Friendswood ISD Annual Report for the 2014 to 2015 school year.

1. Annual Report
2014 – 2015
ANNUAL REPORT

2. FISD #1
• Friendswood Independent School District is
the number one Best School District in the
Houston Metro Area according to Niche K-12

3. Friendswood High School made the
#20 spot on the list of Houston's Best
Public High Schools for 2015! Niche

5. Friendswood Junior High Choir
4 FJH choir members participated in the Texas Choral Directors
Assoc. Elementary Honor Choir in San Antonio this summer. Kate
Humlicek, Emma Ryan, Anna McHenry & Alice Nguyen with
teachers Carrie Hall, Laura Rachita, & Glynis David.
Brooke Humlicek & Margaret Otto had the unique opportunity to
be involvd in a demonstration choir during one of the state
clinician’s workshops.

6. Westwood Bales track record holder is Junior Olympian, AAU medalist
Matthew Kovacevich,
sixth grader at FJH 3 medals, 1 gold & 2 silver

7. FISD, FHS win
THIRD
LONE STAR CUP
Mayor Kevin Holland read a
proclamation about the win.

8. FHS teacher Annette Walter presented
UTD Computer Inspiration Award

9. 2014 Clean Air Champion
The Houston-Galveston Area Council
Recognizes
Friendswood ISD
for
Its commitment to support voluntary
Measures reducing air pollution
And promoting regional
Air quality initiatives.
Transportation Director Mike Jones

10. Friendswood ISD Earns State’s Highest
Fiscal Accountability Rating
• FISD received a rating of “Superior
Achievement” under Texas’ School FIRST
financial accountability rating system. The
rating system measures the quality of a school
district’s financial management and reporting.
The Superior Achievement rating is the state’s
highest, demonstrating the quality of FISD’s
financial management and reporting system.

11. 5 National Merit Finalists
Five Friendswood High School seniors have been named Merit finalists in the
2015 National Merit Scholarship competition. They include Molly M. Chen,
Thomas J. Chenette, Hannah Hall, Julia J. Lu, and Stephanie A. Ngo.

12. 22 named National Merit
Commended Students
FHS’ commended students consists of Andrew Adcox, Anne Balderrama, Benjamin
Beck, Andrew Bynum,, Matthew Chenette, Cooper Dixon, Derek Hudson, Sean Jankowski,
Rachel Jensen, Yumna Khan, Sarah Mai, Kaitlin Martin, Edward Pettit, Evan Roper, Shanika
Silva, Sam Slusky, Jonathan Snowden, Andrew Stone, Vivian Tat, Robert Todd, Olivia
Williams and Westin Williams.

13. National Hispanic Recognition
Four Friendswood High School seniors have been named 2014-2015 National
Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars. These include Andrew Adcox, Anne
Balderrama, Bishop Lopez, and Robert Todd.

14. Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle
Platinum Award
New Platinum
Award for
financial
transparency
given to only 123
districts in more
than 1050 ISDs in
Texas. Second
Year for FISD to
be in Leadership
Circle.

15. Legends presents Transition Center
Ford Expedition for their usage
The Legends of Friendswood non-profit group known for its annual golf tournament honoring the
memory of MIke Doiron donated $10,000 to Friendswood ISD to purchase a white Ford Expedition for
the district's Special Ed Transition Center.

16. FHS Marching Band ties for 14th
at 6A Contest in San Antonio
• FHS is 14th out of 245 State HS Bands.

17. Mustang Band
• In the past 12 years under Greg Dick’s direction, FHS
has placed more students in the All-State Band than
any other school in our music region.
• FHS's 10 6A All-State band musicians number the
3rd highest of any 6A high school in Texas.

18. Band performs at grand opening of
First Choice Emergency Room
New business donates $5000 to FHS Mighty Mustang Band.

19. FHS Band has 13 make Orchestra
Record breaking amount. Most of all other schools in area.
13 freshman
Mustang Band
members
earned
positions in
the 9th Grade
Region 17
Band. They do
not play a
concert; it is
an honor
group only.
The 13 Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors performed in the
Region Orchestra concert.

