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scream the loudest for their day/grade.
A winning day
Horn Elementary students won first place in the second UIL Invitational Meet at Ortiz Middle School. Horn students competed against 14 other schools and won a total of seven team awards. The Horn Social Studies team won first, second, third and fourth place in the competition. The students included (pictured, from left) fifth graders Alina Syed, Liesl Klaasen and Simon Tran, and fourth grader Ryan Shen.
Robotics teamwork
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The college sweethearts tied the knot this fall in New Orleans at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. After the ceremony, their 300 guests were welcomed with an authentic brass band to second-line their way to the party. The couple moved back to Houston after their wedding, and now they live in Bellaire. Pictured (from left) are Cason Hancock (brother of bride), Charles Hancock (father of bride), Chandel Hancock (mother of the bride), Cadie Gamble, Walker Gamble, Maureen Gamble (mother of the
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groom) and Keith Gamble (best man and father of groom).
Dads who sing Students at Horn Elementary (pictured, below) were treated to a holiday sing-a-long from the Horn Dad’s Club over the holidays. Dads got into the spirit of the season as they sang familiar holiday songs with the students, ending with The Twelve Days of Christmas. The grade levels were assigned to their own “day” and then battled it out to see who could
The Bellaire “Robo-Sapiens” robotics team advanced to regionals in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) robotics competition held in Sugar Land. Pictured (next page, from left) are team members Pranav Brahmbhatt, Esha Bhavsar, James Cross and Shiv Brahmbhatt. Out of 27 teams competing, they were one of seven teams to advance. The team is a group of Bellaire kids (ages 9-13) who attend Condit Elementary and Pin Oak Middle School. As part of the project, teams were required to research a real-world challenge and create an innovative solution. The Bellaire Robo-Sapiens chose to research the Gambian pouched rat, which is helping humans in two major ways: sniffing out landmines in Africa and detecting tuberculosis in humans. The team will compete on (continued on page 44)