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SMSD UPCOMING EVENTS

August 31 – Stafford Football Opener at Katy Paetow, 7:30 p.m.

September 3 – District Closed in Observance of Labor Day

September 6 – High School Open House, 6-8 p.m.

September 6-7 Grandparents Day

September 7 – Stafford Football Home Opener vs. Pt. Lavaca Calhoun, 7 p.m.

September 10 – September Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

September 11 – Intermediate Open House, 5:30-7 p.m.

September 12 – Stafford Middle Open House, 6-8 p.m.

September 11 – Stafford Elementary Open House (Pre-K through 1), 5-6 p.m.

September 12 -- Stafford Elementary Open House (Grades 2-through-4), 5:30 p.m.

September 14 – Super Senior 55+ Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.

September 14 – Football at Bellville, 7:30 p.m.

OUR NEW SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERStafford MSD added a School Resource

Officer in 2018-19!

Her name is Officer Molina, and she enjoys

working with children.

Officer Molina, who grew up in nearby

Missouri City, worked as an officer in Katy

ISD before joining the Stafford Police

Department in 2016.

We are proud to have Officer Molina on our

campuses. We thank her for her

commitment to the safety of our Stafford

MSD students and staff.

SMSD OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE

September 6 – High School Open House, 6-8 p.m.

September 11 – Intermediate Open House, 5:30-7 p.m.

September 12 – Stafford Middle Open House, 6-8 p.m.

September 11 – Stafford Elementary Open House (Pre-

K through 1), 5-6 p.m.

September 12 -- Stafford Elementary Open House

(Grades 2-through-4), 5:30 p.m.

STAFFORD ELEMENTARY READING REWARDS

Four Stafford Elementary School

students were awarded Nook Digital

Reading Tablets for their efforts in the

Stafford Elementary Summer Reading

Program.

Third Grader London Davenport read 15

books

Second Grader Micah Browne read 7

books.

...Kindergartners Jonathan Taylor and

Elian Rios read 4 books apiece.

SHS SENIOR ACCEPTED INTO PRESTIGIOUS CULINARY SCHOOL IN AUSTIN

THE STAFFORD CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM CHANGED TEKYLAH’S SIMPSON LIFE AND

GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.

SIMPSON’S STUDIED AT STAFFORD MSD SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ENROLLED IN

CHEF COURTNEY RALLS’ CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM AS A SOPHOMORE.

...SIMPSON, A STAFFORD HIGH SENIOR, WAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED TO THE AUGUSTE

ESCOFFIER SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS IN AUSTIN.

“CHEF RALLS HELPED ME A LOT AND ENCOURAGED MY DREAM OF OWNING MY OWN

BAKERY ONE DAY,” SIMPSON SAID.

LAST MARCH, SIMPSON TRAVELED TO ITALY ON A CULINARY ARTS FIELD TRIP, AND

IN MARCH 2019, SHE WILL TRAVEL WITH THE GROUP TO SPAIN.

HONEY BADGER VISITS SMSD STUDENTS

One-Hundred & Thirty Stafford MSD students, with Stafford MSD Board Vice President

Xavier Herrera, had a chance to meet Tyrann "Honey Badger" Mathieu, a former LSU

standout and NFL Pro Bowler who recently joined the Houston Texans.

Mathieu provided the students with backpacks filled with school supplies and Houston

Texans giveaways on Tuesday night at the Stafford Boys & Girls Club.

STAFFORD

FOOTBALL

SEASON PREVIEW

Thank you to the Fort Bend Star for

publishing a preview story about

the Stafford High Football Team.

The link to the story is below:

http://www.fortbendstar.com/staf

ford-football-ready-to-bounce-

back-in-2018/

SMSD, CITY UNANIMOUSLY PASS $32.1 MILLION BUDGET

As the Stafford MSD Board of Trustees and Stafford

City Council completed their Joint Budget Meeting

with a 14-0 vote yesterday, Stafford Mayor Leonard

Scarcella commended SMSD Superintendent Dr.

Robert Bostic on a fifth consecutive balanced

budget without a single 'no' vote.