20. Board member Montz in TASB select
group for trustees
Third board member in 3 years
David Montz, DDS shown here with Anne McCausland from Frisco ISD and
(middle) John Green of Nordheim ISD.
Tony Hopkins & Matt
Robinson, M.D
Previous
Participants

21. NRG-Reliant Foundation Athlete
• Sarah Redding, nominated by her coach, is one of 8 students in the
Greater Houston Metroplex to receive $5000 for outstanding academics,
community service, and athletic skills. This is our first time to receive this.

22. Wranglerettes march in Macy’s
Thanksgiving Parade
The Friendswood High School Wranglerettes enjoyed a bit of the national spotlight as they spent
their holiday performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They also appeared on the
NYC Today Show.

23. 51 make Region Choir

24. WW-B students recite Preamble
at 2015 Swearing In Ceremony
of Galveston County Officials

25. State DAR Award
• Friendswood High School Teacher, Mrs. Dianne Hanegan,
Chosen Outstanding Teacher of American History of the Year
by Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• Outstanding Teacher of American History for 2014 by Jane
Long Chapter of NSDAR

26. Adopt a Grant Program
In its sixth year, this
program had 275 grants
purchased

27. National Awards
• National Spanish Exam-2nd Place/Michael Fowler
• Adrian Falco: senior alto saxophone member of FHS
Band won 2 major competitions
•Clear Lake Symphony Senior Concerto Competition playing
Fantasia by Claude T. Smith. He will perform Fantasia on
March 27, 2015, with the Clear Lake Symphony.
•First place in the American Protege International Brass and
Winds competition. He was one of four that received Judges’
Distinction. He will perform in a recital at Carnegie Hall in New
York City on March 21, 2015.
•Made All-State Band three times consecutively.

28. 5 All State Choir, 3 Alternates

29. 10 selected for All State Band

30. Education Foundation gives $122,399
in grants during surPrize Patrol

31. Aerospace Engineering builds
underwater airlock at Natatorium

32. MARY POPPINS
• FHS Alum at Disney Theatricals helps FISD get
license to present Mary Poppins

33. 2 wins, 11 nominations for
Tommy Tune Awards at Hobby Center
Audrey McKee in her
Mary Poppins role
won Best Leading
Actress and will
attend a special
workshop in NYC. She
will appear on
Broadway with the
group.
FHS Musical Program
also won the Best
Orchestra Award.

34. A new FISD Schools Museum is
underway at Annex

35. City presents FHS Recycling Club with
Partnership Award at Board Meeting
The club won the
prestigious Keep
Texas Beautiful
Youth Leadership
Award for their
cafeteria recycling
program.

36. Art students earn 43 gold medals, 5
pieces compete at State in VASE
Visual Arts
Scholastic Event

37. Rodeo Art
9 pieces were taken to Houston Exhibit

38. Rodeo Art

39. Spelling Bee Winners
Windsong Winners
Marshall Prince &
runner up Madison Fuhr
Cline Winner
Baleigh Burtis
Westwood-Bales Winner Ryan Flick
with runner up Emma Hoang and
teacher Betsy Conn
FJH Winner Tonya Roysam with
runner up Rohan Sunkureddi

40. Honor Circle Awards to FISD,
Windsong

41. Chamber honors FISD
for 75 Years of Friendswood Schools

42. National Champions Cheer America
Jan. 31 & Feb 1 NRG Stadium
FHS Cheerleaders
Intermediate Team
wins National
Championship at
Cheer America
Novice Team: 2nd Place

43. Mars Rover Contest at UH
• Windsong team - First Place
• Bales teams – Second, Fourth & Fifth Places

44. Academic Decathlon competes in first
6A Large School Regional Contest
• 2nd place in Super Quiz and Regional Overall
• 2nd highest points in State in 6A comp.
• 48,863 points (highest in FISD AD history)
• 36 medals

45. VASE Awards
• Visual Arts Scholastic Event
• FHS artists won 43 medals!
• 5 art pieces & 4 students will be going to the
State VASE Event in Dallas in April.

