CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

CLEMENTS NEWS

FRIDAY 03/08/13

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.

READY FOR NEXT YEAR?

. Student course requests have been posted in Skyward, and students have until March 22 to make changes.

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

FFA
CLEMENTS FFA BOOSTER CLUB 2013 SPRING PLANT SALE SEE ANY FFA STUDENT OR CONTACT MR. KLEMSTEIN SALE DATES 3/1/2013 3/15/2013 ORDER DUE DATE 3/16/2013 PLANT PICK UP DATE Friday 3/29/2013 between 2:30 and 6:00 at Clements (close to Ag Room and Tennis Courts)

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!

DECATHLON 6TH IN STATE!

Phillip Pan Won a scholarship for having one of the highest overall individual scores, gold medal essay, bronze medal for art Lavin Chellaram gold medal in essay (perfect score!), bronze medal in math Zoe Fu silver medal in art Maisam Arif gold medal in math Gene Hsu gold medal science, silver medal math Quan Nguyen silver medal in language/literature Ashley Chen gold medal speech, bronze medal science

NJROTC WINS RICE COMPETITION

Inspection: 3rd Place Armed Regulation: 1st Place Unarmed Regulation: 1st Place Unarmed Exhibition: 1st place Academic: 2nd Place Female Color Guard: 2nd Place Male Color Guard: 3rd Place

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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.

SPEECH TEAM
GOOD LUCK AT MEET MARCH 6-9 IN GRAND PRAIRIE 25 STUDENTS TO COMPETE

LATIN WINNERS
Nnenna Ikbokwe 2nd Greek History Anthony Chaveleh 2nd Vocabulary Harmonii Odinga 3rd Greek Derivatives Samantha Hartfield 2nd Dramatic Interp Mohammad Asif 2nd LatinOratory Varnika Singh 3rd Latin Oratory Smit Bhavsar 2nd in Greek History Nico Senften 2nd in Greek Life and Literature Alize Hassan 3rd in Mottoes Christian Phillips 2nd in Roman History Naveen Kalavar 2nd in Dramatic Interp Grant Kunnemann- 2nd in Mottoes Patrick Le 3rd Mottoes Natasha Kayotkina 3rd in Grammar Ryan Bullard 3rd in Roman History

Latin Winners
Charisa Gunasekera 3rd in Latin Literature Patrick Clinton 2nd in Roman Life Beryce Garcia 1st in Dramatic Interp Jim Ren 1st in Reading Comprehension Pentathlon: Andrew Tao Summa cum Laude Colin Scott, Kiana Faroukhpour, Claire Pan, AnthonyChaveleh, Harmonii Odinga, Jude Tanueco Maxima cum Laude Christopher Winters, Pooja Ojha, Nico Senften, Ryan Bullard, Natasha Kayotkina Magna cum Laude Megan Beytebiere, Kevin John, Nnenna Ikbokwe, Beryce Garcia, Cecile Huynh, Mohammad Asif, Chris Chiu, Shayan Gagan, Aisch Baratan, Connor Dilgren, Alize Hassan, Christian Phillips, Patrick Clinton Cum Laude
In Creative Arts Samantha Hartfield & Bonnie Worstell 3rd in Mosaic Elaine Eberhardt 1st in Digital Photography, 3rd in Traditional Photography Natasha Kayotkina 1st in Watercolor

HOUSTON SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION

Ryan Brophy won the competition with a brilliant performance of a monologue from Macbeth and recitation of Sonnet #130. Ryan won a $200 cash prize and an all expense paid trip to New York City in midApril to compete against 60 70 other high school students.

CONGRATS TO COLOR GUARD

WON 3RD PLACE AT WGI REGIONAL COMPETITION IN AUSTIN

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.

COLLEGE VISITS

Oklahoma City University

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

Tarleton State
Wednesday March 6th Commons All three lunches

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

THE ROUND UP
FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON! CHECK OUT THE FEBRUARY 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.

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