THE GREEN PAGES WEB DIRECTORY - PROUD SUPPORTERS OF THE CARROLL DRAGONS

Posted November 29, 2006

Dragons Earn Third-Round Playoff Spot

The Dragons earned a third-round spot against Odessa Permian by defeating the Trinity Trojans 22-21 last Friday. The showdown was witnessed by one of the largest high school football crowds ever recorded at Texas Stadium, over 46,000 were in attendance.

Game time will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 2 at Texas Tech University’s Jones Stadium in Lubbock. Pre-game tickets are available beginning today through noon Friday, December 1 at the following locations: Carroll Senior High School, Carroll High School, Carroll Middle School, Dawson Middle School, Johnson Elementary School and Durham Elementary School. Pre-game tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased at Jones Stadium the day of the game beginning at noon; game day tickets are $10 for adults and students.

For details about Jones Stadium, visit the following link: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/jonessbc/. The game will be broadcast as usual on KKGM 1630 AM by Metro Sports Communications. Saturday’s game can also be heard worldwide on KKGM’s website at http://www.kkgmam.com.

The Dragons beat Trinity 22-21 November 24 at Texas Stadium

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Reminder: Inclement Weather Procedure

Decisions about school closings due to inclement weather are made by CISD Administrators and Transportation officials prior to 6 a.m. Official announcements during inclement weather are made on WBAP News Talk 820 AM and on KXAS - TV Channel 5, Fox 4 News and WFAA Channel 8. When the situation permits, the district will also post closings to the district's web site and on CISD Cable TV 30 (Charter) and 33 (Verizon FiOS) in Southlake. However, weather conditions often prevent school officials from relying on these communication methods.

Parents are encouraged to turn to WBAP 820 for official announcements regarding school closings. Sometimes, CISD opens on a delayed schedule due to bad weather. However, school is rarely dismissed early for bad weather conditions because of working parents and the safety concern with sending children home without adult supervision. CISD will make every attempt to broadly communicate weather-related decisions.

Questions about our procedures may be directed to the Communications & Marketing Office at 817-949-7080.

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New Southlake Jewelry Store To Sponsor Girls' Basketball Tournament

Bailey Banks & Biddle presents the first Carroll Classic Holiday Basketball Tournament. Hosted by the Lady Dragons, teams from across the metroplex will compete November 30-December 2 at Carroll Senior High School, 1501 W. Southlake Boulevard. Tournament teams include Plano East, Flower Mound, Fossil Ridge, Irving, Keller Central and the home favorite - Lady Dragons.

Bailey Banks & Biddle is a new jewelry store to the Southlake community- scheduled to open in The Shops of Southlake in the coming weeks at 1221 E. Southlake Boulevard. Visit them on the web at http://www.baileybanksandbiddle.com.

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Winter Break Holiday Schedule

Carroll ISD schools and offices will be closed for Winter Break December 21 through January 1. CISD staff members return to work Tuesday, January 2 for staff development, and students return to classes Wednesday, January 3.

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2007-2008 Calendar Feedback Sought

District officials are still seeking the community's feedback on the proposed 2007-2008 school calendar. The public is encouraged to review and comment prior to a vote by the CISD Board of Trustees December 11. The proposed calendar may be accessed from the calendar link on the "Breaking News" page and/or the "Calendars" links on each CISD web page. A direct link is provided below as well.

2007-2008 Proposed School Calendar

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Child Nutrition Receives Perfect Score From Health Department

Congratulations to Carroll ISD's Child Nutrition Department. The Tarrant County Health Department paid a surprise visit today to each one of CISD's 11 campuses. Each school cafeteria kitchen received a perfect score of 100.

Child Nutrition staff members work hard to serve the students of CISD. The Campbell's
soup character is pictured with students at Carroll Middle School's cafeteria

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Dragon Forensic Team Competes In Nation's Largest Tournament

Over last week's break, the Dragon Forensic team competed in the largest high school tournament in the nation, with over 200 of the country's top competitors in attendance at the Chicago Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Classic. With over 240 students entered in Student Congress Debate, Carroll's Richard Jordan advanced to the semi-final round of the top 60 and also authored the top piece of legislation in the entire tournament.

Dillon Huff and Samantha Shaw advanced to the final round of the top 24 and placed 11th and 12th, respectively. This was the highest placement of any individuals from the state of Texas. In extemporaneous speaking, which had over 150 of the nation's best and included four preliminary rounds of competition, Connor Huff and Whitney Bosworth advanced to the round of the top 24 and finished 13th and 14th, respectively. In Duo Interpretation, the team of David Howe and Andrew Ryder finished seventh in the competition. Diane Forbes coaches the Dragon Forensic team.

