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Summer 2016 Humble ISD Council of PTAs Humble ISD Council Thanks for the Memories from the of PTAs 2015-2016 President... The last two years serving as the President of the Humble ISD Council of PTAs and Officers: 16 years of serving Humble ISD have been a combination of fun, learning, making wonderful new friends, solving problems, learning to deal with trials and extra stress, Laura Clarke trying to keep all of our PTAs informed, many celebrations, completing very President productive projects and yes, at times, exhaustion. I have had a lot of people assist me Email: [email protected] along the way and I wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything. Below are photos of some of my favorite memories made with some fantastic people. See more Michele Cazares memories on the last 2 pages……Laura Clarke Vice President Email: [email protected] Helen Vine Secretary [email protected] Tabitha Collins Treasurer Email: [email protected] Tara Colescott Historian Email: [email protected] Sarah Clarke Parliamentarian Email: [email protected] Humble ISD Council of PTAs Back the Future COMMITTEE Awards CHAIRS At the May 11th Humble ISD Council of PTAs Regular Meeting, Back the Jeanette Brown, Future Awards were presented to members of the Humble ISD Everybody Counts community as well as businesses and organizations who have Chair Email: contributed their time, talents, services and dollars to the Humble ISD [email protected] Council of PTAs and to our local schools. Below are the pictures of the Michelle Stallman, wonderful folks who think investment in the education of our students is Legislative Chair the best investment of all! Email: [email protected] Veronica Pena-Laijas, Membership Chair Email: [email protected] Sonja Wait, Newsletter Chair Email: [email protected] Haylee Huffman, Parental Involvement Chair: Top: Laura Clarke w/ Kathy Ploch, CPA; CG’s Mary Pardo, w/ Marilyn Email: [email protected] Mann, Rebecca Chavez & Jessica Leonard; KPark Assoc. Principal Brian Johnson, Laura Clarke, & KPark Principal Lisa Drabing; and Steve Brack w/ Amanda Harper, Reflections Chair Laura Clarke. Below: Rev. Todd Jordon & Laura Clarke; Laura Clarke & Email: Beth Hall; Adriana Swift w/ Laura Clarke at J. Christopher’s Restaurant; [email protected] KPark NHS Advisors Lori Lero & Kristen Lynam, StuCo Advisor Matthew Marilyn Mann, Student Bennett, & Key Club Advisor Kate Weir. Support Services Email: [email protected] Jo Leigh Haupt, Title I Coordinator Email: [email protected] Founders Day Sub Committee Chairs: Francesca Munoz [email protected] Christina Spears [email protected] x.us See “Thank you” page for complete positions and affiliations of our Back the Future Award winners. Dates to Remember: TX PTA Launch - July 22 - July 24. Sign up at http://www.txpta.o Thank you rg/launch/ Fall FLO Training The Humble ISD Council of PTAs wishes to thank the Date – Sept. 28, ExxonMobil Volunteer Importance Program (VIP) for the 2016, 8:30 AM – thousands of dollars in grant money awarded to the Council 10:30 AM, and 6 – 8 PM in the of PTAs as well as several local PTAs and schools over the Administration past several years. These funds assist in providing additional Board Room. PTA programs for our students as well as covering existing program costs. The grants are earned based on the Council Meeting individual’s volunteer hours for an organization. The individual Dates: October 12, must be an EM employee, spouse, or EM retired individual to 2016; December 7, qualify for a VIP grant. On May 9, 2016 and May 11, 2016, 2016; January 25, Laura Clarke presented a check for $500 and $1,500 to 2017; March 22, Kingwood Park PTSA and the Humble ISD of Council of 2017; May 17, 2017. PTAs respectively. To date, Laura Clarke has earned Volunteers in Public $29,500 in ExxonMobil VIP grant money for Humble ISD Schools conference schools and PTAs. – Sept. 30, 2016 Founders Day Luncheon, “Wild about PTA” – Feb. 8, 2017 Student Recognitions Day – Friday April 28, 2017 Laura Clarke being presented with a “Back the Future Award” (L) by Marilyn Mann and a President’s gift from the PTA Council Board (R) at the recent Humble ISD Council of PTAs Regular Meeting. Student Recognitions Day! On April 29, 2016, The Humble ISD Council of PTAs held its 2nd Annual Student Recognitions Day. Students from all over Humble were treated to breakfast and lunch receptions and honored for Texas PTA Reflections Awards, Student Service Awards, and Senior Scholarship Awards. Below are the highlights. Congratulations to all of our amazing Humble ISD student winners! Student Service Awards During their recent Student Recognitions Day, the Humble ISD Council of PTAs honored fifteen Humble ISD students from all grade levels for their extraordinary volunteer service, compassion, and outstanding willingness to give back to their community during the 2015-2016 school year. The students were nominated by the thankful adults in their school or community and were selected by committee from 41 applications. Their