Students Win Awards at County Fair
Several of our students were recognized for their artistic ability recently at the County Fair. The following students received awards for their art in different media types.
Pre-K:
Jenna Branch- 1st Place
Maddix Delgado – 2nd Place
Aiden McClelland – 2nd Place
Angela Salinas – Participation
Kindergarten
Melany Romo – 1st Place and Grand Champion
Cody Branch – !st Place and Grand Champion
1st Grade
Chase Harding – 1st Place
Keaton Cady – 3rd Place
Makayla Reed – 1st Place and Reserve Grand Champion
2nd Grade
Amy Resendiz – 1st Place and Reserve Grand Champion
Sarah Doggett – 2nd Place
Anthony Luna – 1st Place and Grand Champion
Madison Stringo- 2nd Place
3rd Grade
Taylor Ragusin – 3rd Place
Ally Luna – 2nd Place
Brooklyn Redmond – 1st Place
4th Grade
Oscar Resendiz – 1st Place
Hannah Tucker – 1st Place
Adriana DiClemente – 3rd Place
Carly Rosenboom – 2nd Place
Javier Ayala – 1st Place
Dillon Hobbs -2nd Place
5th Grade
Marshall Arlitt – 1st Place
Cierra Harper – 2nd Place
Gavin Gosnell – 1st Place
Art Exhibitors - PreK through 2nd Grade - First Row: Jenna Branch, Angela Salinas, Keaton Cady, Cody Branch, Melany Romo, Maddix Delgado; Back Row: Chase Harding, Sarah Doggett, Madison Stringo, Makayla Reed, Aiden McClelland (Not pictured: Anthony Luna)
Art Exhibitors - 3rd through 5th Grades - First Row: Brooklyn Redmond, Taylor Ragusin, Adriana DiClemente, Oscar Resendiz, Hannah Tucker; Back Row: Ally Luna, Gavin Gosnell, Marshall Arlitt, Carly Rosenboom, Dillon Hobbs, Javier Ayala
Students Show Animals in the Fair
Port O’Connor Elementary students who showed animals in the fair include:
5th Grade: Cierra Harper, Pig 5th place
4th Grade: Thomas Hawes, Roaster-3rd place; Elizabeth Carey, Roaster-5th place; Canion Epley, Breeding Gilt-3rd place and Market Swine-8th place
3rd Grade: Dalton Alford, Turkey- Grand Champion
First Row: Cierra Harper, Elizabeth Carey Back Row: Dalton Alford, Thomas Hawes, Canion Epley
Melany Romo Wins Huge Robot
Congratulations to kindergarten student, Melany Romo. She participated in the School Mall program and won a large robot in a giveaway contest. The robot even got to ride the school bus home with Melany.
Students Raise Money for United Way
Classmates raised money for United Way and showed their support for the CHS Sandcrabs by having their hair sprayed black and gold. Each child donated a dollar to the United Way and in exchange received a new sparkly hairdo amid lots of squeals, laughter and requests for more glitter by the boys and girls. Principal Strakos even got her hair striped black and gold.
Front Row: Keven Salinas, Maddie Hawes; Middle Row: Alex DiClemente, Jordan Blevins, John Rosenboom, Tarah Munsch; Back Row: Joey Helms, Jocelynn Miller and Principal,Lydia Strakos
Mrs. O’Neill transforms student, Ethan Redding’s hair into a black and gold masterpiece.
Pre-K Students Get Ready For Halloween
Students in Mrs. O’Neill’s Pre-K class made spider headbands as an art project for Halloween.
Front Row: Harley Maraggia, Kilea Sibley, Antonio Gloria, Aiden McClelland Middle Row: Maddix Delgado, Jacklyn Guiterrez, Angela Salinas, Liz Ixtepan Guzman, Jenna Branch, Stephen Bowman Back Row: Justice Epley, Christopher Richter, Kayla Resendiz, Keegan Short, McKenna Guevara
The Reading Corner… from Our Librarian, Andi Munsch
The Texas Bluebonnet Reading Program encourages children grades 3-6 to read a selection of 20 books. Participating students will then be eligible to vote on the books they have read and help the other students across Texas name the winner of the 2011-2012 Bluebonnet Book Award! A copy of each book is available to the students at the school library, and also at the POC Public Library. Everyone has been doing a great job reading!
Check out the competition at www.gaggle.net/blog/dolphinlibrarynews
The library is also kicking off the Six Flags Read to Succeed Program! All students at POC School are encouraged to complete 6 hours (360 minutes) of fun reading. Parents will need to verify that the students have read at home by signing the log sheet given to the student. When the reading log is complete, they will be submitted and receive one ticket for admission into Fiesta Texas in San Antonio!!! Logs need to be turned in by February 20, 2012.
The Book Fair will be here soon…..we’ll be sending more information out so you can get a jump on your holiday shopping….Books make great gifts.
Halloween Carnival
Don’t forget the annual Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 29th. The costume contest is open to everyone (adults too) and begins promptly at 4:00 in the school gym. To enter the pumpkin carving/decorating contest, bring your pumpkin to the school auditorium by 3:45 p.m. the day of the Carnival. The ever popular Cake Walk will also be up and operating immediately following the costume contest. By the way, we would sincerely appreciate anyone who can donate a cake to the cake walk. If you’d like to donate a cake, please bring it to the school auditorium on Saturday, October 29th.
Raffle tickets are still available and can be purchased at the school or from any PTO representative. Ticket cost is $5 for 6 tickets. There are some really great prizes this year so be sure to get your tickets. The raffle begins at 6:30 p.m. and you do not have to be present to win.
For more information about the carnival you can call the school (361) 983-2341 or got to the PTO page on Facebook www.facebook.com/pocpto .
Dates to Remember
October 29 Halloween Carnival 4:00 p.m. Costume Contest begins
November 2 Picture Day
November 11 Fourth & Fifth Grade Field Trip Goliad
November 14-18 Book Fair – School Library
November 17 K-5th Victoria Symphony Musical Petting Zoo
November 21-25 School Holiday
