THE ARROW

Catch up with Brave Nation by watching this week's "In the Know with Dr. Knowlton"!

This week Dr. Knowlton talks about Board Appreciation Month, recaps the final Long Range Facility Planning Committee meeting, discusses the Traditions, Community for Community, and Anti-Bullying committees, cheers on our Braves cheerleaders at NCA Nationals, talks about the relocation of Braves Academy, and closes with this weekend's sporting events and a reminder that Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away!

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January is School Board Appreciation Month! Each week we’ll be highlighting different Board members, and we hope you’ll join us in thanking them for all they do for our students and staff. Community ISD’s Board of Trustee members are the best in the state, and we are so lucky to have them!

Our final long range facility planning committee meeting took place last week, and if you missed it, the video is up for on-demand viewing on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. The other three Long Range meetings are also available for your on-demand viewing on Facebook and YouTube.

As a group, our committee voted 30-7 to recommend Option #1 to our CISD Board of Trustees. Our four committee co-chairs - Josh Allred, Brad Patterson, Kris Zilberstein, and Mike Shepard - will present this recommendation to our board on January 24. After the recommendation is presented, the CISD Board of Trustees will determine on February 14 whether or not they will call for a bond to be placed on the May 2022 ballot.

Our CHS Thespian Society will be holding a Parents' Day Out on January 22 as a fundraiser. Read the above flyer for more information, or contact TheatreofCHS@gmail.com!

Our Anti-Bullying committee will meet again in just a few days! This committee, which was formed in the fall, will be meeting together to discuss the District’s progress under our new Capturing Kids’ Hearts initiative, and to plan future meetings.

Our Traditions committee will have its first meeting at 6 pm on Friday, February 4. The committee, which is open to Community ISD alumni, parents, and staff, is still accepting members. You can fill out the interest survey linked here: https://cisd.tiny.us/Traditions

With great starting pay, competitive benefits, and amazing people, Community ISD is one of THE BEST places to work in the four towns of Lavon, Copeville, Nevada, and Josephine. Experience the B.L.U.E today!

You can apply for any open position by going to cisd.tiny.us/jobs and filling out the online application. Only applications submitted through this official portal will be considered.

Take a quick look at this simple reference chart for our Spring 2022 dress code. To view it in English and Spanish you can click on the PDF directly below the picture.

This is not an exhaustive list. If you have any questions about whether or not a piece of clothing is acceptable, please contact your students' teachers and the campus principal.

Our Community High School Cheer team will be competing at the NCA Nationals this weekend at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas. Our Braves are going for a back-to-back national title, and are coming off a state championship in December! If you would like to live stream the championships, you can use this link: https://cisd.tiny.us/NCANationals

The newest campus in #BraveNation, Community Elementary #3, is still on schedule to open in August 2022! You can read more about the Josephine campus by clicking here: https://cisd.tiny.us/Elementary3

Here’s our first friendly reminder that Valentine’s Day is coming up, and we have a great opportunity for you to do something nice for your special someone AND support our Braves at the same time! Our amazing floral design program, otherwise known as The Watering Can, will be accepting orders for floral arrangements as long as supplies last. Pickup will be on Friday, February 11. If you would like to order an arrangement, please use the form linked here: https://cisd.tiny.us/Valentines

Our Community for Community committee met last week for the first time, discussing important issues such as the length of the school day, the 2022-23 school calendar, our dress code, and our future plans as a District of Innovation. The next meeting is set for February 28 at 6 pm.

Community FFA had yet another great exhibition at this year's Collin County Show, with over 30 students finishing in the Top 10 of their events. A full listing of our students' accomplishments follows below:

Sheep:

• Heaven Jarvis won Grand Champion Fine Wool Market Lamb
• Mikayla Mueller won second in class in Fine Wool Market Lamb
• Heaven Jarvis took 7th in breeding sheep
• Mikayla Mueller took 4th and 8th in breeding sheep

Goats:

• Hailey Novak got 5th place with her Breeding Doe and 4th place with her wether and made sale.
• Camron Utley got 6th place with her Breeding Doe
• Katherine Hopper got 9th place with her Breeding Doe
• Jazmin Jaramillo got 1st place with her Breeding Doe
• Violet Bass got 8th place with her Wether

Swine:

• Jackson Sorrells black OPB 4th

• Jackson Sorrells Duroc 3rd

• Jayden O’Neill black OPB 7th

• Jayden O’Neill Black OPB 2nd

• Southern Sanders Black OPB 3rd.

• Southern Sanders Duroc 6th

• Jarrett Sink Duroc 7th

• Macy Sorrells 3rd Duroc

• Macy Sorrells Cross 2nd place

• Danielle Zilberstein 2nd Duroc

• Savannah Edwards Hamp 5th

• Jaycee Cowley Hamp 6th

• Jaycee Cowley York 4th

• Rylie Thomas York 5th

• Rylie Thomas Cross 6th

Rabbit:

• Elizabeth Edwards - Best of Breed with French Angora Doe and Best of Breed and Best of Opposite with Lilacs Doe and Buck, as well as placing 2nd, 4th and 5th with her French Angora Does, and 5th place with Holland Lop Buck.
• Jamie Dumas- Best of Opposite with French Angora Buck.
• Jayme Bradley- 3rd place with French Angora Doe and 7th place with Holland Lop Doe.
• Emma Sibley- 2nd place with French Angora Buck.

Our award-winning CHS Media Team will be releasing its next film, Anywhere But Home, in January 2022. You can watch the trailer for the film in the video above this paragraph! This film will be entered into the UIL Short Film competition, in which the CHS Media Team finished fourth in the State of Texas last year!

Thanks to our CISD photography network of David Conover, Steve McClendon, and Jason Anderson, we're now able to provide tons of free photos to Brave Nation students, parents, and staff! Just join our Facebook group to get access!