SINTON ISD STEM ACADEMY

Girls Start Applications are due on or before February 18th!
You may return them to the following people: Mrs. Mounts, Ms. LaPointe, Ms. Ceballos, Mrs. Cox, Ms. Swanson, Ms. Mahan, or Mrs. Pena-Handson
Girls Start Field Trip is February 26th. Students will have a student-led walking tour of UT, have luch in the student union, and visit the Texas Natural Science Center on the UT campus! Events on campus will include activities relating to “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.”

STEM Showcase Night at Smith Middle School: Thursday, February 24th- 6:30-8:30
Meet us in the SMS cafeteria for a gallery walk of STEM activities and displays!
Corpus Christi Stargazers will be outside for astronomy goodies when it gets dark!

Our Sinton ISD 5K Run/Wak has been set for February 12, 2011. Click the following registration form and come help us with “the cure” for the American Cancer Society. REGISTRATION

Best Futuristic City Award

KUDOS and congratulations to Ms. Pena-Handson and Ms. LaPointe for their outstanding leadership and dedication to our Middle School STEM Future City team.  This outstanding group of grade 6 students represented their school and our school district with tremendous class and dignity.  I look forward to seeing these outstanding students compete as seventh graders next year!  Again, congratulations we are very proud of these teachers and this team!

This weekend, out Future City kids won 5th place at FC competition in San Marcos. They were the only 6th grade team to compete with 7th and 8th graders! In addition, the team also won the “Most Futuristic City” Award. They received a trophy and individual participation medals.  The sponsors received a $75.00 gift certificate to a teacher store in Austin and the team won a $150.00 gift certificate to Borders Book Store.  The group will order books and teacher materials on-line and are very excited!  We congratulate the students and teachers involved in our first T-STEM competition.  They did an excellent job of representing our T-STEM program, Smith Middle School and Sinton ISD!
Sponsors:
Rachel LaPointe and Cynthia Pena-Handson

http://www.caller.com/news/2010/dec/19/future-planners-embrace-quest/

Check out what our Future City kids are up to!
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