Several Champs Make All-Greater Houston Softball Team

Riley Green with teacher, Kristal Gage at the Balfour Jr. High Workshop accepts the trophy for having an overall outstanding yearbook concept. Out of 56 schools, only 5 received a trophy. Congratulations to the yearbook staff of 2012!

Softball State Champs T-shirts will be on sale the night of the parade.

For those who pre-ordered t-shirts, please pick them up at the high school cafeteria Wednesday, 6/15 between 9am-2pm.

Coach Ronnie Wulf was selected as the Texas 4A All-Star Baseball Coach for the southern part of the state. This honor included getting to coach the state's southern 4A All-Star team as they played against the state's northern 4A All-Stars. This competition took place over the Father's Day weekend with the southern 4A All-Stars defeating the northern team. Congratulations to Coach Wulf for this state recognition and team win! 

Play-offs didn't deter the Indians from graduation pomp and ceremony. Dr. Thomas attended the game and graduated the six seniors on the baseball diamond. Later, he also announced their graduation during the school's ceremony so they could hear it while  it was streamed live.

Congratulations to the Santa Fe High School 2011 4-A State Softball Champions. The District is extremely proud of the team's successful season and their most recent accomplishments in Austin.

To honor the team, the District, in conjunction with city and county officials, has planned a parade on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m. The parade's route has changed! The team will begin at the Junior High on Warpath and travel down Highway 6 ending at their home, Santa Fe High School. We encourage all fans to come out and cheer on our, "State Champions!" Project Grad 2012 will be on hand selling ice cold water.

On Tuesday June 14, 2011, County Commissioner, Kevin O'Brien, will present a Proclamation to honor the team at Commissioner's Court in Galveston at 1:00 p.m.

The Girl's Athletic Department is working on t-shirts to honor our "champions!" Please visit our website at www.sfisd.org for more information and details. The Santa Fe ISD Board of Trustees will honor the team at their next regular Board meeting on June 20th at 7:00 p.m.

This past weekend, the Santa Fe High School Choir took six students to the UIL Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest in Austin, and returned with eight medals!

Lauren Miller, Delana Watson, Troy Minter, Paul Henderson, Jeffrey Cornelius, and Kendal McLaughlin had competed in February at Regional Solo & Ensemble and received ratings of "Superior", which qualified them to advance to State-level UIL competition. Baritone Kendal McLaughlin received a "Superior" rating and a Gold medal at State for his solo; Soprano Lauren Miller and Tenor Paul Henderson each received Silver medals in their solo divisions; and a madrigal group consisting of Lauren Miller, Delana Watson, Troy Minter, Jeffrey Cornelius, and Kendal McLaughlin sang for renowned Texas choral conductor Dianne Brumley and not only elicited high praise for their skill in a cappella singing, but garnered medals and a "Superior" rating, as well!

Congratulations to our talented and decorated Santa Fe High School choir students!

The Indian softball playoff game in Austin will be streamed live on Friday, June 3rd beginning at 11:30 on http://www.h5ab.com/. 

The game will also be streamed on Saturday, June 4th on http://www.timewarnercable.com/texas/texaschannel/

For those viewers without Time Warner, it will also be streamed live Friday on http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/  and on http://www.foxsportshouston.com/ .

Don't miss this exciting game! Support our Indians!

Our internet service provider, Phonoscope, will be performing maintenance on our connection that will affect access to and from the SFISD network.  This maintenance will occur May 11^th starting at 10pm and last until 2am on May 12^th. During this timeframe, there will be no access to the SFISD web page or SFISD services such as Email, Gradespeed, Eduphoria, Portal, Employee Access, etc. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact SFISD Technology if you have any questions.

The SFJH Concert Band, under the direction of Mr. Matthew Raines, recently attended the Gator Music Festival at McAdams Jr High in Dickinson. They received a Superior Performance rating.

We are proud of our students and their accomplishments. Please join us in congratulating the "Pride of the Tribe."