hard work reaches out to the local community, the Houston area and in some cases, statewide, nationally and even internationally! The Humble PTA Council wishes to thank these students for their unselfish acts of kindness and service to their schools and community. Back Row: Kierston Val (Riverwood MS), Addie Wemyss (Riverwood MS), Mariyah Askew (Humble MS), Alexis Washington (Humble MS), Jenna Folk (Summer Creek HS), and Jonathan Brown (Quest ECHS). Front Row: Abby Richey (Kingwood Park HS), Peyton Eldringhoff (Pine Forest Ele.), Talon Balcom (Kingwood MS), Dawson Droll (Riverwood MS), Cassidy Clay (Elm Grove), Amy McGuffey (Riverwood MS), and Jaelynn Johnson (Kingwood Park HS). Side Photo: Associate Principal Brian Johnson and Rebecca Lewallen (Kingwood Park HS). Not Pictured: Iman El Attar (Woodland Hills). National PTA Reflections Contest Awards! The Humble ISD Council of PTAs recently honored those Humble ISD students who competed in the National PTA Reflections contest at Student Recognitions Day on April 29. These students advanced through the Local, Council and TX State PTA levels and 9 Humble ISD students won awards at the TX PTA level. Award of Excellence: Emily Grantham, Kingwood H.S. / H.S. Literature Award of Merit: Anika Busra, Kingwood Middle School/ M.S. Visual Arts Sadie Stults, Riverwood Middle School/ M.S. Photography, Vera Price, Bear Branch Elem. / Primary Musical Composition Honorable Mention: Brandon Botyos, Pine Forest Elem. / Intermediate Photography, Victoria Marsh, Kingwood Middle School/ S.A. Literature Overall Award of Excellence and Advanced to Nationals: Riley Franklin Foster Elementary School / S.A. Photography Allan Sundag Greentree Elementary School / Intermediate Film Elijah Monks Kingwood Middle School / M.S. Film Production National PTA Level: Allan Sundag from Greentree Elementary School has won an Award of Merit in the National PTA Reflections Program in the Intermediate Film Production category! Back row: James Turner, Anika Busra, Heather Turner, Rachel Morris, Sadie Stults, Nathan Eigbe, Ashton Smith, Julia Deaver, and Elijah Monks. Front row: Lyndi Eargle, Annaleise Kimmell, Jack Worsham, Victoria Marsh, Brandon Botyos, Ali Mitchell, Riley Franklin, Madison Ware, Tori Gatling, Emily Grantham. Not pictured: Vera Price, Rebecca Rhodes, Allan Sundag, & Paola Banda. Humble ISD PTA Council Senior Scholarship Winners The Humble ISD Council of PTAs is proud to announce their 2015-2016 Senior Scholarship Winners. Out of 60 applications, fifteen students were selected and honored at a ceremony and luncheon during Student Recognitions Day, on Friday, April 29, 2015. The PTA Council was very pleased to bestow $10,500 in scholarships which was money raised entirely by PTA volunteers. Several businesses and individuals in our community also contributed to the scholarship fund. Please see our “Thank You” page in this issue. The Humble PTA Council also wishes to thank all of our PTAs who participated in our Founders Day scholarship fundraiser and also made cash donations to the fund. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for supporting this PTA program! Back Row - L-R: Rachel Clarke - Kingwood Park HS, Zachary Purcell - Kingwood Park HS, Nicolas Renteria - Summer Creek HS, Kendahl Lyle - Summer Creek HS, Justin "Garrett" Wood - Kingwood Park HS, Komkris Buraparate - Cambridge School, Steven Umana - Quest Early College HS, and Elizabeth "Betsy" Williams - Kingwood HS. Front Row L-R: Kaitlyn Smith - Atascocita HS; Christy Zapata - Humble HS, Alyssa Bustamante - Kingwood Park HS, Kylie Smelley - Kingwood Park HS, Macy Birden - Kingwood HS, Claire Manning - Kingwood Park HS, and Jordan Eley - Kingwood Park HS. Team L3, Bear Branch and KPark team up to promote "Get in the Game" Kickball Tournament Team L3 (Live, Love, Landon) Barrett Kenny, Rachel Morris, Jillian Smoak & Talon Balcom, all students at Kingwood Middle, participated & won their age division in the Camp Gladiator relay obstacle course Take The Scholarship Money & Run. They won because of team work, dedication & athletic ability. Elm Grove Elementary saw this middle school team of student leaders as an inspiration so they invited the group to the pep rally before the big fundraising kickball game on May 6. Each student member gave an inspirational speech. KPark Freshman Morgan Morris was there to help with the ceremony and to make a contribution with her sister, Rachel Morris, of $500 to start the fundraising efforts for a new playground at Elm Grove. Kingwood Park Student Council donated small, fun, footballs & cups as giveaways. Bear Branch students Everett Munoz and Tyler Brown donated stuffed animal as giveaways. Because of the pep rally, the students at Elm Grove Elementary were pumped up & ready to support their team & work towards the common goal of the playground fundraiser. Foster Elementary won the kickball tournament but Elm Grove was the true winner by making new friends, coming together as one team, and using their athletic abilities to achieve the goal needed to fund the new playground.