Early Voting Begins April 25. Inside this issue of The Slate: AMS Honor Roll. Pg. 3. Heart Art. Pg. 4. STEM Day. Pg. 7

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1 Anahuac Independent School District April, 2016 Early Voting Begins April 25 Voters will have the opportunity to vote on a Board of Trustees seat as well as the $15 million bond election when Early Voting begins April 25. The board position currently held by incumbent Kenneth McGraw is being challenged by Les Hankamer. Anahuac ISD Board of Trustees has called a bond election for the construction of a high school field house and new football/soccer field. The new field will located on the site of the existing track on the corner of Stowell Street and Texas Avenue. The bond issue also calls for the construction of baseball and softball fields, and several other maintenance and technology projects. The maintenance and technology projects include but are not limited to: replacement of chillers on two campuses, preventive maintenance on the elementary roof, computer servers that will be used to bring all three campuses into a virtualized network, and band instruments. Early Voting begins April 25 at AISD Administration Building. Voting will also take place at the Administration Building in Election Day May 7. Inside this issue of : AMS Honor Roll Heart Art STEM Day Pg. 3 Pg. 4 Pg. 7 AHS Student To Compete Internationally Two Anahuac High School students participated March 4-6 in the National NASA Space Settlement and Design Competition and are heading to international competition. Students Austin Hodges and Madalyn Orozco are members of the Anahuac Engineering Program and were invited to participate in this year's competition at NASA s Johnson Space Center (JSC). The competition is organized by the NASA Alumni League and supported by the AIAA and the Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies. This year's competition was attended by 208 students, grades 10 through 12, from Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. Additionally, 27 local JSC, and Boeing employees and contributors participated as volunteer mentors. The students were formed into four companies to compete for the award of a large contract from a fictitious organization called The Foundation Society. The company that Austin and Madalyn were in - Vulture Aviation - had a total of 53 students from both Texas and Iowa. The companies were also divided into sub departments such as Marketing, Structural Engineering, Automations Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering, and Operations Engineering. Austin was the Director of Structural Engineering while Madalyn was a part of the Structural Engineering department. The competition scenario was set in the year 2076, 60 years in the future. The design challenge for 2016 was to put together a formal request for proposal and present it to The Foundation Society. Austin presented all of Structural Engineering s part of the proposal for space vehicle Cassandras to a panel of judges. During the competition, none of the students had any sleep, so many of the students, including Austin and Madalyn, had been awake for more than 50 hours straight working on their proposals due to time limitations. Judging of the four student company proposals was carried out by a distinguished panel of JSC and contractor senior engineers and managers. JSC generously enabled the students and chaperone to spend the night at the Space Center Houston, an entertaining and inspirational environment. The team that Austin and Madalyn were on won 1st place and will be competing in the International Competition in late July at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Only 12 people of the 53 in the group were chosen to compete in Florida. Austin was one of those 12 being the third person chosen. Madalyn was chosen as a part of the alternate 12 and the second person chosen within the alternates. In July, Austin and the other 11 students will fly out of Hobby Airport to KSC in Florida. They will be joined by students from the other National competitions in the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe (Romania), Asia (India, Pakistan, China and South Korea), Australia, and South America (Argentina and Uruguay), as well as by students selected from around the world who competed in the online event to select a World Champion Team. Austin is shown above presenting information on the Cassandras space vehicle. Madalyn is shown below working on research material.

