Dates, Birthdays

15

Inside this issue:

Greetings, Space Center Parents! Welcome to the very first issue of the new “Sync Up with Space Center ” newsletter. This will be the only paper copy mailed out of the newsletter to the parents of SCIS, starting in October the news-letter is going electronic. The newsletter will now be a monthly publication that will be e-mailed directly to all members of SCIS PTA. It will also be on our website: www.SCIPTA.org. We hope this will lead to a more timely distribu-tion of news as well being green. I am so excited about the many activities and programs that PTA will be involved in at the school. The executive board is a great group of people dedicated to serving the students of Space Center. We are so thrilled to have an amazing staff to work with headed by Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. Hayes and Mr. Rogers. Please consider joining the PTA, your $8 dues truly helps support the programs and activities that we do on campus as well as the great work that the Texas and National PTAs do. I would like to thank Karen Dluzniewski, Jacqueline Carver and the other school store

volunteers for doing a great job getting the school store ready and operational for the start of school. Also, a big ‘thank you’ to Sonja Johnson and Celita Woerner for providing our amazing SCIS staff with a tasty back-to-school breakfast. T.Q. Bui also did a great job getting the first issue of the newsletter together and out to print. LuAnn Turley and Robbie Kimbrough have also done a great job kicking off our membership campaign. I would also like to thank all the volunteers who helped with new student orientation and the 3 days of textbook pick up. Finally congratulations to all our students and staff, Space Center Intermediate is the only intermediate school in CCISD to earn the exemplary rating. This is the 2nd year in a row our students have achieved this. This is a credit to the hard work of both our faculty and stu-dents. It is something to be proud of. Darlene Selmarten SCIS PTA President

(Principal’s Message Continued on page 2)

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Welcome New Teachers and Staff

We are pleased to welcome the following new teachers and staff to SCIS:

Accomplishing the Rating of Exemplary!

Congratulations to Space Center Intermediate School staff, students, and parents! SCIS has earned the Texas Education Agency’s top rating of Exemplary for the 2009-2010 school year. The rating is based upon our students’ outstanding performance on the TAKS tests. Way to go SCIS!

* Assistant Principal (8th & 6th; M-Z) - Tim Rogers * Band - Stanley Zavala * Choir - Carolyn Barksdale * Counselor (7th and 6th; A - L) - Tami Fuqua * Custodian (day) - Clint Grossman * ESL - Elizabeth Laurence * Math - Allison Hunter * Math - Jennifer Walter

* Math Specialist - Lisa Dillon * Science - Jenna Smith * Science Specialist - Jan Grout * Spanish - Vilma Laracuente * Special Education - Diane Busch * Special Education Aid - Sherry Domokos * Tech Ed & EMT - Bick Gibbs * Teen Leadership - Natasha Hargraves

Would you like to have each new issue of the Sync Up With Space Center newsletter emailed to you when they are hot off the presses??? Just join the SCIS PTA and you will be added to a mass email list that will receive the newsletter via email. We hope this will lead to a more timely distribution of news as well as being green!

(Principal’s Message Concluded)

* Competitive and highly successful Fine Arts Department

* Creating/developing global connec-tions/relationships through the use of cutting-edge technology

* Focus on maximizing the latest Web 2.0 Tools for learning

* TEA Academically Exemplary Campus * Vivacious athletics program

This is certainly not an exhaustive list. It is, however, what makes us love to jump out of bed in the morning to be a part of this “something bigger” for a better world of the future.

Sincerely, Susan Carpenter

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Newsletter Article Submittal

If you would like to submit an article for a future newsletter, please email the article to T.Q. Bui at NewsletterEditor@scipta.org. Here are the tenta-tive deadlines:

9/27 for October Issue

10/25 for November Issue 11/29 for December Issue

1/3 for January Issue 1/31 for February Issue 2/28 for March Issue 3/28 for April Issue

4/25 for May/June Issue

CARDINAL SCHOOL STORE HOURS:

Mondays: Lunches Tuesdays: Lunches Wednesdays: Lunches Thursdays: Lunches Fridays: Lunches Mornings: 8:20 - 9:00 am Lunches: 11:40 am - 1:00 pm

Please check us out for your spiral notebooks and composition books. Your Cardinal School Store will try to have all the essentials you need throughout the school years including pencils, pens, rulers, protractors, or a variety of erasers, markers, map pencils, Kleenex, or notebook paper. Science boards will be offered through the school store and information will be sent home through the science teachers. If you are interested in volunteering at the School Store, please contact Jacqueline Carver or Karen Dluzniewski (SchoolStoreFinance@scipta.org).

