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Summer School Begins June 7th
 Summer school will be held at Fort Stockton High School from June 7 through July 2, 2010. This is 20 days in all. Classes will meet Monday through Friday from 8:10 AM to 1:10 PM in the GCS Lab, Panther Den and Lab 1.
This is your opportunity to earn back any lost credits in Algebra, History, English, Social Studies or Health. Join us for the credit recovery program (A+) and regain credits lost because of attendance and/or semester grades.
Registration for summer school will be held in the Counselor's Office on June 1st through June 4th. Call 432-336-4153 for more information. Late registration will also be available on the first class day in the hallway in front of GCS from 8:30 to 9:30 AM.
A $10 fee will be assessed for every semester course attempted in summer school. Fee waivers are available based on financial need upon request of the principal.
Standard Attire Begins in Fall 2010
 Students attending classes at Fort Stockton High School next fall will look considerably different than they have in previous years. All campuses within the district have adopted a new dress code called "Dress for Success".
The style of clothing that will be acceptable is much more professional than in the past. A limited number of colors can be worn: white, royal blue, navy blue and khaki for shirts; black, navy blue and khaki for pants or skirts; solid brown or solid black for belts (no bling!). All clothes must fit well - no more than one size larger than you are right now.
Shirts must be solid colors or stripes. They must be in a polo or oxford style and must have a collar. Logos must be smaller than a quarter with the exception of school logos and lettering.
Are you thinking "I'll freeze in Mrs. Granado's room."? Not to worry - you may wear an undershirt under your collared shirt as long as it is one of the acceptable colors and doesn't have any writing or logos on it. Your undershirt can be a t-shirt, turtleneck or thermal. It's OK for the sleeves to extend past the outer shirt sleeves. AND you can wear a sweatshirt, sweater or cardigan in class. None of these can have a hood and the sweatshirts cannot have pockets. You will have to stash your coat in your locker, however.
What else? Well, you have to wear shoes. You have to tuck your shirt in and wear a belt if your pants or skirt has belt loops. You cannot wear jeans of any color. You can still wear jewelry and ribbons in your hair. Visit the FSISD home page for a slideshow and other documents that give more information.
The rules will be relaxed a bit on Spirit Days - those are the days we get to go to pep rallies in Panther Gym - plus other days that Mr. A will choose. You can wear Panther shirts or college shirts on those days but no jerseys.
Local stores that will be selling the standard attire will be Wal-Mart, Beall's and Pecos County Feed and Supply.
It will be interesting to see the creative ways that our students choose to express their individuality and still stay within the rules. Look on this page in the fall for students that look awesome while dressing for success!
Piñon Foundation Offers Scholarships to FSHS 2010 Grads
The Piñon Foundation has created the 2010 Scholarship Program to assist the Fort Stockton High School graduating class of 2010 with the costs of higher education. The Foundation hopes to encourage students' completion of higher education programs within our area.
All 2010 graduating seniors are eligible providing they are a US Citizen, attending an accredited college or technical school or community college, maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA per semester, completing the Scholarship Reimbursement Form and providing Piñon Foundation with an Official Transcript or Grade Report at the end of each semester to continue receiving the scholarship and provide Piñon Foundation with a confirmation of enrollment each semester.
Students must apply for this scholarship each semester. Applications for Fall 2010 must be received by June 15, 2010. Applications for Spring 2011 must be received by December 15, 2010.
Mr. Adkinson and the entire FSHS staff are very excited for the opportunities this scholarship will provide for our students.
If you would like to send a note of appreciation to the Piñon Foundation, please use the following address:
Amanda Trinh
Piñon Foundation
4801 Gaillardia Parkway, Ste 350
Oklahoma city, Ok 73142
Rocket Missing After Successful Launch
 FSHS students who are enrolled in the rockets class at the WRTTC went to Fredericksburg on Saturday, April 24th. Everyone attending the competition had a great time in spite of a twister in the area on Friday night. The IGNITE crew and Fredericksburg volunteers worked very hard to get the launch site cleaned up in time for lift off.
Fort Stockton entered two rockets into the competition and both flew successfully. One of them has not yet been found. Mr. Hatcher and Mr. Kent are the instructors.
Hippolito Receives Scholarship
 Hippolito attended a banquet sponsored by the ASCO Midland Football Madness at the Midland Country Club on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. There he was presented with a $1,500 scholarship check. Hippolito is a senior at FSHS this year and had a very successful powerlifting season. He increased his totals throughout the 2010 season by 270 pounds. He lifted a total of 1,100 pounds at the first meet of the season. Hippo then went on to place 14th at the State Meet with a total of 1,370 pounds. He was also the Region I champion. Photo taken by Benicia Rodriguez.
