S.O.A.R. Newsletter
Eisenhower 9 College Prep
Eisenhower College Prep will provide a rigorous and enriching educational experience that prepares every student for success in college and their careers. Great and wonderful things are happening at Eisenhower 9 College Prep. We are very proud of our students, teachers and staff and we would like to celebrate and showcase their accomplishments. Celebrating accomplishments is a great way to boost morale and reinforce a positive culture within our school community.
SWOOP, SWOOP!
Eisenhower College Prep brindará una experiencia educativa rigurosa y enriquecedora que prepara a cada estudiante para el éxito en la universidad y sus carreras. Grandes y maravillosas cosas están sucediendo en Eisenhower 9 College Prep. Estamos muy orgullosos de nuestros estudiantes, maestros y personal y nos gustaría celebrar y mostrar sus logros. Celebrar los logros es una excelente manera de elevar la moral y reforzar una cultura positiva dentro de nuestra comunidad escolar. SWOOP, SWOOP!
STAFF SUPER STARS
Congratulations Coach Peterson for being named Teacher of the Month for March! Thank you for your willingness to always go the extra mile to help our scholars be successful.
Congratulations to our Paraprofessional of the Month, Mrs. Hawkins! She keeps our APs on top of their game while keeping the staff and students smiling. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Attendance is important each and every day! Today we honor our teachers and staff who are here every day to provide the BEST opportunities to our amazing scholars! Thank you teachers and staff for your dedication and for pouring into our students each and every day!
March 4th - 8th was National Diagnosticians week and
we are honored to have Diagnostician, Ms. Mitchell along with her assistant, Ms. Gregory, here at Eisenhower 9 College Prep! We appreciate their unwavering dedication to our students' growth and success.
Here at Eisenhower 9 College Prep we take pride in building a culture of inclusion and excellence. On this day, we were ready to face our fears as we celebrates SEL (Social Emotional Learning) week, in camo or as our favorite superheros.
Coffee with the Principal monthly parent meeting was a great success. Thank you family members for joining us both in person and on online. We welcome and appreciate your continued involvement and support!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Ms. Moreno, our new ESL Paraprofessional. Ms. Moreno is already making strides and sound contributions to our campus.
Counselor Jones would like to commend
Ms. Moreno for her willingness to help even after school.
Fun fact, Ms. Moreno's mom, Ms. Teresa, helps us keep our school shiny clean!
SWOOP NEWS
Stay up to date with the weekly student news.
A huge congratulations to Ms. Jones for her vision, effort and realization of the swoop news!
STUDENT STARS
AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) students soaring high with the WICOR strategies!
Our Eagles get to soar outside of the classroom. During their lunch time, students can come to the library so they can showcase their creativity with all kinds of hands-on activities! The students can read a book, build legos, play group or individual games. The students can select their activity of choice. Thank you Ms. Gilbert for affording this unique opportunity to our soaring Eagles! Swoop, swoop!
Culinary Arts students in ACTION
Funnel cake anyone?
Skilled
Thank you Ms. Guest for allowing our students to explore their culinary talents.
Who wants one?
This is a favorite class!
On March 3, 2024, Sergeant Major Portis took 24 JROTC cadets to served the community by volunteering at the Houston Food Bank. The cadets proudly represented Eisenhower 9 College Prep. Thank you for your service!
On April 12th, Sergeant Major Portis will take 40 cadets to serve again at the Houston Food Bank.
The Garden Club planted tomatoes and herbs in our school garden. Thank you to Jennifer and the NEO Project for continuing to support our school garden, but especially thank you Ms. Gilbert for leading the Garden Club at E9CP!
Celebrations, celebrations! These students showed admirable growth in the STAAR interim tests! The students who showed the most growth in the practice STAAR tests were awarded with a party and each of the awardees received a recognition certificate and a gift card from McDonalds or
Chick-Fil-A.
Kudos to Ms. N. Wilson, Ms. Strother, Ms. Jones, Ms. Chaney, and Dr. Ross for the party patronage!
We believe in our students and we know they will be successful in the real STAAR exams. Please help us encourage the students to be successful. We are getting ready to show our true potential come April during the STAAR exams! You can do it Eagles, you will soar high!
Happily receiving the gift cards!
Proud Alonzo!
Congratulation scholars!
A group of our students had the tremendous opportunity to attend She Builds Houston. She Builds Houston is a career exploration event designed to introduce young women to the career opportunities the construction industry offers. Our girls had a chance to hear a panel discussion with professional women in the fields of architecture, engineering, project management, and building code reinforcements. The girls also had a chance to handle power tools and work with interactive displays.
Special shout to Ms. Derrick and Ms. Johnson for introducing our girls to what is possible and for expanding their horizons! Swoop, swoop!
Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Their comprehensive approach to whole girl development equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. We are very lucky to have a chapter on our campus. Girls Inc., meets once a week with a group of girls here at E9CP!
This community partnership would not be possible without Ms. Jackson, our CIS Support Manager. Ms. Jackson, we are very grateful for your numerous contributions to our campus!
On March 9, 2024, the Ike Grandmasters Chess Club participated in a citywide chess tournament. We walked away with 7 victories! The competition was fierce, but very rewarding.
Kudos to Ms. De La Rosa and Mr. Affukaah for their sponsorship!
Save the date, on Saturday, May 11th, Eisenhower 9 College Prep will be hosting the annual Aldine District Chess tournament! The tournament is open to all Aldine students. Students can register by scanning the QR code.