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Academic Recognition

SCIS PTA will continue its Academic Recognition program this year. Plans are underway to again reward our students for their academic excellence. Last year over 700 students were recognized for their hard work with treats such as brownies and cookies. Three iPods iTouches were given away in a drawing held for all students making straight A’s all year!! Guidelines and dates for academic recognition days will be posted in the next issue of the news-letter. We hope to be able to offer similar rewards this year but we need your help! Please consider becoming a sponsor. Sponsors will be acknowledged in future newsletters and on a sign during academic recognition days. For additional information on sponsorship, please contact Suzie Wilson, Academic Recognition Chair, phone (281) 486-1511, email AcademicRecognition@scipta.org.

JOIN the 2009-2010 Space Center Intermediate School PTA! SCIS PTA hosts programs and activities that benefit our school, such as:

* School Store * Academic Recognition * Socials and 8th Grade Dance * Programs for Students and Parents * Workroom and Science Lab help for Faculty * Teacher Appreciation * Marquee and Electronic School Newsletter “Sync Up With Space Center”

So JOIN SCIS PTA TODAY and help ensure that these benefits continue this year. A form is available on the website (www.scipta.org/membership.htm) to download and fill out. Volunteering is appreciated, but not mandatory. We always welcome your ideas and input. Please fill out the envelope your student has received in his/her first period class and return to school. Membership is $8 per person. The homeroom class in each grade with the highest participation will win a party, so invite everyone in the family to join--anyone over age 14 can join.

* If you have more than one child at SCIS, list each child’s name, grade, and 4th period teacher, and each child will receive credit.

* If you joined PTA at another school, it does not apply to Space Center PTA. For more information, please feel free to contact Membership Co-Chairs: Robbie Kimbrough LuAnn Turley

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Save the Date For the Fall Social

“Take Me Out to The Ball Game!”

Friday, October 30th

More Details Coming Soon!

Cardinals Spirit Shirts

The PTA is selling girl's spirit shirts for $10.00. Support the Cardinals at school and at the games. Shirts are also available for the moms to wear to all of the games and sporting events, they are $12.00. Standard T-shirts are available in youth and adult sizes. Look for them at September 8th Open House.

Any questions, please e-mail Rikie Bowker at Fundraising@scipta.org.

“New” Spirit Shirt design Standard T-Shirt

There will be many different types of volunteers needed for this event! If you are interested in helping, please contact Lisa O'Brien at StudentSocials@scipta.org.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Thank you for your support!

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Space Center Intermediate PTA Executive Elected Officers

Appointed Officers and Committee Chairs

Academic Recognition Suzie Wilson AcademicRecognition@scipta.org Arts in Education Angela Schroeder ArtsInEducation@scipta.org

Environmental Elizabeth Arceneaux Environmental@scipta.org Fundraising Rikie Bowker Fundraising@scipta.org Historian Theresa Gardner Historian@scipta.org Hospitality Kim Scofield Hospitality@scipta.org Membership co-chair Luann Turley Membership@scipta.org Membership co-chair Robbie Kimbrough Monthly Calendar Kesha Sobotik MonthlyCalendar@scipta.org Newsletter Editor T. Q. Bui NewsletterEditor@scipta.org Parliamentarian Donna Jacobs Parliamentarian@scipta.org Red Ribbon Justine Powell RedRibbon@scipta.org School Store Finance Jacqueline Carver SchoolStoreFinance@scipta.org Sch. Store Volunteers Karen Dluzniewski SchoolStoreVolunteers@scipta.org Science Lab Susan DeChellis ScienceLab@scipta.org Special Purchases Tracy Bush SpecialPurchases@scipta.org Student Socials co-chair* Lisa O’Brien StudentSocials@scipta.org Student Socials co-chair* Renee Ditta Teacher Appreciation Sonja Johnson TeacherAppreciation@scipta.org Teacher Appreciation Asst. * Celita Woerner Website Michelle Krueger Webmaster@scipta.org 8th Grade Dance TBA 8thGradeDance@scipta.org

