3/20/15 Bragging Headlines Congratulations to these amazing art students!!! Out of nearly 300,000 entries, 10 BWood students won the honor of having their work displayed at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Five of these talented artists also auctioned their pieces! "Three Sassy Ladies" by "All dressed up and Shelbi Booth was Click Here to read more nowhere to go" by Maria auctioned for $16,000 about their fantastic art. Simpson was auctioned for $18,000 "Dirty Boots & Southern Roots" by Camille "Southern Simplicity" "Well Hello There" Matzke was auctioned for by Morgan Platt was by David Tran was $25,000 auctioned for $20,000 auctioned for $24,000 Out of all of the elementary division winners for the Houston Livestock & Rodeo Art show winners from the surrounding Houston area (around 300) there are a handful chosen by Reliant Energy for the Power of Art voting contest. ONLY the top 3 most voted on artworks receive $1,000 for their school art program and $1,000 for the district art program. Rasco Middle School is fortunate enough to have TWO students in this contest. It goes from March 9th to April 3rd. Vote daily for our two students at rodeo.myreliant.com/ Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo District Competition Lake Jackson Intermediate Winners are Avery Watkins (Best of Show) and Lisa Ebach (Gold Medalist). Both girls received a Glassell school scholarship for the summer. Congratulations girls! A.P. Beutel had 356 students & staff that participated in collecting donations for the American Heart Association. They raised $12,000! Every Beutel student participates on the day of Jump Rope for Heart regardless of whether or not they brought money because they are all Heart Hero's. Congratulations to both our Lady Exporters Soccer and Exporter EXPORTER POWER! Boys’ Soccer! They beat Bay City Boys Powerlifting team won the to become District Champs! Class 4A division 2 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! Way to go BPort Boy's Golf! The team finished 2nd overall in The Congratulations to Coach Brad Calhoun Invitational Tournament Nelson for being named Regional on Monday with Ethan Angel Coach of the Year! finishing 1st and Austin Closs Awesome Job Exporters!!! finishing 5th. Way to go, Exporters! Anchor Down! A BIG thank you to BISD standouts, now NFL players, MJ White (Carolina Panthers) and Darren Woodard (Arizona Cardinals), partnering with former area pros Kevin Garrett and Cedric Mack, for hosting a skills camp for area kids at Hopper field this past weekend! Gentlemen, thank you for making a DIFFERENCE in the lives of kids! Thank you Chris Moore for your great big Congratulations Lady Bucs Basketball point shout out to our BPort coaches and guard Richelle Velez on earning All-District student athletes. (And we agree - they are First Team recognition, and guard Mikayla doing a great job!) BISD is the place to Traweek on earning Second Team honors! BE! Please click below to read Chris Moore’s letter to the editor. Letters to the editor for March 9, 2015 THEFACTS.COM BISD foundation sets $400K goal to fund grant program! Be a part of it! For information about BISD's Education Foundation and how to contribute to the Founders’ Campaign, call 979-730-7000 or visit Brittany Rosenbohm www.brazosportisd.net/educationfoundation Executive Director BISD is the place to BE! Brazosport ISD Education Foundation A huge thanks to Stripes for their contribution to Velasco’s community garden. Velasco choir did a wonderful job at the ribbon cutting and had great representation from SFA, FIS, and B'port. It was a true community celebration! Congratulations to Brazoswood Lady Buc pitcher Madison Philips will continue her softball career at the University of Texas at Tyler next season. Philips, sitting, is joined by, back row, from left, Brazoswood Lady Buc head coach Laura Oltman, assistant coach Stacy Neiswander, father Chris Philips and mother Faith Philips. First graders at O.M. Roberts Elementary learned about Children's Dental Health Month in February. To help us celebrate, Dr. Bell, DDS, and Dr. Crocker DDS donated 110 toothbrushes to our first grade students. Thank you Dr. Bell and Dr. Crocker! Three BPort students traveled to Dallas to compete at Business Professionals of America state competition. Michael Green placed 9th in Basic Office Systems & Procedures. Also competing was Jacob Mageors in Graphic Design Promotion and Briar Smith in Advanced Office Systems & Procedures. They participated in the Internship Program where they volunteered at least 3 hours of their time to help the conference run smoothly. They also competed in Open Events, which are multiple choice tests over a variety of business related topics. Ms. Rutledge's Jane Long Elementary kindergarten class received Honorable Mention in the Milk Carton Construction Contest for the Brazosport ISD Operations and Child Nutrition Services. They made a Milk Robot with Muscles that said "Milk Makes You Strong". Great job guys!! BISD recognizes elementary and secondary principals and assistant principals who go beyond the day-to-day demands of their positions, utilizing exceptional leadership skills. Teachers, students, former students, parents, administrators, and members of the community were encouraged to submit nominations. All four of our winners were announced during the March 17th Board Meeting. Congratulations to BISD’s Principals and Assistant Principals of they Year! Brazosport High School Brazoswood High School Secondary Principal of the Year Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year Jennifer Gonzalez Cheryl Roberts Bess Brannen Elementary T.W. Ogg Elementary School Elementary Principal of the Year Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year Julie Evans Kimberly Ziehl On March 17, 2015, Cedric Mack was inducted into the Exporter Baseball Hall of Fame. Mr. Mack is a 1979 graduate of Brazosport High School where he participated in Baseball, Football, Basketball, Orchestra, and Jazz Band, receiving all-state honors in Baseball, Football, Orchestra and Band. He was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees, but chose to go to Baylor University to play Baseball and Football. In football, Mr. Mack garnered all SWC conference honors. Upon graduation, Cedric Mack was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL and played for ten seasons. Since retirement from the NFL, Mr. Mack has become a high school teacher and coach. Mr. Mack resides in Lake Jackson and teaches and coaches football and golf at Angleton High School. Cedric Mack joins prior inductees Ronnie Broaddus, Brad Thomas, and RB Carroll. A plaque commemorating this honor is mounted on the concession stand wall at the entrance to Exporter Field. Congratulations Cedric and thank you for modeling excellence for student-athletes at Brazosport High School. Energy Improvement Award Winner Congratulations goes to the staff of Brazoswood High School for earning the monthly Energy Im- provement award this month. Brazoswood came in with a savings of 19% from December 2014 to January 2015. Lanier Middle School came In second place with a savings of 17.5% and Jane Long Elementary placed third with 14.7%. Pictured below accepting the award are Interim Superintendent Danny Massey, Brazoswood Principal Tracie Phillips, and Energy Specialist Randy Whitten. Madison Lemons of Caleb Bendit, a junior Jane Long at Brazoswood HS Elementary has been selected to received a 1st place star in a new show medal in a coloring airing this fall on contest for The NBC. The show Facts. "Game of Silence" will Way to go Madison!! be shot in Atlanta, GA. He will be co- starring as a young Daryl. We are very excited for Caleb and his new adventure in Follow us on… life. If you have any Bragging Headlines you would like to share please send information to [email protected] .