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Welcome

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Denton ISD Update . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Star Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Library Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Lunchbox Bites. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Teachers & Principal Profiles . . . . 11

Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Dawn CobbEditor

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Shawn ReneauAdvertising Manager

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January 2013 | Vol. 6, No. 6Publisher: Bill Patterson

The contents of this free publicationare copyrighted by Denton Publish-ing Company, 2008, a subsidiary ofA.H. Belo Corp. (www.ahbelo.com,NYSE symbol: AHC) with all rightsreserved. Reproduction or use, with-out permission, of editorial or graph-ic content in any manner is prohibit-ed. Kid Life is published monthly byDenton Publishing Company, 314 E.Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201. E-mail: drc@dentonrc.com

On the cover:Partners in Education mem-

bers (from left to right) AlanaPresley, City of Denton'sSustainable Schools program;Lee Elementary PrincipalLaura Rodriguez, and AmyHarper, Barnes & NobleBooksellers, proudly pose withDaniela Esquivel and ElaineBrank who display their tro-phies from the annual contest.

Courtesy photo/Denton ISD

Welcome back! It’s a new year and a new num-ber to remember - 2013!

We hope your break was a good one filled withlots of gifts, food and family time.

If you have a story you’d like to share with us orsome photos of your favorite gift or even a specialtime, please share it with us at drc@dentonrc.comor ask your Mom and Dad to send it to us.

We’re looking forward to a year of greats - lots ofgreat laughs, lots of great accomplishments andmeeting lots of great people.

What do you hope to do in this new year? Let usknow at that same e-mail. Hope to hear from you!

Dawn Cobb

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P.O. Box 369

Denton, TX 76201

Sincerely,

Bounce back from the holidaysHaving two weeks off for winter

break gives teachers and students anice break right in the middle ofthe school year.

But getting back in groove onceschool starts can be tough after sev-eral days of late bedtimes and avariety of fun activities with friendsand family.

Don’t worry your teachers andprincipals struggle with this too. Soto help everyone get back in a solidroutine, here are three simple stepsto help make the transition back toschool an easy one for everyone oncamps:

GET SOME SLEEP – “Early tobed, early to rise makes you healthy,wealthy and wise.” What? Well,basically, your brain needs torecharge every night, much like acell phone or a video game console.In order to cope well with ademanding school day you’ve got torecharge your own “battery” in yourhead.

The only way your brain canrecharge is by sleeping. A student’s

brains need about 9-10 hours ofsleep every night. By going to bedearly, around 8:30 p.m. at least,you should get enough sleep.

EAT BREAKFAST – Most of useat dinner every night around 6:30or 7 p.m. so, by morning, yourstomach has been empty for 12 ormore hours. That’s a long time!When you wake up your brainknows one thing for sure - it’s hun-gry, even though you may not thinkyou are.

Breakfast is the most importantmeal of your day because it givesyou the nutrients you need to getgoing right from the start. A goodbreakfast is necessary for yourbrain to work properly too.Breakfast doesn’t have to be fancyor heavy, but it does need to behealthy. Try skipping cookies orsweets for a bowl of oatmeal orwhole-grain cereal.

Kids can even prepare their ownhealthy breakfast by themselves.One example is a peanut butter andjelly sandwich with a big glass of

milk. And if you’re short on time,grab some fruit and a granola bar.You will be amazed how much eas-ier those morning quizzes are whenyou eat healthy before school!

START YOUR ROUTINEEARLY – Have a set routine everymorning and give yourself enoughtime to execute it. Not having todeal with making decisions, likewhat shirt to wear with yourfavorite jeans, or searching for yourschool work because you don’tremember where you put it willmake your day get off to a greatstart.

Set your clothes and shoes outbefore going to bed. Check yourhomework and make sure yourbackpack is ready for another dayas soon as you finish it. Mostimportantly, finish each part ofyour routine before moving on tothe next one. By giving yourselfenough time to do each morningtask, and completing each one inan organized manner, you won’tfeel rushed or frustrated.