President Darlene Selmarten President@scipta.org 1st VP/Volunteers Sheryl Williams Volunteers@scipta.org 2nd VP/Pgms. & Legis. Kecia Held Programs@scipta.org Secretary Julie Lovelace Secretary@scipta.org Treasurer Carole Stecker Treasurer@scipta.org

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The Space Center Intermediate school orchestra is one of the largest public school orchestra programs in the state of Texas and includes approximately 200 string players. Many social events are planned as well as concerts and competitions in order to help the students make lasting friendships and have fun as they develop a life-long appreciation for music. The orchestra was hard at work before school even began! Students dusted off their bows and things got a little wet and wild at the back to school check-up and rehearsal. Students brought super soakers and filled water balloons for an all out Water War! Some students even brought extra gallons of water to refill their super soakers and many buckets of water balloons. What a great time we all had “rehearsing”! Rehearsals and sectionals are now under-way for the advanced students who are auditioning for Region Orchestra . Our students are already working hard on their music for the audition on Saturday, October 24th. If the student passes the audition, he/she is invited to perform in the All Region weekend on January 22-23. When a student is accepted into the region orchestra it is the highest honor that an individual student can achieve during the school year. It says that this student competed against 50 – 200 other students and was chosen to be among the best. Please wish our advanced orchestra students the best of luck with their preparation and performances. We will be having our annual Rock-a-Thon to raise money for our programs on Friday,

September 25th. Students will literally be rocking out – in a rocking chair, that is. They will be accepting pledges to support their efforts at rocking the night away. Students will bring their own chairs to sit around in while the dollars roll in! On Tuesday, October 20th the orchestra will team up with the Theatre department for a magical night. You won’t want to miss this entertaining spoof on our beloved Harry Potter presented by the SCIS orchestras and Theater Arts. This will be a “Peter And The Wolf” style production with costumes, lights, actors, and music. This time Harry will be much more than a student of magic – he’s a student of music. Harry will learn about the power of music, how to develop his talent on his Stradivarius 2006 violin, and how to avoid the evil Voldemort who tries to break his strings and foil Harry’s performance during the big contest. Even our beginning students will be able to wow you with their quick progress in the musical world! Invite your friends and neighbors for a night of spooky music and fun. It will be event that everyone can enjoy! Young children can wear a costume and be treated with candy while they enjoy the production. Volunteers for costumes and stage decorations are needed. Please call Mrs. Black immediately if you can help. Look for our orchestra students around town sharing their gifts of music with the public. SCIS students can be seen playing at weddings and other events in the area. Please check out the orchestra website for additional information www.scisorchestra.com.

Orchestra Notes

Useful Websites Space Center Intermediate (SCIS): http://www2.ccisd.net/OurSchools/SpaceCenterInt.aspx SCIS Athletics Calendar: http://www.rankonesport.com/?m=ViewSchedule&v=1&d=2900&sh=533 SCIS PTA: www.SCIPTA.org Cafeteria Menu: http://www2.ccisd.net/Libraries/Child_Nutrition/CCISD_Fall_2009_Secondary_Menu.sflb.ashx CCISD Campus Map: http://www2.ccisd.net/Libraries/CCISD/District_MAP_for_Web.sflb.ashx CCISD Campus Directory: http://www2.ccisd.net/Libraries/Important_Documents/District_Campus_Directory.sflb.ashx CCISD Communicator Newsletter: http://www2.ccisd.net/Departments/PublicInfo/Communicator.aspx

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Space Center Intermediate Boys Athletic Booster Club

