Academic All-Stars
Black History Month Challenge
Math Matters to the Mavs
Reading Challenge
Teacher Recognition
Winston Science
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Academic All-Stars
The Mavs are excited to introduce the Academic All-Stars, a new community program for the 2007-08 season. We know how hard students have to work each school year and we want to recognize them for their achievements!
The Mavs Academic All-Stars is designed to recognize Metroplex elementary and middle school students who are either excelling in school or have made significant improvements between grading periods by rewarding them for their hard work.
Congratulations to 2008 Spring winners of Academic All-Stars!
Colandria W. – Liberty Junior High
Clarissa D. – Math Science Technology Magnet
Edgar S. – Sam Houston Elementary
Alexus S. – Ethridge Elementary
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Black History Month Challenge
The purpose of this program is to provide students an opportunity to celebrate and pay tribute to the many influential black leaders in American history during Black History Month. The program will be available to all middle and high school students within a 75-mile radius of the DFW Metroplex. Students will write a 1000 word or less essay answering the question:
“Which influential black leader from American History inspires you and how have they made an impact on your life?”
Congratulations to this year's winners:
1st Place - Aaron S. (Carter High School) won four tickets to the March 12, 2008 game vs. Charlotte and met Jerry Stackhouse postgame
2nd Place - Sarah C. (St. Patrick School) won an autographed authentic Jerry Stackhouse jersey
3rd Place - Jenny C. (Jasper High School) won a Mavs goodie bag including 8x10 autographed Jerry Stackhouse photo
Special thanks to McDonald's for their support of this program.
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Math Matters to the Mavs
The Dallas Mavericks and ExxonMobil present the eighth annual “Math Matters to the Mavs” program, designed to have students practice their math lessons in a fun manner using basketball and energy stats. This program runs year-round and is open to all students ages 5-18. Three winners will be randomly chosen in August 1 to receive a Mavs goody bag. At the conclusion of the program, the three winners will receive tickets to a TBD 2008-09 Mavs game.
Segment 4 questions are available to download now.
Click here to get the entry form!
Get the solutions to Segment 3 questions here!
Get the solutions to Segment 2 questions here!
Get the solutions to Segment 1 questions here!
Congratulations to the third set of winners:
Jazmine I. - Ferris Intermediate School
Jessica N. - Berkner High School
Justin T. - Nebbie Williams Elementary
Congratulations to the second set of winners:
Michael B. - St. Monica Catholic School
Aaron C. - Hendrick Middle School
Madison N. - The Highlands School
Congratulations to the first set of winners:
Brian G. - Lily B. Clayton Elementary
Brittany F. - Sam Houston Middle School
Sam N. - Creekview High School
Special thanks to ExxonMobil for their support of this program.
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Reading Challenge
The Mavs are again offering the annual Mavs Reading Challenge open to all 2nd-5th grade Metroplex students, which supports the NBA's Read to Acheive/Lee Para Aprender literacy program that promotes the value of reading and online literacy and encourages families and adults to read regularly with young children.
The Reading Challenge's focus is to encourage students in grades 2-5 to read in their leisure time and to teach them that reading can be fun! The program runs from mid-November to mid-January and prizes are awarded based on the number of minutes a student reads. The school that reads the most minutes overall wins a pep rally from a Mavericks player.
Schools interested in partcipating should contact Gina Calvert at
gina.calvert@dallasmavs.com.
Special thanks to MetroPCS for their support of this program.
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Teacher Recognition
The Mavs and The UPS Store are pleased to host the Teacher Recognition program, which recognizes 10 Metroplex teachers for their hard work and efforts in the classroom and personally awards each of them $1,000 and each of their schools $1,000. The winners were recognized at the Wednesday, April 2 game vs. Golden State.
Congratulations to this year's winners:
Courtney Johnson (MacArthur High School)
Deanna Showalter (Grapevine High School)
Zeita Huffman (John D. Spicer)
Kirk Martin (Indian Springs Middle School)
Kara King (Hillside Academy)
Jody Torres (Erma Nash Elementary)
Jeremy Hise (Rankin Elementary)
Ricky Balthrop (L.D. Bell High School)
Alicia Beshea (Smithfield Middle School)
Kelly Wolfe (Joe Lawrence Elementary)
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Winston Science
The Dallas Mavericks/HDNet Winston Science is a 16-day event designed to help motivate students in the area of science. Schools from seven states take part in over 66 competitions, hear outstanding presentations and work with scientists from across the country. Competitions include Remote Control Airplane Obstacle Course, Science Decathlon, Eiffel Tower, Insect Project, and Adventures-with-Duct-Tape, Leaf-blower Hover Craft, Human-powered Vehicles, Catapults, Root Beer Brewing, Egg Car, Egg Drop and Magic Marble Machine, plus much more. For more information on this competition or Winston School, go to
winstonscience.org.
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