Odessa Area School Week Notebook Highlights
The Odessa notebook lists school events for Austin, Burnet, Cavazos, Gale Pond Alamo, Goliad, Elementary S, Johnson, Pease, Reagan, St Johns, St Marys, Sam Houston, Crockett, Hood, and related activities. Registration, teacher trainings, meet the teacher nights, open houses, and schedules are noted with dates and times for the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Pond
Alamo
Incentive program creates rift in Texas schools
Texas principals may share in up to 5 million dollars under the Principal Performance Incentives Program tied to 1995 96 school ratings. Some educators welcome the cash while teachers say the plan harms team spirit and widens pay gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Kent Grusendorf
Burlington
Texas Education Agency
Criss Cloudt
George W
Eapa
Round Rock High School
Sheila Anderson
Teachers Dig for Dinosaurs Boost Science Summers
Fourteen teachers from across Texas joined the Lone Star Dinosaur Field Institute near Glen Rose to dig for fossils and learn hands on science. They were videotaped, given dinosaur claw replicas, and plan to use the resources in classrooms as they pursue more engaging science lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Magnet Elementary
Fort Worth Museum
Frentress
Institute
Barney Welch
Atlanta
Welch
ECISD
Olympic Press Operations
Main Press
U.S. Central Command
San Antonio
Fort Worth Museum of Science and
Travis
Janett Frontress
Sandra Hines
Richland Hills
Glen Rose
Lone Star Dinosaur Institute
Hansel and Gretel Fairy Tale Rescue in Moonlit Woods
A poor woodcutter and his wife abandon Hansel and Gretel to starve. Hansel leaves a trail of pebbles by moonlight to guide them home, but the stepmother again schemes to abandon them. They survive the trek with help from the trail and their father. See STORY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansel
Gretel
Woodccutter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Odessa
Burnet Elementary
Cavazos
Goliad
Hays
PTA
Pease Elementary
Reagan Elementary
St. John’s Episcopal
St. Mary's Central Catholic
Sam Houston
East 35Th Street
Crockett Junior High
Hood Junior High
Hood
H. Lynn Russell
John O'Sullivan
Texas Federation of Teachers
United States
Netherlands
Centennial Park
Icieace
JoJuana Haynes
Noel Magnet Elementary
Claude Teague
Gardendale
Haynes
Eine Cenin
Larry Beckner
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and