2 Page 2 Anahuac ISD board members got a good look March 8 at the projects proposed under the $15 million bond issue. Richard Crump from Claycomb Associates showed renditions of where the new football/soccer field, related facilities, and new baseball and softball fields would be constructed if voters approve the measure May 7. Other projects in the $15 million bond proposal include new computer servers, Anahuac Elementary roof repair, new band instruments and HVAC chillers. On a related note, AISD Band Director told the board that he has 91 students in the AHS Band and that some of the band instruments are nearly 30 years old. The board approved a Memorandum of Understanding and First Amendment with Lee College. The agreement is to allow AISD to participate in Lee College s new South Liberty County Dual Credit Institute in Liberty. AHS Principal Eric Humphrey, said the program is beginning with courses in auto CAD, electrical and process technology, but is looking to expand. AISD, as one of the member districts, will pay $41, for the purchase of the property and 16 percent of the facility s operating costs, expected to be $16,448. In other matters, the board approved the school calendar. The first day of school is August 22 and the last day is May 26, Superintendent James Hopper reminded the board that Texas students must now have 75,600 minutes of instruction per school year. He added that that amounted to 171 school days. The calendar has 1,350 additional minutes, or about three additional student days added in to perhaps be used in case of bad weather. Supt. Hopper told the board that staff members have 187 work days, so additional staff development days and a teacher/parent conference day October 10 are scheduled. AES Principal Mitzi Higginbotham reported that enrollment on her campus is now at 649 students. She added that she began the year with 622 students. AMS Principal Tammy Duhon said that scheduling was under way for eighth graders going to high school next year Board Views Bond Issue Project Renditions as well as scheduling for next year s seventh and eighth graders. AHS Principal Eric Humphrey reported that the campus will hold a Shattered Dreams program April 6 and 7. The program that includes many other agencies such as Chambers County Sheriff s Department, is a two-day program that educates youth by dramatizing the problems associated with drinking and driving. AMS teacher Loy Garvey was recognized by the board March 8. Garvey was named Educator of the Year by Anahuac Area Chamber of Commerce. The resignations of staff members Kay Zieschang and Laura Burke were announced, as well as the retirement of Joanna Schimek and Jeannie Smart. Teacher contracts were also renewed. Loy Garvey is shown with board member Chris Jircik and AMS Principal Tammy Duhon. Powerlifting Wrap-up From Coach Chase Copeland Girls Six AHS girl powerlifters qualified for Regional competition Ashlee Brinkley, Madalyn Orozco, Joyclyne Landry, Qatarrah Mayes, Jordan Wilson and Brittany McDaniel. For the girls to make it to Regionals, they had to finish in the Top 10 in the region in their weight class (This is not an easy thing to do). Only the top two from each region can qualify for state. Although none of our students qualified for state, they competed and represented Anahuac well. Boys Caesar Molina finished 1 st at the Regional meet and is the first person from Anahuac in a long while to earn a spot at the State meet with a total weight of 1330 pounds a lot of weight for someone who weighs 190 pounds. Five AHS boy powerlifters qualified for Regional competition Deon Mayes, Caesar Molina, Dylan Lugo, Daren Lugo, and Hunter Johnson. For our boys to make it to Regionals, they had to finish in the top 12 in the region in their weight class.

3 Page 3 Anahuac Middle School Honor Roll Sixth Grade A Emma Burns, Lillian Edwards, Phoebe Hampton, Jarelis Hernandez, Alyssa Jackson, Conner Jones, Hannah Kelley and Halley Moor. Sixth Grade A-B Haley Alfred, Marshall Allen, Alvin Avalos, Jared Bess, Eli Burns, Shelby Daugherty, Juanita Diaz, Sage Drinkard, Caylee Garcia, Valerie Garcia, Caden Hampton, Thang Huynh, Diego Mares, Jack Markham, Kyler McKenzie, Diana Miranda, Mariana Moreno, Sidney Otto, Ryleigh Richards, Angela Rodriguez, Courtney Salyer, Christian Sanchez, Grace Sharp, Mason Totzer and Leandrya Wilson. Seventh Grade A Brady Bertrand, Anna Cao, Jewell English, Sandra Hernandez, Chase Herrington, Zoe Key, Eric Martinez, Preslie Moor, Reagan Richard and Owen Stephenson. Seventh Grade A-B Megan Alfred, Alejandra Amaya, Cody Anderson, Graci Berry, Aldon Brinkley, Jessenia Cabrera, Roselin Cabrera, Mathew Chavez, Queristan Coates, Sebastian Contreras, Mason Cook, Ethan Corbitt, Cade Dye, Jacelynn Ford, Conner Garcia, Wyatt Gates, Becca Henicke, Kari Hernandez, Destiny Husband, Sanaa Kingsberry Joseph Legg, Breighana Lino, Logan Lotz, Natalya Martinez, Mylik Oppenheimer, Alex Sanchez, Carson Shaw and Mailey Sherman. Eighth Grade A Yael Andujar, Sydney Bertrand, Jose Cabrera, Jackson Hampton, Demonta Lewis, Tracy Ly and Brandon Winbush. Eighth Grade A-B Bree anna Anderson, Reagan Artis- Briggs, Megan Barfield, Ashley Bennett, Maci Bennett, Logan Borne, Ana Chavez, Cecilia DelaCruz, Jessica Gonzalez, Sara Graves, Mikayla Griffith, James Henry, Kimberly Innerarity, Foster Kreuzer, Donald Langham, Cydney Lassetter, Emily Magana, Joanna McGregor, Crystal Moreno, Cecelia Palacios, Jose Sanchez, Madison Sherman, Jessey Staner, Ngan Tran, Bryan Vargas, Christian Vargas and David Wood. Shown at left is medal winner Carlos Chavez. Above are participants Jaden Blue, Kodi Abshier and Imani Wooding. SAT/ACT Preparation Class A preparation