From Flower Mound Leader: Tom Hayden, Bryan Webb and Steve Dixon overwhelmingly won the Flower Mound Mayor and Town Council races Saturday night. The victory puts an end to the term for Mayor Melissa Northern and councilmen Al Filidoro and Steve Lyda, also known as NFL. Hayden (3,701 votes, 65 percent) defeated Northern (1,970, 34 percent) and Al Cloud (63 votes, 1 percent). Read more@
Flower Mound High School’s production of “Crazy for You” won four awards at the inaugural Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Awards Saturday, May 5. The cast, crew and staff came home with Best Costume Design, Best Direction, Best Actress Emily Emmett and Best Musical.
“It was such an honor to be presented Best Musical by Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby,” FMHS theatre arts department head Scott Taylor said. “These kids have worked so hard and I could not be more proud of the entire cast and crew!”
FMHS competed with 30 high schools across the metroplex in 15 categories and took home the most awards out of any other school.
The awards show was an amazing experience for everyone involved. Students were given the celebrity treatment, where the acting nominees arrived in vintage cars, walked the red carpet and were greeted by paparazzi and reporters. Additionally, the cast had the opportunity to sing and tap dance their rendition of, “I Got Rhythm” on the Fair Park Music Hall stage.
“You cannot believe these are high school kids who have never tap danced before,” FMHS Principal Sonya Lail said.
While the award show may be over, Best Actress Emily Emmett received an all-expense paid trip to New York City to compete on the national level this summer.
From ESPN: James Hanna won’t have to travel far to get to the Cowboys’ rookie mini-camp next week. It’s just about a 20-minute ride from Flower Mound to Valley Ranch. The Cowboys took the Oklahoma tight end in the sixth round Saturday, fulfilling a need pick with only Jason Witten and John Phillips on the 53-man roster. “Honestly I didn’t know where I’d go and just coming to the Cowboys, it was an even better feeling than I thought it would be,” Hanna said. “It was real exciting.” Read more@
Private Meeker shares photos of his deployment with Shings' class.
From LISD: Second-grade students in Katie Shings’ class at Bluebonnet Elementary had a visit from a special pen pal all the way from Afghanistan. Cooper Wadding, a student in Shings’ class, enlisted his classmates to correspond with his cousin, Private Christopher Meeker, while he was deployed overseas, and now that he is back in the States, he stopped by to meet his new friends.
While visiting, Pvt. Meeker talked about his location overseas, what he did in his free time, what life was like in Afghanistan and why he wanted to serve our country. He also left students with some encouraging words of wisdom.
“Pvt. Meeker talked with the students about the importance of going to college and doing well in school,” Shing said. “He encouraged kids to read, do their homework and listen to their teachers.”
Shing said the visit was about more than just meeting their pen pal, she wanted to create an educated citizenry in her classroom. How does she hope to create this? Click here to find out!
Pictured above are top row, left to right: Chelsea Bott, Nina Cassidy, Anna Auzenne, Michelle Scheffler, Megan Wettstein, Brandee Champagne and Bailey Rarick. Bottom row, left to right: Marin Mills, Brooke Frazier, Jordyn Hayslett, Megan Heckendorn, Ashlan Hustava, Danielle Cooper.
From LISD: The McKamy eighth-grade girls track team won the district championship for the second year in a row. Individual district champions are Jordyn Hayslett in the 100m and 200m dash and Ashlan Hustava in the 400m dash.
Flower Mound High School (FMHS) announced it has 114 National Merit Scholarship Commended students for 2012-2013, the largest group ever to be recognized at FMHS. ”We had 85 National Merit participants last year and 114 this year,” Jill Barclay FMHS math department co-chair said. “That’s an increase of 34% over last year!” Continue reading »
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Cast members of FMHS’s production of “Crazy for You” rehearse before the show’s debut.
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From Flower Mound High School : Flower Mound High School (FMHS) will make quite the showing at the Dallas Summer Musicals (DMS) High School Musical Theater Awards with 14 out of 15 possible nominations. The awards show is May 5 at 7:30 p.m., with red carpet at 6 p.m., at Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas.
Judges were sent to 30 schools across the Metroplex to watch each school’s musical and over the weekend the nominations were announced. FMHS theatre teacher Scott Taylor is thrilled FMHS tied Aledo High School and Denton High School with the most nominations. Continue reading »
From CBS/DFW: Once a month, hopeful entrepreneurs can now pitch their ideas for inventions and new businesses to North Texas investors. It’s called “The Boardroom,” a softer, gentler version of the hit show “Shark Tank,” which hooks couch potatoes and millionaires alike with an inside look at what it takes to turn a great idea into a successful business. Its creator, Charles Horton of Flower Mound, is a fan of the show but says he wanted to see more substance. Read more@
From DallasNews.com: Flower Mound Marcus sharpshooter Phil Forte showed everyone on Friday night what the Marauders’ opponents have known for three years. The senior is a dead-eye from 3-point range. Forte, a senior who has signed with Oklahoma State, won the American Family Insurance 3-Point Championship in New Orleans on Friday. The event will be televised on a tape-delayed basis on Sunday, April 1, at 3:30 pm on CBS.Read more@
From OKState.com: Oklahoma State signee Marcus Smart has been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for boys basketball in the state of Texas for the second-consecutive year, it was announced Thursday. The Gatorade POY in 2011 as a junior, Smart led the Flower Mound Marcus High School Marauders to their second-consecutive Class 5A state championship this past season. He averaged 15.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in leading Marcus to a 39-2 record. He was also named the 2011 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Class 5A Player of the Year. Read more@
