Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Birdville ISD students earn national honors

BISD is proud to announce it has three National Merit Semifinalists and 13 National Merit Commended Scholars and one National Hispanic Scholar for the 2015-16 school year.

Nearly 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools across the country entered the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program last year by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Less than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors received the prestigious designation of becoming a semifinalist this year.

To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

BISD’s 2015-16 National Merit Semifinalists are:

Birdville High School
Jacob Brown
Elizabeth (Libby) Feray

Richland High School
Anna Polk

National Merit Commended Scholars are:

Birdville High School
Taylor Campbell
David Durden
Brandon Holmes
Jessica Peterson
Matthew Reddy
Preston Seebock

Haltom High School
Sebastian Cox

Richland High School
Chris Dobbins
Hina Hussain
Sarah Jones
Ruth Kingsbury
Brad Pipes
Dylan White

National Hispanic Scholars are:

Richland High School
Jose Garcia

The National Merit Scholarship Program will announce additional program honorees later this school year.

Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015

National Math and Science Initiative

National Math and Science Initiative – College Readiness Program Grant Highlights for Haltom High include:

AP exams taken increased 33 percent (507 exams)

AP qualifying scores increased again this year by 16 percent (184 scores of 3 or higher)

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Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2015

75 Students Advance to Next Round of All-State Tryouts

BISD High School Band Members Selected for All-Region Jazz Band

Congratulations to the following BISD high school band members who were selected for the Region 5 All-Region Jazz Band Sept. 19. This was the first round of auditions for the 2016 Texas All-State Jazz Band. Instrumentalists designated as an AREA candidate will advance to a recorded audition.

Haltom High: Ian Bassham, Kamron Curry (Area-1st chair) and James Daly (Area-1st chair)
Richland High: Quinton Hackworth (Area-1st chair), Gracie Hackworth and Colton Reddoch (Area-1st chair)
Birdville High: Jordan Amara, Matt Edwards, Caleb Henry, Cole Kirchenbauer, Reece Neathery (Area), Aaron Oliver, Katryna Parisi, Jordan Proffer, Liam Rhodes, Zach Rodgers, Jonathan Shier (Area-1st chair), Brooklyn Ward and Ian Worley (Area)

BISD High School Singers Advance to All-State Round 2

Congratulations to the BISD high school singers that auditioned Sept. 19 in the first round of auditions to become members of one of the 2016 Texas All-State choirs. Best of luck to these singers as they prepare a new set of music for the second audition in October.

Haltom High: Jesus Castillo, Haley Clark, Marion DeGuzman, Abigail Del Cristo, Mykel Estrello, Lisi Greenlee, Amara Holcombe, Thomas Jones, Tristan Langrehr, Kennan Lukacs, Marcus Medina, Zachariah Medina, Alejandro Narvaez, Shelby Siefkas, Marissa Suazo (1st Chair), Cody Vital and Katlyn White (1st Chair)
Richland High: Alivia Atkinson, Steven Brown, Gwenola Carroll, Brooke Christoffersen, Anastacia Clough, Ashley Dickerson, Caleb Dollarhide, Christopher Farrell, Carlie Hagar, Hina Hussain, Kayla Jefferies, Sarah Jones, Braden Kelley, Moriah Khalil (1st Chair), Ruth Kingsbury, Tolisi Kioa, Josh Legge, Caleb Pitts, and Destiny Pope
Birdville High: Duncan Abdo, Faith Adams, Emory Arnold, Xavier Baker, Jeremiah Brand, Allison Burk, Jared Burleson, Sean Cazier (1st Chair), Jet Coatney, Hannah Detrick (1st Chair), Dennis Gartman, Jr., Aspen Gonzales, Audrey Ham, Trey Harmening, Macy Hartman, Shali Hartman, Jordan Joe, Halie Moore, Zane Motlagh and Logan Perrin

Posted on Monday, September 21, 2015

Air Force’s F22 Demonstration Team

The Air Force’s F22 Demonstration Team visited with advanced placement physics students from Birdville, Haltom and Richland high schools on Sept. 11, 2015.

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Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Project Lead the Way

Chris Copeland, Haltom High School teacher, attended Project Lead the Way training this summer in Houston. Project Lead the Way provides training to teachers on new computer science and software engineering classes. Chris was interviewed by the local Houston Fox News station about the training.

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Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015

Haltom High Art Students Present Mural to PTA Clothes Connection

Haltom High School’s Art Club and National Art Honor Society students have been working throughout the 2014‒15 school year on an original mural project for the Birdville Council of PTAs Clothes Connection. The mural was presented to the PTA on June 4, 2015. The Clothes Connection is located at 5308 E. Belknap in Haltom City.