Kerrville ISDSix-Weeks Highlights

Fourth Grade students across the district are now trained in rainfall tracking and will re-port rainfall totals daily through the Com-munity Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). Troy Kimmel, a CoCoRaHS Coordinator, Senior Lecturer at University of Texas at Austin, and correspon-dent for the Ranch Radio Group, recently visited all four KISD elementary schools to present students with rain gauges and pro-vide training on rainfall measurement.

During the visit, Kimmel explained why tracking rainfall is important, even on days it doesn’t rain. He incorporated a math les-son in showing the students how to add up totals if it rains more than the gauge can hold.

Students will log on daily to the CoCoRaHS website to report rainfall totals. Anyone in the nation can then see that Starkey, Daniels, Nimitz and Tally are official rainfall reporting locations.

Meterologist and Texas State CoCoRaHS Coordinator Troy Kimmel speaks to Nimitz Elementary during the first stop to the four elementary schools on November 1, 2013.

Elementary Schools Receive Rain Gauges

Twenty-one students from Nimitz Elementary placed in the Kerr County Art Fair held recently. Alli-son Mumme, Nimitz Art Teacher, submitted the stu-dents’ artwork.

Standing from left to right: Grace Andrews, 4th place; Kristy Tijerina, 2nd place; Cianne Benavidez, 5th place; Elijah Garrett, 6th place; Jashayla Osborne, 3rd place.Kneeling from left to right: Paige Galindo, 4th place; Kyle Pruitt, 5th place; Lilliana Soto, 2nd place; Diana Gloria, 1st place; Braden Stehling, 3rd place.Sitting from left to right: Raylie Neutze, 6th place; Timothy Tijerina,

1st place; Tyler Forsythe, 4th place; Elyse Houdeshell, 7th place; Emma Rivera, 5th place; Chloe Ontiveros-Salinas, 3rd place; Xavier Chavez, 2nd place; Faith Vasquez, 2nd place. Not pictured: Kellan Carlson, 1st place; Alona Wahrmund, 3rd place; Brianna Martinez, 1st place.

Nimitz Students Win Big in Kerr County Art Fair

Tally Flash Mob Highlights R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Tally Elementary 3rd Graders kicked off the 3rd six weeks’ char-acter trait of Respect with a sur-prise FLASH Mob Dance during a recent six weeks award assem-bly. When the hit song “Respect” by Aretha Franklin began play-ing, the entire 3rd Grade class, dressed in yellow, stood and per-formed a choreographed dance.

The students chose a flash mob dance to introduce the character trait because it would be memo-rable and fun. The 3rd grade team is asking all students to wear yel-low every Thursday from now through the end of the six weeks (December 20th) as a remind-er to always show RESPECT.

Trustworthiness, RespectResponsibility, Caring, Fairness, Citizenship

Kerrville ISD, 1009 Barnett Street, 78028 November 21, 2013

Important DatesNov. 27, 28, 29 - Thanksgiving HolidaysDec. 2 - KPSF Grant DeadlineDec. 20 - End of 3rd Six Weeks

Students in Hollis Uecker’s 5th grade Social Studies class-es at Starkey Elementary col-lected old, broken, unwanted cell phones for two weeks be-fore and after Veteran’s Day. The collection was for the na-tional program, Cell Phones for Soldiers which recycles old phone parts and uses the money to purchase call-ing card minutes for soldiers overseas. The program was originally started by two stu-dents who heard a news story

about soldiers with high phone bills when deployed overseas. The students decid-ed that they wanted to help, and started the worthy organization. Starkey collected more than 140 phones this year. The Cell Phones for Soldiers organization collects phones year round. For more information, visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com.

Left to Right: Hailey Silva, Dylan Pena, Gaby Garcia and Alisa Rojas decorated boxes to kick-off the collection campaign.

Starkey Collects Cell Phones for Soldiers

BT Wilson celebrated students that sold ten or more tickets during the school’s Acapulco Fiesta Dinner Fundraiser. BTW students raised $13,945! Go Wildcats!

THANK YOU ACAPULCO MEXICAN RESTAURANT!

Hal Peterson Middle School’s top ticket sellers stand with their prizes and a sign show-ing the total amount of mon-ey raised by HPMS students - $19,296! Way to go Spikes!

BT Wilson and HPMS Hold Fundraiser

Dr. Dan Troxell, Superintendent, has been named Chair of the 2013-2014 University Interscho-lastic League Legislative Council. Troxell previously was the Chair of the UIL Legislative Council Standing Committee on Aca-demics for the last several years.

The University Interscholastic League was created by The Uni-versity of Texas at Austin to pro-vide leadership and guidance to public school debate and athlet-ic teachers. Since 1910, the UIL has grown into the largest in-ter-school organization of its kind in the world. The UIL continues to operate as part of the Univer-sity of Texas, under the auspices of the Vice President for Diversi-ty & Community Engagement.

