MCHS Dave Campbell Pep Rally at Willie's Video:

Katy Couple competing for a wedding from the TODAY show! Vote for 'em!

Christopher Dudley, and his fiance, Porsha Burton, are currently being featured on the Today Show's segment "Today throw's a Wedding". Four couples are competing for a wedding to be held on and paid for by the Today show. The couples compete for weekly prizes followed by audience voting for their favorite couple. One couple is eliminated each week. Chris and Porsha have made it past the first elimination but this Houston couple needs your vote to continue on in this competition. You may vote once from every computer in your house or work and may text once from every mobile device you have available. Voting opens Wednesday at about 9:00 am and closes Friday midnight EST.

Some of you will recognize Chris's name as he grew up here in Barker's Ridge and graduated from Mayde Creek High School. Wouldn't it be great to see this local boy get married on national TV? You may also have seen Porsha and Chris on our local Channel 2 news last week!

For voting by computer go to :

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30370935/

Or text "1" to 46833 (at no additional cost)

For more information about this wonderful couple visit the facebook webpage set up by Chris's brother, Jeremy, at:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=113465209847&ref=mf

Thanks for your help and stay tuned weekly for results! Only 88 votes separated the bottom two couples last week so every vote counts - feel free to pass this email on to your friends!

Exciting News from NEWMARK HOMES HOUSTON!

NEWMARK HOMES
> HOUSTON TO ACQUIRE NEWMARK HOMES BRAND FROM TOUSA, INC.
>
>
> Former TOUSA
> Houston President Mike Moody and Lonnie Fedrick, Co-Founder
> of Newmark Homes to Lead Newly Formed
> Company
>
> Houston, TX, June 15, 2009 --.
> Newmark Homes Houston, LLC announced today that it has
> entered into an agreement to purchase a majority of the
> Houston assets of national homebuilder TOUSA, Inc. Newmark
> Homes Houston was created and will be led by Newmark Homes
> co-founder Lonnie Fedrick as Chairman, former TOUSA Houston
> President, Mike Moody as President and CEO, and Jeff Dye as
> Vice President of Operations.
>
> On March 23, 2009, TOUSA, Inc., which
> purchased Newmark in 1999, announced that due to the
> severe downturn in the national housing market, the company
> suspended efforts nationwide to generate new build-to-order
> sales. This led to the Houston management team to begin
> efforts to acquire the Newmark Houston brand. TOUSA
> will complete and sell all homes currently under
> construction and will provide a third party warranty for
> those purchasers.
>
> “This new company will be
> privately held, locally owned and financed,” says
> company CEO Mike Moody. “We will continue the
> tradition of building quality homes in Houston's finest
> communities. Our management team has over 70 years
> combined experience in building some of the finest homes in
> the Houston market.”
>
> The new company will start 60 homes
> in the first 60 days of operation which will begin June
> 15. “There will be 55 TOUSA employees who will
> continue their employment with the new company after TOUSA
> winds down their operations. There are also hundreds of
> sub-contractors and suppliers who depend on our company for
> their livelihood. We are grateful to have the
> opportunity to continue forward with this talented team of
> professionals”, Moody said.
>
>
> Mike Inselmann,
> President of nationally renowned housing market research
> firm Metrostudy, believes the acquisition is a good move for
> the Houston investor group. “Housing is a local
> industry. These professionals have a lot of experience with
> the local market; Mike Moody and Lonnie Fedrick both have a
> long history with Newmark. That coupled with the team they
> have put together means that I think they will be a very
> successful competitor in the Houston market.”
>
> About Newmark Homes
> Houston
> Newmark Homes Houston will build
> homes ranging in price from $170,000 to over $600,000 in 19
> of the finest master planned communities in the Houston
> Metropolitan area. For more information on Newmark Homes
> Houston, please visit our website at www.newmarkhomes.com.
>

Pep Rally for Dave Campbell Classic

MCHS Athletic Booster Club News:

Mark your calendars for our Mini Pep Rally Tuesday, June 16th at 6:00 at Willie's on Fry and I-10 to kick off the Dave Campbell Classic Football Magazine sales. Dave Campbell will be there to autograph your magazine. Tell all your friends in Katy to come out and support the RAMS who will represent Katy in the Alamo Dome, Saturday, August 29th, 12:00 noon, Mayde Creek VS Brenham.

