School Notebook August 26 highlights for local parents
Weekly notes from Blackshear Blanton Burleson Cameron Dowling Gale Pond Alamo Gonzales and Gonzales Elementary. Daily announcements, word of the week and parent meetings outline orientation schedules, rallies, fundraisers, Cub Scout activities, and GT trips.
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Blackshear Elementary
Emma Dominguez
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary
Webster's
New World Dictionary
From aide to teacher Gomez shares dream with Cameron ES
Rose Gomez, 40, a single mother and former library aide, begins her first year teaching second grade at Cameron Elementary. She earned a UT Permian Basin degree while working part time and juggling family. Her students Arlen Zubin and Hannah Wenger praise her bilingual approach and daily English Spanish planning notes.
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Rose Gomez
Cameron
Odessa
Hazel E
Gomez
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Arlen Zubin
Hannah Wenger
Zubin
Wenger
UTPB
Nancy Stone
Stone
Are our teachers qualified
The article questions whether all major subject teachers will be declared highly qualified under the No Child Left Behind Act and notes wide state variations in definitions and enforcement. Experts warn that many states may overstate compliance without solid subject mastery or penalties for shortfalls.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
Chester Finn Jr
Fordham
Yur Yolanda Vejil-Brown English Teacher Profile
Yolanda Vejil-Brown, raised in Kermit and living in Odessa with her two children, teaches English at AIM. A UT El Paso alumna, she collects cookbooks and recipes and shares Suze Orman books with her students. Her mission is to provide formal education and lifelong skills for students to better support themselves. Institution-provided educator profile. call 333-7795 for more information.
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Vejil- Brown
Kermit
Odessa
Vejil-Brown
Suze Orman
University of Texas At el Paso
AIM
Vesil-Brown
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