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Fort Bend Independent School DistrictNEWS RELEASE |
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FotoFence 2010 Draws Student Participation from Six FBISD Schools
FORT BEND ISD - This year FotoFest celebrated 20 years of its school-based education program, Literacy through Photography (LTP) and Fort Bend ISD students were among the 900 youth throughout the Houston area to take part in FotoFence 2010. FotoFence is the year-end celebration of student work from FotoFest’s LTP in-school education program, which helps young people achieve better communication and writing skills using photography. Participating FBISD schools included: Dulles Middle School, Elkins High School, Kempner High School, Ridgemont Elementary School, Schiff Elementary School, and Sugar Land Middle School.
“It was a thrill to see all of the Fort Bend ISD entries on exhibit at FotoFence this year,” said Arleigh Kalinowski, ESL Coordinator. “I was so proud of all of our students. Congratulations to everyone!”
In the work at FotoFence 2010, students share experiences from their own lives and address issues such as global warming, immigration, divorce, friendship, the environment, and reflections on family and community in the U.S. today through the use of photography. Students take photographs based on themes, which act as a catalyst for writing. Writing about their own photographs and lives, students build cognitive thinking skills, self-esteem, verbal literacy and awareness of their communities and surroundings. All of the FBISD participants were enrolled in the English as a Second Language Program at their schools.
FBISD participants included:
Invited student readers: Derrick Hung, Dulles Middle School; and Anh Nguyen, Sugar Land Middle School
Dulles Middle School – Felicia Anthony Dasan, Michael Chen, Jordan Coronel, Nhan Duong, YanFeng Lin, Perla Macias, Noel Manu, Marianne Osorto, Tiffany Pena, Luke Rodriguez, Ashley Romero, Edgar Valle Gonzales, Abel Zacharia, Ana Carmona, Zihua Hernandez, Fakhra Jamal, Anns Kurian, Julie Li, Alphonsa Li, Anniva Carvalho, Chris Hsieh, Derrick Hung, Mehreen Irfan, Binny Johnson, Alvin Mathew, Junkun Peng, Erika Turcios, and teacher, Dawn Chang
Elkins High School – Abdullah AlReshoud, Zhennong Chen, Xiwen Liu, Maria delRosario Valadez-Huerta, Maria Monserrat Valadez-Huerta, Zi Wang, and teacher, Diane McAlee
Kempner High School – Miguel Guevara, Jeena Jose, Ziyin Li, Phong Ngo, Tung Nguyen, Darshita Patel, Pui Tin, and teacher, Mary Ana Alegria
Ridgemont Elementary School – Philip Avila, Freddy Escamilla, Mario Flores, Rey Hernandez, Heriberto Mora, Jailene Tapia, and teacher, Andrea Tedesco-Merta
Schiff Elementary School – Troy Fernando, Magiel Magos, Ruby Urquiza, and teacher, Julia Beltran
Sugar Land Middle School – Gloria Benitez, Angie Cabrera, Nallely Cruz, Silvia Galvez, Sonia Garcia, Quynh Anh Le, Zijian Mo, Thu Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Thong Nguyen, Brandon Nguyen, Sara Orta, Licette Pelaez, Phuong Ton, Shree Upadhyay, Alfredo Valdez, Huong Vu, and teacher, Nesren El Baz
Photo 1: Schiff Elementary School teacher, Julia Beltran, with student Ruby Urquiza.
Photo 2: Derrick Hung of Dulles Middle School shows off his FotoFence entry.
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