CLEAR BROOK BYLINES January 2019 Message from the PTA President Happy New Year Wolverine Families! On behalf of the Clear Brook PTA, I hope you all had a restful and wonderful holiday break. We are excited for what 2019 holds for our students. We are certainly grateful for our awesome teachers and staff as start a new semester. We look forward to serving our Clear Brook community. As we look forward, we will be filling many positions on our Board. If you are interested in being part of our Clear Brook PTA Executive Board, or would like more information on what our organization does on campus, please let me know. As always, we are thankful to our membership for your support. If you haven't already joined, consider joining today. JoingPTA.org, it's that easy! Amy Biekert PTA President [email protected] CLEAR BROOK BYLINES Clear Brook High School 2018-2019 PTA Membership Form Dues: $10.50 Per Membership Please consider joining CBHS PTA. This organization benefits the parents, teachers/staff, and students at Clear Brook High School. CBHS PTA provides a monthly e-newsletter to keep you informed of important events happening on our campus, student activities, and much needed parent information. Our PTA also gives scholarships each year to several deserving Clear Brook Seniors. PTA volunteers devote hundreds of hours throughout the year providing many services that benefit our school! Joining is easy! You can join and pay online at www.joinpta.org, and select CCISD/Clear Brook High School. You can also complete the below form and mail to the address noted below. Member’s Name: Date: Parent/Guardian Faculty/Staff Student TX Life Member Other: Address: City: Zip Code: Phone #: (Home Cell Work) Email Address: Student’s Name (if joining): Grade: 9 10 11 12 Student’s Name (if joining): Grade: 9 10 11 12 Total number of PTA Memberships: ________ Total due ($10.50 PER Membership):___________ Checks Payable to: CBHS PTA May we add your name to our volunteer list? Yes No Membership registrations may be mailed to: Attn: PTA Membership, Clear Brook High School PTA, 4607 FM 2351, Friendswood, Texas 77546 CLEAR BROOK BYLINES SENIOR INFORMATION OK Seniors … Things are about to get really exciting! Since your first day of 9th grade, you vaguely heard about senior prom and graduation. It seemed so far away. Well, now, it’s here! We have quite a few events coming up to celebrate your high school accomplishments. Below are some important dates: February 7 Class Meeting to Discuss Prom & LAST Fundraiser begins February 27 Powder Puff – Seniors vs. Juniors March 8 Senior vs. Faculty Basketball Game April 8th- 22nd Prom Ticket Sales April 27 PROM (San Luis Resort) May 15 Senior Banquet (Challenger Stadium) May 22 Panoramic Picture May 22 Senior Walk May 29th GRADUATION We would like to encourage students to continue to work hard in their classes and to take care of everything they need to do to finish the year strong! CLASS OF 2019 CLEAR BROOK BYLINES CLEAR BROOK BYLINES CLEAR BROOK BYLINES CLEAR BROOK BYLINES Brook Debaters took to the road the weekend of December 15th to head over to Dekaney High School in Spring where they continued amassing points toward their individual state goals that will culminate in the annual TFA State Tournament in March. Lincoln Douglas Debate competitors Christa Westheimer and Maryam Babar both achieved quarter-finalist status at the meet while their teammates, Sarvesh Subramanian, Kent Pham and Prateesh Vijayakumar competed in a new event, Worlds Debate, besting all other teams and coming out 1st place overall! Not to be outdone in debate events, members also competed in more traditional speaking events, including Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking and Impromptu. It was in these events where Rishi Bengani placed 6th and 7th overall respectively while Sarvesh Subramanian picked up his third qualification of the year by placing 2nd overall in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking. CLEAR BROOK BYLINES Brook Debaters cut their holiday break a few days short when they showed up to J. Frank Dobie High School on January 4th and 5th to compete at the first debate tournament of the new year. Coming out with the best finish of the team for the weekend was Benjamin Eappen who placed as the top speaker overall in LD Debate as well as placing 3rd in the event overall! Fellow debaters Kent Pham and the team of Christa Westheimer and Fizza Dhanani both made it to the quarter finals round in LD Debate and PF Debate respectively. Kent, already qualified for state in LD Debate, adds to his total, while the girls picked up two additional points, putting them in easy striking distance of their qualification for the year. Picking up his second qualification of the season was Adarsh Suresh who placed 7th overall in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking. Also picking up two points in this same event was Christa Westheimer, putting her close to a second state goal that she is still working toward. Finishing out the list of point earners this weekend was Maryam Babar who placed 5th overall in Informative Speaking, putting her within three points of her first state qualification. CLEAR BROOK BYLINES Clear Brook Celebrities Contest season is here! The team has been working hard on all their team, ensembles, duets, and solo dances. If you see a Celebrity around school wish this luck. The team would love to have you come out and support them. Contest Dates and Locations: 1/19/2019 January Jubilee @ Friendswood High School 2/2/2019 ADTS @ Barbers Hill High School 2/16/2019 MA @ Pearland High School 2/23/2019 Crowd Pleasers @ Clear Springs High School Announcement! Do you want to be a part of the Celebrities as a dancer or manager? Then be on the look out for the information packets. They will go out the last week of January. Informational meeting will be on February 14, 2019 at 6pm in Gym 1. Hope to see many of you there! Spring Show Ads The Celebrities are selling ads for their Spring Show. For more information and an advertising packet contact Kelly Jo Henry [email protected] Calling all Former Celebrities… Are you a former Celebrity? Are you in need of some time to reminisce about your team dancing days? There will be a reunion event this spring. More information will be coming in future bylines. CLEAR BROOK BYLINES .