ECISD Weekly Notebook Highlights School Events
ECISD parent newsletter lists school events and timings for Montoya Minnick Graham Ponce DeLeon Simpson MacMurdo and local elementary sites. Activities include PTA meetings honors assemblies perfect attendance programs reading tests Kids on the Block shows Lightspan tutoring and Girl Scout and Brownie troop meetings with multiple grade level schedules through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montoya
Minnick and Graham
Midland International Airport
Ponce DeLeon
Simpson and MacMurdo
Blackshear
Kfly T.V
Goldsmith
RIF
PTA
Emer Inten
Lightspan
Brownie
Milam Elementary
Ms. Henry
UTPB official shares year in Morocco and cultural adjustments
Gomez describes a six month Moroccan sojourn in Ifrane with Patricio Jaramillo noting her return brings new ideas. She recalls cold Atlas climate, fasting during Ramadan, avoiding Friday noon classes, and losing 18 pounds as she adapted to Muslim practices and local life.
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Patricio Jaramillo
UTPB
Gomez
Morocco
Ifrane
Atlas Mountains
Goghar Agente
Vickie Gomez
Crown Prince
Kuwait
al Akhwayn University
Senate debate on Robin Hood plan in school funding
Senate leaders may alter the Robin Hood funding formula as Bill Ratliff pledges to craft a solution. Governor Bush pushes a property tax relief bill to reduce reliance on property taxes for schools, aiming for a more equitable system amid Supreme Court rulings.
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Texas Supreme Court
Bill Ratliff
Senate Finance Committee
Ratliff
Rgev
George W. Bush
Bush
American Statesman
Institute shows how to teach using TV
AP report on St Colman’s School educator Suzie Ament promoting classroom TV use. She argues video enables lessons beyond traditional chalkboard teaching with captions, hands on projects, and question driven activities aided by bright rooms and student Internet research.
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Pittsburgh
Suzie Ament
Tim
Ament
St. Colman's School
Corporation For Public Broadcasts
Texaco Inc
Beowulf Faces Grendel in Danes Hall Heorot
Beowulf sails from his homeland to aid King Hrothgar of Denmark. He faces Grendel in Heorot as nobles fear defeat. Beowulf vows to end the monster's terror and restore peace through bold, noble action.
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Denmark
Hrothgar
Heorot
Thanes
Grendel
Beowulf
Sasa
Gundeaeles
Comet
Od von Grendel
Elee
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Kinder Family
Burnet
Cavazos Elementary
Family Education Center
Fly Elementary
Ms. Pierce
Ms. Chavez
Martin Luther King Jr
Ms. Wingo
N. Africa
Odessa
Mark Sterkei
Senate
Beowulf and
Ster
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