HOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL 6TH GRADER IS 3RD
PLACE WINNER!!!
Big congratulations to
Mercedes Valenzuela for winning 3rd place at the Lemonade Day Best
Tasting Contest at the Houston Zoo! In addition, Mercedes was on the
Fox News on Wednesday morning, April 29, promoting Lemonade Day at
Memorial Park. Congratulations to our young entrepreneur!
Check out the attached picture,
Mercedes with the Official Lemonade Day spokesperson, Jeff Bagwell. |
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INSTRUCTOR: I wanted to
let you know that we had a competition this past Saturday. The
competition was called martial Arts mania and it was a demonstration
competition. Our school competed against 27 other schools and 37 other
teams at this tournament. Our beginner team finished 1st beating out
our rival Hamilton which got third in the division. This is the first
time we have placed in the past 6 years, and to make it a bigger
achievement, we not only placed but brought home the gold. Our
intermediate team finished 4th in their division which is also a great
achievement. They missed out on a medal by fractions of a point. This
was great accomplishment and I am proud of both teams. They put in a
lot of hard work and many hours of practice to do this well.
The big prize of the
competition was not just the medals, but an opportunity to privately
perform in front of Chuck Norris at one of his functions. Only the
winners of the divisions have this honor and we happen to be one of
the 3.
A special thanks to Leti
Partida and P4L for their sponsorship and support and to the staff for
being so supportive. If you know a student on the Hogg Demo Team
please commend them on their performance. |
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HOGG 6TH GRADERS 2008 WORLD TRIVIA
CHAMPIONS!
On May 7th, twenty-two 6th
grade students from Hogg Middle School were chosen to attend the World
Cultures Summit at the University of Houston downtown. sponsored by
the World Affairs Council of Houston, this event promised a "wordly"
experience for the students with activities such as a world scavenger
hunt, a henna workshop, a calligraphy workstation, and cultural dances
from all over the world. Led by Mr. Kurtz, 6th Grade World Cultural
Studies teacher, our students competed and won 1st place in the World
Trivia Challenge. Way to go Hogg Razorbacks!! |
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HOGG TAKES HOME 4 TROPHIES FROM PIN OAK
TOURNEY!
Hogg students took home 4
trophies for outstanding performances in Writing and Science from Pin
Oak Middle School, UIL District Meet for Houston ISD students.
Seventh grader Nicole Owen
received a first place trophy in Listening, second place trophy in
Ready Writing, and fifth place trophy in Editorial Writing. Seventh
grader Jose Jimenez received a second place trophy in Science.
Other students had high marks
on their performances including Argenis Uresti and Martin Bautista in
Number Sense, Calculator, and Social Studies. Jimenez missed only 2
questions on the Social Studies exam.
Seventh graders Genaro Ventura,
Yanelli Aziz, and Desiree Ramos competed in Oral reading, Spelling,
Listening and Impromptu Speaking.
A very big thank you goes out
to Reagan High School teacher Mike Chang, who worked with our Math
team. Mr. Chang also rented the van and provided donuts for our
students the morning of the tournament. Mr. Chang is encouraging our
students to consider Reagan High School in their future.
Next year, the goal for Hogg is
to have a highly competitive UIL Academic team. Efforts are currently
underway to seek out Math, History, English and Science teachers
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HOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL SHINES @
CENTRAL REGION REAGAN FEEDER PATTERN
MIDDLE SCHOOL FORUM
Hogg Middle School's
presence was felt last April 24, 2008 during the Reagan Feeder Pattern
Middle School Forum which was held at Hamilton M.S. We had seven
tables fully decorated and prepared to showcase all the excellent
programs that we have here at Hogg. Robotics students, cheerleaders,
LCDC cadets in full uniform, Karate students, teachers, and
administrators were delighted to talk to everyone who attended the
meeting. HISD's Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Karen Soehnge-Garga,
walked among the tables and talked to our students about their
interests and their plans for their higher educational She was very
happy to learn that some of our students were selected to participate
in the GeoFORCE Program this summer and that all of the 8th grade
students a the forum had been accepted to a Magnet program in the
district. Ms. Adriana Tamez, Central Region's Superintendent, stopped
by and examined the fuel cell cars the students had brought with them.
Mrs. Natasha Kamrani, our district's Board Member, was escorted by our
principal Imelda Medrano as she visited with our students. Our
Executive Principal, Ms. Sandra Benavides, as well as our district's
Magnet Specialist, Ms. Katherine Koch, also stopped by to talk to our
students and learn about our programs.
The Forum ended at 8 pm with the promise of future meetings and Open
Houses where parents would be able to visit and know the neighborhood
schools. |
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| GeoForce results are in!
Five students from Hogg Middle
School have been selected to participate in the geology-based field
program called GeoFORCE Texas. This opportunity of a lifetime is
sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of
Geosciences and the Houston Independent School District. Only 69
students were selected to participate in the rising 9th component. Our
students will be able to travel to Austin and Washington, DC with all
expenses paid to participate in field experiments during a week in
July. They are: Denise Castillo, Aaron Berumen, Hector Alvarez,
Angelina Castillo, and Lorena Tejeda. Congratulations to the winners!
For more information on GeoFORCE
Texas, please visit
http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/geoforce/ |
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Results
Scarborough
Speech Tournament
Hogg
Middle School student Melissa Ortega was among 21 students to make
it to the semi-final rounds in poetry at Scarborough High School’s
Speech Tournament held December 2.
More than 300 students representing 10 school districts including
Alief,
Conroe,
Cy-Fair and Houston were represented at the tournament.
Ortega is a seventh grader and this was her first time to compete
in a speech tournament. Seventh grader
Yanelli Aziz
and eighth grader Maribel Morales also competing at the tournament.
The next tournament for Hogg students will take place December 15
at
Burbank
Middle School’s First Annual UIL Holiday Academic Meet. This event
is exclusively for Houston ISD schools.
On January 18 and 19, the Annual Westside H.S. Tournament for
Middle Schools has been scheduled. This contest is very
popular and will feature many of the same events being held at
Scarborough's contest including categories for lip-sync and dance.
Please see Ms. Kennedy if you would like more information
regarding any of the upcoming tournaments.
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