Cowboys Cookout At San Jacinto
San Jacinto Elementary School kindergartners held a cow boy cook-out on make believe saddles around a campfire. They made chuck-wagon stew and learned through cooking across language arts math social studies science and safety. The fifth grade in Lynchburg finished a Foods for Growth and Energy science unit.
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San Jacinto Elementary School
San Jacinto
Num
Lynchburg
San Jacinto Elementary
Christina Ramirez
Beth Reel
Teri Sowma
Deer Park Junior High Debuts Morning Show on Channel 4
Students at Deer Park Junior High School run DPJH Channel 4 Morning Show weekdays in a news feature format. From planning through production, Radio and Television plus two career classes oversee news gathering script writing set design and on air operation. Special segments are taped for holidays patriotic days and school events with broad student and faculty participation.
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Deer Park Junior High
Lou Ann Woolridge
Kirk Croker
Vince Baldacchino
Kirk Crocker
Toni Thomas
Sophia Hicks
Vince Badacchino
Deer Park Junior High School
DPJH
Dpjh Channel 4
High School Stage Band Adopts Lab Band Concept
Deer Park High School Stage Band explores a Lab Band approach shifting from classical to diverse styles. Noah Lee cites big band goals while students rehearse Latin, Boogie, Ragtime, Rock Swing, Ballads and Dixieland with saxes, trumpets, trombones, piano, bass and rhythm. A brunch on Feb. 19 introduces Betty Clare, Food Service Director, and fifth graders plan a balanced April menu.
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Tommie Pearce
Deer Park
Noah Lee
Betty Clare
Food Service
Lynchburg
Faye Hancock
Lee Leftingwell
Clare
Lynchburgs
Deepwater Junior High Offers Broad Shop Class Lineup
Students in seventh and eighth grade at Deepwater Junior High can join Basic Woodworking Drafting Leathercraft and machine woodworking A and B and Basic Shop. Basic Woodworking covers hand tool names and simple projects while B focuses on furniture using machine tools. Leathercraft explores leather history and projects such as belts purses and watch bands.
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Deepwater Junior High
Bluebirds Meet At Parkwood Elementary
A second grade group of Blue Birds from Parkwood Elementary School gathers weekly in the school cafeteria to sing, do crafts, visit places, and enjoy outdoor activities. They prepare for the Father Daughter Box Supper on Friday March 14.
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Parkwood
Blue Birds
Deepwater Fifth Grade Produces Prehistoric Ages Film
Deepwater Elementary School fifth graders under Mr James Storr created a color animated film titled Prehistoric Ages. The pupils wrote the script designed background art built characters and ran cameras lights and equipment. They plan to enter it in the Instructional Media Fair at the University of Houston on March 15.
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James Storr
Deepwater
University of Houston
Trades Teachers Act Introduced in Texas
The Texas Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO unveiled HB 1072, the Trades in Education Transition Act, championed by Rep Ed Watson of Deer Park. It would grant full teaching credit for each year of industrial experience and allow vocational teachers to join the teacher retirement system at the relevant experience level if they choose to pay in. The measure aims to recognize industry expertise to attract qualified teachers, with Basic Shop added to Industrial Arts covering mechanics, electricity, woodworking, drawing, and home mechanics through real-life scenarios.
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Texas Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Ed Watson
Deer Park
Rodney Brown
TFT
Watson
Deepwater Junior High Tops in March of Dimes Drive
Deepwater Junior High School led district campaigns by donating 387.62 to the 1975 March of Dimes drive. Student Council organized the effort to aid birth defect prevention. Assistant Superintendent Lee B Gaither praised the leadership and responsibility of the students and Joyce Spitznogle served as faculty sponsor.
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Deepwater Junior High School
Lee B. Gaither
Deepwater Junior’ High
Joyce Spitznogle
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