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>> DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A FORMER PRESENT AND
[1.D. Reconvene from Closed Session ]
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED TO NOTICE.THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THEREFORE, AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
MS. [INAUDIBLE], DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK?
>> NO SIR. GOT AN INVITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> MR. COX, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION PLEASE?
[1.E. Invocation ]
>> YES. ABSOLUTELY. LET'S PRAY.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY LORD.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU INSTALLED UPON US LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND JUST ALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PRESENTED LORD.
JUST HELP US THIS EVENING, LORD TO HAVE A CLEAR MIND, JUST MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT THAT BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.
WE PRAY FOR RAIN FOR THIS AREA LOWER FOR FARMERS, JUST EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT LORD WHO NEEDS SOME WATER IN THIS AREA.
WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JUST WHO YOU ARE.
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AND AMEN.
[1.F. Pledge of Allegiance ]
AS WE RAISE THE FLAG[1.H.1. All-State Powerlifting and Powerlifting State Qualifier ]
>> THIS PORTION OF OUR BOARD MEETING WHERE WE CAN RECOGNIZE OUR FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO STEPHAN KEILLA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER, WE HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT, ABOUT 50 TO 55 STUDENTS.
FIRST STEP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POWER LIFTING COME UP.
IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE TWO STUDENTS AND COACH.
>> ANY PARENTS THAT WANT TO COME BACK AND TAKE ANY PICTURES, FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS.
>> FIRST UP TONIGHT WE ARE CONGRATULATING THESE TWO FORTUNE HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETES FOR THE RECENT STATE-LEVEL SUCCESS IN POWER LIFTING.
SHE RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ELITE TEAM BY THE TEXAS HIGH-SCHOOL WOMEN'S POWER LIFTING ASSOCIATION, AND THEN WE HAVE SENIOR KARSON JONES, WHO WAS RANKED THE NUMBER TWO LIFTER IN THE REGION DURING THE SEASON, AND HE QUALIFIED AND COMPETED AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND HE ALSO RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL STATE FIRST TEAM BY THE TEXAS HIGH-SCHOOL POWER LIFTING ASSOCIATION.
AS AT TONIGHT WE HAVE POWER LIFTING COACH DUSTY ROBINSON HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HIS STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE IT TOO [LAUGHTER]
>> JUST STAND ON THE MAT THE CAMERA CAN SEE [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR TWO OF OUR INDIVIDUALS FOR THE POWERLIFTING TEAM THIS YEAR.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 80 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE COMPETING, WHICH IS A VERY BIG NUMBER, AND WE REALLY CARRIED THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH THESE GUYS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY HONOR THIS YOUNG LADY FAITH SHAGULA, SHE'S A SENIOR HERE AT FRENSHIP.
IT'S MY FIRST YEAR AS THE HEAD COACH, SO IT'S BEEN A BLESSING AND AN HONOR DEFINITELY TO COACH HER.
SHE CAME IN, SHE MEDALLED AND THREE OF HER FOUR MEETS THAT SHE COMPETED IN.
SHE IS AN ELITE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ON A LAKE, MEANING THAT SHE CARRIED AT 98.5 AND ABOVE DURING HER TENURE HERE AT FRIENDSHIP ISD.
SO WITH THE GIRLS ORGANIZATION, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION.
THEY DON'T DO THE ELITE HONOR WITH THE BOYS, BUT WITH THE GIRLS IT WAS DEFINITELY WELL-DESERVED AND SHE'S A VERY SPECIAL ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER FOR SURE.
FAITH SHAGULA, HERE'S YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ATHLETIC ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, APPRECIATE THAT.
[APPLAUSE] THIS NEXT YOUNG MAN IS KARSON JONES.
HE'S BEEN A PILLAR WITHIN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT THE TIME PERIOD I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SURE.
KARSON IS HIS FIRST YEAR TO POWER LIFT AND FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND DO WHAT HE DID WAS JUST AN AWESOME THING TO BE A PART OF.
HE IS IN FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE MEMBER.