Having a good day at school maysound like an easy thing to do, butif you don’t prepare in the rightways, you may find your days areanything but good! Follow thesethree simple steps everyday andyou will give your brain a huge

boost, give your body the energy itneeds to complete a fun school dayand get you back on a winning rou-tine and finish the school yearstrong.

- Jonita Widmer, Director ofHealth Services for Denton ISD

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TOPOF THE LIST

{BOOKS}One, Two, That’s My Shoe by Alison Murray, 2012When a mischievous puppy runs off with his owner’s shoe, it’s a race from one to ten to get it back again! Over the teddybears and out the door, readers can rollick along with the canine trickster and count the scenery along the way.Unpaged, ages 2-6

Day by Day by Susan Gal, 2012As the seasons change, the industrious pigs in this charming picture book build a home, plant a garden, help their neighborsand then gather in a harvest grown through hard work and kindness.Unpaged, ages 3-7

Giants Beware! by Jose Aguirre, 2012Longing to slay a giant despite the peace her village enjoys, young Claudette embarks on a super-secret quest with her aspir-ing princess best friend and pastry chef apprentice brother in hopes of finding and defeating a giant before their parents dragthem back home.202 pages, ages 7-10

- Dana Tucker is the Youth Services Librarian at the North Branch Library

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Denton ISD UpdateAdopt-A-School to honor contest winnersThe Denton Independent

School District Adopt-A-Schoolprogram will host separate eventsto honor winners from the 2012AAS essay writing and art contest.

A Young Authors Night, honor-ing each campus’ first-place win-ner, will be held Wednesday, Jan.16, at Barnes & Noble at GoldenTriangle Mall. A Young ArtistsNight,also honoring all first-placewinners, will follow onWednesday,Jan. 23, at Meridian Bank Texas,located at 1013 W. University Dr.

Both events will recognize thedistrict’s top winners from partici-pating schools’ fourth and fifthgrades that submitted an essay orartwork showcasing this year’stopic: “What makes your schoolcool?”

All winning students were rec-ognized by AAS volunteers with asurprise trophy presentation ontheir home campus. Studentswere honored with trophies beforetheir classmates and schooladministrators for placing first,second or third in either the cam-pus and/or district level.

With more than 4,100 fourth-and fifth-grade Denton ISD stu-dents, placing in the annual con-test is a high honor for all winningentrants. These students’ essaysand artwork will be featured in abook that will be placed in allDenton ISD elementary schoollibraries.

Fourth-grade district essay win-ners

The fourth grade district essaywinners were: First place – ElaineBrank, Lee Elementary; Secondplace – Lauren McCorkle,Stephens Elementary; Third place– Lauryn Castro, RyanElementary; Fourth place – GretaMacMillan, Newton RayzorElementary; Fifth place –Courtney Beck, HawkElementary; Sixth place – HalleMitchell, Hodge Elementary.

Fourth-grade district bilingualessay winners

The fourth grade district bilin-gual essay winners were: Firstplace – Daniel Esquivel, LeeElementary; Second place –Medally Rivera, Hodge

Elementary; Third place –Debhani Bosquez, Pecan CreekElementary.

Fifth-grade district essay win-ners

The fifth grade district essaywinners were: First place: NabilBaugher, Newton RayzorElementary; Second place: KelsieWilson, Stephens Elementary;Third place:Emily Croke, NelsonElementary; Fourth place:IvannaGomez, Ryan Elementary; Fifthplace: AlaynaWooley, Cross OaksElementary; Sixth place: AngelinaGonzalez, Borman Elementary.

Fifth-grade district bilingualessay winners

The fifth grade district bilingualessay winner was: First place: JesusCazares, Borman Elementary.

