DMA Weekly Update
Week of November 11th
Coordinator Update
Remember to submit any enrichment activities using the new Enrichment Activity Form. This year the new form has been implemented to streamline the submission of enrichment activities. The form includes an area for a picture to be uploaded. A separate upload of a picture is not needed.
Enrichment Activity Form (See Below to Download)
Keep turning in the community service/volunteer hours to the electronic form. Hours are due December 2nd.
DMA Volunteer Submission Form 2019-2020.
Finally, please be sure to include a signature on any emails that you send. I am still learning student names. I can best address your email if your full name, academy, and graduating class are included. Below is a sample signature to add to your email.
Fantastic Student
Awesome Academy
Class of 20XX
Mrs. Boston
Coordinator Weekly Schedule
Tuesday: THS/HHS
Wednesday: HHS Field Trip
Thursday: HHS Field Trip
Friday: HHS Field Trip
Upcoming Events
11/13: Sophomore Field Trip
11/14: Freshman Field Trip
11/15: Senior Field Trip
11/18: DMA Enrichment Activity 3pm HHS Library
11/22: Progress Report 4 Ends
11/25-29: Thanksgiving Break
12/5: Junior Field Trip
Schoology Class Codes
Graduation Class - Schoology Code
Class of 2020 - 3CKZ4-D82P2
Class of 2021- FG6CQ-RZD6J
Class of 2022 - 8JNQT-6XRNF
Class of 2023 - 6WX8-CP4H-9F2WT
Remind Codes
Text the correct code to the number 81010
@dmaco2020 – C/O 2020
@dmaco2021 – C/O 2021
@dmaco2022 – C/O 2022
@dmaco2023 – C/O 2023
Academy Requirement Deadlines
Submission Deadlines
Outside Enrichment Activities
First Semester – December 9, 2019
Second Semester – May 11, 2020
Volunteer Hours
First Semester – December 2, 2019
Second Semester
for Class of 2020 – March 30, 2020
for Classes 2021, 2022, & 2023 – May 4, 2020
DMA Polo/T-Shirts
If you did not get a chance to purchase the RevTrak link has been reopened and will open until December 8, 2019.
Click Here to access RevTrak.
The Science Ambassador Scholarship
CTE Student Ambassadors Needed
Click Here for more information and to apply.
LaunchX Summer Program
Our summer program taps into the potential of ambitious high school students, supporting you through the process of launching an actual startup.
Join a highly-curated group of promising young entrepreneurs from around the globe for four intense weeks. You'll learn from industry experts and work in a group of peer co-founders to build real products and solve business challenges in viable ways.
LaunchX isn't a business plan competition - students start real companies. These startups are driven by using the design thinking process to discover innovative opportunities, backed by extensive market research, multiple iterations of prototypes and user testing, and gaining traction through getting real customers and partnerships.
Apply now to become a part of this amazing community.
Deadline
Dec 15 2019 11:59 PM (EST)
Digital Media Summer Programs
Impactful Learning in 2020
All-new offerings to share with you!
From 2D Animation Production & Character Development, to Adventures in Game Design, there is something your young creator is sure to love!
Digital Media Academy isn’t just the best place to learn STEM skills. It’s also an incredible opportunity to build friendships, develop critical life skills, and learn to communicate more effectively in the modern world.
Click Here for more information.
Emma Bowen Foundation
The Emma Bowen Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is building a more diverse media and tech industry by recruiting promising students of color like you and placing them in multi-year paid internships at some of the nation's leading media companies.
Diversity is important in all areas of the media industry. We offer fellowships that prepare students for careers in the Business of Media, Content of Media and Innovation of Media. Whether you're interested in being a producer, a journalist, a web developer, an engineer, a business executive, a PR agent, or in any other career in the media or tech industry, the Emma Bowen Fellowship is here to help you get your start.
The Summer 2020 Application in now open!
The initial application has a few key components:
- The EBF Summer Online Application
- A LinkedIn Profile with Photo
- Your Resume
#THINKBEFOREYOUPOST - PSA CONTEST
The FBI’s It’s Not A Joke #ThinkBeforeYouPost campaign aims at ending hoax threats by educating our community youth regarding the consequences of making hoax threats against schools.
We are inviting high school students, from around the greater Houston area, to create a video PSA encouraging students to refrain from making hoax threats.