On March 23, 2024, the Robots team competed in the district 44 First
Robotics competition. The Ike 9 Eagles Robotics team performed exceptionally well as a rookie team! Thank you Coach Lewis for your heart and hard work with the Robotics team. Additionally, Coach Lewis created a virtual event where other robotics students came together to discuss their current successes in STEM while doing FirstinTexas events. Coach Lewis, we appreciate your long hours and truly appreciate what you pour into the team!
Way to go 9517!
Ready for the challenges!
It's all in the details!
Student Ambassadors volunteering their time to prepare for the STAAR spirit week. Thank you Ms. Dawson for leading the Student Ambassadors!
The Russian Club is off to a great start! Отличная работа (excellent work) Ms. Liderman and Mr. Affukaah!
Learning to write in Russian
Russian phonics
Practice makes perfect!
Congratulations to the Tennis team for qualifying for the Regional Tournament in Waco, Texas.
Congrats to the following players who qualify:
Boys Doubles: Nelson C. and Adrian G.
Girls Doubles: Sara M. and Jocelyn R.
Mixed Doubles: Chase T. and Evelyn C
Both girls and boys finished second in overall team play.
Thank you Coach Chase and Coach Thibodeaux.
We are Eagle proud of our Choir! We are pleased to announce that the Eisenhower Non Varsity Treble Choir received a sweepstakes trophy with perfect scores in both stage and sight reading categories!
Great job Coach Scott!!
Our proud Ike 9 choir members are:
Alondra A.
Nayreth B.
Ariana C.
Brianna H.
Mariah H.
Jessica M.
Abigail M.
Angela M.
Judy N.
For the first time in over 24 years the Eisenhower High School Tenor Bass Choir brought home an award for their UIL Concert and Sight reading performance. Our boys were awarded straight ones on stage, the highest score that a choir can receive at UIL. They were one rating short from taking Sweepstakes. Please join us in congratulating these young musicians for setting a new standard of excellence for Eisenhower!
Excellent job coach Torres! It is beautiful to witness history being made! Swoop, swoop!!
These are the Eisenhower 9 College Prep tenor bass choir participants:
Braedon B.
Aaron H.
Gilbert J.
Rylan W.
On March 23, our students were given the opportunity to visit TeenBookcon! The students had chance to visit with over 20 authors and participate in different author panels, and purchase books. Our scholars learned a lot from the authors’ inspirational stories, met up with friends, student leaders got to volunteer, and we received great door prizes! Thank you Ms. Gilbert and Ms. De La Rosa for participating in the field trip!
Ms. De La Rosa & Ms. Gilbert
Authors' Panel
The authors' discussed their rewards and challenges of being writers.
Proud Student Participants
Oscar and Leah received free books!
Coach Roberson is teaching the softball team how to win off and on the field! Let's go lady Eagles!
We would like to congratulate the track team for a phenomenal season and send a special shout out to freshman Elijah D. who participated in the varsity track team!
Thank you coach Hunter
from Hoffman Middle School.
Special thank you to Mr. Shelvin for spearheading the Saturday school program and to all of the teachers and staff who dedicate their Saturdays to work with our soaring scholars. Thank you for your support!
Our lucky winners thus far are listed below:
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, April 9: STAAR English 1
Wednesday, April 10: No School for students, PD for staff
Thursday, April 18: STAAR Biology
Thursday, April 25: STAAR Algebra 1
Free Computers, register today - Computadoras gratis, regístrese hoy -
Compudopt is a national non-profit organization with a location located within the Greater Houston area, they are bridging the digital divide. Every other Saturday, they come out into communities and administer FREE devices to families. The computer distribution is drive-thru, however they accept walk-ups.
Families are selected through a lotto system and only need to register ONCE. All devices come with two years of FREE tech support.
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, Computdopt will be at Houston Academy. Register for your chance to win a computer.
The computers are not zipcode-restricted or income-restricted.
Compudopt es una organización nacional sin fines de lucro con una ubicación ubicada dentro del área metropolitana de Houston y está reduciendo la brecha digital. Cada dos sábados, visitan las comunidades y administran dispositivos GRATIS a las familias. La distribución de computadoras es drive-thru, sin embargo, aceptan visitas sin cita previa.
Las familias se seleccionan a través de un sistema de lotería y solo necesitan registrarse UNA VEZ. Todos los dispositivos vienen con dos años de soporte técnico GRATUITO.
El sábado 20 de abril de 2024, Computdopt estará en Houston Academy. Regístrese para tener la oportunidad de ganar una computadora.
Las computadoras no tienen restricciones de código postal ni de ingresos.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
El Departamento FACE se formó con el objetivo de fortalecer y aumentar las relaciones con nuestras familias. Ellos quieren asegúrese de que se sienta bienvenido en nuestras escuelas y sea parte de equipo Aldine ISD. La encuesta tardará unos 10 minutos en completarse.
The FACE Department was formed with a goal to strengthen and increase relationships with our families. They want to ensure you feel welcome in our schools and part of the Aldine ISD team. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.
Spanish Class
Want to learn conversational Spanish? Here is your opportunity:
Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 19 - April 11 from 6 pm - 9 pm
Participants must commit to all sessions offered at the
Lone Star College-East Aldine Center
2430 Aldine Mail Rte Rd.
Houston, TX 77039
Click on this link to register for the classes:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuqAXiIg0jCTLtzlfj7TADhsCars4t-57diOA1WpK0XKNM8Q/viewform

