UPCOMING EVENTS April 3-4 Golf District Tournament, Sealy April 4 Baseball/Softball vs. Needville, 7 p.m. April 5 Tennis District Tournament, Bellville April 5 District of Innovation Meeting, 5 p.m. SMSD Board Room April 6 Stafford Choir Spring Pop Show, 6:30 p.m. Stafford Civic Center April 6 Stafford Primary/Elementary Easter Egg Hunt, 5-7 p.m. April 8 Stafford City-Wide Clean-Up, Begins at 8 a.m. April 10 April Board Workshop, 5:30 p.m. April 10 April Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m. April 12-13 High School District Track Meet in Needville, TBA April 13 Baseball vs. Huffman-Hargrave, 7 p.m. April 13 Softball vs. Brookshire Royal, 6 p.m. April 14 Good Friday (District is Closed) April 21 Super Senior 55+ Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. April 21 Baseball/Softball Senior Night vs. Sealy, 6 p.m. April 22 Pre-K Roundup, Primary School April 28 Drones & Scones, 8-9:30 a.m. Stafford Competition Gym SMSD FACEBOOK COMMENT OF THE WEEK: Christy Rios Guillen, Stafford MSD parent, thanking the District for its constant communication regarding a Shelter in Place during inclement weather. Thanks for Keeping Our Kids Safe.
CITY-WIDE SPRING CLEAN-UP ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8 Stafford MSD would like to encourage you to participate in the annual Stafford City-Wide Clean-Up on Saturday, April 8. It begins at 8 a.m. If you re interested in participating, contact Marcia Fouts with the City of Stafford at mfouts@staffordtx.gov. STAFFORD EXCELS AT UIL DISTRICT COMPETITION Several Stafford High UIL Academic Competitors advanced to the UIL Regional Academic Championships, which will be held on Saturday, April 8 in Corpus Christi. They finished in the Top 6 at the UIL District Academic Meet last Saturday in Wharton. Stafford qualified teams in Science and Number Sense, and as alternates in Spelling and Vocabulary. The results are here:
Peter Gao - 1st in Number Sense, 1 st in Science, 3 rd in Mathematics Gerald May 2 nd in News Writing Dung Trinh 3 rd in Science, 4 th in Number Sense, 6 th in Computer Science Flore Abrego - 3rd in Current Issues Cierra Alanis - 5th in Feature Writing Vy Dinh - 5th Spelling & Vocabulary Jason Luong- 6th in Number Sense BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS TONIGHT VS NAVASOTA AT WALLER The Stafford High Boys Soccer Team, Co-District Champions, will look to continue their successful ways when they play Navasota in the UIL Area Playoffs (Second Round) at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday, March 31) at Waller ISD Stadium, 20950 Fields Store Road in Waller, TX 77484. The Spartans defeated Navasota, 3-0, during a Tournament in Brenham in January. The winner of tonight s game will face Bellville or Booker T. Washington in the Regional Quarterfinals next week. Dimas Medina scored three goals in the Spartans 4-1 first round victory at West Columbia. Waller is located approximately an hour northwest of Stafford. Follow the link for directions:
https://www.bing.com/maps?rtp=adr.~pos.29.5998572101461_- 95.5429026523108_1625%20Staffordshire%20Rd,%20Stafford,%20TX%2077477_1625%20Staffordshire %20Rd,%20Stafford,%20TX%2077477_~pos.30.063663482666_- 95.9268951416016_Waller+ISD%2c+1918+Key+St%2c+Waller%2c+TX%2c+77484_Waller+ISD%2c+1918 +Key+St%2c+Waller%2c+TX%2c+77484_&mode=D&trfc=0 FORT BEND STAR FEATURES FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON COACH MICHAEL MESA The main story in the March 29 Edition of the Fort Bend Star was about the tribute to the late, great Coach Michael Mesa during a game earlier this month. During the game, Coach Mesa s son, Leandro, threw out the Ceremonial First Pitch. The pregame ceremonies also included a speech from representatives from Mission4Mike, a non-profit started in Mesa s honor. Here is a link to the story: http://www.fortbendstar.com/mission4mike-fulfilling-legacy-of-late-stafford-baseball-coach/ EASTER EGG HUNT ON THURSDAY
Stafford High s National Honor Society will host an Easter Egg Hunt for Stafford Primary School students (Pre-K through First Grade) from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 6 at the playground next to the Stafford MSD Operations Building. BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY INVITED TO DRONES & SCONES ON FRIDAY, APRIL 28
Stafford MSD is hosting Drones & Scones from 8-9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 28 to introduce local businesses and residents to the advances that the District has made in Technology over the past few years. We will highlight our Drones as well as Robotics. We will serve breakfast before the event, courtesy of the Stafford Culinary Arts Department. Please RSVP to Michael Sudhalter msudhalter@staffordmsd.org or Cherise Roberts croberts@staffordmsd.org if you re interested in attending. STAFFORD ELEMENTARY PARTICIPATES IN FIRST TEE Stafford Elementary School Physical Education Teacher Carl Jones and some of his students participated in the First Tee Tournament. First Tee is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching children life lessons through the Game of Golf. Briana Hinojosa and Samuel Beltran participated with enthusiasm and great heart. School Board Member Manuel Hinojosa also attended the event. Stafford s golfers were part of a composite of schools competing against other composite teams. We finished 4 th out of 9 teams on our course.
