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Clements High School's FFA and academic teams had great success in several recent competitions. The FFA horse and livestock judging teams placed highly at a large statewide contest. Two Clements seniors won scholarships from the Siemens Foundation for their achievements in STEM fields. Additionally, the speech and academic teams received several honors and qualifications for upcoming regional and national tournaments.

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Clements High School's FFA and academic teams had great success in several recent competitions. The FFA horse and livestock judging teams placed highly at a large statewide contest. Two Clements seniors won scholarships from the Siemens Foundation for their achievements in STEM fields. Additionally, the speech and academic teams received several honors and qualifications for upcoming regional and national tournaments.

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CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

CLEMENTS NEWS

FRIDAY 03/22/13

FFA places 8th out of 151 schools at contest


FFA teams traveled to Stephenville for the Tarleton invitational Judging contest which is the largest judging contest in the nation for FFA members. There were over 8,000 FFA members from across Texas competing in various contests. In the Horse Judging event, our team consisting of Lexie Clearman, Abbey Davis, Michelle Goss, Lauren Elliott, and Elizabeth Ennis placed 2nd out of the 245 schools competing. Great job Girls!!! In the Livestock Judging Competition, our team consisting of Riley Thompson, Micheal Dromgoole, Natalie Somerville, Kendyl Harper, and Kaitlin Villoutreix placed 16th out of 271 schools competing.

SHEN AND WU WIN SIEMENS


two seniors have been chosen by the Siemens Foundation, one for a national award and one for a state award. The nations top achievers in Advanced Placement STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) courses are honored each year with the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. These students are being recognized for earning the greatest number of scores of 5 on exams in STEM AP courses. Each state has two winners, and then two national award recipients are chosen as well. Lilly Shen was selected as one of the two national winners and will receive a $5,000 scholarship award. Tiffany Wu was named as one of the two winners in Texas and will receive a $2,000 scholarship award.

SPEECH TEAM NEWS


The Clements Academic Speech Team received recognition as one of the top ten schools at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament. The team earned a total of twenty-four qualifications through competition in local tournaments held September through February. South Grand Prairie High School was host to the 210 participating schools May 6 through May 9.

UIL SPEECH RESULTS


Of the 114 competitors, junior Xueyue (Diane) Sun won first place in the house division of congressional debate, while junior Patrick Deng advanced to the semifinal round of the senate. This placed him in the top thirty of the 100 students competing in this division. In public forum debate the sophomore team of Mohammad Asif and Joshua Yang ranked among the top sixteen of the 126 teams competing. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, sophomore Rebecca Gelfer ranked among the top thirty-two of the 187 competitors. In extemporaneous speaking, Diane Sun advanced to the semifinal round and sophomore Steven Jiang advanced to the quarter final round. Sun ranked among the top eighteen of the 113 competitors in the domestic division. Jiang placed among the top forty of the 105 participants in the foreign division.

USA BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD


This year 21 students(almost double the previous high of 11) scored in the top 5% in the nation on the USA Biology Olympiad. They will take the Semifinal Exam this week.

PAL APPLICANTS
PAL applicant mandatory meeting th Thursday April 4 at 2:45 PM or Friday April th 5 at 6:45 AM.

IFEST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED


IFest is Thursday, March 28th, from 6 PM-9 PM. We need students helping to serve the food as well as different volunteering opportunities. any students interested in getting YES hours, please contact Kim Khoo, either on Facebook or by email. [email protected].

STARS TRYOUTS
AUDITIONS ARE TODAY,FRIDAY, MARCH 22 SEE MS. BARTH

GRANT A STAR
Stars may be purchased during lunch March 25 29 for $1 to be placed on a banner for the Grant A Starr Foundation which is raising support for genetic research to enable quick identification of infectious agents that affect young children.

DODGE BALL
PALs is sponsoring a dodge ball tournament to raise money for the ASPCA on Wednesday March 27th in the gym at CHS. Packets can be picked up at lunch or from Mrs. Sparwasser in room 2103 with more information. Registration is due by Friday, March 22nd along with $30. Teams of six must include at least two girls. Spectators are welcome to watch this exciting event for only $1.

