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Monday
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NHS Blood Drive
One Goal College Field Trip
Valentine's Day Sale
Boys Soccer Game @ 6:30 Mason Park #5 vs. North Houston Early
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Tuesday
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Valentine's Day Sale
IPAA Interview Recordings
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PTO Chick-fil-a
Publications Field Trip
Boys Soccer Game @ 5:15 Mason Park #5 vs. Law & Justice
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Thursday
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IPAA Resume & Video Interview Submission
Top 15% Senior Breakfast
HISD's State of the Schools
Cohort 3 Exhibition 5:30-7:00 pm
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Friday
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Genesys Works Applications Closes
Linda Lorelle Scholarship deadline
VEX Robotics Team leaves for San Antonio
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February 19th
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Final Yearbook picture re-takes in the SML.
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February 21st
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NHS Induction Ceremony
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February 22nd
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Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Speaking Engagement: interested students please sign up here.
African American Culture Club Open Mic Night 5:00 - 6:30pm
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February 24th
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Walk for the Woods Event
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February 23rd
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PTO Breakfast with the Principal
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February 27th
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Business Chat Guest Speaker (B Lunch - see more details below).
Cohort 5 Exhibition 6:00-7:30pm
(POSTPONED - NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.)
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February 28th
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InvenTeam: Community Open-House for Mid-Grant Technical Review
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March 7th
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Cohort 1 Exhibition
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March 9th
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Juniors: ACT Payment Due
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Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Guest Speaker Program
February 22nd 9am - 11am
If you are interested in learning more about career opportunities available for aerospace professionals or pursuing a degree in aerospace engineering, you don't want to miss this guest speaker! Please sign up here!
Business Careers Lunch and Learn
February 27th during B lunch in Room 121
Sadaf Jaffery is a C.P.A. and a graduate of University of Notre Dame. She has worked for Deloitte and Touche in oil and gas, healthcare, and other industries but has spent most of her time in oil and gas auditing. The goals of this information session will be to introduce students to the career field of accounting. The facilitator will lead students through an example balance sheet to expose them to real accounting work. She will elaborate on the opportunities and challenges that surround becoming an accountant. She will cover the requirements to take and pass the CPA exams. This session will be a brief snapshot of the Accounting career field from a young professional who has worked in the Oil and Gas industry in Houston. The facilitator will close with a Q&A session. There will be light snacks and refreshments available for attendees. To register please email: syed.jaffery@houstonisd.org with your name, grade, and college plans.
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Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker, born on December 23, 1867 as Sarah Breedlove was one of the first American self-made millionaire. After suffering from a scalp ailment, she created her own line of hair products targeting African - American hair types by testing home remedies and store-bought hair products. As a result, she changed her name in order for it to be more appealing and she created her own business, "The Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company." She traveled around the world promoting her different hair products that included pomades, brushing, and heating combs. With her successes, her philanthropic endeavors included donating the largest amount of money by an African-American toward the construction of an Indianapolis YMCA in 1913. Her eventful life came to a end May 25, 1919 at the age of 51 due to hypertension. Today, Walker is still being remembered today for carving the way into new hair products for African - Americans and helping inspire new companies like, Shea Moisture and Carol's Daughters.
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On Monday, February 12, Energy's National Honor Society held its second blood drive of the school year in partnership with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. One hundred people donated blood, which is the largest amount of donors Energy has ever had. In addition, fourteen students, including four officers of the NHS, organized the event with Christian Kelly as the chair. Every year, the NHS helps coordinate the blood drive with its wonderful sponsor, Ms. De La Rosa, in order to create a positive impact on the school and the local community. Energy would like to give a big shout out to everyone who donated and volunteered for another successful blood drive and hopes to see them again for the next school year!
On Thursday, February 8th, The Energy InvenTeam and seniors presented at the Houston Sierra Club Event. The
Sierra Club was founded in 1892, over 125 years ago in San Francisco by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir. He set out to promote sustainable energy to mitigate global warming.
Today, the club is known as the first large-scale non-profit environmental preservation in the world. Houston's Sierra Club recognizes high school and college students whose common interest is to sustain the planet for future generations.
This year's seniors presented their junior year project in which they created a podcast to educate the public about climate change and air quality. Each team recorded podcasts to define a problem concerning air quality.
The students teamed up with
Air Alliance
and learned about the various levels of air quality. In the end, a total of 24 podcasts addressed environmental issues in Houston's community, schools, and infrastructure. After graduation, the seniors will hand down their projects to next year's incoming freshmen to continue the movement of environmental sustainability in Houston.
Also at the Houston Sierra Club meeting, the Energy
InvenTeam seniors Ramiro Ramirez, Daniel Nadel, Trisha Litong, and Alvaro Covarrubias, showcased their biodiesel bus project. They discussed increasing the use of 100% biodiesel in HISD school buses and its positive implications on the environment. After the presentation, environmental activists and professionals in the audience were able to ask questions about the project. Other students from Westside High School and the
Student Conservation Association spoke about aquaponics systems and environmental awareness in Houston post-Hurricane Harvey. These presenters exhibited their dedication before and after the storm, as they worked on a number of projects to help restore local plant life in parks around the city and across the nation.