See flier for more information and visit www.schoolpsa.com
THINK TANK 2020
For more information, visit
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
November 14
Come and Practice Dr. Lynette Breedlove, a national speaker!
This is a family event, all students must have tickets and be accompanied by a ticketed adult.
PRICE: $3.00 each (No Refunds will be given)
DATE: Thursday November 14, 2019
TIME: 6:00 - 7:30
ADDRESS: Thurgood Marshall High School Cafeteria, 1220 Buffalo Run, Missouri City, TX 77489
Title: Little Strategies to Cope with Big Emotions
For More Information and Tickets Click Here
November 15
Lesa Tran Lu – Professor, Department of Chemistry
Professor Lesa Tran Lu is a Lecturer of Chemistry at Rice University and a Faculty Resident Associate of Sid Richardson College. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Rice University in 2007 and continued her Ph.D. studies there as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Under the mentorship of Lon J. Wilson, Tran’s graduate work focused on developing gadolinium-loaded carbon nanostructures as medical agents to improve stem cell retention and MRI detection in cardiomyoplasty. This work was awarded 1 of 200 $1M NIH Challenge Grants in 2009.
In 2012, she joined the Rice teaching faculty to transform the way General Chemistry is taught by developing a form of structured inquiry-based learning model known as the Student-Centered Active Learning at Rice (SCAL@R) method. Using the SCAL@R method, she has taught over 1200 students and mentored over 45 student teaching assistants. With her colleagues, Tran studies the impact of the SCAL@R method on student learning, study habits, and attitudes towards learning in General Chemistry. Tran also teaches the Chemistry of Cooking, an elective course taught in collaboration with Rice Housing & Dining and Houston-area chefs and business owners. In this course, basic chemical concepts are covered and reinforced with guided-inquiry kitchen laboratory assignments, such as how to create the “perfect” chocolate chip cookie, burger patty, or apple pie. In recent years, Tran has taught other courses including the Chemistry of Art and managed the Chemistry Undergraduate Research Program.
November 18
DMA Enrichment 11/18: FIDM The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Location: HHS Library
Date: November 18
Time: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Please Click Here to sign up and reserve your spot!
November 20
The CTE Department is hosting their annual Program Exploration Night on November 20th for students interested in knowing more about the CTE programs offered in Fort Bend ISD. Please view the attached flyer for more information.
Click Here for Ticket Information
November 23
CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Baker Ripley Turkey Trot
Click Here for various Volunteer Opportunities and to sign up.
9th Annual Rudolf Fun Run
Click Here to sign up and for more information.
Run Houston! Sugar Land
Click Here to sign up and for more information.
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Quail Valley Middle School Math Club Volunteers needed.
High School students are needed to assist the math clubs during afternoon tutorials for competition. Students with strong math skills are encouraged to assist with the club.
Click here to sign up.
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Second mile food fair
Every Saturday 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Volunteers help sort and repackage up to 20,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables and distribute up to 200+ families in need that come to second Mile on that day you can sign up for two shifts of two hours or more at www.secondmile.org/volunteer. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
1. Child Advocates
a. http://www.childadvocates.org/volunteer
2. Second Mile Mission Center
a. Here is the link to volunteer; http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4da4ae28a7f49-techies.
3. Boys and Girls Club of Houston
a. Here is the link to volunteer; http://www.bgclubs-houston.org/Volunteers.
4. Friends of Down Syndrome
a. http://www.friendsofdownsyndrome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/volunteer-application-2017.pdf.
5. Houston Food Bank
a. Here is the link; http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/volunteer/volunteer.
6. Houston Methodist Hospital System
a. at 281.274.7127; hmslvolunteers@houstonmethodist.org.
b. Volunteer Services at Main Methodist: Contact: 713.441.3351
HHS Academies Booster Club
Parents we want you involved at school! Be sure to complete the FBISD Criminal History Application so that you can volunteer at events and on field trips. Parent support is essential to student success and we LOVE having you at school and involved! If you have not renewed your membership with our Booster Club, you can do so online. Our Booster Club is a key component of our success. It is essential that each of our families join every year!
Click here for more information and to join the Academies Booster Club!
Digital Media Academy
Email: amber.boston@fortbendisd.com
Website: www.fortbendisd.com/digitalmedia
Location: 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX, USA
Phone: (281)634-3106
Twitter: @DigitalMediaACA