School Notebook weekly calendar of a district
School Notebook lists weekly items for parents across campuses with exams tutorials at Education Center evening sessions for seventh to twelfth grades and various events. It covers Lamar Early Education Center Burleson Burnet Cameron Cavazos Christ's Lutheran and Dowling schools with schedules including Christmas programs D.A.R.E graduations and staff development days.
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Ms. Hutchins
Don Juan
Mr. Gattis
Ector County Coliseum
Santa
Music City Mall
Blackshear Bobcats
Rollertown
McCall Place
Burleson
Buddies
Ronald McDonald
Santa Pictures
DARE
Fire Department
Burnet Elementary
Nimitz
Cameron
Pledge of Allegiance
Villegas
Woodard
Cavazosizos Elementary
Ellen Noel Art Museum
Chica Bruswold
Christ's Lutheran School
Dowling
Ellen
California moves to phonics based reading guidelines
California Board of Education approves voluntary 1998 reading guidelines to shift from whole language to phonics for 5.7 million students. Board leaders, including Yvonne Larsen, tout improved literacy while critics warn reduced teaching options. The four subject standards now guide teaching methods and will influence questions on the upcoming statewide tests.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
California Board of Education
Bill Lucia
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Washington, D.C
Yvonne Larsen
Marjorie Knox
Turlock
A Worldly Christmas Celebrated by Odessa Students
Ross Elementary students celebrated Christmas Around the World with music, language, traditions, decorations, and foods from ten nations. First grade teacher Lynda Terry helped coordinate the event to help students understand how customs originate, featuring Dutch windmills and German gingerbread houses.
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Ross
Lynda Terry
Holland
Germany
Local students explore Christmas traditions abroad in snow filled event
In a school gym event, local students learn how nations celebrate Christmas. A record snowfall enhanced the morning festivities as children describe customs from China Sweden and more. Taylor Oakley 7 explains Santa and tree names while Brittany McCollum shares Santa Lucia crown attire and Swedish traditions.
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Amy Courtney
Brittany McCollum
Sweden
Ross Elementary
Terry
Taylor Oakley
China
Taylor
Brittany
Special havens help kids cope with neighborhood stress
Erick Villegas, seven, creates a private refuge under his bed where imagination turns a dark crawl space into a mountain hideaway. A Ohio State University study notes children in high crime areas make personal havens, offering safety and control beyond their socioeconomic status.
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Dallas
Daddy
Erick
Erick Villegas
Hollywood
Ohio State University
Barbara Polivka
Ohio State Report
The Rabbi's Rubles Adapted Story of Abraham the Cobbler
A poor cobbler and his wife distrust a rabbi's Hanukkah sermon about equality in the next world. The rabbi explains that those rich in this life are poor in the hereafter while the poor are rich in the next world. Abraham seeks proof and scenes unfold with faith, wealth, and moral sense.
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Abraham
Rachel
Hanukkah
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