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1 Volume 12, Issue 14 December 4, 2009 Amy Northcutt, Elem. Principal Tommy Cummings, JH/HS Principal Robert Ross, Superintendent BEAR TRACKS Sulphur Bluff School Building Brighter Futures Daily Breakfast Option: Grab n Go: Chick n Biscuit, Fruit, Juice, Milk Monday, December 7 Breakfast Breakfast Taco, Salsa, Fruit, Juice, Milk Lunch Deli Turkey Sandwiches, Oven Potatoes, Baked Beans, Cobbler, Milk Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only Corn Dogs Tuesday, December 8 Breakfast French Toast Sticks, Syrup, Fruit, Juice, Milk Lunch Chicken Spaghetti, Salad, Corn, Bread Stick, Fruit, Milk Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only Chicken Tenders Wednesday, December 9 Breakfast Cheese Omelet, Jelly, Toast, Juice, Milk Lunch Steak Fingers, Whipped Potatoes, Green Beans, Rosy Applesauce, Roll, Milk Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only Grilled Ham n Cheese Thursday, December 10 Breakfast Pop Tarts, Granola, Juice, Milk Lunch Carnitas, Flour Tortillas, Refried Beans, Spanish Rice, Fruit, Milk Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only Quesadillas Friday, December 11 Breakfast PB Jamwich, Fruit, Juice, Milk Lunch Turkey Noodle Soup, Grilled Cheese, Carrot Stick, Fresh Fruit, Milk Alternate Entrée for 6-12 Only Hamburgers Upcoming Events Dec. 3-5 Prairiland Tournament VG, VB TBA Dec. 3 Early Release 12:00-Elem. UIL Here Dec. 4 Early Release 12:00 JH UIL Here; Last Day FCCLA Canned Food Drive Dec. 7 JH Basketball vs. Detroit Here 4:30 Dec. 8 HS Bsketball vs. James Bowie Here JVG JVB, VG, VB 4:30 Dec. 9 FCS 7:30 AM Dec. 10 FFA Christmas Party/FFA Meeting Dec Cap Herman Tournament Here VG, VB TBA Dec FFA Greenhand Camp Dec. 12 Beta & FCCLA Nursing Home Visit Through Dec. 16 Collection of Toys For Local Tots Students Prepare for UIL Mrs. Jaggers and her UIL students work to get ready for the storytelling competition. Students who are doing storytelling are Braxton Fielden, Ally Sharp, David Rosas, Diana Rosas, Trayton South, Ricky Taylor, and Katlyn White. Sulphur Bluff hosts UIL here for elementary on Thursday and for junior high on Friday. Schools with whom we will be competing are Saltillo, Union Hill, Bloomburg, Avinger, and junior high will also compete with those schools, as well as Karnack. Pictured L-R Mrs. Tina Jaggers, Katlyn White, Braxton Fielden, David Rosas, Diana Rosas, and Ricky Taylor, foreground. The 2009 UIL Early Release Schedule is below for Thursday and Friday. (Lunch for 7-12 will be at 11:30-11:58 both days.) Thursday st period 8:00-8:49 2nd period 9:53-9:42 3rd period 9:45-10:35 4th period 10:39-11:28 Friday th period 8:00-8:49 6th period 9:53-9:42 7th period 9:45-10:35 8th period 10:39-11:28

