August 2016

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Health Fairs See Area Schools See Record-Breaking Attendance! New Leadership! Fort Bend ISD recently named four new leaders at campuses in Precinct 2 for the coming school year. The new high school principals, Thomas Graham, Deidra The 2016 Community Operation Back- Lyons-Lewis and Alfred Holland will serve to-School Health Fairs had record- at Willowridge High School, Elkins High breaking attendance last week. In honor School and Marshall High School, of National Health Center Week, respectively. The fourth, Constance AccessHeatlh hosted fairs on August Hawkins will serve as the Assistant 13th in Missouri City, on August 6th and Principal for the EDGE Program at in Richmond. Briargate Elementary School.

Principal Thomas Free immunizations were provided to 78 Graham received a children, and 356 free health screenings Master’s degree in were provided, including dental, vision, Education and scoliosis, and speech and hearing Supervision from the screenings. AccessHealth and event University of sponsors distributed 1,600 free , backpacks filled with school supplies to and a Bachelor’s participating families, and free haircuts degree in Education were provided to children at both events. from Tennessee

State University. Fort Bend County Commissioner Grady Graham, joined Fort Prestage of Precinct 2 provided in-kind Bend ISD in 2007 as an Assistant support, and Community Relations Principal at Elkins High School. The Manager Brenda Patton served as Co- former FBISD Principal of the Year also Chair of the planning committee along worked as an Associate Principal at with Sharonda DeBose of AccessHealth. Travis High School before being named principal at Crockett Middle School, where he served for the past five years. Prior to joining the District, Graham served as an Assistant Principal and teacher in Alief ISD.

These events were made possible with the help of local businesses and organizations including Fort Bend County, City of Missouri City, Houston Principal Deidra Methodist Sugar Land, Community Lyons-Lewis Health Choice, All Star Storage, St. received a Master’s John’s United Methodist Church, degree in CenterPoint Energy, MD Anderson Counseling from the Cancer Center, NRG, Senator Rodney University of Saint Ellis, Schramme Construction Company, Thomas, and a Frost Bank, Legacy Ford, Missouri City Bachelor’s degree in Exchange Club, State Representative Psychology from Ron Reynolds and Fort Bend County Grambling State Constable Ruben Davis. University. Also a former FBISD “We are so grateful for the sponsors and Principal of the Year, Lyons-Lewis most volunteers that make this possible year recently served as Principal at Hodges after year,” said AccessHealth Bend Middle School. She has also held Development Officer Cindy Reaves. “We positions as Associate Principal at love seeing the community come Willowridge High School; Associate together to ensure local children get a Principal, Assistant Principal, Guidance healthy start in life. One of the best ways Counselor and Special Education teacher to do this is helping them get ready for at ; and as Director school. It’s a one-stop-shop for families, of Staffing and Secondary Staffing and we couldn’t do it without our Coordinator for FBISD’s Human community partners.” Resources Department.

AccessHealth is a private, not-for-profit Principal Alfred community health center that serves Fort Holland holds a Bend County and the surrounding areas. Master’s degree in For more information about the 2016 Administration and Community Operation Back-to-School Supervision and a Health Fairs or AccessHealth services, Bachelor’s degree in contact Cindy Reaves at (281) 633- Elementary 3169. Education from Southern University. Fort Bend County Libraries Holland is returning Provide Students with to Marshall High School after serving Online Help! as Principal at Bowie Middle School and

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Brainfuse previously at Jordan Elementary School. HelpNow (Homework Tutoring) program During his earlier years at Marshall, he enables the library system to provide served as an Assistant Principal and as online homework assistance in a broad the Associate Principal. Holland is also a range of subjects in both English and former Hunters Glen Elementary School Spanish for students in grades K through Campus Teacher of the Year.

