FORT BEND ISD -- Fort Bend ISD will present an evening of competitive marching exhibitions during its annual Band Night on Monday, October 4, 2010. The event will be held at Mercer Stadium (16403 Lexington Blvd. in Sugar Land) and will begin at 6:00 p.m. and conclude by 8:45 p.m. Seating will be on the home side only. Admission is free and concessions will be served.
FORT BEND ISD -- Willowridge High School will host its second annual “Operation Backpack” Supply Drive to collect needed school supplies for students on Saturday, August 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the circle drive in front of the school (at 16301 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX 77053). The event is being sponsored by The Willowridge High School Class of 1990 and other school alumni. For more information, please contact Dr. Joe Coleman, Willowridge High School principal, at 281-634-2450.
FORT BEND ISD -- Fort Bend ISD received its 2010 district and campus accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), and is pleased to report that 82 percent, 55 of the 67 campuses that receive the ratings, are designated as either Exemplary or Recognized. That is up from 67 percent of campuses last year.
FORT BEND ISD -- Fort Bend ISD is seeking business and community members, and parents of students enrolled in FBISD schools to volunteer on its Academic Advisory Council (AAC) for the 2010-2011 school year. The Council works with the Board of Trustees or its designee in establishing and reviewing the district’s educational goals, objectives and major district-wide classroom instructional programs. The Council serves exclusively in an advisory role except for approval of district-wide staff development. The Council consists of campus teachers, support personnel, and administrators, as well as parents, community and business members. The Council is currently seeking the following:
FORT BEND ISD -- Fort Bend ISD has a policy to ensure that each homeless youth has access to the same free public education and related services as every other school-aged student that resides within district boundaries.
FORT BEND ISD -- Thirty-four Hightower High School Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) students competed at the HOSA National Leadership Conference at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in June, and earned more national qualifiers than ever before.
FORT BEND ISD -- On Saturday, August 7, 2010, Fort Bend ISD will host a meeting at the FBISD Administration Annex Auditorium (located at 3119 Sweetwater Blvd., Sugar Land, 77479), from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for all officers of FBISD parent organizations and booster clubs.
Former students who have not passed all subject areas on the TAKS exit test will have four opportunities to retest during the 2010 – 2011 school year. The test dates are:
October 19 – 22, 2010
March 1 – 4, 2011
April 26 – 29, 2011
July 11 – 14, 2011
FORT BEND ISD -- Today Hightower High School Medical Science Academy interns and summer medical interns from Willowridge High School will present their research projects and findings, and display their scientific posters to a group of medical, health and research professionals at the 2010 PIPELINE Culmination Program and Luncheon, hosted by Dr. Lovell A. Jones and the Center for Research on Minority Health’s Department of Health Disparities Research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
FORT BEND ISD -- Fort Bend ISD parents may obtain applications for free or reduced priced meals from their child’s school beginning Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Applications may also be obtained from the Fort Bend ISD Child Nutrition Department (located in Room 108 of FBISD’s Distribution Center at 555 Julie Rivers Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77478).
FORT BEND ISD -- On Friday, July 30, Hightower High School Medical Science Academy interns will present their research projects and findings, and display their scientific posters to a group of medical, health and research professionals at the 2010 PIPELINE Culmination Program and Luncheon, hosted by Dr. Lovell A. Jones and the Center for Research on Minority Health’s Department of Health Disparities Research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
FORT BEND ISD -- Children need healthy meals to be able to focus on learning, and Fort Bend ISD offers children healthy meals each school day. Children may buy lunch for $1.75 (elementary), $2.00 (secondary) and breakfast for $1.25. Children who qualify for the free or reduced price meal program may buy lunch for 40¢ and breakfast for only 30¢.
FORT BEND ISD -- Registration for Fort Bend ISD’s newest high school, Ridge Point High School, will be held at Baines Middle School starting July 13 – August 4thby appointment only. Baines Middle School is located at 9000 Sienna Ranch Road, Missouri City, TX 77459.
FORT BEND ISD -- The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees approved a $488,405,505 operating budget for the 2010-2011 school year at its June 14 regular business meeting. The FBISD budget is designed to provide educational services for a projected 69,687 students.