2 Page 2 Volume 12, Issue 14 Lady Bears on a Winning Streak December 1, Sulphur Bluff varsity Lady Bears 41 defeating Avery varsity s 39 at home. The girls played very hard tonight, but we had to fight again to the end. Maybe that s why they call us the "Fighting Bears. Our wins do not come easy for us and our losses are hard. The girls played great defense again to help us defeat Avery. Avery is a young team but a very competitive team that kept us on our toes and will give us a hard time for the next couple of years. Very proud of the Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears. This team has not given up yet, and we "Finished Strong" for a win, says Coach Evans of Tuesday night s game. Varsity players are Becca Naylor, Mikayla Potts, Hayley Lawson, Ashley Bryant, Ginger Thompson, Karissa Wolf, Jamie Goldsmith, and Brittany Andrews. The teams stayed pretty evenly matched throughout the game except for the first quarter when SB more than doubled the number of points Avery was able to put on the board. In the 1st quarter, it was SB- 11, Avery-5; 2nd quarter SB- 10, Avery 11; 3rd quarter SB- 11, Avery 13; 4th quarter SB- 11, Avery-10. The points scored by The Bluff during the first quarter definitely made the difference in the win. Scorers were Naylor 4, Lawson-4, Bryant 16, Thompson- 3, Wolf- 9, Goldsmith-5, Andrews- 2. Offensive Rebounds-Wolf- 4, Lawson-1, Goldsmith-1, Bryant-1. Defensive Rebounds-Andrews- 2, Wolf-8, Thompson-2, Potts-1. Assists-Lawson-2, Wolf-1. Steals -Naylor-1, Bryant-2, Lawson-1. November 23, 2009-Sulphur Bluff varsity Lady Yantis varsity. SB-35, Yantis-34. Kaitlyn Hancock and Kelsie Dorner joined the varsity for this game. Coach Evans said, We were behind the whole game but battled back in the fourth. The Yantis team received a foul in the fourth quarter in the paint which put us on the free-throw line for two along with #15 receiving a technical foul which turned the momentum toward Sulphur Bluff. We made three out of the four free throws and went on to out- score them in the 4th quarter along with great, great defense. We kept our composure and "Finished Strong" to win. The ladies did a great job!! In the 1st quarter, it was SB- 8, Yantis 9; 2 nd quarter SB-4, Yantis 9; 3 rd quarter SB-6, Yantis 10; 4 th quarter SB-17, Yantis 6. Scorers were Bryant 9, Thompson- 6, Wolf- 6, Goldsmith-7, Andrews- 5, Hancock-2. Offensive Rebounds- Bryant-3, Wolf- 3, Goldsmith-3, Thompson-1, Andrews-1, Hancock-2, Lawson-1. Defensive Rebounds-Bryant-1, Andrews-2, Wolf-2, Dorner-1, Hancock-2, Goldsmith-2. Assists- Hancock-1. Steals-Wolf-1, Bryant-2, Thompson-1, Potts- 1, Lawson-1. The Lady Bears will be in the Prairiland Tournament starting tomorrow and will play through the weekend. JV Lady Bears Defeat Avery Junior Varsity-December 1 vs. Avery at home SBJV-30, Avery JV 12. The JV girls played hard with only five players on the floor to complete the game with a win. They played good defense and ran the floor to score baskets off fastbreak plays. Impressed with the drive that these five players have and want them to progress to be quality athletes for varsity play in the future. Our JV Coach, David Toon, coached our girls to another good win on Sulphur Bluff soil, says Coach Evans. JV team members are Katelyn Brown, Ester Marquez, Stephanie Hogue, Kelsie Dorner, Virginia Rodriguez, and Kaitlyn Hancock. In the 1 st quarter SB scored 12, and Avery scored 0 points. In the 2 nd quarter SB put up 9, and Avery answered with 5. In the 3 rd quarter, The Bluff had 5 points as did Avery. In the fourth quarter the Lady Bears made 4 points to Avery s 2 points. Scorers were Hancock-12, Hogue-3, Brown-13, and Marquez-2. Next JH Game Mon., Dec. 7 at Home JH Lady Bears Work on Man-to-Man Defense We played a great 2nd half. The girls never gave up! We failed to come out and play hard defense the first half and they out-scored us. But we came out the 2nd half and played great defense to keep them from scoring open shots. I am now really confident in our man defense! We have beat them before, so we are hoping that we see them again later on down the road, said Coach Evans about November 30 s junior high girls game against Saltillo. Saltillo won Sulphur Bluff Junior High team members are Judy Brown, Lyndsey Calhoun, Shelby Williams, Sarah Williams, Angie Alvarez, Shelbi Hurley, Halie Waid, Ashton Sharp, Maycee Potts, Kaci Powers, Katelyn McDonald, Cheyenne Bryant, and Meagan Coberley. Scoring for Sulphur Bluff was as follows: 1st Quarter- 4, 2nd Quarter-4, 3rd Quarter-8, 4th Quarter-5. Scorers were Powers- 4, Bryant-8, Coberley-2, McDonald-2, Alvarez -5. Saltillo s points per quarter were as follows: 1st Quarter- 8, 2nd Quarter-12, 3rd Quarter-5, 4th Quarter-6. The next game is Monday, December 7, at home against Detroit at 4:30. There will be 4 games BB, BG, AG, AB. Sulphur Bluff JH Girls vs Yantis -Nov.23, 2009 was a loss for The Bluff with the Lady Bears scoring 15 to Yantis s 39. Scoring in the first quarter was SB-3, Yantis-1; 2 nd quarter SB-8, Yantis 11; 3 rd quarter SB-2, Yantis-6; 4 th quarter SB-2, Yantis-15. Scorers were Potts 2, Bryant-2, Coberley-2, McDonald-4, Alvarez-4, Hurley-1

