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!
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!”
From Flower Mound High School: The Rosettes had a fabulous trip to San Marcos, San Antonio and Austin this past weekend! The Gristmill, Gruene, outlet shopping, salsa class, the Riverwalk, and performing at the State Capitol-so fun! These girls represented Flower Mound well, and gave some outstanding performances! Here were our contest results:
From Flower Mound High School: Flower Mound High School seniors Alessandro Pauri (
From Edward S. Marcus High School: Marcus photography students attended the Association of Texas Photography Instructors Winter conference in Arlington this weekend. The conference was well attended with over three hundred high school students from around the country.
From Lewisville ISD: LISD is seeking roughly 30 community members interested in serving on the LISD Facilities Assessment Committee. The committee will meet monthly and members may sign-up to participate in walking tours with PBK Architects.