Daniel Wilkerson signs to play baseball for Concordia.
He is picured here with his parents. Congratulations, Daniel! 

Congratulations to our high school softball team and coaches for winning the the 24-4A district championship. Their next game is in the Bi-District play-offs. Don't miss this exciting game!

Bi-District Playoff -- Softball

Santa Fe vs. Brazosport

Friday, April 29th

7:00 pm

Alvin HS Softball Field

$2.00 for students, $4.00 adults 

District passes accepted

Teachers in free with ID badges

Come out and support our Indians!

We are pleased to announce that Dell is supporting our Project Grad families and all SFISD parents and employees with a computer discount. Please see the flyers in the following link for more information. Discounts and purchases are made directly through Dell.

http://www.sfisd.org/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=13&catfilter=1523#showDoc

The Santa Fe Lady Indians ended their incredible season as Regional Quarterfinalists. The girls made us proud to be Indians, holding their heads up, even in defeat!  They are truly champions!

UPDATE:  The Lady Indian soccer team defeated Houston Stratford Tuesday night at SFHS stadium 4-3 in a very exciting soccer match.  The Ladies will face Texas City, in Texas City, on Friday, April 1 at 7:00 pm.  Come out and support our team!

The Santa Fe HS PALs traveled to Akins HS in Austin, TX last Friday and Saturday to attend the annual convention.  PALs heard inspirational and motivational speeches and networked with PALs from as far away as El Paso, and as close as Dickinson, to get new ideas for making the PAL program better in the future.  Several Santa Fe HS PALs led workshops. They included Darrell Dorsett, Keaton Bowlin, Veronica Garcia, Jocelyn Causer, David Fernandez and Alison Stephens.  The PALs paid for the trip to Austin by hosting a fundraising dinner in the fall.

Santa Fe High seniors accept athletic scholarships for football. Seated left to right: Hunter Davis will play for Mary-Hardin Baylor, Zach Sauers will play for Texas Lutheran and Joseph Walton accepts from Mary-Hardin Baylor. Congratulations to these recipients and their coaches!

Congratulations! Amber Moore and Destin Trochesset - March Rotary Teens of the Month.

The  lady Indians Soccer Team recently hosted a 2 hour soccer camp for children at the Star of Hope Mission. Upon completing the event the team gave the children soccer equipment which they had gathered from donations from team mates, family and friends. Some of it came from as far away as New Jersey and Wyoming.  Each participant also received a Santa Fe Indians Soccer t-shirt.

Cowan Staff dress up as rockers to perform at TAKS Pep Rally to motivate
students to do their best on the TAKS tests.

		High School Drum Junkies perform for Cowan TAKS Writing

Anyone interested in trying out for the JH, Freshman, Junior Varsity, or Varsity cheer squads, or Mascot, MUST attend one of the two Tryout Parent Information Meetings to be held at the SFHS Cafeteria at 6PM on either February 14th or February 17th. If they have any questions,  please contact Carol Cabe. Parents or Legal Guardians MUST attend with the student interested.

It is with a heavy heart that the District must report the passing of our beloved Coach, Cindy St. Clair. She has been employed with the District for thirty one years. Coach St. Clair  has touched the hearts of our students and community with her laughter, love of students and this community. She will truly be missed. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with her family.

The funeral services for Coach St. Clair will be held on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Hitchcock. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock. There will be a Service of Remembrance held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, at Bob Galkowski Gymnasium. A reception will follow in the Santa Fe Junior High Cafeteria.

January 2011 is School Board Recognition Month and a good time to spotlight more than 7,000 men and women who serve our local schools and help promote public education. Santa Fe ISD will join other districts across the state to celebrate the countless contributions of these dedicated community leaders.

