COPPERFIELD COURIER
June 2014
NEWS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF COPPERFIELD
Volume 6, Issue 6
COPPER CREEK MEADOWS COMMUNITY GIRL SCOUTS OF SAN JACINTO COUNCIL
Poodle skirts and pony tails featured at our May 9 "Me and My Guy " Sock Hop event. Girls and their special guys (dads, step-dads and other special gentlemen) enjoyed dancing to old and new favorites. Root beer floats and popcorn, hula hoops and other games and crafts helped to round out the evening. . Pictures taken at the photo booth will provide a lasting memory of their "date night". May continued to busy with our final leader\s meeting for the school year, and a Bridging event on May 14. Girls moving from one Girl Scout level to the next walked across the bridge to be greeted by a representative from the next level with the Girl Scout handshake.. Many donned their new vests or sashes, as their leaders talked about the troop's activities for the past year. Singing Girl Scout song favorites., celebrating with cake and punch, and finishing the evening with a Friendship Circle for everyone present made for an evening happy Girl Scoutm emories...and a few misty eyes from leaders and parents! The Girl Scout adventure continues during the summer. with day, twilight and resident camps. You can check out camp information on the Council web site- www.gssjc.org./ residentcamp.. This year at Camp Agnes Arnold there is a special opportunity for a week of troop or family camping. It is one week only, June 29-July 2. That information is also on the web site, or you can contact Jamie Williams at 713-292-0224 (
[email protected]) for the details and to register.. August 8-10 is Health and Safety weekend at Camp Agnes Arnold in Conroe. Girls and adults can receive training in a variety of things, including babysitting, first aid, swim level/safeboating, Archery. Fundamentals of Canoeing, program Aide and more! A Copyright © 2014 Peel, Inc.
class is also scheduled for adults to become Red Cross instructors. Please contact Liz Atton for more information (
[email protected]). Girl Scouts are active all year round! Even though troops may not meet during the summer, we know are girls are using skills learned during the year and having fun with their friends and families! We would like to congratulate long time Copper Creek Meadows (and the old Copper Corners) Community volunteer Elena Best McCreery, who was the recent recipient of the Thanks Badge. This is a national award, presented to adults for extraordinary service benefiting the Council and the Girl Scout movement. Girl Scouting is open to all girls ages 5 (must be in kindergarten) through 17 who are willing to accept the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Girls may join at any age and level, and no previous Scouting experience is required. Don't forget that many of our most exciting opportunities are available toolder girls! Copper Creek Meadows Community serves girls in the residence areas for the following elementary schools and the corresponding middle and high schools. Home schooled and private school students are always welcome, Our elementary schools are: Lieder, Metcalf, Wilson, Tipps, Texas Christian School, Birkes, Fiest, Lowery, Horne, Hairgrove, Owens, Kirk, Lee, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Christian Life Center. For more information, please contact Dianne Massie (dianne.
[email protected]) or call 281-550-9148. Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council phone # is 713-292-0300. The Council web site is www.gssjc.org.
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COPPERFIELD COURIER IMPORTANT NUMBERS EMERGENCIES NUMBERS EMERGENCY.................................................................. 911 Fire..................................................................................... 911 Ambulance......................................................................... 911 Sheriff – Non-Emergency...................................713-221-6000 Harris County Fire Department.........................281-931-1085 Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department....................281-550-6663 Poison Control Center.......................................800-222-1222 Harris County Animal Control..........................713-207-2222 Flooded Roadways & Storm Sewers...................281-463-6300 SCHOOLS Cy-Fair ISD Website...........................................www.cfisd.net Fiest Elementary................................................281- 463-5838 Lowery Elementary...........................................281- 463-5900 Owens Elementary............................................281- 370-4040 Copeland Elementary........................................281- 856-1400 Holmsley Elementary........................................281- 463-5885 Aragon Middle School......................................281- 856-5100 Labay Middle School.........................................281- 463-5800 Cy-Fair High School ........................................281- 897-4600 Cy-Falls High School........................................281- 856-1000 Langham Creek High School............................281- 463-5400 UTILITIES CenterPoint Energy............................................713-207-2222 Waste Corporation of Texas - Trash Pickup....... 713-292-2400 Severn Trent Water Services ...............................281-579-4500 Southwest Water Company................................877-405-1750 Cable/Internet/Phone.........................................713-341-1000
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COPPERFIELD COURIER CYPRESS FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Joy mixed with sadness and excitement filled the air May 6th as the final spring concert for our choirs was performed. Our outstanding young men and women, saddened by their high school years ending, are filled with promise as their futures unfold. Arm in arm they sang as tears flowed. They were sung to by the underclass men who will miss their friendship and leadership. We recognize our graduating seniors: Troy Anderson, Rebecca Bandy, Iridiana Carlos, Ben Carnes, Jose Cazares, Anjela Cole, Reema Danab, Mariah De Los Santos, Hailey Donaldson, Tiranese Gilmore, Da'Aron Harmon, Jackson Hubbard, Morgan Hughs, Katy Johnson, Scott Johnson, Marguerite Lavin, Thien Le, Chandler Libby, Brenon Lopez, Alicia McCormick, Sarah McIntyre, Evan Moynihan, Samir Nassar, Jordan Ronquillo, John Rooney, William Rutan, Alabama Sadiq, Raven Sneed, Joriana Sullivan, Nick Taylor, Elyse White, and Rachel Williams. GO EAGLE CHOIR SENIORS!!! ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY.
