Marvin Baker Middle School

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Baker MS 25-26 EOY Awards! Your student received an invitation if they are getting an award. Please enter through gym vestibule.

Please return books to the library or pay for lost books at the webstore. Email notices have been sent to all students who still have books out. Thanks for your help with our library book roundup! 🐎📚🎒

⭐Any questions about Chromebooks can be directed to mona.cotton@ccisd.us. ⭐

We had a great visit with our newest Broncs❤️🖤 Out Baker Belles welcomed all WP 5th graders into the building while the Baker band performed. Baker Ambassadors gave a tour of the campus and answered all their questions! Welcome to Baker MS!

Tonight we celebrated the amazing accomplishments of our Baker student athletes ❤️🖤 Congratulations!!

❗Please read CCISD's message to parents and guardians about student Chromebook summer use: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xeznTztV_b9Wy_6kn9D_dQCDQwNeaIW6/view?usp=sharing
➡️If you choose not to participate in the summer take-home Chromebook opportunity and want your student's device stored on campus, please contact our librarian: mona.cotton@ccisd.us.

Congratulations to Sharmada Palakurthis, former Baker MS scholar, for winning 3rd place in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)!! She placed in the Translational Medical Science category :)

Happy Graduation! Congratulations to Dr. Owen who graduated with her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Lamar University ❤️🖤

CCISD invites stakeholders to the Title I Evaluation and Program Planning meetings coming up in May. Please email Baker's Parent Liaison for links to the virtual meetings: cynthia.sifuentes@ccisd.us.

⭐Parents/Guardians, please join us at Ray High School for our VLC Attendance Meeting on May 13th. ⭐ Contact cynthia.sifuentes@ccisd.us for more information.

All 16 Baker orchestra students who competed in UIL Solo & Ensemble contest today earned medals for scoring Division 1 (Superior) ratings. ❤️🎻 🎹 They sounded awesome and the hard work showed off! ❤️🖤 Congratulations to… Zina Mbadugha (violin) Sean Alfaro (violin) Elias Medina (violin) Aiden Kim (violin) Ines McBride (violin) Aarav Bhakta (violin) Logan Chua (violin) Esmeralda Wilmot (violin) Beryl Twumasi (viola) Liliana Gutierrez (viola) Coy Pair (viola) Gus Thompson (viola) Sebastian Martinez (cello) Maria-Rosa Suarez (cello) Katherine Hernandez (cello) Jolynn Xiao (piano) 👏👏👏

Congratulations to Coach Roddie and Michiah Austin on being recognized as finalists for MS Female Coach of the Year and MS Male Athlete of the year! ❤️🖤 It is a great day to be a Bronc!

85 Biology students traveled to Goose Island State Park at St. Charles Bay today to participate in the Sink Your Shucks oyster reef restoration program, a collaborative effort led by the Harte Research Institute (HRI) and Texas Parks & Wildlife. Students recycled oyster shells collected from local restaurants, bagging them by hand and strategically placing them on the bay floor to create new habitat for oysters to colonize and grow. By the end of the day, the group had filled 367 bags — a tangible contribution to one of the Gulf Coast’s most critical ecosystems. “The physical work we did yesterday only took about 3 hours,” Connor Baxter reflected, “but we helped build a reef that would have taken years to grow.” Oyster reefs are among the most ecologically valuable habitats on the planet, with a single oyster capable of filtering up to 50 gallons of water per day. Students quickly connected that science to the work in front of them. Julian Oldham mentioned, “By placing these bags of oysters, we are providing habitats for younger oysters to attach to, which is boosting the ecosystem’s stability. Oysters act as ‘ecosystem engineers’ by filtering the water and allowing sunlight to better reach marine plants.” Globally, an estimated 90% of oyster reef habitat has been lost, making restoration efforts like Sink Your Shucks essential to the health of coastal bays. The field experience is part of Baker’s IB MYP Year 3 Science unit, “When Science Meets the Shore,” which connects molecular biology and biotechnology concepts to local Gulf Coast ecosystems. The trip fulfills the IB learner profile component of Service as Action, requiring students to engage meaningfully with their communities. “Instead of being discarded in landfills, as we returned these oyster shells to the bay, they became a part of oyster reef restoration, habitat enhancement, and marine resource conservation.” Emily Hoang wrote. Baker Middle School thanks the Sink Your Shucks team, the Harte Research Institute, and Texas Parks & Wildlife for their partnership in making this experience possible

Thank you to our community members who attended our Baker Career Fair today ❤️🖤 We had a fantastic turnout and our 8th grade students were able to learn about multiple career opportunities.

Mrs. De La Rosa and Ms. Espinoza were celebrated last night for earning their TIA designation!! Great job ❤️🖤

Please fill out the CCISD Guidance Services Needs Assessment https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:cd7d0481-839b-437c-bb2a-8c77958d8231

Our Baker Balloon Fest tour is underway. Our staff visited Texas and was treated to a brunch this morning. Thank you HEB for donating the sweet treats. ❤️🖤