Fourth-grade school essay win-ners

The fourth-grade campus essaywinners were: Borman: TejaswiThapa, first place; Shelby Rapert,second place, and Anisa West, thirdplace. Borman: Jesus Cazares, firstplace bi-lingual. Cross Oaks:Elizabeth Meyer, first place; AverieKeith, second place, and ShaydeAyers, third place. EP Rayzor:Benjamin Cho, first place; MaciPitner, second place, and MeredithWood, third place. Evers: KhaireeMitchell, first place; JatzibethMalavar, second place, and LeslyDeLuna, third place. Ginnings:Jobe Grund, first place; JazmineSmith, second place, and CalebRomo, third place. Hawk:Courtney Bock, first place; HaileyLindsey, second place, and CarsonCooper, third place. Hodge:HalleMitchell, first place;Alora Ahmed,second place, and Katlyn Woods,third place. Hodge: MedallyRivera, first place bi-lingual;GreciaRobledo, second place bi-lingual, and Jennifer Davila, thirdplace bi-lingual. Houston: LoganHamilton, first place; Simran Patel,second place, and CampbellSweeten, third place. Lee: ElaineBrank, first place; Joseph Bowen,second place, and Ethan Castillo,third place. Lee: Daniela Esquivel,first place bi-lingual; JoselynMolina, second place bi-lingual,and Emiliano Hernandez, third

place bi-lingual. McNair: NatalieVaughan, first place; SavannahTucker, second place, and HannahSong, third place. Newton Rayzor:Greta MacMillan, first place;Karina Teter, second place, andRyan Skinner, third place. PalomaCreek: Sydney Freeman, firstplace; Lilly Tompkins, secondplace, and Hailey Wilde, thirdplace. Pecan Creek: MatthewWilliamson, first place; AvaBohnert, second place, and JennaHauge, third place. Pecan Creek:DebahniBosquez, first place bi-lin-gual. Providence: Hope Shipp, firstplace; Parker Moore, second place,and Mason Cazares, third place.Rivera: Kaleb Nelson, first place;Nayelli Guajardo, second place,and Derek Sloggett, third place.W.S. Ryan: Lauryn Castro, firstplace; Reynaldo Lerma, secondplace, and Yazmin Garcia, thirdplace. Stephens: LaurenMcCorkle, first place;TamarianTurner, second place, and JaxonHolder, third place. Wilson: NoahRana, first place; Sarah Harrod,second place, and Valeria Barbosa,third place.

Fifth-grade school essay winnersThe fifth-grade campus essay

winners were: Borman: AngelinaGonzalez, first place; NidiaCanales, second place, andGrisselda Cortes, third place. CrossOaks:AlaynaWooley, first place;Nicholas Perry, second place, andValerie Maselli, third place. EPRayzor:Mariella Stephens, firstplace; Brianna Branch, secondplace, and Kylie Gilbert, thirdplace. Evers: Savahanna Amaya,first place; Alyssa Gay, secondplace, and Madison Arbaugh, thirdplace. Ginnings: Nicholas Hines,first place; Luis Huerta, secondplace, and Juan Martinez, thirdplace. Hawk:Taryn Holmes, firstplace; Alex Moala, second place,and Bryce Beago, third place.Hodge: Trinity Duvall, first place;Jackson Parham, second place, andKendall Dowling, third place.McNair: Ryan Hill, first place;Jake Richter, second place, andSophia Del Rosario, third place.Nelson: Emily Croke, first place;Daniel Stolle, second place, and

Sydney Stengel, third place.Newton Rayzor: Nabil Baugher,first place; Katelyn Stone, secondplace, and T’Keyah Blackwell, thirdplace. Paloma Creek: Jules Guab,first place; Hope Carmack, secondplace, and Dylan Allison, thirdplace. Pecan Creek: IshfarChowdhury, first place; TaylorTrimble, second place, and NoelleWood, third place. Providence:Bradley White-Stevens, first place;Courtney Arnold, second place,and Skylar Magallon, third place.W.S. Ryan:Ivanna Gomez, firstplace; Maddie Brumley, secondplace, and Emma Sawko, thirdplace. Savannah: GeorgePerperidis, first place; KatyaLogan, second place. Stephens:Kelsie Wilson, first place; SavannaPhillips, second place, and AbigailMooney, third place. Wilson: JuliaMcCane, first place.