3 Junior High Boys Basketball Results from Monday Beta Collects for Toys for Tots Monday Sulphur Bluff B Team- 11 Saltillo B Team- 22 Sulphur Bluff played hard but fell short in the end. Lance Kitchens led all scorers with 8 points. Al Fowler and Hunter Powers both chipped in with 2 points a piece, and Luke Anderson scored 1point. Sulphur Bluff A Team- 34 Saltillo A Team- 31 Sulphur Bluff won a hard-fought game against a tough Saltillo team. The boys did not play their best game on the offensive end, but solid defense helped them come away victorious. Leading the Bears on the offensive end was Landon Dorner with 13points, followed by Dakota Emerson with 8 points, Justin Goldsmith and Dylan Patterson both chipped in with 4 points a piece, and Erin Zeringue had 3 points. The win puts the Bears with an overall record of 5-2. Once again Beta is asking for help with toys for tots. This year we have several children in our school district whose parents will need a little help with Santa. We hope that you will help us make their Christmas a little easier. There will be a note going out on Monday about ages, sizes and some wishes from Santa. There are about 8 students right now on Santa s list and we are checking to see if there are any younger siblings at home. The deadline for turning items or money to be used for the students needs to be turned in to Janiece Joslin or Tressie South by December 16 th. Thank you for your help.

4 Jamie Goldsmith packs dozens of cookies. Ashley Hale and Maria Villalon ice an Italian Cream Cake. Ester Marquez bakes snickerdoodles. FCCLA Bake Sale Approximately 20 members, Jackson under the tutelage of Mrs. Dailey and Vandiver, worked hard to Fatima Tellez prepare baked goods for work the the public for holiday chocolate chip astreats. They prepared 100 sembly loaves of holiday breads, line. 20 cakes, 30 dozen cookies, 24 pies, and 20 cheesecakes. Mrs. V said they did as much pre-measuring as possible. We did as much preliminary preparation as we could. We made pie crusts and froze them. We also froze our breads. The classes learned a lot about proper food storage and quantity cooking. Currently FCCLA members are collecting canned food. Stephanie Hogue mixes pumpkin bread. HELP US GET A TRUCKLOAD Bring canned food items and help us fill the truck to help local families. Through Friday, December 4 FCCLA Community Project Fifth grader Taylor Josey donates canned food for FCCLA s food drive. They are collecting canned foods through December 4. Be sure to bring your items so they can help local families with holiday meals.

5 Volume 12, Issue 14 Sulphur Bluff FFA Shirts for Sale $10.00 Limited Supply and sizes The Sulphur Bluff FFA Booster Club will be working the concession stand on December 8th during the home basketball games. We would like for anyone interested in the booster club or in helping with the concession stand to contact Mrs. Jaggers, Mrs. Emerson, or Mr. Ramirez. FFA Hats for Sale $15.00 three styles to chose from. Fitted so come by and pick one out and try one on. Pictured left Virginia Rodriguez and Mrs. Phillips (wearing the FFA t- shirt.) Working with FFA members, Virginia Rodriguez was commissioned to design the new FFA t- shirts. Using the FFA emblem as a starting point, she added wheat stalks and an American eagle in the background. Fellowship of Christian Students Wednesday Mornings 7:30 A.M. Come Join Us For Doughnuts Bear Cards Now on Sale in Office $10 From Mrs. Cox Page 5 Great Discounts From Many Local Businesses Tickets also still available from each PTO officer.