DECA ALWAYS WINS!!!!!!


80 qualifiers to Internationals in California (beating our own record for most ever from last year at 44). Ziyaad Khayrattee won the DECA State President for next year. We became the Largest DECA chapter in the WORLD!

YEARBOOK NEXT YEAR???


Yearbook Informational Meeting will be held in the Yearbook Room, 2810, on Wednesday, March 27th at 2:45. Mrs. Mayo will go over the expectations and requirements for the class. If you are wanting to be on the Silver Bullet Yearbook Staff, please come to the meeting. If you have any questions, please stop by room 2810 to see Mrs. Mayo.

CHS WINS

RD 3

PLACE

@ the Houston World Affairs Council Academic WorldQuest Approximately 40 schools participated

JETS ADVANCE TO STATE


The JETS competed at the Northlake College Regional Science Olympiad Competition where they placed 1st and 3rd overall. They won 13 of the 22 events that were offered. They will compete in the state tournament on May 3rd.

PALS
There will be a mandatory meeting for all students who are interested in applying to be a part of the PAL program for next year. It will be held in room 2103 (Mrs. Sparwassers room) on Tuesday April 2nd at 2:40PM and Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:45 AM. You must attend one of the meetings and be a junior or senior next year in order to apply.

SPEECH TEAM
Representatives of the Clements Academic Speech Team have qualified to compete at the National Tournament of the National Forensic League June 16-21 in Birmingham, Alabama. Students qualified through competition at the East Texas NFL District Tournament held February 28 through March 2 where Clements won the sweepstakes award. Qualifying students are: Sarah Bernardo International Extemporaneous Speaking (1st) (after receiving 1st place in each of the 6 rounds held prior to the final round) Diane Sun United States Extemporaneous Speaking (2nd) Ashley Chen and Mustafa Shekhani Public Forum Debate

VASE RESULTS
Clements art students had incredible results again this year at their regional UIL VASE competition! They competed by discussing their thought process and techniques in a personal interview, as well as by artwork evaluation. 2013 FBISD VASE Results:

29 of the 45 state-bound art students are from Clements!

SPEECH NEWS
The Clements High School Chapter of the National Forensic League (NFL), an honor society for secondary speech and debate students, has recently earned membership in the prestigious 400 Club. Among the top one percent of NFL chapters nationwide, Clements is one of two Texas schools to hold membership in this club which includes twenty one schools.

COLLEGE VISITS

Oklahoma City University


Thursday - April 11,2013 9:30am Rm.1326

COLLEGE VISITS
Mini College Fair Wednesday 4/10/2013 11:10-12:40 Commons Oklahoma City U Thursday 4/11/2013 9:30 1326

ALREADY????
May 21st is Senior Spring Awards Day
Details to follow

THE ROUND UP
FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON! CHECK OUT THE MARCH EDITION ON THE STANDS IN FRONT OF THE MAIN OFFICE NEAR THE ENTRANCE

REMINDER / WARNING
DUE TO RASH OF THEFTS, BE SURE TO: SECURE YOUR CELL PHONE, iPAD, LAPTOP, ETC. USE A BICYCLE LOCK ON YOUR BIKE AND PARK IT IN BIKE STANDS KEEP PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURED IN YOUR LOCKER

DRESS CODE
MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN DRESS CODE HALL SWEEPS WILL START AT ANY TIME REFER TO STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR ANY DRESS CODE QUESTIONS.

NOTICE
The EOC assessments will NOT count as 15% of a students final grade for this year. Note: This change involves freshman and sophomore students taking EOC assessments. Current juniors and seniors remain under TAKS assessment requirements, not EOC.

YEARBOOKS ON SALE
Students, you can purchase the 2013 anniversary yearbooks now. Go to http://www.balfour.com/ and add the book to your cart. You can add a la carte items and then checkout. This book will not only highlight this year, it will also celebrate Clements last 30 years!

SEE HISTORY LIVE!

European History trip scheduled for June 2013 See Ms. Schliesser for details

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