Fourth-grade district art win-ners

The fourth grade district artwinners were: First place:Genaveve Miller, E.P. Rayzor;Second place: Felipe Olivera,Ginnings Elementary; Third place:Genevieve Youngs, SavannahElementary; Fourth place: AndreaBellolio, Providence Elementary;Fifth place: Williem Bannick,Stephens Elementary; Sixth place:Jonah Lawrence, HoustonElementary.

Fifth-grade district art winnersThe fifth grade district art win-

ners were: First place: AdelaSplawn, Ginnings Elementary;Second place: Miro Posson,Newton Rayzor Elementary; Thirdplace: Logan Hickman, E.P.Rayzor Elementary; Fourth place:Hanna Word, HoustonElementary; Fifth place:Savahanna Amaya, Evers ParkElementary; Sixth place: JulieNorton, McNair Elementary.

Fourth-grade school art winnersThe fourth-grade campus art

winners were:EP Rayzor:GenaveveMiller, first place; Anelise Hurst,second place, and MackenzieLander, third place. Evers: LaurenPowers, first place; Brisa Diaz, sec-ond place, and Juan Melendres,third place. Ginnings: Felipe

Olvera, first place; YaxeniHernandez-Salazar, second place,and Trinity Woodson, third place.Hodge: Patricia Barnes, first place;Justin Robles, second place, andTaylor Thomas, third place.Houston: Jonah Lawrence, firstplace; Victoria Picaso, secondplace, and Abbi Armey, third place.Newton Rayzor: Colette Bassett,first place; Ruth Smith, secondplace, and Lilia Chesky, third place.Paloma Creek: Zannder Torres,first place; Claire Smisek, secondplace, and Peter Larsen, thirdplace. Providence: Andrea Bellolio,first place; Brae Ruyle, secondplace, and Maxwell Robbins, thirdplace. Rivera: Desiree Martin, firstplace; Marisol Estrada, secondplace, and Jonah Frank, thirdplace. W.S. Ryan: Avery Parker,first place; Karen Angulo, secondplace, and Steven Dykes, thirdplace. Savannah: GenevieveYoungs, first place; LaciSheefer,second place, and HannahHarkrider, third place. Stephens:Williem Bannick, first place; ColinDesimone, second place, andEmma Pearson, third place.Wilson: Brooklynn Burke, firstplace; Lauren Oyer, second place,and Sarah Harrod, third place.

Fifth-grade school art winnersThe fifth-grade campus art win-

ners (listed first, second and thirdplace) were: Cross Oaks: JoelSegovia, first place; Hailey Vega,second place, and Jalen Gentry,third place. EP Rayzor: LoganHickman, first place; Ben Baker,second place, and Andrew Fritz,third place. Evers: SavahannaAmaya, first place; Rachel Capone,second place, and Meghan Gibson,third place. Ginnings: AdelaSplawn, first place; MatthewCaster, second place, and BayleeRobichaux, third place. Hodge:Lizbeth Lopez, first place;Mathilda Hopkins, second place,and Edson Rivera, third place. Houston: Hanna Word, first place;Adrianne McCane, second place,and Jaida Maltez, third place.McNair: Julie Norton, first place;Tyler Powell, second place; no third

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Notas sobre su zona escolarAdopt-A-School honra a ganadores

El programa Adopt-A-School(AAS) del Distrito Escolar deDenton organizará diferente even-tos para celebrar los logros de losganadores del concurso de ensayosy de arte del 2012.

Una Noche con Artistas Jóvenes(A Young Artist Night), celebrandolos ganadores del primer lugar decada planten será el miércoles, 16de enero en el Barnes & Noble delcentro comercial Golden Triangle.Otra Noche de Autores Jóvenes secelebrará el miércoles 18 de eneroen el banco Meredian localizado enel 1013 W. University Drive.

Los dos eventos reconocerán losganadores del cuarto y quintogrado del distrito, los que presen-taron este año un ensayo o su arteen el concurso titulado, “¿Quehace que tu escuela sea “cool” ofantástica?”