Scarcella, who has been in office since 1969, said

that was the first time such a feat had been

accomplished under the leadership of any Stafford

MSD Superintendent.

http://www.staffordmsd.org/a_b_o_u_t_u_s/news/

stafford_m_s_d_approves_balanced_budget

SMSD HAS THE WHOLE WORLD IN OUR HANDS!

#STAFFORDMSDPROUD

STAFFORD ELEMENTARY FRUIT/VEGETABLES

Did you always remember to eat your fruits

and vegetables as a kid?

Stafford Elementary students will!

The Stafford MSD Child Nutrition Program is

making Nutrition fun, with a

Vegetable/Fruit of the Week each Friday.

We will begin next Friday (Sept. 7) with

Blueberries.

SUPER SENIOR 55+ BREAKFAST – SEPT. 14

We would like to invite you to the

first Stafford MSD Super Senior 55+

Breakfast of 2018-19 at 8:30 a.m

Friday, September 14 at Stafford High

School.

Enjoy a delicious breakfast and

learn about our District.

STAFFORD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SCIENCE

Cheri Bernazal, the

reigning Stafford

Intermediate School

Teacher of the Year,

demonstrates an

experiment on Solubility

to her Fifth Grade Science

Class.

CROSS COUNTRY TO VISIT BELLVILLE

SHS Cross Country’s

season resumes at 8

a.m. tomorrow at

Bellville.

Next Friday, they will

travel to Galveston for

an 8 a.m. meet.

STAFFORD TENNIS TO VISIT FULSHEAR

THE STAFFORD HIGH TENNIS TEAM OPENED THE 2018

SEASON WITH AN 11-8 VICTORY OVER CLASS 5A FORT

BEND MARSHALL LAST WEEK.

THE SPARTANS (1-1) WILL VISIT FULSHEAR ON

THURSDAY AND THEN RETURN HOME TO FACE SEALY

ON SEPT. 13.

A STAFFORD AGGIE

Texas A&M University

sophomore wide receiver

Hezekiah Jones, a proud

Stafford High School graduate,

played a key role in the Aggies’

59-7 season-opening win over

Northwestern State on

Thursday night in College

Station.

HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES DONATIONHUNTING ENERGY SERVICES., A COMMUNITY PARTNER OF

STAFFORD MSD THAT IS LOCATED JUST ACROSS

STAFFORDSHIRE ROAD, PROUDLY PRESENTED SCHOOL

SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT STAFFORD HS AND A GIFT BASKET TO

ONE LUCKY TEACHER.

THAT TEACHER IS MR. DAVID MONTANO, A SECOND-YEAR STAFF

MEMBER AT STAFFORD HIGH SCHOOL.

HERE IS A VIDEO OF HUNTING LTD. AND SHS PRINCIPAL

RAYMOND ROOT PRESENTING TO MR. MONTANO:

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OXI3EE-Y8IU

STAFFORD MSD RULES CULINARYWe know how amazing our

Stafford MSD Culinary

Program continues to be.

And thanks to this billboard,

the tens of thousands of

daily motorists on Murphy

Road will know, too!

2017-18 SMSD ANNUAL REPORT

• READ ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE

STAFFORD MSD 2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR:

• HTTP://WWW.STAFFORDMSD.ORG/USERFILE

S/SERVERS/SERVER_895872/FILE/ABOUT/S

MSD2018ANNUALREPORT_REVISED%20PRO

OF%20071118.PDF

STAFFORD MSD IS STEM-FOCUSED• STAFFORD MSD IS ALREADY A LEADER IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,

ENGINEERING & MATH (STEM). THANKS TO THE 2017 BOND, WE ARE

ABOUT TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

• WE WILL BECOME THE ONLY CAMPUS IN FORT BEND COUNTY TO HAVE A

STEM MAGNET FOR GRADES 3-THROUGH-12.

• HERE IS THE VIDEO:

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=YIHCLSVJUXW

VISIT OUR ARCHIVESDID YOU MISS A PREVIOUS COMMUNITY

UPDATE?

WE HAVE ARCHIVES OF COMMUNITY UPDATES

ON THE STAFFORD MSD WEBSITE.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO FIND THEM:

HTTP://WWW.STAFFORDMSD.ORG/A_B_O_U_T_U

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