Pfaab named Skills USA state winner
Erika Pfaab, participated in the Skills USA Commercial Baking Texas State Competition in Corpus Christi and won the State Championship.
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Nicholas Bruno wins scholarship
Nicholas Bruno, a home schooled student of Richmond, was honored at a banquet Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. by the Charles Schwab
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Make applying for children’s health
coverage a back-to-school basic
If you’re like most Texans, you’ve already stretched the family budget this summer to keep up with rising food and gas prices.
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Enrolling your child in a school
Do you need a birth certificate for a child born in Texas or need to record a “Power of Attorney over a child’?
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SMSD principals chosen for Harvard
Rebecca Benedict, Stafford High School Principal, and Walt Fenn, Stafford Elementary Principal, have been selected to attend a week-long educational leadership program at Harvard University.
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Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council
donates proceeds for Fitness Initiative
The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council donated more than $370 to help fund community health and fitness campaigns.
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School supply program registration set for July 14
The “Supply our Students” program, (S.O.S.) provides new school supplies to eligible Pre-K through 12th grade students within the Stafford Municipal and Fort Bend Independent School Districts.
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Wanted Bands, Duos & Solos
If you are interested in playing your music “live” at our venue, then please contact us for an audition held on a Thursday or Friday.
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YMCA C.A.T.C.H program pilot
success in first year
Thanks to a collaboration between the Fort Bend YMCA and the Aetna Foundation, over 130 kids of the YMCA’s Stafford After School Program at S.M.S.D. participated and benefited from a new health and wellness initiative named C.A.T.C.H. (Coordinated Approach To Childhood Health).
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SMSD offers tuition-free enrollment
Wanting to share a good thing, Stafford Municipal School District is inviting neighboring families to take a look when it comes to choosing an educational environment for their children.
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Music at Fun Tiki
The owners and directors of Fun Tiki , which is on FM 1092 and Hwy 6, have asked Roy Wiffin to be their music function co-coordinator.
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Local Scout educates other Scouts
on the danger of invasive species
David Szpakowski of Troop 100 in New Territory completed his third Hornaday conservation project educating Scouts on the danger of Invasive Species, particularly the Chinese Tallow Tree.
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Libraries have flag coloring
contest throughout July
Fort Bend County Libraries will celebrate our country’s independence throughout the month of July with a flag-coloring contest at the Mamie George Branch, 320 Dulles Avenue in Stafford. Winners will be announced on Friday, August 1.
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Lamar CISD not selling summer study guides
Lamar CISD has received two reports of someone going door-to-door claiming to be selling “summer study guides” for students of the district. Both reports came from subdivisions near Foster High School.
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Hightower choirs earn top UIL honors
For the first time in five years, both Hightower Varsity and Treble Choirs achieved Sweepstakes awards at UIL competition this April.
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FBISD GLA seeking applicants by July 8
Clements High School will serve as the site for the Fort Bend ISD Global Languages Academy (GLA) for the 2008-2009 school year.
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Dulles High Freshman sang
the National Anthem at Dynamo Game
On June 26, Anne Chang was invited by Houston Dynamo to sing the National Anthem at the Houston Dynamo vs FC Dallas game.
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Autism play group sets July 12
as play day in Sugar Land
Autism play group of Fort Bend will hold another play day for children with autism on Saturday, July 12, 10:00 a.m. until noon at Parkway Methodist Church, 5801 New Territory, in Sugar Land.
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Auditions set for Fort Bend
Boys Choir new season
Auditions for the Fort Bend Boys Choir’s 27th season are continuing throughout the summer so it’s not too late! Boys with unchanged voices should be 8 years old or going into the third grade for the 2008-2009 school year.
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5th Annual Tricia Whitaker
Back-to-School program underway
The 5th Annual Tricia Whitaker Back-to-School program is underway at Second Mile Mission Center, with a goal of providing complete school supplies packets for 1,500 students-in-need from grades Pre-K through 12.
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New Territory girl goes for the Gold and gets it
Annelise Rickert, a senior at Austin High School and a Girl Scout in New Territory since 1st grade, received the Gold Award this past November, the most distinguished award presented by Girl Scouts.
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Children’s church soccer league
now accepting applications
Upward Soccer is coming to First United Methodist Church Missouri City (FUMCMC)! Upward is more than a game.
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Exchange Club honors senior
Shah Dhukka, a senior at Clements High School was honored by The Exchange Club of Sugar Land as Youth of the Month.
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Griffin earns rank of Eagle Scout
Matthew Scott Griffin earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in Boy Scouts. Matt began his scouting career in Cub Scouts in Pack 1294.
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Lauren A. Johnson recognized
member of Sigma Alpha Lamba
Sigma Alpha Lambda is proud to announce that Lauren Ashley Johnson, a 2006 graduate of Dulles High School
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“Supply our Students” Program is expanding
The Supply our Students program, known as S.O.S., at East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Inc. is expanding the number of free school supply packets to be given out this year to students in our area.
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Briscoe 8th grade students
“Do the Write Thing” challenge
Two Briscoe Junior High 8th-grade students have been named finalists in the Houston/Harris County “Do the Write Thing” Challenge.
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2008 Bilingual and ESL
Teachers of the Year named
The Houston Area Association for Bilingual Education has named two Fort Bend ISD teachers, both representing Arizona Fleming Elementary School, as 2008 Teachers of the Year.
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Timmy Szpakowski achieves Eagle Scout rank
Timmy Szpakowski of New Territory’s Troop 100 recently achieved the highest rank in Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout. In order to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout, Timmy completed a Leadership Service Project benefiting the victims of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina through the Salvation Army.
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Wal-Mart helps Elkins High
School “Go Green” on Earth Day
To help Elkins High School students understand the importance of acknowledging our responsibility for the environment
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The Star Videos offers Fort Bend ISD
2008 commencement ceremony
The Fort Bend Independent School District will be holding commencement exercises for 2008 graduating seniors on June 6 and 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
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Ronnie Bell Memorial Foundation
Golf Tournament set
The second Ronnie Bell Memorial Foundation Golf Tournament is scheduled for June 16, at Sienna Plantation Golf Club in Missouri City.
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Christopher Klosowsky earns Eagle Rank
Christopher Klosowsky, 18, of Sugar Land and Boy Scout Troop 731, was honored recently for earning the rank of Eagle Scout at a special Eagle Court of Honor ceremony.
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