Todos los ganadores fueronreconocidos por voluntarios delprograma AAS con un trofeo sor-presa en su plantel de estudio. Losalumnos fueron honrados con tro-feos en frente de sus compañeros ypersonal de sus escuelas por obten-er el primer, segundo y tercer lugaren sus planteles de estudio o alnivel del distrito escolar.

Con más de 4,100 alumnos delcuarto y quinto grado del distritoescolar, obtener un lugar en el con-curso anual es un gran honor paratodos los participantes. Losensayos y las obras de artes de losalumnos formaran parte de unlibro que estará disponible dentrode las bibliotecas del distrito esco-lar de Denton.

Ganadores de ensayo - cuartogrado (distrito)

Los ganadores del distrito porsus ensayos fueron: Primer lugar –Elaine Brank, Primaria Lee;Segundo lugar – LaurenMcCorkle, Primaria Stephens;Tercer lugar – Lauryn Castro,Primaria Ryan; Cuarto lugar –Greta MacMillan, PrimariaNewton Rayzor; Quinto lugar –Courtney Beck, Primaria Hawk;Sexto lugar – Halle Mitchell,Hodge Elementary.

Ganadores de ensayo bilingües -cuarto grado (distrito)

Los ganadores del cuarto gradopor sus ensayos bilingües fueron:Primer lugar – Daniel Esquivel,Primaria Lee; Segundo lugar –Medally Rivera, Primaria Hodge;Tercer lugar – Debhani Bosquez,Primaria Pecan Creek.

Ganadores de ensayo - quintogrado (distrito)

Los ganadores del quinto gradopor sus ensayos fueron: Primerlugar: Nabil Baugher, PrimariaNewton Rayzor; Segundo lugar:Kelsie Wilson, Primaria Stephens;Tercer lugar: Emily Croke,Primaria Nelson; Cuarto lugar:Ivanna Gomez, Primaria Ryan;Quinto lugar: AlaynaWooley,Primaria Cross Oaks; Sexto lugar:Angelina Gonzalez, PrimariaBorman.

Ganadores de ensayo bilingües -quinto grado (distrito)

Los ganador del quinto gradopor su ensayos bilingüe fueron:Primer lugar: Jesus Cazares,Primaria Borman.

Ganadores de ensayos - cuartogrado

Los ganadores del cuarto grado(por plantel educativo) fueron:Borman: Tejaswi Thapa, primerlugar; Shelby Rapert, segundolugar, y Anisa West, tercer lugar.Borman: Jesus Cazares, primerlugar bi-lingual. Cross Oaks:Elizabeth Meyer, primer lugar;Averie Keith, segundo lugar, yShayde Ayers, tercer lugar. EPRayzor: Benjamin Cho, primerlugar; Maci Pitner, segundo lugar, yMeredith Wood, tercer lugar.Evers: Khairee Mitchell, primerlugar; Jatzibeth Malavar, segundolugar, y Lesly DeLuna, tercer lugar.Ginnings: Jobe Grund, primerlugar; Jazmine Smith, segundolugar, y Caleb Romo, tercer lugar.Hawk: Courtney Bock, primerlugar; Hailey Lindsey, segundolugar, y Carson Cooper, tercer lugar.Hodge:Halle Mitchell, primerlugar;Alora Ahmed, segundo lugar,y Katlyn Woods, tercer lugar.Hodge: Medally Rivera, primerlugar bi-lingual; GreciaRobledo,segundo lugar bi-lingual, y JenniferDavila, tercer lugar bi-lingual.Houston: Logan Hamilton, primer