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Save The Date: CSHS Winter Choir Concerts

Carroll Senior High School's Black Box Winter Concerts are scheduled for Monday, December 11 in the CSHS Black Box Theatre. Come and enjoy the dancing voices of these talented entertainers. The first showing is at 6:30 p.m. followed by an 8 p.m. show. Attendees are encourage to bring a canned good or donation to be given to Grace Food Bank.

In addition, the CHS and CSHS choirs will present their Winter Concert Tuesday, December 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the CSHS Auditorium. The choirs will entertain with beautiful songs of the season.

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Eat At Johnny B's And Support Dragon Debate Team

The Carroll Dragon Varsity Debate Team is having a restaurant fundraiser Tuesday, December 5 at Johnny B's. Stop by and enjoy great food while supporting the Carroll Dragons.

Eat At Johnny B's Flier

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Varsity Boys Golf Finishes Strong In Longhorn Stampede

The Varsity Green Boys Golf Team played in The Longhorn Stampede November 17. It was a grueling 36-hole test taking place at the Tangle Ridge Golf Course with cold, windy conditions in the morning followed by warm weather and much wind in the afternoon. The Dragons started off slow but finished strong. During the first round, the team fired 326 led by Brenden Alexander's 76. In the second round, they fired a 304 led by Kyle Shute's 72.

The team played great and brought home second place in the tournament behind a Marcus team that shot 316-294. Below is a list of the players' scores:

Brenden Alexander 76-78: Top Ten
Kyle Shute: 84-72
Kyle Gist: 80-76
Luke Thacker: 87-78
Brandon Stuart: 86-81

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Dragon Swim/Dive Team Makes Waves At Meet

The Carroll Dragon boys and girls Swim/Dive Teams had a great meet at the Tisca North Invitational Swim/Dive Championships recently at the Loos Natatorium in Dallas.

The boys scored 248 points to finish in second place out of 60 teams. The girls scored 221 points to finish third. Both teams put forth excellent team effort and numerous season best times and personal best times were accomplished.

The boys' 400 Free Relay finished first and swam 3:11.61 under the Automatic High School All-American time standard, which means that Jeff Hendricks, Wil Singley, Trevor Mays and Drew Mays are already High School All-American swimmers for the 2006-2007 season.

Also making High School All-American Automatic, was Wil Singley in the 200 Free at 1:41.66 and the 500 Free at 4:36.30.

High School All-American considerations were turned in by the following individuals:
Caitlin Baran in the 200 IM at 2:07.31(new school record) and 100 breast at 1:05.92
Singley, Hendricks, T. Mays and Joey Yglasias in the boys' 200 Free Relay at 1:28.54

Individual scorers in the meet included:
Claire Singley (fresh) 6th, 200 free 1:54.37 pr (new school record); 3rd, 500 free 5:03.41 pr
Wil Singley (junior) 1st, 200 free 1:41.66 season best; 1st, 500 free 4:36.30 season best
Trevor Mays (senior) 3rd, 200 free 1:43.79 pr; 5th, 500 free 4:45.59 season best
Caitlin Baran (junior) 4th, 200 IM 2:07.31 pr (new school record); 3rd, 100 breast 1:05.92 season best
Drew Mays (junior) 7th, 100 Back 54.49 pr; 9th, 200 IM 2:02.03 pr
Jacob McGough (fresh) 11th, 200 IM 2:03.66 pr; 13th, 100 fly 54.11 pr
Rachael Ausdenmoore (fresh) 9th, 50 free 25.31 pr
Jeff Hendricks (senior) 2nd, 100 free 47.34 season best; 8th, 50 free 22.03
Taylor Hryorchuk (soph) 11th, 1 mtr.diving 304.45
Connor Bowles (soph) 7th, 1 mtr.diving 295.05
Lisa Ginder (junior) 7th, 100 fly 58.83 pr; 8th, 500 free 5:08.65 season best
Chelsea Dunlap (fresh) 13th, 100 free 55.34 pr; 11th, 100 breast 1:08.94
Kerry Wright (senior) 16th, 500 free 5:22.18 season best
Daniel Cox (senior) 9th, 500 free 4:51.86 season best

All Dragon relay teams swam in the Finals and scored established season best times, and all were faster in Finals than in the Preliminaries.

Girls:
200 Medley Relay "A" 3rd, 1:52.56 w/ Ausdenmoore, Baran, Laura Huning & Singley
200 Medley Relay "B" 8th, 1:56.63 w/ Erica Anderson, Dunlap, Arrington Hayes & Paige Higgins
200 Free Relay "A" 6th, 1:42.15 w/ Ausdenmoore, ginder, Higgins & Katie Hitchcock
400 Free Relay "A" 5th, 3:39.59 w/ Baran, Ginder, Dunlap & Singley
400 Free Relay "B" 15th, 3:50.22 w/ Huning, Taylor Cole, Higgins & Wright

Boys:
200 Medley Relay "A" 7th, 1:42.94 w/ D. Mays, Yglasias, McGough & D. Cox
200 Free Relay "A" 5th, 1:28.54 w/ Hendricks, Singley, T. Mays & Yglasias
400 Free Relay "A" 1st, 3:11.61 w/ T. Mays, Hendricks, D. Mays & Singley
400 Free Relay "B" 14th, 3:26.75 w/ D. Cox, Andrew Goss, Michael Pichler & Garrett Bland

This was a great mid-season performance by the entire team. The Dragons are looking forward to the final 12 weeks of their swim/dive season with anticipation and enthusiasm. The goals are high and the swimmers and divers are working extremely hard to meet those goals.

