Blanson CTE High FACE Newsletter

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• Business Professionals of America State Competition, Wednesday, March 2nd-Saturday, March 5th
• Saturday School, Saturday, March 5th
• Spring Break, Monday, March 14th-Friday, March 19th
• Saturday School, Saturday, March 26th
• 3rd Nine Weeks Report Cards Available, Monday, March 28th
• Blanson Culture Fest, Friday, April 1st
• STAAR EOC English I and English II, April 5th and April 7th
• STAAR EOC Algebra, Biology, and U.S. History May 3rd-May 13th

Did you miss our "Catch My Breath" Anti-Vaping parent workshop last week? No problem! Our gracious guests from Harris County Public Health have shared their presentation. Click the link to check it out! Presentation Link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE5GR76ckk/view

Stay tuned for more family engagement events scheduled for April and May!

Attached you will find a copy of the State of Texas 2020–2021 School Report Card for Blanson CTE High School. This report is required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. It is to be sent to the parent or guardian of every child enrolled in a Texas public school. The report provides information concerning student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®), as well as information on student enrollment, class size averages, and financial expenditures.

State law requires that the School Report Card display information about the state, the district, and the school. Where possible, the information must be reported by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status of the students and must include at least two years of results.

The School Report Cards can be found online at:

2020-21 TEA School Report Cards

Thank you for your continued support of Blanson CTE High School.

In case you didn't know, all Blanson CTE students are encouraged to join a "Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) in their 9th and 10th grade year, and it is strongly encouraged to participate as an 11th grader and 12th grader. CTSOs are a great way to gain teamwork skills, make new friends, and build confidence. Each program of study has a specific CTSO that supports their curriculum. However, what is most exciting about CTSOs is that it gives students a chance to show off what they know!

This spring semester, several programs of study have students that have advanced to State level competitions for their program. We are still waiting on official word from some recent competitions, but we are confident that Blanson will have a good showing all around the state. until then, check out pictures from area competitions held this past weekend! And of course, check out the Blanson website for a listing of all of the CTSOs that we have to offer.

Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and Top 15 Percent Announcements

Excitement is in the AIR! Mr. Ibarra, Principal and Ms. Golden, Lead Counselor announced this year's Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the graduating class of 2022. Please join us in congratulating Computer Programming student, Alexander Guel as Valedictorian and Instrumentation and Process Control student, Angie Miranda as Salutatorian. Both students are representing the Academy of Information and Engineering Technology. These two outstanding students were recognized alongside Blanson's top 15 percent of graduating seniors, for a total of fifty-three amazing scholars. Each student in the top 15 percent received a yard sign brandishing their top honors. More celebrating will happen for this group and their parents on April 28th during an Honor's Banquet. More information about this event will be forthcoming.

Senior Prom

Prom is coming! Your senior prom date is set for Saturday, May 14th at Enchanted Cypress Ballroom. Tickets will be available soon on RevTrak for purchase. Tickets will be sold at two price points. One ticket for $100 and 2 tickets for $180. All tickets include dinner and dessert for the evening.

Senior Panoramic Picture

Our Class of 2022 12th grade students just took their panoramic picture and they looked great! This class is a very special and dear class for Blanson because it is the first that to graduate that has been here all four years, from 9th grade-12th grade. If you would like to purchase one or all the poses, click on the link below to access the Herndon Panoramic site and reserve your Class of 2022 panoramic picture today!

Purchase your panoramic picture using this link: https://herndonpanoramics.com/product/blanson-cte-hs-2022/

Cap and Gown

Haven't purchased a cap and gown for your senior yet? No worries! Caps and gowns can be ordered through the Josten's website at https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/2802465/Blanson-Career-and-Technical-Education-High-School/. Find the icon marked "Graduation" and scroll all the way to the bottom and click on "SHOP NOW" under "SHOP GRADUATION PRODUCTS". This page has the cap and gown information you need, plus much more. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page if only looking for cap and gown info.

Transcripts

All seniors need to review and verify the information on their transcripts on SchooLinks or Home Access Center. When reviewing the information, seniors should be looking to make sure that they have received credit for the classes they've taken during their high school career, and should be looking out for any discrepancies. Should a senior have questions about the information on their transcript, their questions should be directed to their counselor via email.

Attendance Denial of Credit (No Grade Policy/NGs)

SUPER IMPORTANT: Course credits WILL be denied if a student has excessive absences--whether excused, unexcused, or medical does not matter. Students who have excessive absences should be in contact with Mrs. Zuniga, Attendance Clerk, and Ms. Sheffield, AP over Attendance. All make-up hours for to ensure that credit is not denied must be completed by March 11th for credits denied in the 2020-2021 school year, March 28th for credits denied last semester, and May 2nd for credits that are in danger of being denied for this semester.

