Alamo Elementary Uses Year Round Schedule in ECISD
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary, ECISD’s only year round campus, operates nine weeks on two weeks off. Students returned from a two week intercession on June 12, with about 60 students per intercession class. Principal Janet Baker notes improved readiness and procedures, while Pam Walker highlights reduced transitions and enhanced flexibility. The school earned exemplary TAAS scores last year.
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Gale Pond Alamo
Gale Pond
Alamo Elementary
ECISD
Alamo
Janet Baker
Pam Walker
Baker
Amanda
Mitchell
Pwyll and Rhiannon A Welsh Fairy Tale
A tale from Dyfed follows Prince Pwyll who loves Rhiannon a fairy queen. After a magical pact and a child’s abduction, Rhiannon is wrongly accused and subjected to seven years of public shame while maintaining dignity.
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Rhiannon
Pwyll
Award-winning school discovers its tribal culture
Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Florida sees Ahtachkee School, with 142 students, gain a Title I School award as the tribe’s education budget exceeds 12 000 per student. Principal Sharon Byrd-Gaffney cites a Seminole prep mission while critics note historic funding contrasts.
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Big Cypress
Fla
The
Everglades
Middle of
Nowhere
Ahtachkee
Sharon Byrd-Gaffney
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Education Association
New Jersey
Florida
Pat Tornillo
Florida Education Association
Tornillo
Patrick Gaffney
Harvard study finds teen binge drinking not curbed by laws
In Boston the Harvard School of Public Health reports many college binge drinkers are white males under 21 who access cheap or free alcohol at fraternities and bars. Older students tend to drink more, while underage drinkers often rely on older friends or local venues to obtain liquor.
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Boston
Harvard School of Public
Henry Webster
Harvard
Craig Lareau
Westborough
Ienet
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Cor Takemoto
Odessa
Valerie Landeros
Karla Ronquillo
Ashley Barker
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary
Meagan Epperson
Britney Spears
Walker
Cori Takemoto
Wales
Dyfed
Earth
Gonunedon
Seananaeis
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