HE ALSO COMPETED AT THE STATE POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE RATED AS OUR NUMBER 2 IN THE REGION FOR HIS WEIGHT CLASS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
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HE WENT IN AND COMPETED.HE UPPED ALL OF HIS TOTAL AT THE STATE MEET, AND IT WAS JUST AN HONOR AND A BLESSING TO COACH AT YOUNG MAN, AND OF COURSE HE'S GONE TO THE U OF H TO GO OUT THERE AND DO SOME GREAT THINGS OUT THERE AS WELL.
WE'D LIKE TO HONOR HIM WITH HIS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM CERTIFICATE, AND HE ALSO RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION FOR HIS HONORABLE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT THAT LEVEL.
KARSON JONES [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS
>> WHEN I TURNED AROUND [LAUGHTER]
>> I CAN STILL SEE HIS WHITE SPARKS [LAUGHTER]
[1.H.2. All-State Basketball ]
>> NEXT WE HAVE GIRL'S BASKETBALL.
PARENTS AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THE BACK YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE PICTURES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM AND THEIR SENIORS ON EARNING ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOUR OF THESE STUDENTS FOR EARNING THOSE HONORS THROUGH THE TEXAS GIRLS' COACHES ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, THE SENIORS MUST HAVE AN OVERALL GPA AVERAGE OF 94 OR ABOVE FOR ALL FOUR YEARS DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND BEING OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.
AS OF TONIGHT WE HAVE GIRL'S HEAD BASKETBALL, COACH TRENT HLLIARD TO HELP RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU-ALL GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE KIDS.
THESE KIDS ONLY KNOW WINNING BY DISTRICT.
THEY'VE DONE THAT 32 AND TWO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS IN DISTRICT PLAY AND HAD THAT, THEN ON TOP OF IT SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES, TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION, AND TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, IS AN OUTSTANDING THING.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT SARAH ARMSTRONG [APPLAUSE] AND THE CAPTAIN [APPLAUSE] ADDISON MCCLURE [APPLAUSE] AND ABBI WATSON [APPLAUSE] WILL ACTUALLY BE CITING TO GO PLAY COLLEGIALLY, ADDISON MCCLURE'S GOING TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT CISCO JUNIOR COLLEGE, AND MIKAH CHAPMAN, WHO YOU SIGNING WITH ST. EDWARDS TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
THERE'S SUCCESS AND THEY'VE TAKEN THAT FRIENDSHIP BRAND WILL GO BEYOND FRIENDSHIP AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>> UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM TO HONOR.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL ATHLETES EARN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AT THE 6A LEVEL, THEY HAD A PLAYER EARN ALL-STATE RECOGNITION.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE BOY'S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, PAUL PAGE TO HELP RECOGNIZE THE ATHLETES BUT FIRST, I WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM TOO.
FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, HE EARNED THE DISTRICT 26A COACH OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO CELEBRATED HIS 400TH WIN THIS YEAR.
>>YES. TRACY GODFREY WAS SELECTED TO TABC ACT.
HE WAS ACADEMIC, BUT HE WAS ALSO ALL-STATE,
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WHICH IS THE FIRST EVER FOR US AT THE 6A LEVEL, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM AND EXCITED FOR THAT AWARD.HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF MORE TO COME. HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS ACTUALLY IN ARIZONA TONIGHT OR TODAY ON A COLLEGE VISIT, WHICH IS HUGE FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY.
THEY'RE THERE TODAY AND SPENDING TIME THERE.
BUT I'LL HONOR HIM WITH HIS CERTIFICATE WHEN HE GETS BACK.
WE ALSO HAVE FOUR OTHERS THAT ARE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE IN OUR LEVEL, IT'S 92 AND ABOVE CUMULATIVE GPA, 9-12, SO IT HAS TO BE A SENIOR OBVIOUSLY.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE REPRESENTING US, NATHAN ARMSTRONG, JADE ARMSTRONG [LAUGHTER] CORBIN GANDY, AND LINCOLN PERRY, ACADEMIC ALL-STATE [APPLAUSE]
>>CONGRATULATIONS. [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> PARENTS GOING TO THE BACK TO TAKE PICTURES ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.