The Space Center Intermediate Boys Athletic Booster Club is looking forward to another great year and we would love for you to join us. The Booster Club is three years old now and going strong to support the boys athletic program at Space Center. The purpose of the Booster Club is to support, encourage and promote the boy’s athletic programs at SCIS for the benefit of the students, school and community. We provide positive encouragement, promote school spirit and sponsor fundraising activities to provide financial support. So far, the Booster club has raised funds that contributed to the purchase of new football helmets, hosted Fall and Spring sports banquets, purchased a new basketball scoring table and water coolers to keep the boys hydrated during hot practices. The Boys Athletic Booster Club Officers for the 2009-10 school year are:

Doug Kosmo, President Heather Blackmar, Vice President Cindy Bishop, Treasurer Erin Kosmo, Secretary

The Booster Club currently has a small group of volunteers working to sell memberships and sports spirit merchandise. We support every boy’s sports team at Space Center. We have many opportunities for people to volunteer selling concessions at home games (this is a great way for 6t h grade parents to get involved) and banquet committees. To volunteer, email Heather Blackmar at blackmar@sbcglobal.net. Membership fees are $25 for the school year and all proceeds go directly to the school’s Boys Athletic Coordinator to be used for additional sports equipment, supplies, improvements to the school’s athletic facilities, etc. If you did not get the chance to pick up a membership form, just email Heather and she will get one to you. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to become a member of the Space Center Intermediate Boy Athletic Booster Club and to get involved as a volunteer to make this an outstanding year. Doug Kosmo President SCI Boys Athletic Booster Club

National Junior Honor Society The Cardinal Chapter of National Junior Honor Society has already begun its year. Members assisted at new student orientation by giving incoming students tours of the school. Members also aided teachers and office staff on the Monday prior to the start of classes. Officers for the 2009-2010 school year are:

President: Sydney Schroeder Vice President: Megan Scofield Secretary: Sydney Wilson Treasurer: Megan Rose

We look forward to many other service projects to help the students and staff of SCIS this year. Elizabeth Selmarten NJHS Correspondent

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The Cardinal Sports Page

Sep 10 Scrimmage vs. League City

Sep 15 Westbrook (B -Home)

Sep 22 Clear Lake (A -Home)

Sep 29 League City (B -Home)

Oct 13 Seabrook (A -Home)

Oct 20 Brookside (B-Home)

Oct 27 Clear Creek (A -Home)

Nov 3 Victory Lakes (B-Home)

Nov 10 Creekside (A -Home)

7th Grade Football 8th Grade Football Sep 9 Scrimmage vs. League City

Sep 16 Westbrook (Memorial Stad.)

Sep 23 Clear Lake (A -Home)

Sep 30 League City (Memorial Stad.)

Oct. 14 Seabrook (A -Home)

Oct. 21 Brookside (B-Home)

Oct 28 Clear Creek (A -Home)

Nov 4 Victory Lakes (B-Home)

Nov 11 Creekside (A -Home)

Space Center Football Schedule 2009

All games will be on Tuesdays and start at 5:00pm.

All games will be on Wednesdays and start at 5:00pm.

Space Center Volleyball Schedule 2009

September 16, 2009 7th - Westbrook at Home 8th - SCIS at WIS

September 17 7th - WIS at Home 8th - SCIS at WIS

September 24 7th - SCIS at Clear Lake 8th - CLIS at SCIS

October 1 7th - League City at Home 8th - SCIS at LCIS

October 2 & 3 7A Tournament at Victoria Lakes

October 15 7th - SCIS at Seabrook 8th - SIS at Home

October 22 7th - Brookside at Home 8th - SCIS at BIS

October 29 7th - SCIS at Clear Creek 8th - CCIS at Home

November 5 7th - Victoria Lakes at Home 8th - SCIS at VLIS

November 12 7th - SCIS at Creekside 8th - CIS at Home

November 14 8A Tournament at Clear Lake; 8B Tournament at Brookside

September 25 & 26 7B Tournament at Creekside

* B team games start at 5:00 pm. * A team games will start immediately after B games

