School Notebook highlights ECISD programs and events
ECISD lists deadlines for Advanced Academic Services applications and notes monthly themes Loyalty and Justice. It details activities at Carver and Lamar Early Education Centers, elementary tutorials, regional training, PTA meetings, Groundhog Day events, and various student programs across campuses with daily items and special programs.
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ECISD
Bowie Junior High
Ector
Building Good Citizens For
Texas
Carver Early Education Center
Blackshear Kinderbuddies
Lamar Early Education Center
LPAC
Burleson Elementary
PTC
Burnet Elementary
Bell
Mellory/Collins
Gear UP Hood
Nancy Campbell
Hood GT
Bredemeyer
Hawk
Beranek/Cronenworth
Kirkpatrick
Rosson and Bredemeyer
Watson/Pittman
Vision GT
Midland
Rosson
Jones, Moore and Brooks
Mr. Gatti’s
Cavazos Elementary
Kambo Taas
Noel Art Institute
Duzce Children Return to Tent Classrooms After Quakes
In Duzce, Turkey, 13 year old Hacer Oncer attends class in a tent as schools reopen after August and November quakes. Only three of 87 schools survived. classes run in tents with limited electricity and water. Psychologists caution on trauma while mothers and teachers note renewed routine and relief from months of idleness. Over 18,000 people died in the two quakes and the city of 80,000 was heavily damaged.
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Duzce
Turkey
Hacer Oncer
Annie Atasoy
Gonca Ozel
Istanbul
Family of Columbine victim moves to Houston
Relatives of Isaiah Shoels, the only black student killed at Columbine, relocate to a Houston suburb seeking normalcy after the massacre. Michael and Vonda Shoels, who moved two weeks ago, recall the difficulty of reclaiming life while pursuing a wrongful death suit against the killers’ parents.
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Houston
Columbine High School
Michael
Vonda Shoels
Texas
Isaiah
Michigan
Geoffrey Fieger
Sam Riddle
Sheelses
Colorado
ECISD posts board agendas and summaries online
ECISD trustees votes, amendments and discussions are now posted on the Internet for Odessans to read at home. Lynn Burton notes the district’s size makes online access vital while Adela Vasquez says the summaries are posted the day after each meeting to inform teachers and staff who cannot attend.
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ECISD
Adela Vasquez
Vasquez
Snow Maiden Tales From Russia Adapted by Friedman
In a Russian village a merchant and his wife bless their first girl Snow Maiden with Fairy Queen magic. Jealousy wounds the second child Scot Maiden while Snow Maiden endures abuse. Banishment to a northern icy field ends in meeting King Frost as winter settles in.
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Russia
Snow Maiden
Scot Maiden
King Frost
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FHA
Syntishiya Moses
Vanessa Payen
Elvia Alvarez
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the Snow Maiden
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