National Arts Honor Society Chapter at FSHS
 A new chapter of the National Art Honor Society has been chartered at Fort Stockton High School. The officers are: President: Courtney, Vice President of Membership: Verenice, Vice President of Public Relations: Morgan, Secretary/Treasurer: Bethany, Sergeant-at-Arms: Cody. Mr. Matthew Martinez is the chapter's sponsor. Click here for more information.
The chapter will soon be working on a chair for their community service project to be included in an auction to benefit the Hospital Auxiliary. Several area artists were invited to submit entries for the auction. The FSHS NAHS Chapter has decided on a design by member Courtney for their chair and each member will be working toward its completion.
There will be an induction ceremony for the NAHS students as well as a reception on May 15th at the Fort Stockton Public Library in correlation with The Annual Creative Youth Art Show sponsored by the Comanche Springs Art Association, which will be held from May 10-22 and will also be held at the library. Everyone is invited to attend the induction and view the many works of art on display.
 Members of the Art Honor Society are Bethany, Israel, Vincent, Aaron, Abigail, Courtney, Victoria, Morgan, Verenice and Cody. The group is sponsored by FSHS Art teacher Mr. Matthew Martinez.
Get Real Program
 FSHS Freshmen and Sophomores attended the 'Get Real' program on Monday through Thursday, March 8-11. The two classes were divided in half with one group attending class and the other group attending the program so that each student is able to attend the program for an entire day.
Objectives of the program are:
- To build awareness of the student's role in creating and maintaining a positive school climate.
- To motivate and empower students to become leaders and help create positive changes in the school community.
- To provide opportunities for students to get to know others so that there is a greater appreciation of the diversity and a stronger sense of community among the student body.
The program is presented by Prevention Education Associates, an organization based in Austin that specializes in helping schools move toward an Exemplary state rating. Funding for the program was provided by Chevron.
Students participated in a number of activities throughout the day including a ropes course. More pictures will be uploaded shortly.
Students Are Rewarded for Perfect Attendance
 Students with perfect attendance for the fall semester were recently recognized for their achievement. In order to qualify, students had to have 100% attendance for the entire semester although some tardies were allowed.
Incentive prizes provided by the Piñon Foundation were given to the students.
 Those with perfect attendance are (in no particular order) Anthony, Jason, Kyle, Viviana, Margil, Faustino, Mathew, Robert, Morgan, Crystal, Efren, Ethan, Anthony, Rachael, Lorenzo, Rode, Sayra, Edwin, Sergio, and Leopoldo. Most of these are included in the pictures shown here although some are not. Perhaps they were absent?
Work Program Students Promote Recycling
 FSHS students Jesenia, Veranice and Diana participate in the work program during part of their school day. They are assigned to the City of Fort Stockton and are shown here assembling recycle bins that will be distributed to Fort Stockton residents.
Picture taken and submitted by Mayor Ruben Falcon.
Basketball Teams Have Parents Night
The Prowlers recognized their families at Parents Night on Friday, January 29th right before their game against the Clint Lady Lions. Pictures taken during the festivities are available on our Basketball Photo Gallery.
The Panthers held their Parents' Night at their last home district game on Tuesday, February 16th, against Fabens. These pictures are also available on our Basketball Photo Gallery.
Operation Detour Presentation at FSHS
All FSHS students attended special programs on Wednesday, January 27th in the High School Auditorium. "Operation Detour" was presented by the US Border Patrol, Texas State Police, the US Game and Fish Department and other local agencies. Several law enforcement personnel spoke on the dangers of drugs and gangs. Three videos were shown revealing several aspects of what happens to young people when they become entangled in a drug lifestyle.
 One of the videos portrayed a young man from West Texas who thought smuggling drugs would be an easy way to make money for college. It wasn't. He spoke candidly about his experiences and the consequences he is still facing. Another video was filmed in Sierra Blanco with high school students as actors. Kyle mentioned later that he recognized several places and faces in the video.
Before the program ended, students were allowed to ask questions of the officers. FSISD would like to thank these busy men and women for taking time to visit our high school campus and offer their insights to our students.
FFA Advances To Area Contest
On November 16, 2009, the Big Bend District Leadership Development Contest was hosted by Pecos FFA at Pecos High School. Fort Stockton High School students competed in the Radio Contest, Senior Creed Speaking and Junior Creed Speaking Events.
Fort Stockton’s two radio teams finished 4th and 8th. Team members included Crystal, Cisco, Sophia, Mark, Izzy and Eliza.
Senior Creed speaker Angela finished 8th in a very competitive field of Senior Creed speakers.
In the Junior Creed Speaking Contest, where Fort Stockton FFA members participating have never competed in the contest, Freshman Carlie finished second and advanced to Area Contest in Big Spring. This event will be held at Howard College this Saturday, November 21st. The field of competitors will grow and is the best from each district. The top competitors at Area will then move on to the State Contest held on December 4-5, at Sam Houston State University.
Congratulations to all the contest participants and good luck to Carlie as she continues on to area!