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Notes from the Librarian Library times: 8:15 a.m. - 4:15p.m. Checkout duration: 2 weeks Fine for overdue books: 5 cents a day per book Author Visit: On December 11, 2009, we will be hosting author Tim Tingle for our 7th graders through their Texas history classes. Mr. Tingle is the author of Walking the Choctaw Road, Crossing Bok Chitto, Spooky Texas Tales , and other books steeped in Texas Native American lore. Databases: Did you know that your tax dollars pay for home access of database subscriptions? You and your child can access information from the same type of databases used on college campuses. In addition, you have home access to videostreaming of educational videos. To get to these databases, go to http://www2.ccisd.net; in the box at the bottom labled “for Students”, go to Library Resources; once there, choose Intermediate level. You or you child can also get there through e4 Blackboard using the Library tab. There you will find the links to the following databases: Encyclopedia Britannica: Username: spacecenter Password: cardinals EBSCO: Numerous encyclopedias and reference sources. Username: scis Password: cardinals Facts on File: When you get to this site, click on the DATABASES tab, and then select subscription. The username will be ccisd and the password will be nasa. This database contains resources for history, science, geography, literature, health, career, and much more. The password changes every October 1st, so ask your child for the new one then. NetTrekker: Username scisstudent -- Password: spacecenter This site is like a kid-safe search engine. Links to online sites are available. Discovery Streaming: Formerly called Unitedstreaming is MORE than just videos. There are articles, photos, clip art, and more at this site. The username is scisstudent (remember to use the two s’s in the middle of that username) and the password is scis. Gale: A collection of 17 databases including newspapers, magazines and reference books. You will need to choose our campus, and then the password is cardinals. TeachingBooks.net: provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading. If it asks for a password, it is ClearCreek. Have fun exploring these sites. They are useful to both you and your children. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 281-284-3315. Mary Kate O’Grady Space Center Intermediate School Librarian

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OFFICE Susan Carpenter, Principal slcarpen@ccisd.net Brad Hayes, Assistant Principal bhayes@ccisd.net Tim Rogers, Assistant Principal (8th & 6th M-Z) trogers@ccisd.net Tami Fuqua, Counselor (7th & 6th A - L) tfuqua@ccisd.net Donna Johnson, Counselor (6th M-Z & 8th) djohnso2@ccisd.net Karen Nelson, Secretary to Principal knelson@ccsid.net Nancy Grant, Secretary to Asst. Principals ngrant@ccisd.net Karen Holiday, Attendance Clerk kholiday@ccisd.net Lydia Ramirez, Bookkeeper lramire1@ccisd.net Roxanne Casas, Data Specialist mcasas@ccisd.net Jerri Stepp, Nurse jstepp@ccisd.net Linda Lugo, Special Ed Team Leader llugo@ccisd.net Holly Demuynck, Technology Integration Spec. hdemuync@ccisd.net Lee Ann Yanda, Technology Liaison lyanda@ccisd.net Reyes Hernandez, Liaison Officer rhernand@ccisd.net Shanna Aranda, Receptionist saranda@ccisd.net LIBRARIAN Mary Kate O’Grady mogrady@ccisd.net INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES Lynn Carpenter, Inclusion Aide lcarpent@ccisd.net Sherry Domokos, Inclusion Aide sdomokos@ccisd.net Phillip Hosey, AA Aide phosey@ccisd.net Patricia Izaguirre-Swift, AA Aide pizaguir@ccisd.net Patricia McDowell, SD Aide pmcdowel@ccisd.net Sybil Oliver, Library Aide soliver2@ccisd.net Tessa Ross, AA Aide tross@ccisd.net Regenia Stephens, Inclusion Aide rstephen@ccisd.net SPECIAL PROGRAMS Anna Adcock, Content Mastery aadcock@ccisd.net Peggy Buse-Wolfe, Alternative Academics pbuse@ccisd.net Jeane Ann Cagle, Math Pull Outs jcagle@ccisd.net Stephanie DeForke, ESL LA sdeforke@ccisd.net Elizabeth Laurence, ESL elaurenc@ccisd.net Paula Gallagher, Resources - Lang. Arts/SS pgallagh@ccisd.net Natasha Hargraves, Teen Leadership nhargrav@ccisd.net Lisa Hendricks, Speech lhendric@ccisd.net Lea Hiburn, Diagnostician lhiburn@ccisd.net Giles Lamont, Social Development glamont@ccisd.net Deb O’Hara, Resource - Lang. Arts dohar@ccisd.net Sherry Rector, Resource - Math & Science srector@ccisd.net Eileen Rohan, Dyslexia Reading erohan@ccisd.net Rebecca Dahl, In School Suspension Aid rdahl@ccisd.net Diane Busch, Alternative Academics dbusch@ccisd.net