[BACKGROUND] [NOISE] FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW,
[1.H.3. All-State Wrestling and Wrestling State Qualifiers ]
THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING PROGRAM HAS EARNED A SPOT AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A FRIENDSHIP WRESTLER MAKE IT TO THE STATE LEVEL AND THIS YEAR WE HAD THREE STUDENTS MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WRESTLING PROGRAM ALSO IS CELEBRATING SEVERAL STUDENTS EARNING ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACH, CLINTON WOOD IS HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS.
>>THANK YOU. IT'S A FOURTH YEAR.
THIS IS ONLY A FOURTH YEARS PROGRAM, SO [INAUDIBLE] CAME IN AS A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM, FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
WHEN I INTERVIEWED, IT WAS SOMETHING I TALKED TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT.
WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WE WERE FIRST STATE PLACE OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HER IN A SECOND.
THE THREE STATES, WE HAD OUR FIRST REGIONAL CHAMPION, WHICH WE HAD TWO OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
WE HAD FOUR DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND WE PREVIOUSLY JUST HAD THE ONE.
JUST RECORDS AFTER RECORDS AFTER RECORDS ARE BEING SET, WHICH IS THE GOAL, BEING A FOURTH YEAR PROGRAM.
WE STARTED OUR WALL OF FAME THERE IN THE NGC WHERE WE PRACTICE.
WE HAD ONE PICTURE UP AS A DISTRICT CHAMPION A FEW YEARS AGO AND ADDING THREE THIS YEAR AND TWO MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUNIORS [INAUDIBLE] YOU GET THE PICTURE UP THERE, SO ADD ALL THEIR ACCOLADES.
BUT I'LL INTRODUCE A FEW OF THEM.
WE HAVE THREE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, ADRIANA [INAUDIBLE].
MICHELLE HERNANDEZ, AND COLIN KING COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST ONE IS JUST ALL-STATE WRESTLER.
SHE'S JUNIOR AND SHE WENT TO STATE TOURNAMENT AND WE'RE EXPECTING BIG THING NEXT YEAR, REBECCA VAN.
[APPLAUSE] ANOTHER ALL-STATE JUNIOR, SHE WRESTLED FOR ALL ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
SHE CAME BACK FROM BAND, THOUGH SHE WOULD TRY IT[APPLAUSE] THEN SHE STAYED, MADE IT TO THE TOP EIGHT IN THE STATE AT HER WEIGHT CLASS, WHICH IS AN UNBELIEVABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE 6A LEVEL, AND THAT'S AUDREY LOCKHART.
[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION IS ANSLEY IVERSON.
[APPLAUSE] ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION, JAVON DESHON.
[APPLAUSE] ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION, ELIJAH LEJIS.
[APPLAUSE] THE LAST ONE, TWO TIME ALL-STATER, FIRST STATE PLACE IN SCHOOL HISTORY, REGIONAL CHAMPION, TWO TIME DISTRICT CHAMPION, GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE BEST WRESTLER IN FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL HISTORY AT THIS POINT.
[LAUGHTER] SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO GET.
SHE'S AN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM AND THAT IS ALLIE BENNET.
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>> CONGRATULATIONS. [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN SIT BACK THERE OR STAND UP HERE. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] UP NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE
[1.H.4. All-State Cheer ]
SEVERAL FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL CHEER ATHLETES ON THEIR RECENT STATE-LEVEL AWARDS.WE HAD MULTIPLE SENIORS RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS FROM THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAD STUDENTS EARN ALL-STATE.
WE HAD STUDENTS EARN SPOTS ON THE ALL-STAR TEAM AND THEN ALSO ON THE LEGACY ALL-STAR TEAM.
ALSO OF NOTE, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL CHEER HAS PLACED IN THE TOP 10 FOR SIX AD2 SCHOOLS IN THE UIL SPIRIT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
TONIGHT WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL CHEER COACH, KAYCI SMITH TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS LOVE TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS.
