CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

CLEMENTS NEWS

FRIDAY 05/03/13

King and Queen Nominees:

Voting will happen at prom. Voting will close at 10:30. Prom King and Queen will be announced at 11pm. Please make sure the nominees are near the DJs table at the front of the dance floor at 11:00.

King Nominees: David Catalano Daniel Chao Michael Henderson Farhan Hussain Benjamin Tu Queen Nominees: Christana Austin Hina Darbar Lilly Shen Cassie Wang Summer Williamson

Student Directed One Act Plays

May 2, 3, & 4, 2013 @ 7pm Black Box Rm 1602 Starting April 22, call 832-231-0686 to reserve a ticket

NEXT YEAR INFO

Attention students who signed up for College Now U. S. History or College Now English IV for the 2013-2014 school year: There will be an informational meeting in May (date TBA) to give you registration information regarding Wharton college Junior College for those classes. Stay tuned for further details!

REGIONAL UIL WINNERS

Calculator GENE HSU 3rd, 3rd place Team, Shomik Verma, Ethan Kwan, Edward Hu Computer Science RAYMOND CHEE 5th, 2nd Team and WILD CARD, MICHAEL LOPICCOLO, JIM REN [XINHE], & BRIAN WANG Headline Writing DIANE SUN, 4th and state alternate News Writing SOPHIA HU, 3rd Informative Speaking ARJUN TALPALLIKAR, 2nd

REGIONAL UIL WINNERS

Informative Speaking ARJUN TALPALLIKAR, 2nd Lincoln Douglas Debate TAYLOR HORTON, 1st Literary Criticism QUAN NGUYEN 2nd, DAVID WILKINSON 3rd, HUIXIN LIU 4th, STEVEN JIANG joins them for 1st Team Mathematics TIFFANY WU [HAOTIAN] 2nd, STEVEN JIANG 3rd, ADITYA JAIN 5th, SHOMIK VERMA joins them on 1st Team

REGIONAL UIL WINNERS

Number Sense ADITYA JAIN 2nd, ANGELINE RAO 4th, Science JAMES DIAO 2nd and Top Scorer in Physics, GENE HSU 6th Social Studies Linh-Thuy Le 6th, 3rd place team consisted of Anish Rao, Harmonii Odinga, and Sophia Hu

CHOIR UIL REGION RESULTS

Six UIL Contest Choirs competed at the Region 13 contest on April 17th and 18th. We had five Sweepstakes (straight 1s from every judge in all categories) Our NonVarsity Mens choir received all 1s from the concert judges and 2s from the sight reading judges. At the Dallas Festival our choirs did exceptionally well bringing home 9 trophies in various categories. Three choirs received outstanding in Class and one runner-up in class.

BAND UIL COMPETITION

All three bands that attended UIL earned straight ones in Concert and Sight-Reading. top band earned 29th consecutive overall Sweepstakes(Both marching/concert and sight-reading). CHS Fine Arts Department took 14 groups to UIL with 12 of the 14 earning a sweepstakes(concert and sight-reading).

ATTN: SRS
CLASS PANORAMIC PICTURES WILL BE ON SALE TUES., WED., MAY 24. PRICES ARE $25 AND $35 MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO GOLDBECK COMPANY

CONGRATS, ANITA
Anita Kaws paper, "Effect of osteocalcin on human beta cell proliferation and function and its role on insulin secretion" done at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Medical Center was accepted for a presentation at the 2013 European Pancreatic Club international meeting in Zurich, Switzerland June 26 to 29.The EPC also has awarded a travel grant of EUR 900 for her to be able to attend this meeting. Most presenters are PhDs or doctors.