lugar; Simran Patel, segundo lugar,y Campbell Sweeten, tercer lugar.Lee: Elaine Brank, primer lugar;Joseph Bowen, segundo lugar, yEthan Castillo, tercer lugar. Lee:Daniela Esquivel, primer lugar bi-lingual; Joselyn Molina, segundolugar bi-lingual, y EmilianoHernyez, tercer lugar bi-lingual.McNair: Natalie Vaughan, primerlugar; Savannah Tucker, segundolugar, y Hannah Song, tercer lugar.Newton Rayzor: Greta MacMillan,primer lugar; Karina Teter, segun-do lugar, y Ryan Skinner, tercerlugar. Paloma Creek: SydneyFreeman, primer lugar; LillyTompkins, segundo lugar, y HaileyWilde, tercer lugar. Pecan Creek:Matthew Williamson, primerlugar; Ava Bohnert, segundo lugar,y Jenna Hauge, tercer lugar. PecanCreek: DebahniBosquez, primerlugar bi-lingual. Providence: HopeShipp, primer lugar; Parker Moore,segundo lugar, y Mason Cazares,tercer lugar. Rivera: Kaleb Nelson,primer lugar; Nayelli Guajardo,segundo lugar, y Derek Sloggett,tercer lugar. W.S. Ryan: LaurynCastro, primer lugar; ReynaldoLerma, segundo lugar, y YazminGarcia, tercer lugar. Stephens:Lauren McCorkle, primer lugar;Tamarian Turner, segundo lugar, yJaxon Holder, tercer lugar. Wilson:Noah Rana, primer lugar; SarahHarrod, segundo lugar, y ValeriaBarbosa, tercer lugar.

Ganadores de ensayos - quintogrado

Los ganadores del quinto grado(por plantel educativo) fueron:

Borman: Angelina Gonzalez,primer lugar; Nidia Canales,segundo lugar, y Grisselda Cortes,tercer lugar. Cross Oaks:AlaynaWooley, primer lugar;Nicholas Perry, segundo lugar, yValerie Maselli, tercer lugar. E PRayzor: Mariella Stephens, primerlugar; Brianna Branch, segundolugar, y Kylie Gilbert, tercer lugar.Evers:Savahanna Amaya, primerlugar; Alyssa Gay, segundo lugar, yMadison Arbaugh, tercer lugar.Ginnings: Nicholas Hines, primerlugar; Luis Huerta, segundo lugar,y Juan Martinez, tercer lugar.

Hawk:Taryn Holmes, primerlugar; Alex Moala, segundo lugar, yBryce Beago, tercer lugar. Hodge:Trinity Duvall, primer lugar;Jackson Parham, segundo lugar, yKendall Dowling, tercer lugar.McNair: Ryan Hill, primer lugar;Jake Richter, segundo lugar, ySophia Del Rosario, tercer lugar.Nelson: Emily Croke, primer lugar;Daniel Stolle, segundo lugar, ySydney Stengel, tercer lugar.Newton Rayzor: Nabil Baugher,primer lugar; Katelyn Stone,segundo lugar, y T’KeyahBlackwell, tercer lugar. PalomaCreek: Jules Guab, primer lugar;Hope Carmack, segundo lugar, yDylan Allison, tercer lugar. PecanCreek: Ishfar Chowdhury, primerlugar; Taylor Trimble, segundolugar, y Noelle Wood, tercer lugar.Providence: Bradley White-Stevens, primer lugar; CourtneyArnold, segundo lugar, y SkylarMagallon, tercer lugar. W.S. Ryan:Ivanna Gomez, primer lugar;Maddie Brumley, segundo lugar, yEmma Sawko, tercer lugar.Savannah: George Perperidis,primer lugar; Katya Logan, segun-do lugar. Stephens: Kelsie Wilson,primer lugar; Savanna Phillips,segundo lugar, y Abigail Mooney,tercer lugar. Wilson: Julia McCane,primer lugar.

Ganadores de arte - cuartogrado (distrito)

Los ganadores de arte del cuartogrado al nivel del distrito fueron:Primer lugar: Genaveve Miller,Primaria E.P. Rayzor; Segundolugar: Felipe Olivera, PrimariaGinnings; Tercer lugar: GenevieveYoungs, Primaria Savannah;Cuarto lugar: Yrea Bellolio,Primaria Providence; Quintolugar: Williem Bannick, PrimariaStephens; Sexto lugar: JonahLawrence, Primaria Houston.