I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS DO THIS AND TAKE TIME OUT OF Y'ALL'S BOARD MEETINGS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY OUR KIDS, SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COACHES AND TEACHERS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
FIRST, WE HAVE CLEA FORENS, SENIOR [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] AINSLEY ANDERSON, SENIOR.
[APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE ANDREW THOMAS WHO'S OUT OF TOWN.
THOSE ARE OUR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE SENIORS.
THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND OF COURSE, I THINK YOU'RE ALL TOP 10.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] GOOD JOB, CLEA.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR ALL-STATE CHEERLEADERS.
FIRST UP WE HAVE ANNABEL BENNETT, [APPLAUSE] AND CLEA AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] NEXT WE HAVE SOME ATHLETES THAT WERE CHOSEN TO SHARE AT THE ALL-STAR END GAME THIS SUMMER IN AUSTIN.
WE HAVE BELLA AND LILY FOR THAT, AND MARIA IS OUR ALTERNATE.
[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] OH, NO, I ALREADY TOLD YOU.
[INAUDIBLE] THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR LEGACY.
SHE IS OUR ALL-STAR LEGACY, BUT I WANT TO BREAK FOR A SECOND, SHE WAS ALSO OUR UIL CAPTAIN AND THE REASON WHY WE MADE IT TWO YEARS IN A ROW, SO KATIE [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE].
[BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> [OVERLAPPING] [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] TAKE PICTURES
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YOU'LL GO INTO [INAUDIBLE] PICTURE TAKERS COME BACK HERE.BUT IF YOU WANT TO SIT, YOU CAN SIT [INAUDIBLE].
[1.H.5. National History Day State Qualifiers ]
SO UP NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THEIR SUCCESS AT THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION.FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE'VE HAD STUDENTS FROM ALL THREE FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOLS QUALIFY FOR STATE.
THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION DEVELOPS SKILLS IN COMMUNICATION, RESEARCH, CRITICAL THINKING, AND TEAM-BUILDING, WHICH ARE ALL REAL-WORLD SKILLS THAT CAN CARRY INTO THEIR FUTURES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE FRIENDSHIP THE SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR, REAGAN [INAUDIBLE] TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
AS TIFFANY SAID, THEY ARE ALL GOING TO COMPETE AT STATE NEXT SATURDAY, VIRTUALLY.
WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RESULTS OF THAT COMPETITION.
BUT THESE GUYS NOT ONLY WON THEIR CAMPUS COMPETITIONS, THEY ALSO WON THE ENTIRE REGION, AND SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.
FROM TERRA VISTA, WE HAVE KENNETH WALKER AND RILEY SMITH.
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN DID THEIR PRESENTATION OR THEIR PROJECTS ON, AND LISTEN TO THIS GUYS, THIS IS SEVENTH GRADE, THE FAILED DIPLOMACY OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE] WE GOT TO CLAP FOR THEM [APPLAUSE].
NEXT WE HAVE JACK MOLLY AND AUDREY TROLL FROM HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEIR TOPIC WAS THE DEBATE OVER WOMEN'S CIVIL RIGHTS.
[APPLAUSE] THEIR TEAM MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] FERNANDEZ COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.
NEXT FROM HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AND AVERY VAZQUEZ.
THEIR TOPIC WAS THE DEBATE OVER WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE] FROM FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOLS, [INAUDIBLE] COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HE DID THE DEBATE OVER TEXAS ANNEXATION.
THESE ARE NOT SHABBY STUDENTS, [LAUGHTER] I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.
>> MOVE IN A LITTLE BIT. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] ONE, TWO, THREE. [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> CONGRATULATIONS GUYS YOU GUYS.
VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL. GOOD JOB. [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]
>> I THINK I SAW YOU ALL IN THE HALL.
[1.H.6. UIL State Instrumental Chamber Music Competition Champions ]
>> TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BAND HAS MADE UIL HISTORY.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, TWO FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIVE CHAMBER GROUPS COMPETED AT THE INAUGURAL UIL STATE INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION.
