CHS Parent, Teacher, Student Association (PTSA) Meeting
Get Connected. Stay Connected. Get Involved. Make a Difference!
Join us on Wednesday, March 8th, 6:00 p.m in the Crockett High School library.
We are inviting students, parents, and teachers to come to the meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming Crockett Block Party and Adopt a Spot events. Come to the meeting if you would like to represent your organization (or send a representative). See you there!
Student INC
Check out the Student INC Entrepreneurship Newsletter:
http://us15.campaign-archive1.com/?u=51f202d3567c63763ef4e6a2d&id=9f214c9661&e=3ea81f91c4
Please congratulate our youth entrepreneurs! Lengthy feature in Inc. Magazine came out today, quoting the teachers, administrators and students associated with Student INC.
http://www.inc.com/magazine/201703/tom-foster/kids-inc-entrepreneurship-training.html?cid=hmhero
Also, Crockett High School will have several students representing our Student INC program at the SXSWedu Expo Student Startup Competition!
Join the Crockett HS Team for the Cap10K
Join the Crockett HS Cap 10K team for our 3rd year using the following link: https://eventdog.com/a/eventpage.php?eID=491&dID=0. You need to select the Crockett HS team. Race day is 4/23/17 this year. Cost is $20 for a school team member and includes race day items such as a t-shirt and other goodies which will be picked up and delivered to campus the week of the race. Also, if we get 25+ members, we get a finish line tent where we can all meet, congratulate one another and take pictures. Please email Ms. McMillon, drop by room 244, and/or call 512. 841.1727 with questions.
ASL Club
The ASL CLUB and some ASL students went to Service Dogs Inc. in Dripping Springs to register as volunteers for the upcoming Mighty Texas Dog Walk. The event is a fundraiser for Service Dogs Inc. which trains dogs for Deaf and mobility challenged individuals. On our way to their facility, we stopped off at Crepe Crazy in Dripping Springs for some delicious sweet and savory crepes. Crepe Crazy in owned by a deaf family, and run by deaf and signing employees. They have a second location on S Lamar as well. Students enjoyed the food and interaction in ASL. On March 4th, students will work with Service Dogs Inc. to ensure a fun and successful day for all.
A few weeks ago, a few students from ASL CLUB met with Ms. Landry at Jo's Coffee Shop on S Congress and walked over to the Deaf Church. All socialized with mostly older Deaf people and attended the service which was 100% in ASL with a hard of hearing person interpreting.
The English I and English II EOCs are Fast Approaching
- Make sure your child gets plenty of rest during the week.
- Encourage your child to take his/her time in completing the test and check to make sure each question has been answered fully. Just talking about the test lets your child know that you think it is important.
- Read, Read, Read!!!
ELA I and II Saturday EOC Prep Sessions
Saturday, March 4th
Skills: author’s purpose, making inferences, revising and editing
Saturday, March 25th
Skills: test break down, test-taking tips, using the dictionary, poetry analysis, figurative/sensory language, theme, mood vs. tone
Upcoming Shows
AISD Summer Musical
Show at Zach Scott
Tex-Anns
The Tex-Anns competed in their final competition at Vandegrift High School and did a fantastic job! Please congratulate any Tex-Anns that you have in class for a job well done!
Here are the results from the American Dance & Drill Team Competition at Vandegrift:
Officers-
-Sweepstakes
-Gussie Nell Davis Award of Excellence
-3rd runner up Best in Class medium team officer line
Team-
-3rd runner-up medium team Academic Champions
-Sweepstakes
-Gussie Nell Davis Award of Excellence -Judges award for jazz, lyrical, and contemporary
-Bronze in Best Overall Precision
-4th runner-up Best in Class medium team
Results from the Crowdpleasers Dance Regionals
Super Sweepstakes
Best in Class Jazz
Best in Class Lyrical
1st Runner up Pom
1st Runner up Contemporary
2nd Runner up Grand Champion Large Team
Choreography Award for Team Lyrical and Jazz
Precision Award for Team Pom
Results from the MADance Regionals
Officers and Ensembles only
Super Sweepstakes- officers
1st runner up Best in Class officers
1st place Duet- Ximena Gutierrez and Alejandra Peralta
2nd place Duet- Katie Rojas and Tori Correa- Ornelas
Band Recognitions
Three of our band students were recognized in the All-Region and All-Area bands. Gaby Martinez, Gabbie Rico, and Melissa Lopez were honored in this performing ensemble. These students worked on College-level music all semester before competing in two, two-phase auditions to receive this honor.