-- Article written by Mr. Epting
Fields of Faith
The 4th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes' (FCA) Fields of Faith took place on November 18, 2009 at Panther Stadium. Speakers were Victor Lopez (a former FSHS Panther football player who graduated in 1999), Juanita (an FSHS Senior), Coach Taylor (Defensive Coordinator for the Panthers) and FCA Sponsor Mrs. Sanchez. The emcee for the evening was Alex who is also an FSHS Senior. It was an inspirational evening for everyone present.
National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
 Ten juniors were inducted in the National Honor Society (NHS) on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in the Fort Stockton High School Library. They are: Anthony, Brooke, Bethany, Kelli, Lindsey, Jonathon, Celeste, Chloe, Marenda and Samantha.
The Master of Ceremonies was NHS President Luke. Mrs. Scarbrough, NHS sponsor, introduced the new and current members. Vice-President Cole, Vice-President of Publicity Erika and Secretary Rode also took part in the ceremony. Mrs. Traynham, Assistant Superintendent, was the guest speaker. Mr. Adkison, Principal, added his congratulations. Mr. Adkison, Mr. Cordova and Mrs. Scarbrough awarded the new members with a certificate, badge and NHS banner.
Current members of NHS are Luke, Cole, Erika, Rode, Alexis, Kyle, Bryan, Cynthia, Bige, Blace, Baxter, Levin, Megan, Jenny and Gabriella.
A reception followed the ceremony with a beautifully decorated cake, punch and vegetables with dip. More pictures will be posted at a later time.
Homecoming Week is Full of Activities!
Homecoming week was very busy! There are links to more pictures of the bonfire and homecoming coronation and football game below. Pictures of the parade and pep rally will be posted soon!
The parade was huge this year! Winners of the awards are:
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High School Class Floats |
School Floats |
Community Floats |
| 1st Place |
Juniors |
Alamo Elementary |
First Baptist Church |
| 2nd Place |
Seniors |
Apache Pre-K |
Cherubs' Day |
| 3rd Place |
Sophomores |
Intermediate School |
Players In Progress (PIP) |
| 4th Place |
Freshmen |
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MORE BONFIRE PICTURES
The Class of 2010 would like to say thank you to all the members of the community that helped make our bonfire really GREAT!
The homecoming court was announced during the pep rally on October 9th. The duchesses and dukes for the lower grades were:
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Duchess |
Duke |
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Freshman |
Dinessah |
none |
Sophomore |
Maria |
Marcos |
Junior |
Christi |
Jarratt |
The King and Queen Candidates from the Senior class were:
Queen Candidate |
King Candidate |
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Alexia |
Trey |
Kira |
Juan |
Briana |
Mondo |
Brenda |
Luke |
Jerika |
Josiah |
It was an exciting evening and a great way to end Homecoming Week. Mondo and Alexia were the winners!
The next thrilling thing to happen was that the game ball was delivered to the field by 2 parachutists! They both swooped down from the sky one at a time and landed right on the 50 yard line!
To cap it all off, the Panthers then went on to win the football game against the Tornillo Coyotes with a final score of 63-0! Way to go Panthers!
MORE CORONATION PICTURES
MORE GAME PICTURES
Commandos USA Perform on October 8th
 Billy Lowery, from Commandos USA, came to Fort Stockton High School on Thursday, October 8th to perform his feats of strength and to inspire the students with his message of pursuing excellence. All FSHS students gathered in the Special Events Center with many of them sitting directly on the floor in front of Mr. Lowery. 8th Graders from Fort Stockton Middle School also joined in. Mr. Lowery split a large phone book and folded a frying pan to grab everyone's attention, led everyone in the 'Star Spangled Banner' and a silent prayer, then gave an encouraging talk on how to dream big dreams and set goals to achieve those dreams. He then did a few more feats of strength including the one pictured above before closing the program.
MORE PICTURES
Guidance Office News (AKA Counselor's Office)
The FSHS Guidance Office is a terrific resource for all students and especially Seniors to learn about colleges and technical school. The staff consists of Omar Sanchez - Freshman and Sophomore Counselor, Daya Martinez - Secretary and Cathy Havins - Junior and Senior Counselor. Ms. Havins recently met with all Seniors to distribute information about applying for college, financial aid and housing. This information and more is also available on the Counselor's Office website (see link in left sidebar).
The students pictured below with Ms. Martinez all work in at least one class period in the Guidance Office answering the phone, opening mail and performing other assigned tasks. They recently helped Ms. Havins and Mr. Sanchez at the College and Career Day held on Thursday, October 1st on the concourse of the Special Events Center. Representatives from 37 colleges and vo-tech programs had tables set up where they distributed materials to over 600 students from FSHS and other area schools.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce provided lunch for the representatives and Guidance Office staff. FSISD is grateful to everyone who helped to make College and Career Day successful especially Ms. Martinez who did a wonderful job pulling everything together.
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