AT THE END OF THAT COMPETITION, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THESE FRIENDSHIP GROUPS THAT CAME OUT ON TOP AS THE FIRST-EVER UIL STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE NEW EVENT.
[APPLAUSE] TONIGHT WE HAVE FRIENDSHIP BAND DIRECTOR, DR. RYAN SMITH.
HE'S HERE TO TELL US ABOUT HIS STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING US BE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR KIDS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHE JUST SAID THE UIL ALLOWED SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FIRST EVER STATE MR. MIDDLE CHAMBER COMPETITION AND FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WAS PROUD SUBMIT FOUR OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLES FOR THIS CONTEST.
ON MARCH 26TH, FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE TWO OF OUR ENSEMBLES MAKE IT TO THE FINALS OF THIS COMPETITION THAT WAS HELD IN [INAUDIBLE].
THIS TOP 16 WERE SELECTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THEIR AUDIO SUBMISSIONS.
AT THE CONTEST, EACH ENSEMBLE THEN PRESENTED A 22-25 MINUTE PROGRAM THAT WAS THEN ADJUDICATED BY NATIONALLY RENOWNED JUDGES AND FOLLOWED BY A 30-MINUTE CLINIC.
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THEY DIDN'T JUST PERFORM A PIECE, THEY ACTUALLY PERFORMED A WHOLE CONCERT.THE [INAUDIBLE] TROMBONE QUARTET CONSISTS OF SENIORS, CHRISTOPHER SED BARRY, JAMES JEFFERSON, CARTER SALINE, AND DYLAN BEDNARS, AND THIS ENSEMBLE WAS COACHED BY MR. HUNTER STOCKTON.
I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] TROMBONE QUARTET PLACED 13TH OVERALL IN THE STATE AND REPRESENTED FRIENDSHIP ISD WITH OUTSTANDING BRAVADO AND CLASS, SO PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THEM.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, [INAUDIBLE] SAXOPHONE QUARTET CONSISTING OF SENIORS, AUSTIN POE, GAVIN VOYER, SETH [INAUDIBLE] AND JUNIOR DIEGO GARZA, COACHED BY MR. JOSE GONZALEZ, PLACED AT FIRST OVERALL AND WON THE GOLD MEDAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE IN TEXAS. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU. [OVERLAPPING].
>> CAN WE DO LIKE A MUG SHOT? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> ONE, TWO, THREE [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING].
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [BACKGROUND]
[1.H.7. Family, Career & Community Leaders of America State Qualifiers ]
>> OUR LAST GROUP FOR TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE STATE FCCLA COMPETITION IN DALLAS.
FCCLA STANDS FOR FAMILY CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA, AND THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE PERSONAL GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION.
WE HAD MULTIPLE FCCLA STUDENTS PLACED AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IN VARIOUS EVENTS SUCH AS CUPCAKE BATTLE AND FOOD INNOVATION, LANDING THEM A SPOT AT THE STATE COMPETITION EARLIER THIS MONTH.
FCCLA SPONSOR, MICHELLE GORDON IS HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER STUDENTS. MICHELLE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS PERFECT.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN SAY. THAT WAS GREAT.
[OVERLAPPING] THESE TWO LADIES, EILEEN [INAUDIBLE] AND AMELIA SANTOS, BOTH OF THEM, THEY WERE OUR ONE TEAM TO PLACE AT STATE WHICH WAS SUPER EXCITING.
THEY GOT FOURTH OUT OF ABOUT 20 TEAMS IN NUTRITION AND WELLNESS.
THEY DID A PROJECT ON EATING HEALTHY AND EXERCISING, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT [NOISE].
THEY'RE MY ALL-STARS HERE TONIGHT.
OUR OTHER COMPETITORS COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, THEY HAD TO WORK.
BUT THEIR NAMES ARE [INAUDIBLE], JADEN RAMOS, RIDER FLOYD, [INAUDIBLE] FISHER.