Ganadores de arte - quintogrado (distrito)

Los ganadores de arte del quintogrado al nivel del distrito fueron:Primer lugar: Adela Splawn,Primaria Ginnings; Segundolugar: Miro Posson, PrimariaNewton Rayzor; Tercer lugar:Logan Hickman, Primaria E.P.

Rayzor; Cuarto lugar: HannaWord, Primaria Houston; Quintolugar: Savahanna Amaya, PrimariaEvers Park; Sexto lugar: JulieNorton, Primaria McNair.

Ganadores de arte - cuartogrado

Los ganadores de arte del cuar-to grado (por plantel educativo)fueron: EP Rayzor: GenaveveMiller, primer lugar; AneliseHurst, segundo lugar, y MackenzieLyer, tercer lugar. Evers: LaurenPowers, primer lugar; Brisa Diaz,segundo lugar, y Juan Melendres,tercer lugar. Ginnings: FelipeOlvera, primer lugar; YaxeniHernyez-Salazar, segundo lugar, yTrinity Woodson, tercer lugar.Hodge: Patricia Barnes, primerlugar; Justin Robles, segundolugar, y Taylor Thomas, tercerlugar. Houston: Jonah Lawrence,primer lugar; Victoria Picaso,segundo lugar, y Abbi Armey, ter-cer lugar. Newton Rayzor: ColetteBassett, primer lugar; Ruth Smith,segundo lugar, y Lilia Chesky, ter-cer lugar. Paloma Creek: ZannderTorres, primer lugar; ClaireSmisek, segundo lugar, y PeterLarsen, tercer lugar. Providence:Yrea Bellolio, primer lugar; BraeRuyle, segundo lugar, y MaxwellRobbins, tercer lugar. Rivera:Desiree Martin, primer lugar;Marisol Estrada, segundo lugar, yJonah Frank, tercer lugar. W.S.Ryan: Avery Parker, primer lugar;Karen Angulo, segundo lugar, ySteven Dykes, tercer lugar.Savannah: Genevieve Youngs,primer lugar; LaciSheefer, segun-do lugar, y Hannah Harkrider, ter-cer lugar. Stephens: WilliemBannick, primer lugar; ColinDesimone, segundo lugar, y EmmaPearson, tercer lugar. Wilson:Brooklynn Burke, primer lugar;Lauren Oyer, segundo lugar, ySarah Harrod, tercer lugar.

Ganadores de arte - quintogrado

Los ganadores de arte del quin-to grado (por plantel educativo)fueron: Cross Oaks: Joel Segovia,primer lugar; Hailey Vega, segundo

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Radar signals bounc-ing off Moon detectedfor first time (1946)

George Washingtonmarries MarthaDandridge (1759)

Golden Gate Bridgeconstruction begins(1933)

Writer Jack Londonborn (1876)

Zoologist Dian Fosseyborn (1932)

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Industrialist HenryFord patents plasticautomobile construc-tion (1942)

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrinborn (1930)

India achieves inde-pendence (1950)

Space shuttleChallenger explodes(1986)

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Learn more about the historical events and information on this calendar by visiting the

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Students in StephanieHalberstadt’s art classes atHawk Elementary recently show-cased some of their latest artis-tic creations. Among theseworks were (clockwise from topleft): fifth graders Seth Mazurekand Maddi Thomas’ interpreta-tions of winter settings, thirdgrader Gabriel Sanchez’s inter-pretation of the abstract work ofHenri Matisse, and second grad-er Yenna Hall’s interpretation ofGeorgia O’Keeffe’s famous floralpaintings.