Our campus improvements continue and the traffic flow for car rider drop off and pick up had changed at Kubacak. Effective Monday, 11/15, the traffic flow into Kubacak will be reversed. No vehicles will be allowed to enter the parking lot from Warpath. All cars will enter from the entrance on 6th Street across from the May Bruce library. For student drop off and pickup the traffic will flow around the driveway so students enter/exit the school under the awning. All students need to exit their vehicles from the left side behind the driver. There will be Santa Fe ISD PD directing traffic before and after school. In the afternoon, walk-up car riders will be dismissed at 3:20 and drive through car riders will be dismissed at 3:30 to help ease the traffic flow. We appreciate your patience as we make this transition. Click to hear the callout message from Dr. Hernandez.

Click on the flyer to connect to the Travel4School's website
and start supporting our schools!

Congratulations to the Volleyball team on their victory against HISD's Wheatley High in the district playoffs.

The next round in this playoff is Tuesday, November 9th, 7:30 at Pearland High School.  We're playing against Dawson so come out and support our team!

Last month, the Santa Fe High School Choir Department broke a school record by advancing seven students to the All-Region Choir auditions.  On Saturday October 30th, a new record was set as six of those seven students placed in All-Region competition!

Three ladies made the All-Region Women's Choir and three men made the All-Region Mixed Choir.  Additionally, all three of our men qualified to advance to the Pre-Area Choir auditions at the end of November, which is the last audition before the Texas All- State Choir auditions!

Congratulations to Lauren Miller, Morgan Aven, and Randi Davidson, who will represent Santa Fe in the All-Region Women's Choir; and Zachary Smith, Kendal McLaughlin, and Troy Minter, who will represent SFHS Choir at both the All-Region concert and at the Pre-Area auditions November 30th!

Four of our students have also been chosen for the All-Region Honor Choir: Tori Wilcoxson, DeLana Watson, Paul Henderson, and Jeffrey Cornelius will also perform on the Region Choir concert on November 13th.

All told, more than 20% of the Santa Fe High School Choir Department will sing on the All-Region concert!

If you would like any information about the All-Region Choir concert or have any questions or kudos, you may contact Mr. Coffey at Santa Fe High School.

Let's all congratulate these talented and hardworking SFHS Choir students!

The Volleyball team rallied around the cause again this year to honor the Marabella  family and raise money for the Snowdrop Foundation. They presented $8,500 to the foundation Friday, 10/22 before play began. Congratulations to the team and their continued support of breast cancer awareness. Thanks to all who donated and supported this worthy cause.

Jada Cadena, Dr. Wall, Darrell Dorsett	Jada Cadena and Jason Tabor	Darrell Dorsett and Jason Tabor

The Rotary Club recently selected Jada Cadena and Darrell Dorsett as their "Students of the Month." Both are seniors at Santa Fe High School.

On Sept 14, 2010, the President of the United States has scheduled his second annual address to school children regarding the importance of education for success in the workforce.  His topic is expected be about persistence, responsibility, and the importance of achieving success in school. The address is planned to challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents, and educators in this endeavor. The broadcast is expected to occur at noon (EST) and can be accessed at the White House website at www.whitehouse.gov .

Just as last year, SFISD will not require or make arrangements to adjust school schedules for a live viewing of this event. However, a recording will be available to capture such events as resources, which may be used at a time when they fit the curriculum and individual teacher lesson planning. Therefore, teachers may elect to show portions of the recorded speech as appropriate within content standards, particularly at the secondary level. If any portion of the address is used, parents will be notified by the classroom teacher and offered the opportunity to decline participation. A meaningful alternate activity will be provided for any student who may opt out of this portion of a lesson. On the other hand, if a parent requests that their child view all or a portion of the address, we will make available an opportunity for students to participate in an educator supervised setting. Staff and parents who have questions about the address may view a summary on the U.S. Department of Education web site at http://www.ed.gov .

 Leigh Wall, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Santa Fe Independent School District

leigh.wall@sfisd.org

409-925-9093

Congratulations Indians! The SFHS Volleyball Indians are off to a strong 22-8 successful season. They placed third in the Labor Day Classic Tournament with Kelli Hadley, Katie Marabella and Tiffany Thomas named all-tournament players. Then they placed sixth out of 36 teams in the Dickinson tournament this past week and defeated Texas City in their first district game. Great job to all students and coaches for a super start to the year!