6 Volume 12, Issue 14 Seniors decorate their Christmas tree in the hallway, marking about the halfway point of their senior year. They are creating memories that they can carry with them forever. L-R Minerva Marquez, Maria Villalon, Fatima Tellez, Michelle Davila, Jackie Blake, Mrs. Jones. Inset Ian Zeringue, Brittney Harris, and Dakota Brooks. Page 6

7 Volume 12, Issue 14 SULPHUR BLUFF ISD RECEIVES 2009 USDA RUS GRANT Sometime early in March of 2010 Sulphur Bluff ISD will upgrade their exciting distance learning equipment to a state of the art Tandberg System thanks to the 2009 RUS (Rural Urban School) Grant received in November of this year. The 24,000 dollar system will allow the district to increase distance learning opportunities for its students, teachers and administrators. Today s society is built on technology, and information is more accessible than ever. Times are changing and education must adapt to meet the needs of students today. Much like education changed to meet the needs of the Industrial Age, it must also change to meet the needs of the Information Age. Distance learning is one of the ways education has adjusted in an effort to meet those needs. The following are some benefits of visual communication. STUDENT BENEFITS: Establishes a dialogue and exchange of ideas between students, educators, and subject matter experts who have differ rent viewpoints, experiences and strengths. Provides relevant examples of how classroom instruction takes on real-world application Extends educational resources into locations where few exist due to location or funding Prepares students for a futures as a global citizen, proficient with emerging technologies Addresses multiple learning styles when distance learning is combined with traditional methods of instruction Enable homebound or off-campus students to remain included and engaged Enables advanced or special needs students to take advantage of learning opportunities that the school alone cannot provide due to a lack of staffing. Funding, or expertise Provides students the opportunities to collaborate with peers from many cultures and communities Educator Benefits: Combats teacher isolation for educators in remote regions or educators who are the only subject-matter expert in their school Allows for timely, convenient professional development that does not incur time away from the classroom, personal travel time and additional expenses associated with travel Increases interactions with colleagues Provides access to resources and information not traditionally available, resulting in more relevant and engaging learning experiences School District Benefits: Provides educational equity for schools that are isolated due to funding or location Supports state and federal teacher and student performance requirements Provides experiences that schools might not have had access to through traditional field trips Enable team teaching and planning between schools Can be used for administrative purposes such as planned and as hoc meetings, which results in reduced travel time and expense, and time away from classroom/building Expanding curriculum offerings thorough remote instruction Enables schools to share resources and the cost of those resources Demonstrates district s commitment to providing unique and equitable learning experience Page 7

8 Volume 12, Issue 14 Mrs. Green s fourth grade class did writings over their most exciting adventure. Karlie Self s paper was a Star Paper, as Mrs. Green would call it. She is extremely proud of each and every one of her students writing. She says, Keep up the hard work and write those wonderful Star Papers. Fourth graders will be doing writing TAKS this year in February. In the Forest By: Karlie Self Vroom! How fast are we going on this golf cart? I exclaimed. My lips were going over my nose to my eyes! It felt like my face was going to blow right off. I don t know, Taylor is driving, so probably pretty fast! My mom shouted very loudly. We were going camping and everyone in my family knew Taylor wasn t the best driver in the world. Taylor is my eleven year old brother. He has thick, dark brown hair, wonderfully tan skin complexion, and leafy green eyes. Sometimes I think of him as the best brother in the world, but also at times I think he is the worst brother in the world. Crash! I found myself laying on the ground face first. I looked up and saw a lime green golf cart bolting across the forest. Hey wait you guys! I shouted, but they did not come. I sighed, I started to trudge back to the house when a storm hit. I ran as fast as I could to shelter before any zigzag lightening got me. All of a sudden I got smashed into a huge bolder by the wind, but it wasn t a bolder or anything like that it was a cave. I ran inside and made me a fire with a rock and a stick. Then suddenly I heard a horrid roar. I look up and saw a big brown grizzly bear. My eyes shot open right then. Oh, thank goodness it was just a dream. Then at that very moment my mom came and asked me, Ready to go camping? Watch out Selena Gomez, Sarah Harper is going to be the new actress in Hollyood. Fourth Fourth grader Isaac Foley shot a ni nepoint buck on November on 22 a misty c o l d grader, morn- Sarah i n g. Harper Walking was recently in the Sulphur Springs High School Theater Arts play of Dis- through ney s Beauty and the Beast. She is involved in the children s community t players theater under the direction of Amanda Brandonberg. Sarah says woods, that she wants to be an actress when she grows up and would like to per- he saw a deer and put a scope on him and pulled form in many other plays like this one. She would also like to dance and the trigger. It dropped like a ton of bricks and perform on Broadway. Break a leg and keep up the hard work, Sarah he ran over to him and shot him again. He was Harper. Pictured left is Sarah with her teacher, Mrs. Green, at one of really proud of his nine-point accomplishment. Sarah s performances. He says that he likes deer season most of all Page 8 h e because it is really exciting to see a buck.