Category Archives: Richland High School

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Birdville Education Foundation Supports BISD Teachers

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Congratulations to Angie Magana, Richland High School’s librarian, and the Richland High School band on their grant awards from the Birdville Education Foundation. ‪#‎BISDShines

 

 

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Congratulations to Alison Nivens, Richland Elementary teacher, for receiving a Birdville Foundation Grant for her proposal of using Rhythm Connections with her pre-K students. She is pictured with Foundation board member, Taylor Anderson.
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Smithfield Middle School’s librarian, Beth Muirheid, demonstrates stop-motion video in the campus Makerspace. The Birdville Education Foundation awarded Ms. Muirheid a grant last year to start the campus Makerspace and this year awarded her a second grant to add to the MakerSpace.

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Birdville ISD/Public Libraries’ Summer Reading Club

Congratulations to the two BISD students who tied for first place in the third annual Birdville ISD/Public Libraries’ Summer Reading Club contest. This event is sponsored by the public libraries in Haltom City, Hurst, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills and Watauga. Winners were:

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Ian Chapoy, Birdville High School senior (28-second video)
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Monica Bartley, Richland High School senior (Four-minute video)
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Twenty BISD Students Qualify for State STEM Competition

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The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering’s 31st Annual State STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Competition was recently held in San Antonio. This event brought together high performing students from across the state to challenge their math and science skills and connect with a network of peers and mentors across Texas and beyond.

 

Twenty students from Birdville ISD qualified to attend this prestigious competition. They are:

 

Sebastiene Cox, Grade 12, Haltom High School

Shalkh Sakib, Grade 12, Richland High School

José Garcia, Grade 12, Richland High School

Alexander Ban, Grade 11, Richland High School

Arianne Alvarez, Grade 11, Richland High School

Sorin Pena, Grade 10, Haltom High School

David Serrato, Grade 10, Richland High School

Tin Ha, Grade 9, Richland High School

Sivisaran Meheswaranathan, Grade 9,  Richland High School

Grace DiSalvi,  Grade 9, Richland High School

Obed Gonzalez, Grade 8, Haltom Middle School

Josue Vanegas, Grade 8, Haltom Middle School

Tai Ha,  Grade 8, North Richland Middle School

Anahi Ornelas, Grade 8, North Ridge Middle School

Abigail Nashed, Grade 8,  North Ridge Middle School

Maile DiPaula,  Grade 7, North Ridge Middle School

Yasmin Torres,  Grade 7, Haltom Middle School

Tuongvy Ha, Grade 7, North Richland Middle School

Eduardo Dominguez, Grade 6, North Oaks Middle School

Elaine Zhu, Grade 6, North Oaks Middle School

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High School Artists Receive State Honors

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Congratulations to the 40 high school artists from BISD that traveled to San Antonio to compete in this year’s State VASE competition. These students’ 49 artworks advanced from the regional event with most receiving the highest rating possible from state adjudicators. Of the approximately 25,000 students that compete in the VASE competition each year, less than one percent receive the ultimate distinction of a Gold Seal Award for their artwork. BISD is proud to give special recognition to these high school artists who received a 2016 Gold Seal Award:

  • Macey Brown (Birdville High School 11th grade)
  • Kathleen Haklar (Richland High School 9th grade)
  • Helen Le (Richland High School 11th grade)
  • Lasamy Sarawichitr (Haltom High School 10th grade)
  • Meagan Watkins (Birdville High School 10th grade)
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Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest

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Congratulations to Rebecca Schelen, Richland High School student, for her winning submission in the local Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest. The local winner advances to a national drawing to be held in April. The winning teacher is Patrick Kelley. Pictured from left are Mark Allan Brown, Community Business Development Manager of Barnes and Noble, Hurst; Rebecca Shelen; and Patrick Kelley.