Each month we ask our Career and Technical Education teachers teachers to nominate a student within their program of study that has done outstanding work within each nominating month.

It has come to our attention that the description for last month's Employee of the Month, Megan Navarro was incorrect and for this we sincerely apologize. Please find the corrected version below:

Megan is very quiet and is sometimes reluctant to participate in class activities. This month she stepped out of her comfort zone to interact with her peers because it was required of her to do so in order to advance in her program of study. Megan went against her nature of not wanting to interact with others to perform all practice and all required EKGs needed for her to sit for the EKG Certification exam. She improved her skill and bedside manner with each EKG she did. With her hard work, persistence, and skill, Megan passed her EKG Certification exam!

~Nominated by Ms. Crull, January 2022

Please allow us to introduce to you Dr. Divina Browne (Mrs. Browne), Blanson's Math Instructional Coach. Just a week ago, Mrs. Browne became Dr. Browne by defending her dissertation titled "Difference between Schools of Choice and Neighborhood Schools in their Academic Achievement: A Multiyear Statewide Investigation". During her studies, Dr. Browne received many distinctions and recognition. In fact, her paper on Asian American Women: Their Pathways to Leadership in Education received the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Graduate Student Research during the 2020 Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference. The following year, her dissertation research on schools of choice received the same award, and was subsequently published in the International Journal of Social Learning.

Dr. Browne will officially graduate with her Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University at the end of the semester. We are so very proud of her and we are grateful to have her working with our students!

Attendance Denial of Credit (ADoC)

While we understand that many students have been absent due to circumstances beyond their control, the law does still require that all students attend school at least 90% of the time in order to be eligible to receive credit for their classes. As such, please help us to ensure that you student attends school on-time, every day.

• When your student is absent, ensure that a note is turned into the attendance office within 3 days of returning back to school.
• Make a habit of checking your student's attendance records in Home Access Center. Should there be discrepancies, have your student reach out to the teacher for the class where the absence occurred.
• If contacted regarding "Attendance Denial of Credit" ensure that all requested paperwork and make-up hours are recorded and turned into Ms. Sheffield, Assistant Principal over attendance as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

March 11th

Make-up hours for credits denied LAST YEAR (20-21) are due

March 28th

Make-up hours for credits denied LAST SEMESTER are due

May 2nd

Make-up hours for credits that are in danger of being denied for THIS SEMESTER are due

Attendance Office Reminders

During regular school days the cut off time to pick up students early is 1:45 pm. We ask that all parents/guardians respect this policy as it becomes increasingly disruption to the school day when students are picked up closer to dismissal time

All parents/guardians who pick up students MUST be on the student's contact list in eSchool

All parents/guardians must have an official form of documentation to pick up a student

cut off time and also on early dismissal day we will not be pulling students out of class for early pick up.

Dear Jaguars and Jaguar Parents/Caregivers

While we hope that you stay safe and healthy, in the event that you are sick/ill, this is a reminder that you need to stay home--regardless of if the illness is COVID related or not.

In the event that you think that you might have COVID and you are awaiting a COVID test result, you will need to stay home until the results come in. Once the results come in, regardless of if your test result is positive or negative, the very first thing that you need to do is to contact the nurse so she can advise you on next steps. AGAIN, you must contact the nurse PRIOR to returning to school, even if you have a negative test result.

Nurse Sabrina Moye-Roach

slmoye-roach@aldineisd.org

(281) 591-4950

As a proactive measure to help you keep up with school work, you may want to consider reaching out to your teachers and let them know what's going on. This way they can communicate with you about classwork and assignments.

Many students are concerned about being marked absent when they are at home sick. Please note that anytime you are not physically at school, you have to be marked absent and once you are marked absent an automatic dialer will contact your parents. There is nothing that can be done about preventing the calls that go out. Just know that once you are allowed to return to school, submit your absence note and our attendance clerk will code the absence accordingly. You can always check your attendance records using the Home Access Center. Should you have additional questions about student attendance, you can always email our attendance clerk, Mrs. Zuniga.

Mrs. Silvia Zuniga

Attendance Clerk

szuniga@aldineisd.org

Email: BlansonCTEHS@aldineisd.org
Website: blansonhs.aldineisd.org
Location: 311 West Road, Houston, TX 77038
Phone: (281) 591-4950
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlansonCTEHS
Twitter: @BlansonCTEHS