46. High School Athletics
• Football – Area Champs, 3rd in District
• Girls Swimming –Regional & District Champs
• Boys Swimming – 3rd in Region, 2nd in District
• Cross Country – 2nd at District
• Wrestling – 2nd at District
• Water Polo – District Champs
• Baseball – District Champs

47. Technology 2015
• Deployed 2,818 chromebooks and 390
ipads/mini.
• Increased internet bandwidth from 100
megabits per second to 300 mbps.
• From first day of school till now, average for
billing is 247 mbps.
• Bandwidth biggest peak was 496 mbps.

48. Cheer Team wins Komen Awards
Friendswood High School Cheerleaders were presented with an award from Annie Stafford of The Susan G. Komen Race. They
were the largest high school fundraising team and the largest participating high school walking team. Additionally, Tania Cruz
of Susan G. Komen presented them with an award as one of the largest overall fundraising teams for 2015.

49. Water Polo team wins District 33
Senior Matt Garry wasf he Year.Coach of the Year.
Senior Matt Garry was named 1st Team All Region & Junior Andrew Saul was named Honorable Mention Team All
Region. Mustang Coach Jeff Otten was named Boys Regional Coach of the Year.

50. Greg Dick wins TBA Award
Friendswood High School band director Greg
Dick has been selected by the Texas
Bandmasters Association (TBA) Board of
Directors as a 2015 Meritorious Achievement
Award winner.
This award recognizes his outstanding career
as a band director and for his many
contributions to students. In addition, he is
being honored for his commitment and service
to the band profession as a whole.

51. FFA receives 2nd consecutive Herdsman
Award

52. FJH 5 in Texas Choral Directors
Association Honor Choir

53. FHS principal named first South Texas
National Forensics League District
Principal of the year

54. 4 compete
in Texas Forensic State Meet
Texas Forensic Association State Meet is the nation's largest State
Championship for Speech and Debate.

55. State Geography Bee
FJH eighth grader, Kyle Flick,
competed in the State
Geography Bee. He
competed the first round
with a perfect score and
placed 11th in the State
after a tie-breaker round of
19 contestants.

56. FJH Color Guard State Champions
The FJH group outscored 22 high school teams and had the highest score in the
division in the past two years. The team of 27 is the largest in FJH Guard history.

57. JV Color Guard places 5th in State

58. Varsity Color Guard competes at WGI
for fourth year
Winter Guard International Sport of the Arts at Dayton, Ohio.

59. DECA has 18 compete at State,
1 alternate to Nationals

60. FCCLA has 12 compete at State
Family, Career & Community Leaders of America

61. FJH UIL competitions all #1
.
 Friendswood
Junior High
Theatre Arts
Department
won first
place for their
2015 UIL One
Act Play, And
a Child Shall
Lead.
 FJH UIL Academic Meet won Sweepstakes
 FJH Concert Treble Choir, Chamber Choir & Mustang Chorus all
received top marks in UIL
 FJH Symphonic Band, Concert Band & Honors Band won UIL
Sweepstakes

62. SkillsUSA has 21 compete at State

63. HOSA competes at Nationals, State

64. TSA has 62 compete at State
Technology Students Association

65. BPA competes at Nationals, State
4 competed at BPA
National Contest in
California
18 Business Professionals
of America (BPA)
members competed at
State contest in Dallas.

66. TOP 10 Honored by Friendswood
Chamber of Commerce

67. FJH Swim Team Wins District

68. FISD wins 26 medals, 10 ribbons
at Special Olympics

69. FHS Football Program wins Gold Award
from National High School Sports
Publication Awards

70. Senior wins International Award
Senior Karan Jareth received the Intel
Foundation Young Scientist Award of
$50,000 at the Intel International
Science & Engineering Fair along with
an all expenses paid trip to India for
their International Science Fair.
Jerath & Aditya Mohile
competed at the Intel
ISEF.

