Excerpt: I decided that I wanted to help more people. I created Face Painting for the Cause, and I started a website...
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Friday, December 21, 2012
IB Science News @ WAIS
International Baccalaureate (IB) students in the 11th and 12th grade program at Westchester Academy for International Studies (WAIS) presented special group projects in science to the entire school earlier this year. Known as the Group 4 Project...
See the full article on SBISD's School Zone
See the full article on SBISD's School Zone
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
German Exchange Program facilitates understanding others
Monday, October 8th, Alexander Kolloge and 13 other high school students from Germany arrived to Houston. The students will stay with host families from the Westchester Academy for International Studies and Stratford High School communities.
Through Oct. 26, the German students will shadow their American counterparts, getting a feel for what school is like here. They’ll also go on several planned field trips around the greater Houston area, and on weekends, take side trips and participate in American life with their host families.
In June, a group of Houston students spent four weeks in Germany. The program is coordinated at Westchester by German teacher Juergen Carl Mueller.
They started with a couple days in Cologne before taking a train to Ganderkesee to meet and stay with their host families, Mueller said. Ganderkesee is a town of about 30,000 in northwest Germany, near Bremen. They spent three weeks attending school at Gymnasium Ganderkesee. The German school system features a wider variety of educational options than the American school system. A Gymnasium is a school for the students who intend to continue education at University or College, as opposed to those planning on going straight into industry.
On off days and weekends, the students took field trips including visiting major city of Hamburg and the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven- where records for Central Europe are held. Students also participated in other activities with their host families throughout the 3 week period.
This year is the third exchange between the Spring Branch ISD students and Ganderkesee, Mueller said. The students who traveled this past year to Germany are Emily Crawford and John Hopes from Stratford and Theodore Bauer, Mitchell Barry, Genesis Frazar, John Dakota Kelly, Autumn Riehle, Victoria Sarnoff, Alexey Schmidt, and Ryan Wong from Westchester, and Hannah Shutka of Robert E. Lee High School.
The German trip ended with three days in Berlin, where students toured the Reichstag, and watched games of the European Cup on a large screen near the Brandenberg Gate. The German students are attending school during their time in Houston, and will also take field trips to locations including Space Center Houston, the San Jacinto Battleground, KUHF Studios, the African-American Library at the Gregory School, Rice University, "Death of a Salesman" at the Alley Theater, and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico at the Miller Outdoor Theater.
Kolloge said that the American influence in Germany is strong, especially pop culture. He said that young people in Germany want to look like Americans and enjoy American music and fast food outlets. College reports enjoying learning about the differences in the cultures. Kolloge’s host, WAIS sophomore Theodore Bauer, spent his early elementary years in England and had been to Germany before last summer’s trip.
“It was interesting going to school with them and seeing what that was like,” Bauer said. Bauer has taken German at WAIS since 6th grade and said that while he can “get around,” his skills are still “less than perfect.”
See: related article by Rusty Graham on the Memorial Examiner
See: related article on SBISD's School Zone
Through Oct. 26, the German students will shadow their American counterparts, getting a feel for what school is like here. They’ll also go on several planned field trips around the greater Houston area, and on weekends, take side trips and participate in American life with their host families.
In June, a group of Houston students spent four weeks in Germany. The program is coordinated at Westchester by German teacher Juergen Carl Mueller.
They started with a couple days in Cologne before taking a train to Ganderkesee to meet and stay with their host families, Mueller said. Ganderkesee is a town of about 30,000 in northwest Germany, near Bremen. They spent three weeks attending school at Gymnasium Ganderkesee. The German school system features a wider variety of educational options than the American school system. A Gymnasium is a school for the students who intend to continue education at University or College, as opposed to those planning on going straight into industry.
On off days and weekends, the students took field trips including visiting major city of Hamburg and the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven- where records for Central Europe are held. Students also participated in other activities with their host families throughout the 3 week period.