Hinojosa was the top girl competitor on our team and was in the Top 5 for the individual overall competition. STAFFORD TENNIS WINS HOME MATCH, PREPS FOR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT IN BELLVILLE The Stafford High Tennis Team defeated Brazosport Christian on Thursday in the second of two home matches this season. The Spartans will head to Bellville on Wednesday for the District Tournament. Results from Thursday s match are below: Varsity Boy s Singles: Michael Costilla (ST) defeated Elijah Yang (BC) 6-2 JV Boy s Singles: Jackie Yang (ST) defeated Daniel Coates (BC) 6-2 Varsity Girl s Singles: Jasmine Nguyen (ST) defeated Katrina Sweatt (BC) 6-0 JV Girl s Singles: Alliyah Williams (ST) defeated Bella Chen (BC) 6-1 Varsity Boys Doubles: Jerimiah Loar and Elijah Yang (BC) defeated Michael Jones and Michael Costilla (ST) 6-2
Varsity Girls Doubles: Katrina Sweatt and Cristiana Sweatt (BC) defeated Jasmine Nguyen and Laurena Smith (ST) 6-4 JV Girls Doubles: Alliyah Williams and Araceli Garza (ST) defeated Bella Chen and Jennifer Duran (BC) 6-3 Varsity Mixed Doubles: Cristina Sweatt and Jerimiah Loar (BC) defeated Michael Jones and Laurena Smith (ST) 7-6, 7-3 in a tiebreak JV Mixed Doubles: Francisco Villa and Araceli Garza (ST) defeated Daniel Coates and Jennifer Duran (BC) 6-3 LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE Would YOU like to help make decisions that will shape the future of STAFFORD MSD? Stafford MSD is looking for Stafford residents who are interested in serving on the District s Long Range Facilities Planning Committee. If you are interested, e-mail SMSD Communications Coordinator Michael Sudhalter at msudhalter@staffordmsd.org. STAFFORD INTERMEDIATE PARAPROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: LINDA TREVINO
Stafford Intermediate School Paraprofessional Linda Trevino was named the Stafford Intermediate Paraprofessional of the Year. Trevino, a Stafford resident, has worked for the District since August 1998. She was honored and surprised to receive this accolade. She enjoys helping students and watching them progress throughout the school year. STAFFORD PRIMARY CELEBRATES SPRING FLING
Stafford Primary School celebrated its annual Spring Fling Carnival on Thursday night. The event was full of fun, games and more. We were fortunate to have SMSD Board Secretary Xavier Herrera in attendance.track ATHLETES QUALIFY FOR TEXAS RELAYS Several members of the Stafford High Defending Class 4A State Championship Track & Field Team qualified for the prestigious Texas Relays, which are taking place this weekend on the University of Texas Campus. Here are the qualifiers: BOYS 4X100 Relay 4X200 Relay
4X400 Relay 100m- Cameron Montgomery 100m- Ryan Martin 300ih- Kenneth Bodwin LJ- Kenneth Bodwin TK- Kenneth Bodwin-Maybe GIRLS 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay 100m Cheyenne Hill-Johnson STAFFORD MSD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Stafford MSD is working hard to ensure that the District's needs are addressed at the State Capitol in Austin. Here is a link to the information below and how you can directly contact your state officials (from the Stafford area and members of the House of Representatives Public Education Committee).http://www.staffordmsd.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=895956&pageId=16856942 CONGRATULATIONS IN ORDER
Congratulations to Stafford High senior basketball players Miles Brazle, Za Quan Brooks and Desmond Mathis, who earnedtexas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region Class 4A Honors. STAFFORD MSD FACEBOOK LINK GOAL 2,500 FOLLOWERS HELP US MAKE IT HAPPEN! Stafford MSD s Facebook page has been a great communications tool for our community. We ve been able to post pictures of events, communicate key information and answer and/or direct questions to parents and community members. We currently have 2,370 followers, as we ve been growing rapidly, since we only started it approximately a year ago. We would like to reach 2,500 FOLLOWERS BY THE END OF APRIL. The link for our Facebook page is: www.facebook.com/smsd82 The 82 is a nod to the year classes started in our district. Be sure to share the link with friends, family and neighbors!