“The UIL provides immeasur-able academic, athletic, musical and extra-curricular opportu-nities for students state-wide,” said Troxell. “I’m honored to bring my experience and pas-sion for the UIL organization to the position of chairman. This is a tremendous honor not only for me, but for Kerrville ISD and the Kerrville community.”

For more information on the activities of the UIL, please visit www.uiltexas.org.

Troxell Named Chair of UIL Legislative Council

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Tom Daniels Elementary re-cently cut the ribbon to official-ly open a new school track. The track was paid for by the school’s PTO and cost approximate-ly $8,000. The PTO used funds raised from last year’s Spring Fling, the school’s annual car-nival held each April. Students had the chance to walk a few laps before enjoying snow cones pro-vided by PTO. The Kerrville ISD maintenance department assist-ed with the installation of the quarter-mile track. Students are utilizing the track in the mornings as part of the Mustang Milers walking group. Stu-dents receive a reward for every 60 miles they walk. Way to get healthy Daniels!

Starkey Holds Kid’s Cafe Cooking Competition

Starkey Elementary recent-ly held its first Annual Kid’s Cafe Cooking Competition. Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade were encouraged to take a standard cold salad recipe and alter it slightly to make it unique. Judges were looking for healthy recipes that were orig-inal, easy to prepare, healthy, kid friendly, and eye-pleasing. Ingredients for the salads were provided free by the PTO.

Daniels Elementary Opens New Walking Track

Success Around the District

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Great things are happening around our district on a daily basis. Here are some of the successes our students have enjoyed recently. Congratulations to everyone!

- Hal Peterson Middle School 7th Grade Boys Cross Country - District Champions- Hal Peterson Middle School 7th Grade Girls Cross Country - District Champions- Hal Peterson Middle School 8th Grade Boys Cross Country - District Champions- Hal Peterson Middle School 8th Grade “B” Football Team - District Champions- Tivy High School Marching Band - First Division Rating at the UIL Region XI Marching Contest- Tivy High School student James Lockwood - National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist- Tivy High School All Region Choir Members - Kylie Villasenor, soprano 1; Caitlyn Hollifield, soprano 1; Morgan Skeels, soprano 1; Rachel McCormick, soprano 1; Taylor Sparkman, alto 2; Jennifer Morquecho, alto 2; Ben McCright, tenor 1; Gabriel Ceniceros, bass 2. - Hal Peterson Middle School Region 11 Honor Choir - Joshua Leonard, Joseph Garrett, Morgan Clanton, Kaylee Lackey, Taylor Abshier, Malia Segura- Hal Peterson Middle School Region 11 Honor Band - Rogelio Bernal, Jack Davenport, Max Jones-Waddell, Bailey Jordan, Sabina Judah, Jules Knoulton, Alyssa Mendez, Naudea Olvera, Caitlin Patsches, Aidan Smith, Will Turner- Tivy High School Varsity Volleyball - Bi-District Champions- Tivy High School Varsity Football - Bi-District Champions- TMEA All State Jazz Band - Jay Lockwood, 13th in state

Third grader Hannah Lehmann shows off her Grand Prize ribbon and apron for her recipe, “Hannah’s Chicken Salad.”

Hannah’s Chicken Salad

- 2 cans canned chicken- 1 cup plain greek yogurt- cut grapes, apples, green onions and/or celery- combine in bowl- salt & pepper to taste

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Veteran’s Day Celebrated Across the DistrictOn November 11, campuses across Kerrville ISD held flag ceremonies, hosted receptions, and made cards for local Veterans. Here is a peek at campus events that took place in honor of our heroes.

Boy Scout Pack 60 conducted the flag raising ceremony at Nimitz. From left to right: Gabriel Torres, Kristian Torres, Lupe Torres, Clayton Gillen and Pack Leader Julian Torres.

Hal Peterson Middle School hosted a reception for local veterans. Veteran Gary Noller spoke to students in the library during the reception.

John Moreno, USAF, Retired, celebrates Veteran’s Day with a high-five from Early Childhood student Seth Venzor from Elizabeth White’s classroom.

TX-20063rd Air Force Junior ROTC members Juan Palacios, Dimitri Lopez, Samuel Pankratz and Sandra Vasquez conduct a flag lowering ceremony at Tivy High School.

Veteran’s Day is a learning opportunity for Kerrville ISD students. It is a chance for us to educate students about Veteran’s Day and why we honor these heroes.

It is also a great opportunity to engage local veterans by inviting them to flag raising ceremonies and receptions in our schools. Finally, giving students the opportunity to shake hands with veterans and listen to them speak teaches

our students how to respect and honor these important people.

-Dan Troxell, Ph.D., Superintendent

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