Space Center Intermediate Faculty and Staff

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ELECTIVES Carolyn Barksdale, Choir cbarksda@ccisd.net Matt Barnhardt, Assistant Band Director jbarnhart@ccisd.net Lisa Black, Orchestra lblack@ccisd.net Jeannie Brown, Skills for Living/Pers Fam Dev jcbrown@ccisd.net Bick Gibbs, Ind Tech/Tech Ed bgibbs1@ccisd.net Susan Hadley, Journalism shadley@ccisd.net Jennifer Kidwell, Orchestra jkidwell@ccisd.net Vilma Laracuente, Spanish/Cultural Spanish vlaracue@ccisd.net Donald McCandless, Band Director dmccandl@ccisd.net Lisette McClung, Art lmcclun2@ccisd.net Janice Pfeiffenberger, Career Connections jpfeiffe@ccisd.net Shalimar Rice, Target Reading srice@ccisd.net Jessica Richards, Theatre Arts jrichar1@ccisd.net Kent Sullivan, Radio/TV I & Radio/TV II ksulliva@ccisd.net Christy Taylor, Target Math/Math Study Hall ckern@ccisd.net Stanley Zavala, Assistant Band Director szavala@ccisd.net PHYSICAL EDUCATION Tom Chandler, Phys. Ed./Coach tchandle@ccisd.net Jennifer Ford, Phys. Ed./Coach jford@ccisd.net Scott Harjo, Phys. Ed./Coach gharjo@ccisd.net Jim Pellowski, Phys. Ed./Coach jpellows@ccisd.net Jennifer Stevenson, Phys. Ed./Coach jsteven1@ccisd.net Marc Wondergem, Phys. Ed./Coach mwonderg@ccisd.net SIXTH GRADE Kelly Dimmick, Math kdimmick@ccisd.net Diana Armitage, Language Arts darmitag@ccisd.net Lauren Berry, Language Arts lberry@ccisd.net Allison Brand, Language Arts ebrand@ccisd.net Rhonda Dearmond, Language Arts rdearmon@ccisd.net Crystal Delaney, Science cdelaney@ccisd.net Julie Dittman, Language Arts jdittma@ccisd.net Callie Harmon, Science charmon@ccisd.net Allison Hunter, Math ahunter@ccisd.net Kathryn Vitek, Language Arts kmilo@ccisd.net Laura Pearce-Ozinga, Social Studies lpearce1@ccisd.net Charlyn Porter-Williams, Social Studies cporter@ccisd.net Matt Rauch, Math mrauch@ccisd.net Shalimar Rice, Language Arts srice@ccisd.net Anthony Williams, Social Studies awillia2@ccisd.net Amy Zapp, Science azapp@ccisd.net

Space Center Intermediate Faculty and Staff (continued)

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SEVENTH GRADE Diana Armitage, Language Arts darmitag@ccisd.net Jennifer Walter, Math jwalter@ccisd.net Lanelle Broussard, Language Arts mbroussa@ccisd.net Susan Elder, Science selder@ccisd.net Kelly Francis, Language Arts kfrancis@ccisd.net Pam Grimes, Texas History pgrimes@ccisd.net Susan Hadley, Texas History shadley@ccisd.net Denise Hall, Language Arts dhall@ccisd.net Lisa Hicks, Language Arts lhicks@ccisd.net Kirt Larsen, Science klarsen@ccisd.net Jennafer Smith, Science jsmith@ccisd.net Katherine Mays, Math kmays@ccisd.net Sue Noggle, Language Arts snoggle@ccisd.net Lori Otto, Math lotto@ccisd.net Courtney Thomas Texas History cthomas3@ccisd.net EIGHTH GRADE Clay Barnett, U.S. History cbarnett@ccisd.net Brenda Bondy, Language Arts bbondy@ccisd.net Linda Brack, Science lbrack@ccisd.net Julie Carnes, US History jcarnes@ccisd.net Nancy Fiegel, Science nfiegel@ccisd.net Nicholas Fishback, Math nfishbac@ccisd.net Maxine Guidry, Math mguidry@ccisd.net Ralph Hixson, Science rhixson@ccisd.net Colleen. MacKenna, Language Arts cmackenn@ccisd.net Shannon Miller, Language Arts smiller1@ccisd.net Sheila Schubert, Math sschuber@ccisd.net Vince Slatton, U.S. History vslatton@ccisd.net Matthew Walz, Math mwalz@ccisd.net