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place. Newton Rayzor:MiroPosson, first place; AnthonyRomero, second place; no thirdplace. Paloma Creek: Jack Wyrick,first place; Ifeoluwasimi Yessuff,second place, and Zakareya

McReynolds-Muse, third place.Pecan Creek: Lauren Isenhower,first place; Preston Oliver, secondplace, and Megan Roberts, thirdplace. Providence: Abby Buettner,first place; Dwayne Younger, sec-ond place, and McKenna Palacios,third place. Rivera: Olivea Bunch,

first place; Tristan Mack, secondplace, and Hope Atkinson, thirdplace. W.S. Ryan: StephanyGuerrero, first place; JuanaLoyola, second place, andAlejandro Pizarro, third place.Savannah: Tatum Kosanke, firstplace; Ben Blackmore, second

place, and Jorden Rhode, thirdplace. Stephens: Brayden Wyatt,first place; Noah Cook, secondplace, and Kelsie Wilson, thirdplace. Wilson: DakaylaWashington, first place; ArmandoDe La Rosa, second place, andHayden Abbott, third place.

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lugar, y Jalen Gentry, tercerlugar. EP Rayzor: LoganHickman, primer lugar; BenBaker, segundo lugar, y YrewFritz, tercer lugar. Evers:Savahanna Amaya, primer lugar;Rachel Capone, segundo lugar, yMeghan Gibson, tercer lugar.Ginnings: Adela Splawn, primerlugar; Matthew Caster, segundolugar, y Baylee Robichaux, tercerlugar. Hodge: Lizbeth Lopez,primer lugar; Mathilda Hopkins,segundo lugar, y Edson Rivera,tercer lugar. Houston: HannaWord, primer lugar; AdrianneMcCane, segundo lugar, y JaidaMaltez, tercer lugar. McNair:Julie Norton, primer lugar; TylerPowell, segundo lugar; no tercerlugar. Newton Rayzor:MiroPosson, primer lugar;Anthony Romero, segundo lugar;no tercer lugar. Paloma Creek:Jack Wyrick, primer lugar;Ifeoluwasimi Yessuff, segundolugar, y Zakareya McReynolds-Muse, tercer lugar. Pecan Creek:Lauren Isenhower, primer lugar;Preston Oliver, segundo lugar, yMegan Roberts, tercer lugar.Providence: Abby Buettner,primer lugar; Dwayne Younger,segundo lugar, y McKennaPalacios, tercer lugar. Rivera:Olivea Bunch, primer lugar;Tristan Mack, segundo lugar, yHope Atkinson, tercer lugar. W.S.Ryan: Stephany Guerrero, primerlugar; Juana Loyola, segundolugar, y Alejyro Pizarro, tercerlugar. Savannah: Tatum Kosanke,primer lugar; Ben Blackmore,segundo lugar, y Jorden Rhode,tercer lugar. Stephens: BraydenWyatt, primer lugar; Noah Cook,segundo lugar, y Kelsie Wilson,tercer lugar. Wilson: DakaylaWashington, primer lugar;Armyo De La Rosa, segundolugar, y Hayden Abbott, tercerlugar.

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Dad – Brad; Brother –Ryder; Sister – Aubrey;Little Brother - DaneMy hobbies are:Wrestling, riding mybike, video games; rid-ing my dirtbike My favorite schoolsubject is: ScienceWhen I finish school Iplan to: Make my own job and get money

The best book I everread was: TitanicThe best movie I’veever seen is: TitanicI wish I knew how to:play footballI’m so sick of: playingbaseballMy worst habit is: notdoing my homeworkMy favorite restaurant

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LibraryEvents

It’s a Girl Thing!A book club for moms and

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Mrs. Reuling is in her 11th yearof teaching, with the last eightcoming in Denton ISD.Mrs. Reuling began her career as afifth-grade language arts teacherin Dallas ISD. She started out as asecond grade teacher, when shejoined the district in 2005, atRivera Elementary.

She has remained at Rivera,switching over to teach first-gradebefore landing her current spot asa fourth-grade language artsteacher.

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Mary Beth Pierce is 2012 Jostens Cross Oaks Teacher of the Year

Mary Beth Pierce has been ateacher for more than six years, allcoming within Denton ISD.

Mrs. Pierce joined Denton ISDas a first-grade teacher at PecanCreek Elementary a year after theschool opened in 2003. She stayedthere until 2010, when she helpedopen Cross Oaks Elementary as akindergarten teacher.

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