[APPLAUSE][LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] I THINK WE ALL NEED IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> [INAUDIBLE] OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> OH, YEAH THEY HAVE A WEBSITE [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING].
>> THERE'S NO FRIED STUFF ON THERE INTERESTING.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MY FELLOW.
[2.A. Effectiveness Report on Bilingual/ESL Programs ]
>> THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS REPORT ON BILINGUAL AND ESL PROGRAMS AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY OUR SENIOR GROUP.
>> JUST FINE. HOW ABOUT YOU ALL, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING?
>>I KNOW. IT'S LIKE YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN FIRST. [LAUGHTER]
ALMOST BEST PART, LISTEN RIGHT HERE.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP HERE AND JUST SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT OUR BILINGUAL ESL PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT.
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ON THAT FIRST PAGE, WE HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN OUR PROGRAM.AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAVE 28 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HERE IN FRIENDSHIP ISD, 536 EMERGENT BILINGUALS IN THE DISTRICT, 222 DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
IN THIS ORDER, WE HAVE SPANISH WITH 404 EMERGENT BILINGUALS, VIETNAMESE WITH 34 AND THEN ARABIC WITH 15.
TO FINALIZE, WE ALSO FINALIZE THE BILINGUAL PATHWAY FOR OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS, DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS, THAT ARE ENROLLED FROM PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED A DUAL LANGUAGE-PARENT FLOWCHART.
THIS FLOWCHART GIVES OUR PARENTS DETAIL ON WHAT CLASSES OUR STUDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE TO CONTINUE THIS PATHWAY THROUGH TO FINALLY OBTAIN THAT BILITERACY SEAL ONCE THEY'RE SENIORS WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE SYLLA-BILITERACY THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED AND WE'RE HAVING OUR BILINGUAL BILITERACY SEAL BANQUET THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BANQUET.
THESE STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST COHORT THAT STARTED A BILINGUAL PROGRAM 14 YEARS AGO, AND SO THEY'RE GRADUATING.
THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THIS PATHWAY THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THEM.
VERY RIGOROUS COURSES, CLASSES THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE AND THEN MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT ELECTIVES THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN ORDER TO GO THIS PATHWAY.
THESE SEVEN STUDENTS THAT YOU SEE PICTURED HERE WILL OBTAIN THEIR BILITERACY SEAL AND THEIR DIPLOMA.
THAT'S THE PICTURE, THAT'S THE BILITERACY SEAL THAT WILL BE ON THEIR DIPLOMA WHEN THEY GRADUATE.
THESE ARE THE SEVEN SENIORS RIGHT HERE THAT YOU SEE ON THE POWERPOINT.
[INAUDIBLE] IS ON THE SIDE BECAUSE THE DAY THAT I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE OTHERS, SHE WAS NOT PRESENT.
I HAD TO GO BACK AND RETAKE THAT PICTURE AND THERE'S ONE THAT'S MISSING.
I COULD NEVER GET HOLD OF HER.
>> YES, SHE'S ALWAYS WORKING [NOISE].
SOME OF THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES WE HAVE HERE, WE HAVE ESTABLISHING THE CLASSES AND CRITERIA FOR THE SECONDARY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN PROVIDING DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THAT SPANISH 1 CREDIT.
WHEN THEY GET TO EIGHTH GRADE, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM, WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE CBE CREDIT BY EXAM, SPANISH 1 COURSE, THROUGH TEXAS TECH, AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THAT CREDIT IF THEY DO PASS BOTH SECTIONS PART A AND PART B OF THE EXAM.
AS YOU CAN TELL HERE WE HAVE PICTURED, WE HAVE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE, A MEDIA CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO HAVE MR. NUNEZ AND HIS STUDENT, JUAN REYEZ, WHO WILL ALSO COMPETE THIS YEAR AGAIN AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN ADVERSAL.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE HERE WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES, VISITING OUR FIFTH GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASS AND LISTENING TO THEIR PRESENTATION AND JUST SEEING WHEN THEY GET THERE, WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM WHEN THEY GO INTO MR. NUNEZ'S CLASS.
