Travis High School News

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Attention all 9th grade students and parents. We are very pleased to announce that our ninth grade counselor Dr. Ronald Monachello is now the Lead Counselor at Fort Bend ISD’s newest High School (Ridge Point High School). We congratulate him on his new job and wish him well! In the mean time the remaining counselors will assist all 9th grade students and parents using the following alpha split:
A-E – See Tiffany Chaney at 281-634-7018
F-J – See Marci Nichols at 281-634-7015
K-Q – See Jeanne Andrews at 281-634-7016
R-Z - See Crystal Collins at 281-634-9882
 
You may also call the counseling office at 281-634-7026 and your call will be forwarded to the appropriate counselor.

Congratulations to Mr. Bryan Bullard for being named Travis Teacher of the Year and a finalist for FBISD Secondary Teacher of the Year for Region IV! Mr. Bullard teaches a multitude of Career and Technology Courses (CATE), serves as a Department Head, and is a jack of all trades. This marks the second time in our short four year history that a THS teacher has been a district finalist for this award! We wish Mr. Bullard t the best of luck as he competes at the next level of the Teacher of the Year selection process.

Students will be signing up online to take AP tests this year at www.travishs.TotalRegistration.net. Students enrolled in AP classes will receive an AP bulletin and a letter explaining the procedure. The site will be available beginning February 15. You will need to print out a receipt and bring it with you to make your payment the week of February 22-26. Counselors will be available at all lunches that week to accept your payment. Your test will not be ordered until payment is received. Cost is $56.00 per test. Please open the Related Document to view the schedule and obtain important Online Registration details.
If you have any questions, see your counselor.
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Please see the related document for the dates of the 2010 AP Testing
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ENGLISH - Tuesdays
Time: 2:45-3:45
Room: L214
 
SCIENCE- Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 2:45-3:35
Room: C100
 
MATH-Wednesdays
Time: 2:45-3:45
Room: C114
 
SOCIAL STUDIES-Mondays
Time: 2:45-3:45
Room: P221

Are you looking for a teacher's lesson plans, homework, student documents, reviews, etc? Most teachers are posting these items under Resources on their school webpage. The Business and CATE teachers, however, post these items under Homework and Calendar.
There are two ways to access teacher websites :
**Click on COURSES on the above MENU BAR, select the content area, and then select the teacher's webpage.
** Go to FACULTY on the MENU BAR and select the teacher's name and course.
**Notice the faculty email addresses are also listed on this page; simply click on the name to open an email.

Jan. 26th (tentative)- ELA 10 grade field test
 
TAKS Re-test
March 1st (Mon) Exit Level Social Studies
March 3rd (Wed) Exit Level ELA
March 4th (Thurs) Exit Level Mathematics
March 5th (Fri.) Exit Level Science
 
March 3rd- ELA TAKS Grades 9th. 10th, 11th
 
April 26th (Mon.) LAT Grade 10 Mathematics
April 27th (Tues.) 10th Mathematics
April 28th (Wed.) Exit Level Mathematics
April 29th (Thurs.) 9th Grade Mathematics
Grade 10 Science
Exit Level Science
April 30th (Fri.) Grade 10 Social Studies
Exit Level Social Studies
 
TAKS Re-test
April 27th- Re- test Exit Level ELA (re-test)
April 28th- Re- test Exit Level Math
April 29th – Re-test Exit Level Science
April 30th- Re-test Exit Social Studies

THS students have been trained in their Hstory classes on how to login and utiize their Gaggle net email accounts. Open the Related Document to learn or review Gaggle Net Email and Digital Locker procedures.
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Sugar Land, Tx - Sugar Land is posting warning signs in all City school zones notifying
drivers of a new law prohibiting the use of cellular phones in crossing zones.
House HB 55 -- a new Texas law that takes effect Sept. 1 -- amends the state’s Transportation
Code, Section 545.425 to prohibit the use of a wireless communication device (WCD) while
operating a vehicle within a school crossing zone unless the vehicle is stopped or the WCD is
used with a hands-free device.
An exception allows the use of WCDs to make emergency calls to specific organizations listed
in the law, including police, fire and emergency medical services.
The new law also prohibits bus operators from using a wireless communication device while
operating a passenger bus with a minor passenger unless the bus is stopped.
Violators are subject to a fine up to $200.

The Counselors' Suite is updated daily with many resources and important documents concerning your student. Their website is located under Services > Administrative.
Resources
Counselors' Resources.

HIGHER EDUCATION VISITS
A student shall be excused for up to two (2) days during the student’s junior year and up to two (2) days during the student’s senior year to visit an accredited institution of higher education. A student shall be required to submit verification of such visit(s) by providing a letter from the university/college verifying the date(s) and purpose of the visit in order to be counted present for attendance accounting purposes. If a university/college verification letter is not submitted within two (2) school days after the visit, the absence(s) will be considered unexcused. Students whose absences(s) is(are) excused for the purpose of a university/college visit shall not be penalized for such absence(s) and shall be counted as if he attended school for the purpose of calculating the average daily attendance.

TalkLine “When you just need to talk”– 281-240-(TALK) 8255
FBISD’s Safe and Drug Free Schools Department is pleased to announce a new collaboration developed with Crisis Intervention of Houston (CIH) called TalkLine. TalkLine is a confidential helpline dedicated to the needs of FBISD secondary students. CIH is the managing partner for TalkLine. They are responsible for answering the calls which students place to the helpline. TalkLine allows each student the opportunity to receive help in a safe way. Students can also get information on social service referrals and other community assistance.
To read more about this service please click on the related document.
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Please click HERE to see the 2009-10 School Calendar.

Are you in compliance with the school district Dress Code? Student attire and grooming shall not distract, disrupt, create a safety hazard, or take away from the educational process. Please click here to check the district policy. You may also refer to the Student Handbook that all students receive on the first day of school for further details on this year's Dress Code.

If you are interested in volunteering with the Travis High School VIPS, please e-mail travisvips@yahoo.com with your questions and/or comments.

Under the direction of Nathan Carter. To get more information about the Travis Tiger Band please click here .

To get more information about Travis ProGrad please click here .
Committee chairs are Terry White and Kimbra Valachovic. The Travis ProGrad website is http://www.travistigerprograd.com/home.html and the contact for general e-mail is travisprograd@gmail.com