Crowley ISD Boardroom Rewind

The Crowley ISD board approved the creation of an Employee Health Care Clinic in partnership with Texas Health Physicians Group. The clinic is set to open to full-time Crowley ISD employees and their dependents in August 2019.

For a minimal, out-of-pocket fee of $10 per visit, eligible employees and their dependents will be able to visit the clinic for a wide variety common "in-scope" clinical services, such as treating sinus infections or colds, among many other ailments. Click here for a list of fees and services.

Eligible employees and their dependents will be able to take advantage of this benefit, regardless of whether they elect to enroll in the district's insurance plan.

Thursday's board approval means these services will be available beginning in August at the Texas Health Family Care facility at 5701 Bryant Irvin Road, Suite 201 in Fort Worth.

From left to right: Emily Hendrickson of Lockheed Martin, Tristen Troublefield, Oliver Nelson, Joseph Esquivel, Grant Bond and Ken Ross of Lockheed Martin

Four Crowley ISD students received $1,000 college scholarships from Lockheed Martin for completing their engineering internships at the corporation.

High school seniors Grant Bond, Joseph Esquivel, Oliver Nelson and Tristen Troublefield are part of the Project Lead the Way engineering program at the B.R. Johnson Career and Tech Center.

The students have the opportunity to continue their internships at Lockheed through college with job opportunities to follow at the aerospace and defense company.

Elementary Champions: Instigators - J.A. Hargrave Elementary School

Intermediate Champions: SELF - S.H. Crowley Intermediate School

Secondary Champions: MISSion Possible - B.R. Johnson Career and Tech Center

Overall Grand Champions: KIC, Inc - S.H. Crowley Intermediate School

The final round of the annual Mission Possible competition occurred at Simply Fondue in Sundance Square on March 22 with six teams from across Crowley ISD presenting their projects to a panel of expert judges.

This project-based learning competition is made possible by the support of community partners who have made generous donations and served as judges, mentors and hosts throughout each of the three rounds.

From left to right: Eden Resendez, Zackary Michler, Sue Crouch Intermediate teacher Bryan Michler and Nimit Satwah

Three Crowley ISD students recently represented their school in the Texas Science Fair and Engineering Fair state finals:

•Eden Resendez: Tested to see if using Keurig coffee would be a better fertilizer than a name brand fertilizer. Her results found that plants were able to grow faster in the coffee. Eden placed first at the Sue Crouch Science Fair – Plant Science and placed third at the Regional Science Fair – Plant Science.

•Nimit Satwah: Did a detailed comparison of the capabilities of the artificial intelligences of Samsung’s Bixby and Apple’s Siri. Nimit placed first at the Sue Crouch Science Fair – Computer systems, placed first at the Regional Science Fair – Computer systems and placed second at the State Science Fair – Robotics and Intelligent machines.

•Zackary Michler: Tested the mathematical paradox that supports the game show “Let’s Make a Deal.” Is it better to stick with your first choice or switch? Zackary placed first at the Sue Crouch Science Fair – Mathematics, placed first at the Regional Science Fair – Mathematics and placed third in the Junior division of American Society for Quality for excellence in data at the Regional Science Fair.

From left to right: Nicholas Bradden, Ny'Evan Keeton, Crowley ISD culinary instructor Zameika Williams and Daijah Andrews

Culinary Arts students from the B.R. Johnson Career and Tech Center won second place in Aramark's Lonestar Chef state competition March 29 in Houston.

Students Daijah Andrews, Ny'Evan Keeton and Nicholas Bradden named their team "Team Black Magic" and created a Fiesta Bowl that won first place in the regional competition, qualifying them for the state competition.

Kristin Bell, Crowley Collegiate Academy secretary, is the April 2019 Heartbeat Team Award winner.

The award recognizes employees who display heart as they go above and beyond their job description, inspiring other employees through their extraordinary work ethic. Heartbeat team members are nominated only by other district employees.

Watch to learn more about why Bell is the heartbeat of Crowley ISD.

Crowley ISD and Child Care Associates are expanding their partnership with an Early Head Start pilot program at the ACE Demonstration and Design Lab at J.A. Hargrave Elementary School in the 2019-20 school year.

The district and Child Care Associates have been awarded a $1.6 million annual grant for five years to serve qualifying children ages 6 weeks to 3-years-old.

In addition, a proposal is being finalized for a tuition-based pre-kindergarten program for families that do not meet state eligibility requirements.

The photo above shows new high school attendance zones that were adjusted
to create aligned feeder patterns from the middle schools.

High school attendance zones are being adjusted beginning in the 2019-20 school year. The changes will create high school feeder patterns that allow two middle schools to feed directly into North Crowley High School and two middle schools to feed directly into Crowley High School.

Summary of changes:
•Crowley Middle School and Summer Creek Middle School will feed into North Crowley High School
•H.F. Stevens Middle School and Middle School No. 4 will feed into Crowley High School

In November of 2018, the Board of Trustees approved new attendance zones for elementary and middle schools as part of the Building the Future initiative. As part of this two-year plan, middle school No. 4 will open in the 2020-21 school year.

Learn more at www.crowleyisdtx.org/BuildingTheFuture

The board approved the adoption of the following instructional materials as part of Proclamation 2019:

• K-5 English Language Arts/Reading (Benchmark Workshop)
• 6-8 English Language Arts/Reading (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• K-5 Spanish Language Arts/Reading (Benchmark Workshop)

A team of coordinators, teachers and principals worked together over the past year to identify these high-quality publishers and materials for adoption in Crowley ISD.

Trustees approved the reinvestment of the Child Nutrition Guaranteed Return from Aramark for the purposes of replacing the cooler/freezer at Crowley High School and Sycamore Elementary along with replacing the serving lines at Deer Creek and Meadowcreek elementary schools.

The total reinvestment of the guaranteed return from Aramark will be $439,794.20.

The Crowley ISD Student Dress Codes are reviewed, modified and approved annually. The district's dress codes consist of a Standards of Student Dress (PK-8) and a Student Dress Code (9-12).

There were only minor revisions made to the dress codes for 2019-20.

Click here to see PK-8 dress codes.

Click here to see 9-12 dress codes.

Gary Grassia, assistant secretary of the board, provided an overview of the Texas Assessment Management System website that provides academic resources for parents and students.

The free website, which includes STAAR preparation tools and customizable reading lists based on a child's reading ability, was featured at the Mexican American School Boards Association (MASBA) conference that Grassia attended in March.

A session, led by Grassia, on how to use the website will be one of the many topics covered at Crowley ISD's Parent University scheduled for Saturday, April 27 at the B.R. Johnson Career and Tech Center. Other trustees, district employees and community members also will lead sessions.

Click here to register for Parent University courses.

From left to right (front row): Lyndsae M. Benton, board secretary; Superintendent Dr. Michael D. McFarland; June W. Davis, board president; Mia Hall, board vice president

From left to right (back row): Gary Grassia, board assistant secretary; Nedra Robinson, board member; Dr. La Tonya Mayfield, board member; Ryan Ray, board member

Previous Board Summaries