Santa Fe ISD's Teachers of the Year

Board Member Darnell Gwin & Brice Olivier Santa Fe High	Board Member Darnell Gwin & Ana Crawford Santa Fe Junior High	Board Member Darnell Gwin & Marlo Bear Barnett Imtermediate
Board Member Billy Burns & Denise Johnson Cowan Elementary	Board Member Billy Burns & Amy Longoria Kubacak Elementary	Board Member Billy Burns & Michelle Van Essen Wollam Elementary

Indian Softball players make the All-County Team!

Players making the team are:

1st Team All County Pitcher of the Year: Jocelyn Tacquard

1st Team All County Catcher:  Ellen Danesi  

1st Team All County Infield: Micaela Bouvier

1st Team All County Outfield:  Jordan Garza
 

1st Team All County Utility:  Ciara Sunseri

2nd Team All County Infield:  Megan Cantrell and Jennifer Hamil  

2nd Team All County Outfield:  Arin McLaren  

Honorable Mention All County:  Rachel Tassin and Lindsay Campbell

Coach Trish Leidy honored as The Galveston Daily News' "Coach of the Year."
Ms Leidy is the SFHS Head Softball coach and has taken the team to the
playoffs four of the last five years and tied the school record with 30 wins
this year. Read the Galveston Daily News artcle.

Jocelyn Tacquard is named Galveston County Pitcher of the Year.
Jocelyn is pictured here with Coach Trish Leidy.

Complete article in Galveston Daily News

Tuesday, May 25, the PALs and a few friends traveled to Camp Allen in Navasota, TX.  They participated in the high ropes course, cooking hot dogs on the open fire, fishing and canoeing.  25 students and 3 adult chaperones had a great time and can't wait to return.

Ms. Blank - Cowan Elementary	Ms. Grassmuck - Kubacak Elementary	Ms. Trevino - Kubacak Elementary

Congratulations to our elementary teachers who received $500 scholarships from Sterling Bank. Sterling Bank had a contest for their grand opening and anyone could go to the bank and vote for their favorite teacher. These are our winners!

Don't Miss the Regional Semi-Finals! Come out and show your team spirit and support!

The 2010 Santa Fe Indians finished their season as a UIL 2010  bi-district finalist team. Way to go, Indians!
First row:  Keaton Bowlin, Andrew Yerrell, Grey Matejka, Daniel Wilkerson, Kevin Engbrock Second Row: Kyle Giusti, Tyler Caminade, Dylan Ebbs, Zach Sauers, Joseph Walton, Darrell Dorsett Third Row: Coach Wulf, Robert Barrett, Evan Svrcek, Jack Kaiser, Rockie Davis, Hunter Carrell, Coach Matejka

SFHS proudly announces the Class of 2010's honor graduates. Congratulations to the following 56 students as we recognize them for their years of hard work, academic excellence and achievements. Listed in alphabetical order following Kendall Guidroz, valedictorian and Blythe Schultz, salutatorian.

The Santa Fe HS PAL group was honored last Monday night for over 3500 hours of service learning hours and all they have done to mentor in our elementary schools. There are only 53 students who contributed to those hours. We are very proud of this group of young men and women. 

Left to right: Blythe Schultz, Kendall Guidroz

We are very proud to announce Kendall Guidroz was named 2010 SFHS Valedictorian and Blythe Schultz was named 2010 SFHS Salutatorian this week. It is an honor to have these two outstanding students and their exemplary academic accomplishments representing our district as they begin post-secondary endeavors and successes!

SFHS named 56 honor graduates this year as their years of hard work in their education have contributed to their many successes and established a strong foundation for future successes.

Congratulations to all of our honorees!

The Rotary Club Students of the Month are Auburn Berryhill, shown here with her father and Brandon Wingate with his parents. Congratulations to both students!