THEN, DOWN BELOW TO THE LEFT, WE HAVE MRS. AYALA, WHO IS IN THE ESL CLASSROOM AND HERITAGE, ALSO ENGAGING HER STUDENTS IN LEARNING THAT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
FINALLY, WE HAVE UPLAND HEIGHTS.
ONE OF THE SUCCESSES WE HAVE IS HALA, WHO WON THE CAMPUS REGULAR SPELLING BEE.
THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR THE BILINGUAL ESL PROGRAMS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT IS JUST BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR CURRENT DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
OF COURSE, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OUR CLASSES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN THEIR BILITERACY SEAL, AS WELL AS THE CLASSES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO TAKE TO EARN THAT PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AS WELL RECOGNITION.
ONE OF THE THINGS LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE IS ALSO THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING OUR TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR ONE-WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN YOUR DISTRICT.
THEN JUST TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE ADULT ESL CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR OUR PARENTS OF EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
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THAT HAS FLUCTUATED THIS SEMESTER.SO IT JUST FLUCTUATE WHEN PARENTS CAN MEET THE CLASSES THAT ARE HELD ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.
THEY ARE BASED ON PROFICIENCY LEVEL BASED ON THE PARENTS, TO GIVE THEM MORE SUPPORT AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE ENGLISH AND THEN GO HOME AND SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS WITH SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, MR. CRUZ AND WE APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU DO IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM HERE FRIENDSHIP FOREST.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BILITERACY, THE SEAL, BANQUET.
>> FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. I'M EXCITED.
>> OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THAT CONCERN THE GYM.
[3.A. Consent Agenda ]
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING CONCERNING THE GYM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL TAKE [OVERLAPPING].>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CARL ROGERS.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MRS. JAMIE.
[4.A. Board Member Training Hours Announcement ]
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER CORE BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IS THE TRAINING OUR CREDITS THAT THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ON A YEARLY BASIS, AND MRS. LIBRE HAS THAT INFORMATION I BELIEVE.>> YES SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.
THE CONTINUING EDUCATION IS REQUIRED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION EVERY YEAR FOR EACH TRUSTEE.
THOSE HOURS HAVE TO BE REPORTED AT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING BEFORE AN ELECTION AND SO THIS IS THE ONE.
FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO CANCEL OUR ELECTION BECAUSE ONLY I AND CAMPBELL FILED.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO REPORT THE HOURS.
ON BEHALF OF MR. DRAPER, TONIGHT I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL TIERS OF REQUIRED TRAININGS AND THEY HAVE IN FACT EXCEEDED THEIR INDIVIDUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION POWERS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW TRAINING [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT IT'S FUN [LAUGHTER] AS WELL.
>> LAST ONE WAS REAL FUN. [OVERLAPPING] VIDEO.
>> DID YOU EACH DO IT JUST FOR FUN?
>> IN SINCERITY, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, SO THANK YOU.
>> I GUESS NEXT IS A 10-INCH OF AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
[4.B. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings ]
BY 16TH, WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP, A REGULAR MEETING, AND UPCOMING EVENTS.[4.C. Upcoming Events ]
WE HAVE THE BUSINESS PARTNERS LUNCHEON ON APRIL THE 20TH, AT THE CASEY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, THE DUAL LANGUAGE SENIOR BANQUET AT THE CASEY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON MAY THE 2ND.FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP LUNCH ON MAY THE 5TH AT FORGOLF.
FRIENDSHIP STAFF APPRECIATION BREAK, MAY 11TH AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, FRAZIER ALUMNI PAVILION.
SPRING FOOTBALL GAME IS MAY THE 2ND AT PEOPLE'S BANK STADIUM.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BANQUET IS MAY THE 17TH AT THE DTU MCKINZIE BURKE AT ALUMNI CENTER.
REESE EDUCATION CENTER GRADUATION IS MAY 19 AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH-SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IS ON MAY 20TH AT THE UNITED SUPERMARKETS, ABILENE.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS? WE ADJOURN. [APPLAUSE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.