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2010-2011 July Highlights

Grapevine – Colleyville ISD. 2010-2011 July Highlights. 2010-2011 District Highlights. Board gives final approval to new superintendent. The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to officially approve Dr. Robin Ryan as GCISD’s new superintendent

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2010-2011 July Highlights

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  1. Grapevine – Colleyville ISD 2010-2011July Highlights

  2. 2010-2011District Highlights Board gives final approval to new superintendent The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to officially approve Dr. Robin Ryan as GCISD’s new superintendent during a special meeting on June 14. Ryan was awarded a three-year contract, effective June 15, 2010.

  3. 2010-2011District Highlights Spring TAKS scores maintain high percentages in student performance Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students continue to showgains on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge andSkills (TAKS), according to preliminary results of the first and second administrations of the test. Students in grades 3-11 throughout Texas took the TAKS in March/April with retests in May. The Texas Education Agency will release final results in August and will announce official accountability ratings in the fall.

  4. 2010-2011District Highlights Newsweek names both high schools to list Both GCISD high schools were included in Newsweek’s annual list of bestschools in the U.S., and were the only Northeast Tarrant schools in the top quarter of the list. Colleyville Heritage High was ranked 170 and GrapevineHigh was ranked 342, in the list of 1622 public high schools included in the magazine. Rankings are based on the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge (AICE) tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of graduating seniors.

  5. 2010-2011District Highlights GHS AP history teacher receives award for outstanding achievements Stephanie Bakintas, Grapevine High School, has been named one of twelve recipients of the 2010 OutstandingTeaching of the Humanities Award given by HumanitiesTexas. The award recognizes contributions of exemplary teachers of history, literature, foreign languages, government, social studies and other humanities disciplines in Texas elementary, middle and high schools.

  6. 2010-2011District Highlights Future Problem Solvers from CTMS earn Grand Champion title Operation iGrow from Cross Timbers Middle School, earned the title of InternationalGrandChampion-Junior Division, at the Future Problem Solving Program International Competition in Wisconsin in June. The team, coached by Terie Wied, was one of three GCISD groups competing at the international level, and previously had won the Texas Grand Champion title in the Junior Division.

  7. 2010-2011District Highlights CHHS student receives banner for state golf title During a ceremony in the CHHS Library, Mercedes Rios, CHHS Senior, received the official banner for earning the title of Girl’s State Champion at the Texas UIL 5-A State Golf Tournament. The banner will hang in the CHHS gym, commemorating her accomplishment.

  8. 2010-2011District Highlights District provides summer meals for children The Nutrition Services department will provide free breakfast and lunch to students ages 18 and younger. Breakfast is offered from 7-8:30 a.m. and lunch is offered from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the following sites: Cannon Elementary: June 7-July 2 and July 12-29 Grapevine Middle: June 14-July 1 and July 12-29 Grapevine High: June 7-July 2 Cross Timbers Middle: June 7-August 6

  9. 2010-2011District Highlights GCISD Registration Planned for 2010-2011 The 2010-11 school year begins on August 23, and registration for GCISD campuses will be held in August. Dates, times and other pertinent back-to-school information for specific campuses is available on the district’s web site, www.gcisd-k12.org/pr/backtoschool.htm.

  10. 2010-2011District Highlights Summer program offerings online • Online registration is now available for GCISD summer programs. Program offerings include: • Summer Enrichment, Kaleidoscope of Possibilities, for grades kindergarten-eighth • KidzU Child Care and Summer Camp • www.gcisd-k12.org

  11. 2010-2011District Highlights GCISD Summer Hours Set GCISD summer hours are in effect through August 13. Summer hours are 7:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday. District offices will be closed on Fridays and the week of July 5 – July 9.

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