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Coverage of the Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Coming Up @ Energy...
TUESDAY:
Picture Retakes for 9th - 12th Grade
WEDNESDAY:
THURSDAY:
FUTURE EVENTS
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November 29: 9th Grade Field Trip to OEC
December 7: 11th/12th Grade Exhibition Night
December 12 - 16: Final Exams
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CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT
MAGNET OPEN HOUSE
Over 200 people visited Energy last week for Magnet Open House. Great jobs to all of the student presenters, our potential families were incredibly impressed and inspired by the work you are doing!
ENERGY'S GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
VEX ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP
The second of three VEX teams won a VEX Robotics championship qualifying for the Texas state VEX Championship.
The Energy Institute High School robotics team currently ranks 11th
in the world in the VEX Robotics Skills Challenge. The ranking measures the combined skills scores based on driving and programming a robot on a specific obstacle course.
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Check out our campus contribution to our city's
Energy Day Festival which took place in October.
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Teacher Spotlight
This week's Thanksgiving teacher spotlight shines upon Energy's Chemistry and AP Chemistry teacher, Ms. Lockhart! As a kid, Ms. Lockhart was a natural teacher with a passion for science. Now, as an inspiring educator, she aims at creating students who are overall better humans, successful Chemistry students, and on developing good critical thinkers. Ms. Lockhart is unique in that she is very outgoing and never gives out answers; instead, she turns the question back on the kid with helpful resources to allow students to become better problem solvers. At Energy, Ms. Lockhart teaches Chemistry and AP Chemistry. Unlike traditional schools, Energy students learn through inquiry and hands-on experiments which most appeals to Ms. Lockhart's teaching style. Thank you so much for being a contributing member of the Energy family. You are an exemplary educator, Ms. Lockhart!
Ms. Lockhart's Words of Wisdom: "As you grow up become interesting. Be an interesting person. That comes from reading a lot, asking a lot of questions, not being afraid of hard content, not being afraid to put yourself out there and most of all, becoming interested in things."
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My name is Eduardo Martinez, and I'm thankful for my family.
My name is Allyxes Palrose, and I'm thankful for not being broke and having a house to live in.
My name is Nurse Angel Redou-Breaker, and I am thankful for my family and our health
Officer Avalos is thankful for his family and for having a blessed life.
Megan Camrio is thankful for the newsletter and publications class.
Chance Bendorz is thankful that he lives in a place where he can express himself freely.
Ms. Palacios is thankful for working at such a great school with good teachers.
Ms. Mathews is thankful for her debate team's success
Jimi is thankful for modern technology.
Make it a great day for someone else by publicly acknowledging a member of Energy.
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Click & comment on Campus Survey.
Join the conversation.
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CAMPUS FEEDBACK FROM LAST WEEK
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The Groundbreaking Ceremony
By: Chance Bednorz
This past Saturday was the groundbreaking ceremony for the new school building. Although I am a senior and will not get to see the finished product anytime soon, I participated in the ceremony, reciting a two-voice poem with one of my best friends, Kaleigh Davis. In this poem, we talked about Energy and what this new school meant for the future of E.I.H.S.
The ceremony itself was far more powerful than I anticipated. Teachers - both old and new, students, faculty, trustees, and parents all attended. Being at the front of the stage and looking out into a crowd of mostly unfamiliar, but all friendly faces excited and terrified me. I never really saw how much the school had grown since day one. Time flies when you are having fun, and the groundbreaking ceremony was a time of reflection of all things Energy. Talk of the old school building and past presentations circulated the air. Everyone was happy to move on to bigger and better things. The new school was being built, finally, and this celebration brought that reality back to us.
All of the student presenters were seniors, and most of them had been with Energy since the days when the school was no more than a single hallway. We laughed and joked with one another, telling our own personal anecdotes. The groundbreaking was like an odd family reunion, without all of the drama and a little more chilly.
It's hard to imagine what I would be like not having gone to the Energy Institute. The sad nostalgia I feel - knowing my time as an Energy student is coming to end is - overpowered by my happiness for all I have accomplished through Energy. For future Energy students, I know they will create their own stories and memories in a place representative of Energy's focuses. Though the first graduating class never got the brand new school building, the sense of culture we established at Energy will live on for generations of students to come. This is our legacy. This is our Energy.
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PTO Gives Thanks!
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Thank you to all the parents who supported the student
"Week of Service!"
We really appreciated your help and learned a valuable lesson of service to others!
-Thanks to all of you, our campaign, See Success, PTO membership drive was a huge success! A record breaking amount of monetary support was received by over 60 EIHS families! If you were unable to participate, don't worry, PTO memberships are still available. Our goal is at least 100 families to join!
Did you know you can use the PTO website to sign up for volunteer opportunities?
The PTO Volunteer Chair is hard at work coordinating opportunities with the EIHS Administration and club chairs. Information to
come, but please remember that all volunteers must be VIPS approved. Even if you have registered in the past, you need to do it each year.
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ENERGY IS THE PROUD RECIPIENTS OF THE
2016 NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS |
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