We also had students competing in the Region 18 Solo and Ensemble competition at Bowie High School. Solo and Ensemble is a UIL event that provides students an opportunity to work on high level literature and perform with an accompanist or small ensemble. The students who participate put in hours of hard work outside of class to put together each performance. This year we had 18 division one ratings, and 13 advanced to state! These students have been invited to perform at The University of Texas at Austin for the State Solo and Ensemble Competition. The state competition offers our students an opportunity to perform for college professors in venues such as the UT recital halls. If you would like to see pictures, keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
If you have these students class please congratulate them:
Gabby Martinez
Alejandro Garcia
Daniel Servantez
Oanh Nguyen
Sandy Nguyen
Gabby Rico
Cristianna Faz
Iliana Leija
Carla Ramirez
Maddy Rico
Matt Davis
Ahri Feria
Preston Sousa
Duncan Lesgaux
Kayla Monlina
Brianna Acuna
Aylin Martinez
Alyssa Nunez
Alex Fuchs
Aidee Lopez
For more information, check out our blog post HERE
Visual Arts
Our Visual Arts kiddos competed at the Visual Arts Scholastic Event in San Marcos.
Out of 30 students who competed, 28 placed FIRST! And we're happy and proud to announce that THREE of those advanced to STATE. This is a big deal for us as the competition was fierce this year. We are so so proud of all of our students who worked very hard and created some absolutely amazing works of art. Their work will be on display in the upcoming weeks between rooms 210 and 211. Please stop by to take a look!
Our STATE advancers are:
Yadira Rodriguez
Frida Davila
Aubry Snow
They will be heading to the State competition in April. More info on that later!
Please congratulate them if you see them, and thank you for supporting our Crockett Artists!
Guitar
Our students performed exceptionally well at the UIL Solo/Ensemble Contest! These students inspire and motivate their teacher on a daily basis with their tireless work ethic and passionate dedication to their music and academics. We are so proud of these students!
Former US State Department Cultural Envoy and host of Classical Guitar Alive, Tony Morris was our guitar judge. That dude knows all of the notes: sharps, flats and naturals!
Class 1, Superior Rating and Qualified for State UIL Competition in May!!!
Matthew Reynolds (12th grade)
Margarita Vargas (11th grade)
Kelsey Melton (10th grade)
Oliver Patino (10th grade)
Rey Rodriguez (10th grade)
Class 1, Excellent Rating
Nancy Del Bosque (10th grade)
Celine Juarez (10th grade)
Class 2, Superior Rating
Darby Buscemi (10th grade)
Brandon Doctora (9th grade)
Dante Molina (10th grade)
Class 3, Superior Rating
Jezebel Benavides (10th grade)
Class 3, Excellent Rating
Heidy Ramirez (11th grade)
Choir
Congratulations go out to our Crockett singers and pianists for doing a great job at the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 at McCallum HS. Here are the results. Be sure to let them know how proud you are of their accomplishments! They represented our school well.
Singers -
Varsity Girls Ensemble got a 1 Superior rating on 'O Hear the Joyful Music'
Keierra Collins got a 1 Superior rating on 'Il mio bel foco' and is qualified for STATE
Juli Castillo got a 1 Superior rating on 'Silent Noon' and is qualified for STATE
Harley Armendarez got a 2 Excellent rating on "O del mio dolce ardor"
Erika Casillas got a 2 Excellent rating on 'Sure on this Shining Night"
Kaitlyn Alonzo got a 2 Excellent rating on "My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair"
Pianists -
Quest Knox got a 1 Superior rating on his Bach 'Prelude' and is qualified for STATE
Veronica Smith got a 3 Good rating on her Beethoven 'Sonata'
Crockett High School
Principal
Email: kori.crawford@austinisd.org
Website: www.crocketths.org
Location: 5601 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 414-2532
Twitter: @AustinCrockett