UIL REGION 17 CONTEST RESULTS

The week of April 12-16th, the SFHS Concert & Symphonic Bands participated in the UIL Region 17 Concert & Sight Reading contest.  The Concert Band received an Excellent rating for both their stage and sight reading performances.  The Symphonic Band also received an excellent rating for sight reading, and they were awarded a rating of Superior for their stage performance.   

Tyler Steinbach, a senior at SFHS, won the Partriotic Art Award at the VFW Art competition with this entry.

Please join Coaches Gately & Randolph in congratulating the powerlifting state meet participants.

Unofficial results for each are:
Ray Gentry - 275# class, scratched
Andrew Bletsch - 242# class, 5^th place
Cody Platt - 181# class, 12^th place

Good job guys on a great season!

Tribal Belles received the following awards at the Texas State Championship Contest on February 19-20, 2010.
Medium Ensemble (Elite) - 2nd Place

Officer Awards
Sweepstakes and Judges Award
Oustanding Showmanship - Lyrical, Novelty
Outstanding Choreography - Jazz, Novelty
Outstanding Technique - Lyrical
Best in Category - Novelty 1st Place
Best in Category - Jazz 3rd Place
Best in Category - Lyrical 3rd Place
Best in Class - 3rd Place Overall

Team Awards
Sweepstakes and Judges Award
Outstanding Showmanship - Jazz, Novelty
Outstanding Choreography - Novelty, Modern
Outstanding Precision - Novelty
Best in Category - Novelty 1st Place
Best in Category - Modern 3rd Place
Line of Champions

Tribal Belles received the following awards at the Greater Houston Spectacular Contest on February 13, 2010.

Individual Awards
Lyndsey Block - Solo Finalist 9-10 Division
Erica Moser - Solo Finalist 11-12 Division
Erica Moser and Rachel Ryan - 1st Place Duet
Elite (Medium Ensemble) - 1st Place

Officer Awards
Officer Sweepstakes and Judges Award
Line of Champions
Outstanding Showmanship - Jazz, Lyrical, Novelty
Outstanding Choreography - Lyrical
Outstanding Precision - Jazz
Best in Category  - Jazz
Best in Category - Lyrical
Best in Class

 Team Awards
Sweepstakes and Judges Award
Line of Champions
Outstanding Showmanship - Jazz, Modern
Best in Category - Novelty
Best in Category - Jazz
Best in Category - Modern
Best in Class

AWESOME JOB GIRLS!!!!

Congratulations to the Lady Indians who advanced three rounds in UIL play-offs this season after placing 3rd in District.  The team will miss seniors Marion Pandolph, Dana Sckittone and Tyler Steinbach next season.  Thanks to all who supported the team at their regular games and the play-off games. Special thanks to the Houston Dynamo's mascot, Diesel, who came out for our last game to motivate the girls and fans.

Fourth Graders at Cowan participated in The Galveston Daily News' "My School is Oh So Cool" essay contest. One entry per classroom was submitted to the paper and the remaining entries were converted into the quilt.

UPDATE: The Holocaust Museum is a very moving, powerful exhibit of student created artifacts. Thank you to all who have attended and supported our students. Watch for additonal photos of the exhibit as we will be posting them in an webpage album soon.

Congratulations to Dana Spaulding and Louis Danesi for being selected as the Rotary Teens of the Month for February. The students represent Santa Fe High School.   

Mrs. Goodsell is taking FBI back to the 50's at the Scholastic Book Fair Diner! The bookfair is open this week and will be also be open Thursady evening during Open House. Don't miss out on this opportunity to support FBI's library!

FITNESSGRAM - FITNESS TESTING

In the 80^th Legislative Session, Senate Bill 530 was passed, which requires fitness assessment for all students in grades 3 to 12 starting in the 2007-2008 school year. The Texas Education agency (TEA) identified FITNESSGRAM as the assessment tool to be used by all districts throughout the state.  In order to be compliant with the law, Santa Fe ISD will complete FITNESSGRAM testing on all students grades 3-12 this spring.