Come on out, support your RAMS, purchase your Dave Campbell magazine, have it autographed, buy your tickets for the game, get your t-shirt, eat at Willie's, MCHS gets 10% if you mention MC, buy a seat on the bus, have some fun.....

Dave Campbell Classic Football Magazine $10.00

Ticket to Aug.29th Football Game $5.00

Commemorative T-Shirt $10.00

Coach Bus Ticket to Game $25.00

MCHS Band/Choir/FFA News/Volunteer Hours

We love our volunteers! Our volunteers gave generously of their time and talent to MCHS this year. To be exact, they clocked in 32, 284 hours. We appreciate all the time and energy they have given to help us out this year.

This past weekend the following band students competed in the Texas State Solo and Ensemble contest at the University of Texas. They represented the Mayde Creek band program in a very positive manner.

Camillo Sanchez – Solo 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Javier Chirinos, Alex Van Dyke, James Mayhan, Joe Choe – Sax Quartet 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Alex Van Dyke – Solo 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Camillo Sanchez, Alyssa Sager, Angela Wu Li – Flute Trio 2^nd division ( Excellent)

Sarah Ali- Trumpet Solo - 2^nd division ( Excellent)

This past weekend the following orchestra students participated in State contest in Austin and produced some very positive results.

Roman Soto 2^nd division cello solo (excellent)

Crystal Chen-Goodspeed 2^nd division cello solo (excellent)

KUDOS to him and his dedication/passion for musicALEX LATHROM who earned a superior rating at State Solo and Ensemble last week was also awarded the OUTSTANDING SOLOIST Medal. There are close to 2,000 students from around the state who compete at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest and depending on the year the judges can award 125-150 of these medals. (This is the top 1%) The last year for a Mayde Creek HS choir student to earn this medal was in 2006….that was Zachary Bryant and Keith Lathrom (Alex’s older brother). In addition to all of this great news, Alex is one of two students from Katy ISD to earn this award. He is the ONLY vocalist from Katy ISD.!

Julie Goetzman from MCHS FFA has been awarded a $1,000 Ford Trucks/Built Ford Tough scholarship through the National FFA Foundation.

MCHS Football News/Info

A Note from Lance Carter:

The final Football Fundraising car wash will be Sunday June 14^th at the KROGER Parking lot between NOON and 5pm. Sorry for any inconvenience and confusion that has occurred because of cancellations.

Booster Club News:

Mark your calendars for our Mini Pep Rally Tuesday, June 16th at 6:00 to kick off the Dave Campbell Classic Football Magazine sales. Dave Campbell will be there to autograph your magazine. Tell all your friends in Katy to come out and support the RAMS who will represent Katy in the Alamo Dome, Saturday, August 29th, 12:00 noon, Mayde Creek VS Brenham.

Come on out, support your RAMS, purchase your Dave Campbell magazine, have it autographed, buy your tickets for the game, get your t-shirt, eat at Willie's, MCHS gets 10% if you mention MC, buy a seat on the bus, have some fun.....OR BE SQUARE.

Dave Campbell Classic Football Magazine $10.00

Ticket to Aug.29th Football Game $5.00

Commemorative T-Shirt $10.00

Coach Bus Ticket to Game $25.00

Senior Baby Picture Ads:

It's a great RAM Tradition! Show off your baby in the All Sports Program for 09/10 Seniors. Attached is the form and flyer.

Thank you for your continued support of MCHS Athletic Booster Club. Our next meeting is Monday, June 15th, 7:00 p.m. in the Team Room.

A victory for Fine Arts in Texas

http://www.goarts.org/HB3toGovernor.html

The Day has Finally Come!

GREENHOUSE is Open from SAUMS to I10!!!! Opened yesterday afternoon! Also, you can take Greenhouse to Park Row now! Park Row from Greenhouse to Barker Cypress not open yet. But this is a BIG IMPROVEMENT and Welcome Addition to our area!