class for upcoming SAT/ACT testing will be held April 13 from 4-6 p.m. in the AHS library. Students in 8th-12th grade can attend and are to register through the AHS Counselor s office. Academic Team Competes The Anahuac High School Academic Team traveled to Sabine Pass March 5 for the last practice meet before District. The team consisted of 21 students who competed in a variety of academic events. The Current Events team started the day off with senior Carlos Chavez earning a 2 nd place medal. Chavez has medaled in all practice meets and scores high in the Virtual Challenge Competition. He has earned his way to state in this event the last couple of years, and plans to make a final trip this year and a bid for State Champion. Chavez s teammates include senior Luciano Palacios and sophomore Tia Cormier. In the Ready Writing Event, senior Addison Hemphill finished in 3 rd place. Jaden Blue and Imani Wooding also competed in the event. Kodi Abshier competed in Science. The District meet will be held on April 4 and April 5. Thanks to all the students who participate and all the sponsors for their hard work and dedication to these students and their success, said Coach Vicki Vardell. SPEED Day 2016 Coming Up The 9 th annual Speed Day is set for May 19, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Anahuac High School. The word S.P.E.E.D. is an acronym for Special People Excelling Every Day. Students and teachers from Anahuac, Barbers Hill, Bob Hope School, East Chambers, Huffman, Hull- Daisetta, Kountze, Liberty, Lumberton, Nederland, and Tarkington will participate in activities designed to meet the athletic, academic, and social needs of students with disabilities.

4 Page 4 Sidewalk Heart The Anahuac High School Anatomy and Physiology class recently took learning the heart outside. Students drew large hearts on the sidewalk with chalk, and they had to label the parts of the heart. They also illustrated the pathway of which blood flows. This activity was conducted in an effort to prepare the students for an exam of the heart anatomy and physiology. Each group was successful in describing the flow of blood as well as the structures of the heart. Students were able to take ownership of their learning and were proud of their work, said teacher Rebecca Green. Sweet AES Anahuac Elementary Honor Society students hosted the staff at AES to two days of a "Sweet Treats" Valentine's Day celebration February 11 and 12. Students provided cookies, cakes, donuts, pie, and brownies in the Library Coffee Bar. Members decorated and presented a giant Valentine's card to the AES librarian Gladys Ann Glass. On February 12, NEHS students Viktorya Muniz and Alyssa Lino read their original poem to the teachers during morning announcements. It is shown below: Valentine s is when people share love And give each other hugs. Valentine s is where action comes to life, And buzzes like a hive. Valentines of pink and red, Special words of kindness, And small surprises, funny jokes, paper hearts, and friendly notes. The best part of this happy day Is that I got the chance To say today, and for the whole year, I m glad I have a teacher like you. Alyssa Lino and Viktorya Muniz are shown above with AEHS advisor Mary Coward. Thank you, Viktorya Muniz & Alyssa Lino

5 Twenty AHS students recently attended an Information Technology event at Lee College. Students attended sessions on networking, hardware, graphics, and game development. The students had the opportunity to interact with women who are currently employed in the IT industry. They also disassembled and reassembled a PC, used Adobe products to create animations and special effects, used GameMaker to create a video game, and looked at the wiring of a networked computer lab. The students were accompanied by AHS staff members Ramona Dearing, Glenda Emenhiser and Leslie Todd. Page 5 AHS Students Experience Information Technology Lee Math Can Be Delicious... Who said you can t have fun in math and eat your cake too? AHS calculus students have a blast learning in Veronica Rosillo s calculus class about the six trigonometric functions and their derivatives. At left, senior Madalyn Orozco is shown explaining to the class why the derivative of Sine is Cosine. She goes into detail explaining the amplitude, period and the transformations involved between each function. After the lesson, Madalyn Orozco s baked goodie was enjoyed by all in the class. Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo News Several AISD students competed in Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo events: Kaitlyn Bennett, Katrina Swope, Cale Swope Collin Willcox, Cara Hooper, Maci Bennett, Ashley Bennett, James Henry and Jack Hampton participated in Livestock Judging. The junior team finished 38th out of 146 teams and the senior team finished 44th out of 321 teams. Kaitlyn Bennett won 5th place individual out of 1,011 participants. Collin Willcox, Maci Bennett, Ashley Bennett, Kaitlyn Bennett, Katrina Swope and Cale Swope participated in the Heifer show. Katrina finished second in her class in the scramble show. Ashley finished second in her class and reserved her division. The Anahuac FFA poultry judging team of Brianna Humphrey, Zack Rose, Armando Netro, and Keely Salyers competed at the HLSR poultry contest. The team placed 39th out of 110 teams. Also, calf scrambler Mitchell Shaw caught a calf. HLSR Horse Judging contest took place Monday, March 7. The Horse Judging team of Jenna Turner, Anne-Marie Henry, Destiny Stephenson, Cheyenne Crew and Lindsey Hendrix competed in the Horse Judging contest and placed 22nd out of 187 teams. Emma Swonke placed 2nd in her bull class at the Open Show at HLSR.

