Holiday season school events and activities list
Daily and weekly notices detail canned food drives PTA programs orchestra concerts and class visits across multiple elementary and junior high schools. Includes Hat Day Progress reports Santa Shop holiday performances and December activities at Goliad Ireland Milam Noel Pease Reagan Ross St Johns St Marys Sam Houston and others with dates and times.
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Gale Pond
Alamo
PTA
ENI Reading
Fire Department
Odessa College
Goliad
Hood Orchestra
Goldsmith
ENI
Crockett Choir
Noel and Crockett
Pease Elementary
Pace
Ector
Pease
Reagan
Ross Elementary
Ross Hood Orchestra
Noel Art Museum
Andrulis, Carrasco and
Miranda
Hazards Found in Dallas ISD Energy Project Work
Dallas ISD faced leaks, dangling light fixtures, and cold classrooms after a $4 million energy upgrade. Investigations by the district and The Dallas Morning News found incomplete and sloppy Johnson Controls work, prompting suspension of further tasks.
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Dallas
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Morning News
James Hughey
Johnson Controls Inc
Michael Flores
Johnson Controls
Heery International Inc
Heery
Robbery and assault report from local sheriffs blotter
A 44-year-old transient says he was struck on the head with an unknown object and robbed of cash between 1 and 4 45 p m at an unspecified location, treated for a head laceration at Medical Center Hospital. A 30-year-old Odessa man reports being struck with a club at a residence in the 800 block of Coleman Street around 7 35 p m Saturday.
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Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Coleman St
Juveniles Arrested After Stolen Card Purchases
Three juveniles were arrested Saturday after authorities recovered items they bought using a stolen credit card. Police say the suspects were found in possession of the goods and are being processed for review.
Odessa man held on aggravated sexual assault charge
A 34 year old Odessa man Javier Melendez is jailed in Ector County on an aggravated sexual assault of a child charge. Bond set at 50000 by a city magistrate at 1610 North Muskingum Avenue.
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Odessa
Ector County
Javier Melendez
N. Muskingum Ave
Arson Suspected After Cross Plains High School Fires
Officials in Cross Plains suspect arson in two fires that destroyed the main building and arts building at Cross Plains High School. The blazes began around 4 a.m. Sunday after intruders likely broke in, with fires starting inside both structures.
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Cross Plains
Cross Plains High School
Abilene
Odessa elementary pilots hands on math with open ended problems
Teachers at four Odessa schools test a new curriculum that minimizes memorization in favor of problem solving and real life tools. They meet to reflect on lessons and will report results to the school board in June. Some teachers prefer Saxon while others seek supplements to keep older students engaged.
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Lightspan
CIT
Bowie Band
Earth Club
Travis
Odessa Fire Department
Holmes Academy
Johnson
DISD
Davidson
Wesley Bowers
Edison Learning Center
Tucker
Mary Jane Malone
Zavala
Latimer
Odessa
Kevin Williams
Reagan Elementary
Williams
Students care for a baby in a hands on parenting course
Snowy and three Summerfield classmates participate in a three day baby care module. Advanced parenting student Kim Johnson says the experience reveals the challenges of parenthood. Each student wears a care bracelet and keeps a journal while managing the infant’s needs and mood settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snowy
Summerfield
Kim Johnson
Cumbee
Janice Jones
Melissa Hill
Babushka Seeks Star to Gift the King at Christmas
A poor hard working woman prepares to visit the newborn king with gifts. She searches the sky for the guiding star but never finds the right road, and legends say she wanders still. Each Christmas children find her gifts left for them, honoring all children.
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Babushka
Ohe
Trial Begins for Mortician Accused of Killing Wife
In Brazoria County, Jay Johnson, 65, a former Sweeny funeral home owner, faces capital murder charges after admitting to the fatal shooting of his common-law wife Edwina Prosen, 57, on Sept. 30, 1991. Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty, with a life sentence possible. Johnson contends the killing was not for life insurance.
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Clute
Sweeny
Jay Johnson
Johnson
Houston
Brazoria County
Prosen
Jeff Prosen
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Chevron
Ireland
Milam
Music Department
PTC
Phillips and Oakley
Martin and Border
St. John’s Episcopal
Daisy Girl Scouts
Trinity School
Midland
St. Mary’s Central Catholic
Sam Houston
TAAS
Ingitorin
Monda
Permian High
Black
Bonham Junior High
Permian High School
Midland Purple
Bonham
Blue
Bowie Purple
Bowie
Gattiland Band
Lee Maroon
Midland Lee
Bowie Junior High
Crockett Junior High
FHA
Seabury Retirement Center
Orchestra
Gattiland
TAME
Nimitz
Hood
Ector Blue
Hood Maroon
Ector White
Hood White
Midland White
Crockett
Brown
Odessa High School
San Antonio
Janice
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