Ecobot Challenge 2011 - Need Volunteers!

Please let Mr. Duez know if you are interested again this year.  Here is the note from the folks who are putting this together:

Good afternoon David!

On March 5th Humble ISD will host a practice session for our elementary robotics teams.  The practice session will be held at AHS in the cafeteria from 8-3:30.  Several of your students participated last year and did a fabulous job.  We would love to have them back this year!  Attached is our schedule for the day.  Please email me if you have any students who are interested in volunteering.

Thanks!

 Ecobot Trials @ AHS cafeteria from 8-3:30.  You can sign up for the individual time slots or for all day.

8:30– 10:30	11:00 – 1:00	1:30-3:30
BBE	DWE	EGE
FE	TE	ESE
MBE	GTE	HHE
OFE	LSE	OE
PFE	RPE (bus)	WHE
PLE(bus)	WCE	WPE
SFE	FCE	LLE (bus)
		ASE

    

Service Hour Opportunity

This came from our awesome Superintendent of Schools - Guy Sconzo.  He is asking for volunteers for the event on Thursday, August 26th through Saturday, August 28th.  If you can commit some time and would like to volunteer for any of the times, please email me and I will get your name to Dr. Sconzo.

Our Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce can really use student volunteers for this event and any help they can get on Thursday, August 26^th through Saturday, August 28^th will be GREATLY appreciated! This Wellness Run will take place at Kings Harbor in Kingwood.

Keep in mind how important these service hours are for things like National Honor Society, college applications and scholarships.

Saturday Service to the Community - ECOBOT Competition

Location is at Reliant Center.

The bus will leave from Maplebrook Elementary at 7:20 Saturday morning.


There are three elementary teachers riding the bus. Ms. Isbell, Mr. Jeffery, and asst. principal April Maldonado. Please give these teachers your names and cell phone numbers. If your parents decided to pick you up early, they must locate one of these teachers to let them know. The busses will depart immediately after the awards ceremony.

Ecobot Challenge Judges - April 17 @ Reliant Center 9 to 5

Ecobot Challenge Volunteer Service Hours:

I received this email from the organizer of the Ecobot Challenge this week (below).  If anyone is interested, please see me immediately.

We were delighted by the participation of your high school students who acted in the role of Judges at the March 6 “Practice Day” in Humble ISD. We  made it clear to Alison how helpful it would be to have them serve in exactly that capacity on April 17 at Reliant Center from 9 am to 5 pm (we will take care of giving them the appropriate size T-shirt and we’ll feed ‘em too and provide special recognition for them and for Humble ISD).

We need to have an exact count of Judges. So we need to know – how many of these students will participate, their names, what are their T-shirt sizes?

We need to know if they can attend the Wednesday, April 14 Judge Training with the adult Judges? [6:15 pm – 8:30 pm – they would have to be driven here.]
To the extent that some cannot, we’ll have to spend time with them Saturday morning, April 17 at 8:15 am to get them refreshed but it would be super helpful for us and extremely helpful to them to have them on 4-14.

Link to news stories on the Ecobot Challenge:
Ecobot Challenge Main Website
The competition in March @ AHS
Example of the Ecobot Challenge at another middle school (w/video)

Service Opportunity - Science Circus Night @ Fall Creek Ele. 6-8pm on March 30th

Science Circus Night.
Next Tuesday, March 30th at Fall Creek Elementary from 6:00-8:00 pm.

They are needing students to help with serving as lab assistants at our experiment stations, they don't have to teach, just monitor and help if families are confused, face painters, popcorn and cookie servers, and other miscellaneous tasks. It's a fun night for those that choose to volunteer.

Please email or see Mr. Duez if you are interested to register.

Service Hours for March 6th

Opportunity to gain service hours:

ECOBOT TRIAL (LEGO robotics competition) at Atascocita High School - Mar 6.  We are looking for high school students who might need service hours to help with timing/judging.  The Trials are organized in 2.5 hour sessions (9am-11:30am, 12pm-2:30pm, and 3:00-5;30pm). 

Please see Mr. Duez and he will get your name signed up.

Service Hours at Project Grad Fashion Show

I received this from an AHS parent who is organizing this show.  If you are interested, please let me know and I will pass along her contact information:

Project grad and we are doing 2010 Prom Fashion Show at The Humble Civic Center, Janauary 24th 2-4pm ,but we would need them there at 12:30 to help with raffles,selling tickets,concessions,etc..also it would go towards Eagle bucks for project grad and also towards volunteer hours for college as well.


please let me know if anyone if any junior or senior of with NHS or AVID

Great opportunity to help out and to also get those much needed service hours.

Pearl Harbor Day

December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day. We should never forget our wounded and fallen veterans. Last Friday in AVID we were lucky to have Sargent Brown visit us and explain how the military benefits system for education works. I came across this website this weekend and thought it made a lot of sense to look into:

Wounded Warrior Project.org

How can you get involved? What can you do? According to the site they mention what just a few have done here:

One gentleman and his two friends took three days to walkover 130 miles from Miami, FL to Key West, FL, not as a fundraiser but to simply raise awareness for Wounded Warrior Project. Decked out in WWP shirts, with a flag, literature, and stickers, they spread the word to drivers and locals passing by. On their walk they did receive checks for WWP, but more importantly were able to let more people know that there are opportunities through WWP to help take care of these young men and women when they return severely injured from war.

Little things mean a lot. You can also buy some gear - like backpacks - at the site. Proceeds go to help our wounded warriors.

Want to meet some of our wounded warriors: Meet the Wounded Warriors

Have any ideas on what we can do to help?