FITNESSGRAM testing is very unique in that it does not compare students to students.  It is not a test of athletic ability but a measure of student health and fitness. Each student tries their best to reach the "healthy fitness zone" which is determined by their age.  The goal is to identify each student's health habits and needs.  Our students will be encouraged to work on any area of needed improvement identified through the FITNESSGRAM assessment.  The hope is that this will promote a lifelong health and fitness plan. The results of the FITNESSGRAM are kept confidential; however, a copy of your student's results will be made available to you upon request.

What is included in the FITNESSGRAM testing?

Aerobic Capacity Testing-a 20-meter pacer test (shuttle runs) or a timed one mile run

Body Composition-Height, Weight, and Percent Body Fat measurements

Abdominal Strength and Endurance-Curl Up Test (a form of sit ups)

Upper Body Strength and Endurance-Push Ups

Trunk Extensor Strength and Flexibility-Trunk Lift

Flexibility-Back Saver Sit and Reach or the Should Stretch

If you would like more information on FITNESSGRAM testing, you can go to the FITNESSGRAM website www. fitnessgram .net/faqparents to find more detailed information for both students and parents.  

Specific FITNESSGRAM testing dates for each campus will be determined at a later date. Parents will be notified and it will be posted on this website. On the date that your child's school is scheduled for FITNESSGRAM testing, please make sure your child wears appropriate clothing and tennis shoes so they are prepared for the testing.

SANTA FE STUDENT WINS GRAND CHAMPION AT THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SHOW

Pictured here is Kelsey Thomas, an 8^th grader at Santa Fe Junior High, after winning Grand Champion Brahman Steer at the San Antonio Livestock Show.  She was fortunate enough to win her class and breed earning her a $10,000 scholarship to pursue a college education, as well as fetching a great price at auction. 

Congratulations to Coach Driskell and the JV Baseball team!

The Santa Fe Indians JV Baseball team competed in the Barbers Hill Junior Varsity Baseball Tournament  and defeated Barbers Hill, Hamshire-Fannett, Dayton and Huffman to win the Tournament Championship for the second year in a row. 

The scores were:
Indians vs Barbers Hill 13-3
Indians vs Hamshire-Fannett 18-0
Indians vs  Dayton 11-1
Indians vs  Huffman 5-4

Santa Fe High recently hosted an area powerlifting meet. Local districts which competed included: Galveston, Hitchcock, La Marque, Texas City and Friendswood. The meet was held in the Alamo Gym which was packed with spectators and supporters.

The high school varsity and junior varsity volleyball team celebrated at their annual awards banquet.  Click to view Album .

We want to show ABC's "Extreme Makeover" what SFISD and the community of Santa Fe are all about.

Santa Fe High PALS support the "Extreme Makeover" in numerous ways.  The SFHS PAL classes attended a Pep Rally for ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition--a house will be built in Galveston County beginning Friday and going through next Thursday! Part of the pep rally meant listening to a wonderful speaker talk about how we can help the project and how we can go beyond this event to help others so to that end the PALS are supporting this project in many different ways. All jobsite volunteers must be over 18 years of age (and the construction company working on this project is run by a 2005 SFHS graduate, Patrick Henderson). However, there are also numerous other ways to help out: preparing meals or snacks and bringing them to the site, cheering from the spectator area, which is very important for the morale of the workers, and collecting monetary contributions since NO ONE makes money on the construction of the house--it is all done through donations of labor and materials.  

In conjunction with the building, Extreme Makeover is hosting a food drive. The SFHS PALS and several others will be at the Big Chief Grocery Store this Saturday, January 9th between 9-11:30 am to collect canned goods and other non-perishable food items, monetary gifts and gift cards to donate to this cause. The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce is also joining in on this exciting venture to provide for this family in our community.

Please check out the Extreme Makeover website for details on other ways that you can help: http://blushieldsextreme.com/ .

Take a look at the Agriculture images, plans and information.