GIRLS GOLF WINS DISTRICT

A team was crowned DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, and B team finished a very strong fourth place. Individually, Amber Wang won with scores of 73-76 Beryl Wang finished 2nd overall with scores of 80-72 Samantha Waldheim finished 3rd overall with scores of 77-77

BOYS GOLF WINS

A team finished in a close second place behind Travis HS, and the B team finished 5th. Team led by Jacob Veerman, who ended up third medalist overall with scores 76-75 Garrett Moorer (71-87) and Jose Soto (7979) tied for 7th overall.

STARS SPRING DANCE SHOW

Friday night, May at 7:00 PM in the auditorium. Come out and show your support.
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Prom 2013 Information:

May 11. 2013 JW Marriot - Galleria 8pm-12am Prom Theme: Fire and Ice Prom colors: Red, Orange, Silver, and Blue

PROM INFO
Late Ticket Sales:
Students will have the last opportunity to purchase tickets on May 9 and 10th. The ticket price will be $75 dollars a ticket. Cash only!!!! No tickets will be sold at the event. All juniors and seniors can purchase 2 tickets. They must have their school ID to purchase the tickets. Students must be cleared of all outstanding fees at the time of purchase. All individuals attending prom must not be older than 20 years old. Prom Favors: first 700 tickets sold will receive picture frame.

ALREADY????
May 21st is Senior Spring Awards Day
Details to follow

SENIOR RECEPTION
The annual Senior Reception will be held on Thursday, May 9th at 3:15 in the Colony Meadows Elementary library. A Yahoo/Boohoo gathering for parents will be at Skeeters Restaurant during the students reception. Below is a link to the sign up page. http://www.cmepto.org/clements-seniorreception.html

THE ROUND UP
FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON! CHECK OUT THE APRIL EDITION ONLINE (CHS WEB SITE).

REMINDER / WARNING
DUE TO RASH OF THEFTS, BE SURE TO: SECURE YOUR CELL PHONE, iPAD, LAPTOP, ETC. USE A BICYCLE LOCK ON YOUR BIKE AND PARK IT IN BIKE STANDS KEEP PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURED IN YOUR LOCKER

DRESS CODE
MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN DRESS CODE HALL SWEEPS WILL START AT ANY TIME REFER TO STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR ANY DRESS CODE QUESTIONS.

NOTICE
The EOC assessments will NOT count as 15% of a students final grade for this year. Note: This change involves freshman and sophomore students taking EOC assessments. Current juniors and seniors remain under TAKS assessment requirements, not EOC.

YEARBOOKS ON SALE
Students, you can purchase the 2013 anniversary yearbooks now. Go to http://www.balfour.com/ and add the book to your cart. You can add a la carte items and then checkout. This book will not only highlight this year, it will also celebrate Clements last 30 years!

SEE HISTORY LIVE!

European History trip scheduled for June 2013 See Ms. Schliesser for details

Final Exam Exemption Information 2013 Spring Exemption Policy

Grade 9 & 10 No Exemptions Exemptions 11 and 12 Grades Eligible for exemption in all classes Minimum 2100 score on exit-level TAKS Minimum grade of 80 for semester 2 average No more than (4) absences in each class during spring semester 3 tardies = one absence Students absence of up to two (2) days for visiting a college or university may be considered as an exemption, provided the student:1. Receives prior approval from the campus principal2. Follows the campus procedures to verify such a visit3. Makes up any work missed (HB2542) Students may not have a removal to DAEP/JJAEP on their discipline record Students may not have outstanding fees or fines

EXEMPTION POLICY
Students must attend exempted classes or exemption activities on test day in order to receive exam exemptions Exemptions to Compulsory Attendance The following are the attendance codes that should not be counted or should not affect eligibility: B Death in Family Death in Family C Extra-Curricular D Truant Diversion F Military G Court I In School Suspension J Citizen-P Citizenship Paperwork K Citizen-C Citizenship Ceremony M Medical N College Visit On Campus/Other On Campus/Other R Religious S Suspension X Campus Activity For more detailed information regarding absences, please refer to pages 3, 4, and 12 of the FBISD Student /Parent handbook.