6 Page 6 Ladies Bring Home First Place Win The Lady Panther track team traveled to Hull Daisetta March 24 to compete in the Bobcat relays. The Lady Panthers came home with a first place win of 129 points, beating out Hardin, West Hardin, Spurger, Liberty, Hull Daisetta, Kountze, Sabine Pass, Goodrich, and Evadale. I am so proud of these girls and their dedication and hard work so far this season, said Coach Ashley Skinner. We have two more meets before the District meet and so far we have just become better and better as the season has progressed. I truly believe this is our season to win that District Championship! Coach Skinner added meter run: Addison Hemphill 2 nd place 13:38; and Ana Gonzalez 4 th place 13: meter run: Keeli Meyer 2 nd place 2:48; Maricela Hernandez 2 nd place 2:51; and Araceli Chavez 4 th place 3:03. 4 by 200 meter relay: Alasia Lewis, Martina Cadoree, Krystal Williams, and Ja laia Landry 1 st place 1: meter hurdles: Ivy Herrera 5 th place 1: meter run: Addison Hemphill 2 nd place 6:19; Ana Gonzalez 3 rd place 6:29; and Maricela Hernandez 5 th place 6:39. 4 by 100 meter relay: Alasia Lewis, Martina Cadoree, Krystal Williams and Ja laia Landry 1 st place meter dash: Krystal Williams 2 nd place 12.68; and Ja laia Landry 4 th place meter dash: Maya Holmes, 3rd. place. 200 meter dash: Martina Cadoree 1 st place 27.61; and Kaila Thomas 2 nd place More Livestock Show News... Collin Wilcox, Dawsyn Harmon, David Wood, and Katrina Swope participating at the San Antonio Livestock Show. Dawsyn placed 4th in her class and Katrina finished up as Reserve Champion over all with her Heifer in the ORB breed division. The senior Livestock Judging team of Katrina Swope, Collin Wilcox, Kaitlyn Bennett, and Cara Hooper finished 56 th out of 280. The Junior team of Ashley Bennett, Maci Bennett, Jack Hampton and James Henry finished 12 out of 126. The Horse Judging teams Anne Henry, Jenna Turner, Kailee Richey, Cheyanne Crews, Lindsey Hendrix, and Destiny Stephenson also participated. Anahuac #1 with Anne-Marie Henry, Jenna Turner, Kailee Richey, Cheyanne Crews placed 18 th out of 174.