Space Center Intermediate Faculty and Staff (continued)

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The award winning, NCA 5A Texas State Champion and NCA Big Apple Grand Champion, Cheerleaders from Clear Lake High School will hold their annual Cheerleading Clinic on Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at the high school's main gym. Students in grades K through eighth grade are invited to attend. Registration begins at 12:30p.m. The clinic will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and will conclude with a Cheer Exhibition performance for families, along with a performance by the CLHS cheerleaders. Clinic participants will receive an invitation to appear with the cheerleaders in the high school's Homecoming Parade on Wednesday, September 30th. The cost is $35 for pre-registration and $40 at the door. Visit www.LakeCheer.com or call Debbie Kloetzer at 281-236-7961 for more information.

Award Winning Cheerleaders Hold Cheerleading

Clear Lake High School’s Fabulous Falcon

Flairs

Proudly Present Their Annual

Dance Clinic Dance Clinic Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Clear Lake High School Ninth Grade Center 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Students aged 4 years through 9th Grade are invited to attend. No dance experience is required and all levels are welcome. The cost is $30 for pre-registration by October 2nd. The price includes dance instruction, t-shirt, ribbon and a mid-morning snack. Registration at the door is $35. Registration forms are available at the front office. For more information contact, Kathy Akins at 281-486-5729.

Sync Up With Space Center

is published monthly by SCIS PTA.

2009—2010 Editor: Tu-Quynh (T.Q.) Bui

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage Paid

Permit #295 Webster, TX

Be sure to visit our SCI PTA website Be sure to visit our SCI PTA website Be sure to visit our SCI PTA website for updates and information for updates and information for updates and information throughout the school year!throughout the school year!throughout the school year!

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Clear Creek Community Council of PTAS Space Center Intermediate School PTA 17400 Saturn Lane, Houston, TX 77058

Future Newsletter Deadlines:

9 Weeks Tests 1st Nine Weeks - October 19-23, All Subjects 2nd Nine Weeks - January 11-15, All Subjects

Upcoming Events September 14 Fundraiser $/Order Due October 13 Life touch School Picture Retakes October 19-23 Red Ribbon Week October 23 End of 1st Nine Weeks; Early Release October 26-27 Student Holidays October 28 Start of 2nd Nine Weeks

Some Important Dates for the 2009-2010 School Year

9/27 for October Issue 10/25 for November Issue 11/29 for December Issue

1/3 for January Issue 1/31 for February Issue

2/28 for March Issue 3/28 for April Issue

4/25 for May/June Issue

Please e-mail articles to T.Q. Bui at NewsletterEditor@scipta.org

August: 11 – Christy Taylor 18 – Lucy Fogarty 20 – Matt Barnhart, Lauren Berry 29 – Nancy Grant 31 – Brenda Bondy

September: 5 – Karen Nelson 16 – Callie Harmon 19 – Phil Hosey 21 – Nicholas Fishback, Dung

Huynh, Jennifer Stevenson, Stanley Zavala

23 – Diane Armitage, Lanelle Broussard

26 – Matt Rauch 29 – Linda Brack

October: 2 – Colleen MacKenna 11 – Kelly Dimmick 12 – Allison Brand 13 – Susan Hadley 16 – Crystal Delaney, Lea Hilburn 28 – Gary Harjo, Giles Lamont 31 – Lydia Ramirez

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