71. 2015 Val & Sal
Valedictorian
Stephanie Ngo
Salutatorian
Julia Lu

72. STAFF
ACCOLADES

73. Trish Hanks
• President of Texas Academic Decathlon for
second consecutive term
• Serves on UIL Music Division Committee
• Serves on TASA Executive Committee
• Presented at TASA TASB “Alternatives to Offset
Health Costs”
• Presented at TASA Midwinter with Karen Hillier
• Presented at Bay Area Schools Consortium
• Serves on Board of FISD Education Foundation

74. The Public Education
Visioning Institute
• Mark Griffon
• Barry Clifford
• Nelda Guerra
• Dana Drew
• Terri Bruce

75. Bus Drivers compete in State

76. Barbara Gruener
• 2014 Rotary Service Award: FISD Teacher of the Year
• May 30, 2104: Release of my book What's Under Your Cape?
SUPERHEROES of the Character Kind
• Sept. 2014: Book receives a Mom's Choice Gold Award
• June 2014: Joined National Character Counts! Faculty at Josephson
Institute of Ethics
• June 2014: Presented workshops in Missouri and Wisconsin at their
annual Character Education conferences
• June 2014: Gave Keynote Address at Character Matters conference
in San Diego
• October 2014: Gave opening Keynote at 21st annual Character
Education Partnership National Forum on Character Education
• Presenting in July of 2015 at Character Summit in Mexico!

77. Greg Dick
• In the past 12 years under Greg Dick’s direction,
FHS has placed more students in the All-State
Band than any other school in our music region.
• He presented at the Texas Music Educators
Association Convention and The Midwest
International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
• He is on the Sudler Flag Committee of the John
Philip Sousa Foundation.
• He serves on the School Task Force of the
American Bandmasters Association.

78. Katy Webb- FJH
• Science Teacher Mentor (STM) through the Texas
Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science
and Mathematics Teaching (TRC). There are only
1,261 STMs in the state of Texas.
• Presented two sessions at the 2015 Annual
Regional Science Teachers Conference in
Galveston.
• Presented two sessions at the 8th Annual Texas
Stem Conference in Austin.

79. Janwin Overstreet-Goode
• Currently President of the Texas Music
Educators Association.
• Presented at the Texas Choral Directors
Association convention in 2012, 2013, and will
again this summer (2015.)

80. Kathy Powdrell
• Presented as one of The University
Interscholastic League's One Act Play
Directors Who Have Won the Most (FISD -13
times!) at Texas Educational Theatre
Association Theatrefest February 1, 2015

81. Laura Peter
• Recently re-elected for second two-year term
as secretary for TASCO, the State soccer
coaches association.
Paula Jones
• Presented at the state convention (TAHPERD)
for the radKIDS Program.

82. Meredith Wise
• Presented at TCEA 2015 and TIVA MidWinter
conference 2015
• On the board of TIVA, Texas Industrial and Vocational
Association as District President.
• President of an affiliate organization, AVACA, Audio
Video, Arts and Communication Association.
• Chair of the Job Interview contest at the district level
with SkillsUSA.

83. Al Tag
• State Treasurer for AVACA/TIVA
TIVA: Texas Industrial Vocational Association
AVACA: Audio Visual Arts & Communications Association
Stephen Peter
• 2014-2015 TASCO Vice President

84. Communications Dept. earns 2
gold medals for Best at State
• Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA)
Best of Category for FISD’s Kindergarten Round
Up FLYER (Gold medal)
• TSPRA Best of Category for Education Foundation
Moonlight Masquerade Program (Gold Medal)
• Gold Star Awards in Flyer, Invitation, Annual
Report, Image Identity Packages, Program
• Silver Star Awards in Holiday work, Booklet,
Posters, Special Event, Announcement, Published
• Bronze Star Awards in Print Advertisement,
Calendar

85. Stacy Daugherty
• Will be presenting at the State Assessment
Conference.
• Past president of the Texas Statewide Network
of Assessment Professionals
• Continues to sit on the board of directors for
the organization.

86. What a GREAT YEAR in FISD!
Excellence? It’s a SNAP!

87. 75 years & counting….