HOSA Students Advance to State Competition
Over 60 HOSA students from Frisco ISD will compete at the state level after top performances in the Area Spring Leadership Conference. Sixty-eight students from eight FISD high schools advanced to state, with another 42 as alternates. Ten more students qualified for state by scoring in the top three on their online tests. HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation and recognition for students in health science programs. Access a list of Area HOSA results. Congratulations and best of luck at state!
Campuses Make Texas Honor Roll
Five Frisco ISD campuses have been named to the 2024 Texas Honor Roll by the Educational Results Partnership! Schools named to the Honor Roll performed higher on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, for all cohorts of student populations served, and improved outcomes for historically underserved student populations. The following Frisco ISD schools were honored: Lawler Middle School, McSpedden Elementary, Nichols Elementary, Pink Elementary and Talley Elementary.
Social Studies Coordinator Elected to Association Board
Frisco ISD social studies coordinator Jeremiah Rush has been elected vice president on the board of the Texas Social Studies Leaders Association. Rush has spent 29 years in education, 16 of those in Frisco ISD. He opened Heritage High School in 2009 as social studies teacher and swim coach, and in 2013, moved to Independence High School as social studies instructional coach, teacher and Academic Decathlon coach. He’s served as secondary social studies coordinator for the past six years. The TSSLA supports social studies leaders, advocating for high-quality instruction and ensuring that students receive a rich and meaningful education, and Rush’s position on the board reflects his unwavering dedication to advancing social studies education across Texas. Congratulations, Mr. Rush!
High Schoolers Qualify for State at Fort Worth Science Fair
Congratulations to Frisco ISD students who competed at the Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair and qualified for state or won special awards! These students will join their Frisco ISD peers who qualified for state at the Dallas Regional Science Fair.
State qualifiers:
Om Kherde of Reedy High School - Third Prize, Senior Division, for “Evaluating the effectiveness of Suv39h1: A Novel Epigenetic Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease as a Therapeutic Target in Drug Discovery” in the Computer Science category
Kavin Dasari of Reedy High School - First Prize, Senior Division, for “Analyzing Orbital Intersections of Space Debris and Mitigating Satellite Collisions” in the Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical category and 4th Place from the Society of Allied Weight Engineers - Texas
Special awards:
Ritvik Avula, Aadhitya Senthilkumar, Vishva Venkatesh of Reedy High School - First Place, Senior Division, Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for “Design and Computational Modeling of a Novel Aptamer-LNP-CRISPR Complex for Targeted Therapeutics in Polycystic Kidney Disease” in the Medicine and Health Sciences category
Kavin Dasari of Reedy High School - Fourth Place, Senior Division, from the Society of Allied Weight Engineers - Texas for “Analyzing Orbital Intersections of Space Debris and Mitigating Satellite Collisions” in the Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical category
Airlia Vivekanand of Reedy High School - Second Place, Senior Division, from the IEEE Fort Worth Section and 3rd Place, Senior Division, from the Lockheed Martin Leadership Association for “Cost-Effective Earthquake Detector Utilizing a Machine Learning Approach”
Also Around Frisco ISD …
A saxophone ensemble formed by Independence juniors Alex Walker and Sahishnh Satish and seniors Darshan Senthil Kumar and Stephen Choy finished second in the Mixed Ensemble at the prestigious international Coltman Chamber Music Competition in March.