PTA-Awards
in 2007-2008
On May 24, Hedgcoxe chess participated in the 2008 Texas State and Amateur Championships, One Day Scholastic event. The team of Naeel Chowdhury, Snigdha Sinha & Reetu Sinha took
3rd place in the K-12 Under 750 division. In addition, Snigdha placed
3rd, Reetu placed 6th and Naeel got Honorable Mention.
Congratulations to these two outstanding Hedgcoxe artists:
Karen Chen and Hannah Mitchell of 2nd grade. Karen and Hannah's artworks were selected to hang on the walls of
PISD’s Cox Building for the East Cluster Art Exhibit. Karen's
artwork is a painting in the style of Faith Ringgold. Hannah's artwork
is a colorful abstract landscape. Both artworks were executed with
superb craftsmanship and creativity! Their artwork will be on display
at the Cox Building located at 1517 Avenue H in downtown Plano until
May 12th.
Way to go, Karen & Hannah! ~ Ms. Laude
Congratulations to Michaela Levy in 1st grade and Sara Nasserzadeh in
3rd grade! Michaela and Sara were selected to represent Hedgcoxe at the
district-wide Youth Art Month display at the Sockwell Center of PISD.
Michaela's artwork on display is an under-the-sea collage in the style
of book illustrator, Eric Carle. Sara's artwork is a "Silly" portrait
done in colored pencil.
Both artworks were executed with superb craftsmanship and creativity!
Their artwork will be on
display at the Sockwell Center until April 28th.
Way to go Sara and Michaela!
~ Debbie Laude, Art Teacher
Hedgcoxe Chess sent players to the Region III
Scholastic Championships at UTD on Saturday, February 9th.
In the Elementary division, John Lance took 10th.
In the Elementary U800 (under 800 USCF rating) division, Reetu Sinha
took 1st, Bradley Hobert took 2nd, and Snigdha Sinha took 6th. As a
team they took 1st!
In the K-1 division, Ethan Benavides took 10th.
In the unrated division, Armon Kaviani took 5th.
Also representing Hedgcoxe were Naeel Chowdhury, Nathan
Kuhn, and Connie Chen.
Chess team rocks!
Hedgcoxe Grand Prize Science Fair Winners move on to the District Wide
Competition: Grand Prize Winner (1-3) Sara McFearin and Grand Prize
Winner (4-5) Josh Gavaghan.
Go Josh! Go Sara! We’re Hedgcoxe Proud!
Parker Nay’s winning Reflections entry represented Hedgcoxe
in
the Area 15 PTA Council-wide Reflections Competition. Way to go, Parker!
2006-07 Hedgcoxe Accountability Rating: Exemplary
Gold Performance Acknowledgments:
♦ Attendance (2005-06)
♦ Commended in Reading/ELA, Writing, Mathematics, Science
♦ Comparable Improvement: in Reading/ELA
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST LIFETIME MEMBERS:
♦ Robin LaBounty
♦ Kathie Lance
♦ Jackie Myers
♦ Michelle Sims
Lifetime Membership is the highest honor granted by PTA in recognition
of the recipients' dedication to children. Well done!
PLANO ISD RANKED TOPS IN U.S.
Plano ISD has been cited by two national organizations recently as
being among the best school districts in the United States.
SchoolMatch® ‘What Parents Want' Award
For the 16th consecutive year, Plano ISD has received a “What
Parents Want” award from SchoolMatch® of
Columbus,
Ohio, the nation’s largest school selection consulting firm.
Only
16 percent of the nation’s 15,571 public school districts
(2,516)
have been recognized for meeting the needs of families choosing schools
through the consulting company.
Expansion Management Magazine ‘Gold Medal’ Rating
A business magazine for companies actively seeking to expand or
relocate their facilities, Expansion Management magazine named Plano
ISD among 2,800 school districts across the U.S. to earn a
“Gold
Medal” rating through its 16th Annual Education Quotient
ratings.
The magazine evaluates districts based on graduate outcomes, the
community’s support of education and adult education/
income.
History Fair Winners
Display Presentation – Individual
Honorable Mention: Ryann Duvall (The Kickapoo Indians)
Honorable Mention: Janani Ramesh (India’s Fight for Freedom)
1st Place: Gabe LaBounty (The Battle of Gettysburg)
Media Presentation – Individual
2nd Place: Prithvi Thavanampalli (World War One)
1st Place: Andrew Kuhnell (The Battle of Gettysburg)
Media Presentation – Group
2nd Place: Genevieve Robinson and Jessica Hong (The Cuban
Missile Crisis)
2nd Place: Jordan Greene and Amanda DeLeon (Coming Together
with Vietnam)
1st Place: Dorsa Mir Norouzi, Kaitlin Pena, Madeline Wright,
and Ashton Young (The Roaring 20’s)
Hedgcoxe Honors
Kelly Bentley
PISD’s Excellence in Teaching (2006-07)
Exemplary School Rating (2006-07)
Hedgcoxe Chess
1st in State, Novice Division (2007)
Hedgcoxe is the only elementary school in PISD that has a Junior FFA (Future Farmers of America) member, Kali Kubes.
She will be raising breeding rabbits to show. There are over 80 FFA
students in PISD who have livestock in the PISD barns on Alma. All
Hedgcoxe families are invited to the FFA's largest fundraiser event
benefiting the PISD FFA students at the Collin County Junior Livestock
show in January.
Plano FFA Round-up & Live Silent Auction
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The Haggard Party Barn, 5948 McKamy Trail
Plano, Texas 75093
Contact CMatzek@TX.RR.com for more information.
PTA-Aawards in 2006-2007
- $1000 grant from
Sam’s
- $1000 grant from Wal-Mart
for
winning the “Teacher of the Year” program
- First elementary
school
to receive 100% on the Residential Recycling Incentive Program
Application
- $1000 award for our new
Residential Recycling Incentive Program
- Outstanding Membership
- Scrapbook won "Highest
Honors"
- Honorable mention awards;
Outstanding PTA, Directory, Family Week Program
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