Clear Creek ISD Hosts State Robotics Competition
Clear Creek ISD made history by hosting the first UIL Robotics 2023 VEX Pilot State Championship at the CCISD Robotics Event Center. The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF), is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally. For the last two seasons, CCISD […]
Friendswood ISD Baseball Teams Continue Winning Streak
Friendswood ISD marches ahead to State Title Game! The Friendswood Mustangs intend to ride back to the State Title game this season. Only, this time they won’t plan on leaving empty-handed. Friendswood has garnered two-consecutive district titles (would have, likely, been three if not for COVID) and it doesn’t appear that trend will stop this […]
Clear Creek ISD Students Showcase Coding Projects at The Capitol
Six Clear Springs High School students joined five other school districts from across the state for the Code @ the Capitol event in Austin presented by Computer Science for Texas (CS4TX). Janice Thomas, Mariam Aziz, Zara Siddiqi, David Corvaglia, Zaid Albustami and Caleb Lightfoot were recognized by the Texas State Legislature and had the opportunity […]
Alief ISD Students Visit Texas Southern University
Alief ISD students visited Texas Southern University to learn about being a TSU student. 3rd & 4th graders from Alief Heflin Elementary School experienced A Day in the Life of a TSU Tiger, a community initiative of the Barbara Jordan- Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. Students participated in a mock […]
Santa Fe ISD Special Olympics Team Wins Medals
Santa Fe ISD’s Special Olympic athletes traveled to Alvin to compete in their Area basketball tournament. Santa Fe players did an amazing job competing and demonstrating their skills! The team brought home 4th place in their division and the individual skills athletes brought home a gold medal, 4th place, and 5th place. A huge thank […]
Fort Bend ISD CTE Students Attend Law Enforcement Day
Fort Bend ISD’s Law and Public Service Program students learned firsthand from local police departments and public servants at the district’s annual Law Enforcement Day. The annual event took place at the James Reese Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center, where students representing all 11 high schools participated in a day of demonstrations and activities. […]
Student Internships and Externships
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What are student internships and externships? A student internship provides on-the-job training within an organization to learn about a given profession or […]
Classroom Leadership
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is a classroom leadership moment? The average teacher makes around 1,500 educational decisions on an average day. That is about 4 […]
How Can We Foster Improved Critical Thinking?
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is critical thinking? “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character […]
The Value of Elementary School Recess
Response from “Ask a Former Board Trustee”- Clear Creek ISD Chapter: Joanna Baleson, Ken Baliker, Jennifer Broddle, Bob Davee, Glenn Freedman, Ann Hammond, Charlie Pond, Page Rander Dee Scott, Win Weber © AFTCCISD2022 What is school recess in elementary school? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines recess as “a regularly scheduled period […]