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This tutoring program is an Internet- based service that provides library patrons with live, on-demand homework Assistant Principal help, seven days a week, from 3:00 to Constance 11:00 pm. Certified tutors are Hawkins obtained experienced in Math, Science, Social her Bachelor’s Studies, and English/Language Arts. If degree in live, real-time assistance is not needed, Interdisciplinary students may also submit questions any Studies in Early time of the day or night, and emailed Childhood from the responses will arrive within 24 hours. , is an ESL- Math tutors assist with basic skills, certified educator, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and and holds a Master’s calculus, while science tutors are versed degree in Instructional Leadership in biology, chemistry, physics, and earth- Development. Hawkins joins Fort Bend science subjects. Social studies tutors ISD as a former educator of Pearland cover American history, world history, Independent School District. She has and political science. English/language more than 10 years of experience in arts instructors provide help with writing, education, having served as a third-grade reading comprehension, grammar, and reading and math teacher, kindergarten vocabulary skills, as well as help in teacher and team leader. English literature. Tutors are also able to assist with Advanced Placement (AP) Men for Change subjects and introductory college courses. Award FBISD students $18,000 in scholarships!

The program includes a 24-hour writing lab, which allows students to submit Men for Change (MFC) recently honored papers online to trained writing 15 Fort Bend ISD graduating seniors with instructors at any time; students receive scholarships totaling $18,000 during the feedback within 24 hours. Writing organization’s 2016 Scholarship Awards experts evaluate the submitted paper Banquet, held at Quail Valley City Center. and provide constructive comments with The FBISD honorees were among more the aim of helping students become than 20 seniors in Fort Bend County better writers. honored with MFC scholarships this year.

In addition to homework help, the MFC is a title 501© (3) organization homework tutoring program offers a dedicated to promoting Education, Skills Building section in which students Community, Brotherhood and Family. may receive additional exercises to help Founded in 1994, the organization has them master the concepts being taught performed various community service in their homework lessons. Skills- activities like awarding scholarships to building lessons involve one-to-one deserving high school students and sessions with live instructors. These providing support to families in need tutors utilize a library of field-tested, through benevolent contributions. This state-aligned lessons, including age- marks the 22nd year MFC has given appropriate content, reading passages, Scholarships to Fort Bend area High simulated test questions, and School seniors. The organization has worksheets to help students master key provided over $180,000 in scholarships to academic areas. area students.

Students may access this resource from any computer – whether at home, school, or at the library – by going to the library’s website, www.fortbend.lib.tx.us. Click on the “Homework Tutoring” link on the main webpage or the “Live Homework Tutoring” link in the Youth Pages section, type in the barcode number from the FBCL library card, and then enter the Homework Help area or the Skills Building area. There is no time Included among this year’s $2,500 limit to the sessions. scholarship recipients are: Dulles High School – Clark Parham and Hightower The first time patrons utilize the service High School – Myles Bartholomew. from home, they may receive a prompt requesting that they install ActiveX Among the $1,000 scholarship recipients software from the Brainfuse website. are: Dulles High School – Brooke Briers, Patrons may choose to complete an Elkins High School – Edward Armijo, optional registration form. Completing Aaron Hudson and Allen Watson, this registration allows the user to submit – Montrell Bell papers for feedback, to receive emailed and La’Tayra Watts, Marshall High School responses, or to review old sessions. – Alexandra Brown, Tamia Johnson, While an email address is needed if the Dwyane McKenzie and Megan Williams, user wishes to submit questions or and Willowridge High School – Gerlynn receive feedback, it is not necessary to Dumas, Taylor Frazier and Lapria have an email address to take Oppenhammer. advantage of the live homework help during the scheduled hours that the The scholarship banquet had a full service is available. program, complete with guest speaker Cozette Church, former Principal All tutors are required to have a four- at Marshall High School. MFC Director of year college degree and to undergo Education, James Poore III provided the extensive background and reference opening prayer and served as Master of checks. They are also subject to a Ceremony. MFC Secretary Rodney rigorous selection-and-training process, Toussaint provided the dinner prayer multiple screening interviews, and skills- while MFC Vice President Willie Willis testing. Ongoing monitoring of online extended a welcome to all honorees and sessions ensures security and guests. instructional quality. For More information on Men For For more information, call the Fort Bend Change, and how to get involved click County library system’s Public HERE! Information Office at 281-633-4734.

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