The choir board recognizes two seniors every year with a scholarship. One in Music, and one for academics. This years recipients are: Evan Moynihan, in music; and Marguerite Lavin in academics. Congratulations to these amazing two seniors!!!
Leaving with our beloved seniors is Karla Rutan. She has been an outstanding executive board member and parent volunteer for many years. She has been steadfast and true to the children of our choirs in many areas of need. Hours of dedication and love have been greatly appreciated and she will be missed. The concerts are complete, but the fun continues at La Hacienda as we will hold our annual Choir Banquet. Festive finery adorned and memories to hold forever on May 24th. The new student choir board will be revealed....and then, there's dancing!!! The seniors again will be celebrated on the 27th at the senior brunch. This annual event takes place in the choir room with homemade foods provided by the underclassmen. The executive choir board will pass out senior gifts in honor of their achievement. Finally, we wrap up the fun on the 30th with the choir lock in. Games, tournaments and food will fill the night as the halls echo with laughter thru the wee hours of the morning. A HUGE THANK YOU as always to our choir director extraordinaire Deidre Douglas, assistant director Matt Perez, Cypress Falls Choir Connection Executive Committee, Cypress Falls Choir Connection Booster Club, and all our choir parents.
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Bring the World to your Child By Hosting a Foreign Exchange Student If you’ve read the newspaper lately, you know that the world can be a scary place: wars, economic crisis, revolutions, climate change, border disputes, refugees, and protests. So, how do we teach our children about the world, and the variety of people in it, when most of the examples we read about in the press are so negative? One life changing way to broaden your child’s world view is to volunteer to host a HYPERLINK "http://www.ayusa.org" high school foreign exchange student. Foreign exchange programs have been around for almost 100 years, and their mission has always been the same – to educate people about different cultures through personto-person exchange. What better message to pass on to your children? There are quite a few misconceptions about foreign exchange programs – especially around who can host. The biggest misconception is that you must have high school aged children when you host a high school exchange student. Nothing could be further from the truth. “We welcome host families of all shapes and sizes – families with young children, families with no children, empty nesters whose
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children have left home, single parents and non-traditional families,” says Heather Wells, Senior Regional Director for HYPERLINK "http://www.ayusa.org" Ayusa, a non-profit promoting global learning and leadership through foreign exchange and study abroad opportunities for high school students. “The key requirements for a host family are to provide a safe and nurturing home environment, genuinely love children, and have a desire to learn more about a different culture.” Families with young children find that hosting an exchange student provides their children with an especially unique educational experience in the form of an international big brother or sister. Without even realizing it, children learn about different types of people and different cultural traditions. “My daughter Kelsie feels as if Isabelle, our exchange student from Germany, is an older sister to her,” said Melissa Hughes, an Ayusa host mom from Ashville, North Carolina. “They have confided in each other, have had movie nights together, and have gone to the (Continued on Page 5)
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COPPERFIELD COURIER (Continued from Page 4) mall together - much like natural sisters would do. Kelsie will never forget Isabelle and they have already planned future get-togethers when they are older.” Volunteer host families provide foreign exchange students a nurturing environment, three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared with a host sibling of the same gender). Each host family and student is supported by a professionally trained community representative who works with the family and student for the entire program. All interested host families must pass a criminal background check and a home visit by an exchange organization. “In Tunisia, we always hear about Americans and American life style, in movies, media, songs, everything, and I know it is different, and I wanted to figure out this difference myself,” said HYPERLINK "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_px-f7mhY" Asma, a bubbly high school student from Tunisia who spent a school year living with the O’Donnell family in Anchorage, Alaska. Foreign exchange students come from all over the world. Ayusa matches host families with students from more than 60 different countries including Argentina, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Lebanon, Norway, Pakistan, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia and Turkey. All high school foreign exchange students are fully insured, bring their own spending money, and are proficient
in English – and all high school exchange programs are regulated by the U.S. Department of State. Interested host families are required to fill out an application, pass a background check and interview with a local exchange program representative in their homes. Once accepted to a program, host families can view profiles of students to find the right match for their family. “Hosting an exchange student is a life-changing experience – for the student, the host family, and the host community,” says Heather Wells. “There is no better way to teach your children about the world around them than through welcoming an international high school student into your home.” Ayusa is currently accepting applications for families to host an exchange student for the 2014-2015 school year. For more information about hosting a high school foreign exchange student, please contact Ayusa at 1.888.552.9872 or by visiting the website at:
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