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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1996

Page

9

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hansel Gretel Woodccutter

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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
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