Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a medical doctor, engineer, astronaut, and author. As a crew member of the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s September 1992 mission, she was the first African-American woman to travel in space. She is also a dancer, actress and foreign language enthusiast.
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For the second year in a row, the COCISD Child Nutrition Department has earned Best of the Bunch in the Texas Department of Agriculture’s (TDA's) Local Products Challenge. The Local Products Challenge encourages school nutrition departments to incorporate more Texas products into meals, and to teach children about healthy lifestyles and Texas agriculture. The COCISD Child Nutrition team earned the award by meeting the highest standards of the challenge.
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This week's profile is on a man who transcended racial prejudice and barriers in the entertainment industry in ways that had never happened before. Bill Robinson was a tap dancer and actor who paved the way for future entertainers such as Sammy Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines. His legacy of courage, generosity, and love lives on through the dancers he mentored and inspired.
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Starting this semester, COHS has partnered with Buffalo Wild Wings to participate in its “Blazing Performer” program as an attendance incentive. Every three weeks, each high school student with two or less tardies and no absences is entered into a drawing for a “Blazing Performers” certificate, good for a free food item at Buffalo Wild Wings. One certificate is given away for each grade. Winners are announced during lunches.
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This week's Black History Month Profile features Dr. Gladys West, one of the "Hidden Figures" of our nation's space program, whose mathematical calculations resulted in the Global Positioning System (GPS) we use every day in the modern world.
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Congratulations to Coach Rita Bass and our Lincoln Junior High 7th Grade Lady Trojans Basketball team for their win over Hempstead by a score of 34-12. They are our 9-0 UNDEFEATED District Champions! 8th Grade also defeated Hempstead in their final game of the season, 37-18. They finished District play with an amazing 6-3 record. Way to Go LJH Lady Trojans!
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Our COCISD community suffered the loss of one of our own on Feb. 2, Lincoln Junior High Resource/RTI Teacher Debra Crocker. Ms. Crocker was an outstanding teacher who cared very deeply about the success and well-being of each and every one of her students. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Ms. Crocker’s friends and family, and to the LJH campus. "Ms. Crocker was an excellent teacher, a happy person, and a real asset to our district,” said Superintendent Dr. Leland Moore. “She will be greatly missed.”
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In honor of Black History Month, each week in February we will feature profiles of courageous men and women who have impacted our nation and our world. This week tells the story of Charles Hamilton Houston (Sept. 3, 1895 - April 22, 1950), an attorney and law professor whose ground-breaking efforts ultimately resulted in the desegregation of American schools, among other major achievements.
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James Street Elementary 2nd grade students were treated to a lesson in Personal Financial Literacy by Library Aide Betty Hopson last week. This lesson was about deposits and withdrawals. It’s never too early to become financially literate!
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COHS students attended the 2019 Country Girls Code event in Austin on Saturday, Jan. 26th. This annual event is designed to give female students from rural communities the opportunity to learn more about computer science careers and to learn to code. The non-profit organization Techs4Tex Foundation puts on the event each year.
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