This year is the third exchange between the Spring Branch ISD students and Ganderkesee, Mueller said. The students who traveled this past year to Germany are Emily Crawford and John Hopes from Stratford and Theodore Bauer, Mitchell Barry, Genesis Frazar, John Dakota Kelly, Autumn Riehle, Victoria Sarnoff, Alexey Schmidt, and Ryan Wong from Westchester, and Hannah Shutka of Robert E. Lee High School.
The German trip ended with three days in Berlin, where students toured the Reichstag, and watched games of the European Cup on a large screen near the Brandenberg Gate. The German students are attending school during their time in Houston, and will also take field trips to locations including Space Center Houston, the San Jacinto Battleground, KUHF Studios, the African-American Library at the Gregory School, Rice University, "Death of a Salesman" at the Alley Theater, and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico at the Miller Outdoor Theater.
Kolloge said that the American influence in Germany is strong, especially pop culture. He said that young people in Germany want to look like Americans and enjoy American music and fast food outlets. College reports enjoying learning about the differences in the cultures. Kolloge’s host, WAIS sophomore Theodore Bauer, spent his early elementary years in England and had been to Germany before last summer’s trip.
“It was interesting going to school with them and seeing what that was like,” Bauer said. Bauer has taken German at WAIS since 6th grade and said that while he can “get around,” his skills are still “less than perfect.”
See: related article by Rusty Graham on the Memorial Examiner
See: related article on SBISD's School Zone
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Local Scouts Complete Eagle Projects
Six Scouts from Spring Woods High and Westchester Academy for International Studies completed their Eagle projects at the high school located on Tiger Trail at Gessner...
Three of which are from Westchester: Jared, Jeremy, & Josh
See the full article on SBISD's School Zone
Three of which are from Westchester: Jared, Jeremy, & Josh
See the full article on SBISD's School Zone
Wais Theatre presents a Fairy Tale that turns Grimm
Ghosts and goblins should be long gone when "Into the Woods" opens Thursday, Nov. 1 at Westchester Academy for International Studies, but haunting the show will be a spirit's warning, "Actions have consequences - even for future generations."
"The kids are really having a lot of fun with the fairy-tale interpretations and light-hearted ...
read the full article by Don Maines on Chron.com
"The kids are really having a lot of fun with the fairy-tale interpretations and light-hearted ...
read the full article by Don Maines on Chron.com
Monday, October 29, 2012
Students explore nature with No Child Left Inside Program
Excerpt: Laura Sigworth, a Westchester Academy teacher in Spring Branch, has been bringing her senior International Baccalaureate biology students to the conservancy for the past two years after learning about the program at a seminar for children at risk.
See the full article by Crystal Simmons on the Cyprus Creek Mirror
See the full article by Crystal Simmons on the Cyprus Creek Mirror
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tommy Tune competitor for Into the Woods
Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) announces 45 Houston area high schools competing in the 11th annual Tommy Tune Awards.
Developed by TUTS in 2002, the Tommy Tune Awards honor musical theatre excellence at the high school level, celebrating outstanding student achievement in 15 categories. Throughout this school year, a team of Houston-based theatre professionals will evaluate the participating high schools’ productions and announce winners in April of 2013.
Developed by TUTS in 2002, the Tommy Tune Awards honor musical theatre excellence at the high school level, celebrating outstanding student achievement in 15 categories. Throughout this school year, a team of Houston-based theatre professionals will evaluate the participating high schools’ productions and announce winners in April of 2013.
The Tommy Tune Awards not only acknowledge high caliber performances, but also encourage further growth by providing scholarships, the opportunity to compete at the national level, and recognition from peers.
Westchester will compete in this year's Tommy Tune Awards with performances of Into the Woods on November 1-3 & 8-10 at 7:30 pm.
See: Tommy Tunes Announcement on YourFortbendNews.com
See: Tommy Tunes Announcement on YourFortbendNews.com
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