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Last Monday, February 5th, the freshman from the AC/DC cohort visited Buffalo Bayou Park. Buffalo Bayou stretches from Shepard Drive to the Port of Houston Turning Basin and acts as the city's hub for environmental development and community. Buffalo Bayou Park serves as a place for recreation, flood management, and ecosystem restoration. Hurricane Harvey caused detrimental effects on the bayou, and it is now slowly recovering. Students searched for evidence of recovery or succession, which is a term that refers to the process of change of an ecological community over time. They also looked for evidence of human impact on the environment and recorded film for their on-going documentary. The documentary will help the students understand the importance of nature and conservation and will also answer their
driving question, "How can individuals make a difference in global sustainability?"
The Woods Project will have its annual fundraising event, Walk for The Woods Project, on February 24 at the Ripley House Neighborhood Center. Registration starts at 8 AM and the Walk begins at 9 AM. The Walk for The Woods Project is a 5K walk around the historic East End. Participants can enjoy activities including a rock wall and live music and can meet past and current Woods Project members. This event helps fundraise the summer trip, a two-week expedition to a national park where students spend five days backpacking and exploring the beauty of nature. During the trip, students strengthen their environmental awareness, critical thinking, perseverance, collaboration, and independence skills. You can help our Energy students have a one-of-a-kind trip by attending the Walk for The Woods Project event! You can register
here. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Merino at
jessica.merino@houstonisd.org.
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For the past few weeks, students from Cohort 3 have been adding final touches to their Medieval Festival project. The driving question for this PBL is "How can we, as post-classical scholars, teach our community about engineering, chemistry, and culture during the medieval time period?" In their engineering class, students were challenged to design an original contraption to solve problems that occurred during the Middle Ages. In English and world history, each team chose prominent historical figures to research, such as Genghis Khan and Marco Polo, in order to write a speech from that figure's perspective and present it in front of a creative historical backdrop. Finally, in chemistry, students explored the chemical changes present in different forms of alchemy and prepared their own experiments for the exhibition. Cohort 3 will host their Medieval Festival Exhibition on February 15th from 5:30-7:00 PM.
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Energy Institute High School is home to one of HISD's newest club baseball teams, The Oilers. The club, consisting of students from all grade levels, meets once a week on Tuesdays to play together and practice as a team. The Oilers' coach is Mr. Newman, the world geography teacher for the freshman AC/DC cohort. One of the Oilers, Joe Gutierrez, stated enthusiastically that his favorite thing about playing with the team is "working together and building camaraderie." Although the club has not yet competed against other schools, future games and competitions are being planned. The EIHS community is looking forward to seeing the team's hard work pay off!
Every week, Energy's soccer team, Kilowatts, spends hours of their time on the sport they love, and t
heir dedication pushes them to become better athletes. This year, their main goal is to make a top four seed for the playoff tournament. Eventually, they hope to make the Kilowatts a competitive club that can participate in other leagues and tournaments. Currently, the team does not have a booster club, but the creation of one would immensely help the students reach their goals. The money raised could help purchase new athletic equipment and other resources needed to expand the team's horizons. The booster club could also aid in the future creation of a soccer youth camp that would allow students the opportunity to play soccer, even if they lack the means to do so. If you are interested in starting the Energy booster club for the soccer team, please contact the soccer coach Mr. Jaffery at Syed.Jaffery@houstonisd.org
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On Wednesday, February 7th, Brianna Leon became the first signed college athlete from Energy Institute High School! She signed with University of Houston at Victoria to play softball and became a Jaguar. Softball has been an integral part of Brianna's life since she was four years old. She has played on a number of select and school teams, so many that she couldn't even tell you how many jerseys are in her closet. Through softball, Brianna has traveled from coast to coast, playing in Alabama, California, Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and South Dakota. When asked why she chose to sign with UHV, Brianna stated, "throughout high school, many different coaches and teams have approached me for college recruitment, but it wasn't until this year that I found the one team that made me happy like UHV did. As soon as I had my first visit to UHV, something clicked. It honestly felt like home. My coach and I instantly clicked, and my teammates welcomed me with open arms. Being away from my family is going to be sad, but I think being on my own will teach me how to become a better Brianna. I'm grateful that I can take this amazing sport with me to college because I wasn't ready to give it up. I am so excited to be a UHV Jaguar!" Way to go, Brianna! Congratulations on making Energy history, and we know you will continue to make us proud in college.
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Deadline:
February 16, 2018
Amount: $10,000+
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Deadline:
February 17, 2018
Amount: $20,000
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Deadline:
March 1, 2018
Amount: $5,000
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Attention Juniors
Deadline:
March 1, 2018
Amount: $5,000
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EIHS YARD SIGN!
Missed purchasing your EIHS yard sign at the last PTO meeting? No worries, visit the EnergyInstitutePTO.org for details!
"FUTURE SO BRIGHT, YOU GOTTA WEAR SHADES!"
Grab your "sunglasses" and come socialize and support Energy Institute High School at our first ever school Auction!
Friday, April 27th, 7:00 - 10:30 pm
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BREAKFAST WITH THE PRINCIPAL!
Friday, February 23rd, 9:00 - 11:00 am
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It's not too late to join PTO at the "Electric" level or increase your current membership to $250+.
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