The Carroll teams compete next at home against Plano West and Flower Mound Thursday, November 30. The JV squad will swim Friday, December 1 at the Grapevine/Colleyville JV Invitational.

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Eubanks Intermediate Celebrates Spirit Of Giving

The Eubanks Intermediate Student Council members recently collected over 3,700 canned foods to donate to the Roanoke Food Pantry. Each homeroom got in the spirit of collecting by designing canned food sculptures with the cans they collected.

Wendy McKethan's students were one of several
EIS groups to donate canned goods to a local pantry

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Keep Southlake Beautiful Grant Update

Durham students are already enjoying the benefits of the Keep Southlake Beautiful Grants that were recently awarded to the DES Science Department this fall. The school received five grants for $150 each. The grant applications followed the guidelines of the Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) programs, including environmental education, litter, water conservation, pollution and beautification and community improvement/outreach.

Below is a description and update regarding each of the Keep Southlake Beautiful grants awarded to DES:

Vegetable Garden grant – this grant provided plants, seeds and soil amendments for the DES vegetable garden. First graders have been participating in these labs throughout the fall. They added soil amendments to their raised beds before they planted fall vegetables. The cool weather and rain has provided a wonderful growing season for our vegetables.

Arbor grant – DES was able to replace a wooden arbor with a wrought iron structure. Thanks to the engineering power of volunteer Chuck Fish, the arbor has been painted and cemented into place. Students enjoy walking under the arbor each time they visit the garden.

Wildflower grant – Three primary leveled book sets were purchased to complement the bluebonnet seeds that the kindergarten students will broadcast along the roadside this winter. Students will read about butterflies, ladybugs, and other insects.

Wildscape Gardening grant– Wildscape plants will be purchased and planted in the butterfly and hummingbird gardens this spring.

Environmental Books grant – A collection of leveled readers have been purchased that promote the care of the environment and using resources wisely.

DES students show their appreciation to Keep Southlake Beautiful for grant donations


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Durham Elementary To Host Boat Building Workshop

Durham Elementary's Cardboard Boat Regatta is just around the corner and students are already hard at work preparing for this special event. They are charged with designing and constructing a boat that will hold and safely carry them and a partner across the CISD Aquatics Center pool.

DES fourth graders will work with cups, foil and paper to learn the principals of boat building, buoyancy and density. Each lesson provides challenges and opportunities for creativity and questions to be answered. DES students and their parents are invited to attend a Boat Building Workshop Thursday, November 30 from 6 to 7 pm in the DES library. A special thanks to Bates Container’s annual donation of 120 sheets of cardboard.

The 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta takes place Friday, January 26 at 9 am in the Aquatics Center.

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Our Newest Baby Dragon

Congratulations to Julie Thannum (Director of Communications & Marketing) and her husband, Scott, following the birth of their baby boy Jackson Thor. Jackson was born November 20; he weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. Jackson joins big sisters Riley and Madison. Both mom and baby are doing great.

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Athlete Signing Correction

Carroll Senior Chandra Alexander recently signed with the University of North Texas for a golf scholarship. Chandra is the daughter of CISD Assistant Golf Coach Steve Alexander and Tonda Alexander. This information was published incorrectly in last week's newsletter.

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Posted To Our Website...

The following document has been posted to the district's website.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Keller Pointe Offers Community Discount

The Keller Pointe is extending a special discounted rate to all Carroll ISD staff members and parents who register December 15-17. See flier below for additional details. The Keller Pointe is located on Rufe Snow in Keller and offers a variety of activities for the whole family, including exercise facilities, classes and an indoor/outdoor aquatics center.

Keller Pointe Discount Offer

Mark Your Calendars For 5th Annual Red Bag Food Drive

The weekend of December 2-3, Christmas is for Children and Altrusa DFW will launch their fifth annual Red Bag Food Drive. Dozens of community volunteers will deliver bright red food bags to 6,000 Southlake homes. Fliers attached to the red bags will instruct recipients to fill the bags with non-perishable boxed or canned food items and place them by their mailbox for pick-up the afternoon of Sunday, December 10.

For more information about the Red Bag Food Drive, contact Marie Gress at 817-424-3483 or by E-mail at mg9624@verizon.net.

Red Bag Food Drive Flier

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