7 Students Participate in STEM Sessions Approximately 40 students Anahuac High School students participated in Lee College s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Day March 4. Students got to choose three sessions from seventeen that were offered and included pacemaker systems of the heart, science skills used in criminal investigation, code to program BB-8 (the new Star Wars film Robot) and building of a 3D figure. Page 7 The students got hands on experience in each session and were exposed to new career paths and job opportunities in the STEM field. The students were very excited and involved in the sessions and they truly seemed to enjoy the day, said AHS instructor Glenda Emenhiser. The students were accompanied by Ms. Emenhiser and other AHS instructors Ramona Dearing and Kirk Moore. AFFA Booster Club Holds Prospect Show The Anahuac FFA Booster Club held its first Prospect Show March 5 at White s Park. Participants came from all over Texas and Louisiana. It was very successful and our FFA kiddos were successful, too, said Ag Science teacher Hilary Otto. Below are the results: Lambs Reagan Richard placed 3rd in her class. Goats Maggie Stephenson placed 1st in her class and won Grand Champion of the Goat Show. She also won Junior Reserve Champion Showmanship. Sidney Otto placed 2nd in her class and won Reserve Champion of the Goat Show. Reagan Richard placed 1st in her class. Heifer Grand Champions Beefmaster Cara Hooper Shorthorn Plus Maggie Stephenson Overall British Maggie Stephenson Heifer Reserve Champions Brahman Madison Killen, Maci Bennett AMS Girls Track Team Going Strong The 8 th grade girls team started the season strong. They traveled to Deweyville on February 29. With only two weeks for tryouts and preparation for this season, the girls walked away with seven 1 st place ribbons, 11 2 nd place ribbons, three 3 rd place ribbons, two 4 th place ribbons, three 5 th place ribbons, and five 6 th place ribbons. The 1 st place events were our 4x2 which consisted of Maci Bennett, Sydney Bertrand, Ashley Bennett, and Bree anna Anderson, Karissa Jircik in the 400M dash, Cecilia Palacios in the 100M dash, and Ashley Bennett in the 100M Hurdles. On March 7, the girls ran here in Anahuac. Many came out to see the girls win their total of five 1 st place ribbons, four 2 nd place ribbons, seven 3 rd place ribbons, eight 4 th place ribbons, one 5 th place ribbon, and five 6 th place ribbons. The 1 st place events and runners went to Sydney Bertrand in the 100M Hurdles. She finished with a time of seconds. Karissa Jircik ran a fantastic 800 and won 1 st place with a time of 2:50. Morgan Rose won 1 st in the 300M Hurdles with a time of 1 minute flat. Maci Bennett also won 1 st place in her heat of 100M Hurdlers with a time of 19.9 seconds. And finally Cecilia Palacios won 1 st place in the 100M dash with a time of seconds. Listed below are the AMS Girls Track team members: Bree'anna Anderson, Ciara Arredondo, Reagan Artis Briggs, Ashley Bennett, Maci Bennett, Sydney Bertrand, Cecilia Delacruz, Brylie Dillard, Jessica Gonzalez, Kimberly Innerarity, Karissa Jircik, Emily Magana, JoAnna McGregor, Christa Morris, Cecilia Palacios, Jessey Staner, Morgan Rose and Emily Till.

8 Anahuac ISD Administration Office 804 Mikhael Ricks Drive Anahuac High School 201 S. Kansas Street Anahuac Middle School 706 Mikhael Ricks Drive Anahuac Elementary 905 Ross Sterling District Phone: Anahuac ISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, or disability in providing education services, activities, and programs, including vocational programs, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The following district staff members have been designated to coordinate compliance with these legal requirements: Title IX Coordinator, for concerns regarding discrimination on the basis of sex: James Hopper Reagan Places in Speaking Contest Anahuac Middle School 7 th grade student Reagan Richard competed in the Prepared Public Speaking Contest at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Reagan made top ten finals and placed 9 th overall out of 70 juniors. Her speech was titled The Plight of the Honeybee. Reagan is shown at right with an HLS&R representative. Section 504 Coordinator, for concerns regarding discrimination on the basis of disability: Cindy Bertrand is published by Anahuac Independent School District P. O. Box 369 Anahuac, Tx Superintendent James Hopper Board of Trustees Ken McGraw President Kate Hampton.... Vice President Chris Jircik.... Secretary Calvin Hill Dr. John Redman Lane Bertrand Cris Stephenson Sue Hawthorne, Editor, Varsity Softball Off To a Good Start The Varsity softball team picked up three wins over Spring Break to jump to 4-0 in the district standings. In the four contests, the Lady Panthers were led on offense by Maegan Oler with 13 hits, six RBI s, four stolen bases and eight runs scored. Bethany Brown had 10 hits and eight RBI s, Ty Bergeron had eight hits and eight RBI s and also led the team with 13 Quality At Bats. Ashley Gates had six hits, Kaylie Villemez and Sabrina Trahan each had five hits, Hailey McDaniel had three, Ivette Rivas with two and Haegan Ullrich and Victoria Magana each had one hit. On defense, Bethany Brown has racked up 20 strikeouts and has an ERA or in the district play. Hailey McDaniel is leading in assists with nine along with two put outs at short stop, Brown had eight assists and two put outs, Kaylie Villemez has eight assists and four put outs at second base, and Sabrina Trahan is holding down third base with six assists and two put outs. Important AISD Dates To Remember: April 11: Pre-K and Kindergarten Round-up and registration begins. April 12: AISD board meeting, 6 p.m. in the Administration Building. Public welcome to attend. April 15: End of fifth six weeks grading period. April 25: Early voting begins for May 7 election 8 a.m. 4 p.m., AISD Admin Office 804 Mikhael Ricks Drive.