School Notebook Items for Week of March 6 12
No school on due to Staff Development Day. Daily activities include tutoring from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and pledges by specific classes. Several events loom, such as PTA Open House and book fair times, with regular meetings and recognitions listed throughout the week.
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PTA
Gary Petersen
Library
Cougar News Broadcast by Sixth Grade Class
Daily at 7:35 a.m. a Cougar newscast is presented by Connie Janousek and her sixth grade class. See NOTEBOOK Page 2B.
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Connie Janousek
School Notebook Highlights Weekly School Updates
Each week School Notebook lists items of interest to parents of local students. Information comes from individual schools and includes word of the week definitions from Webster's New World Dictionary.
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Webster's
New World Dictionary
Tammy Joy Teaches Second Grade at Jordan Elementary
Tammy Joy of Odessa teaches second grade at Jordan Elementary, a UT El Paso alumna with husband Ron and two daughters. She grew up in Odessa and values 174 days of smiles, hugs, and learning, aiming to spark a love of knowledge in students. Educator profiles are provided by the school. For more information, call 333-7641.
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Tammy Joy
Jordan Elementary
Jordan
Odessa
University of Texas At el Paso
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Keri
Kara
Permian Basin science fair offers prizes and routes to ISEF
The Permian Basin Regional Science Fair on March 17 18 at UTPB awards trophies medallions and ribbons for first second and third in each category. Senior division winners and the Team category winner go to the International Science and Engineering Fair in May in Indianapolis. UTPB offers scholarships to first place in each category and two grand prize winners who attend the university.
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Ryleigh Weaver
LBJ
Ryleigh
Permian Basin
Doug Spence
Spence
Lauren Lossin
Young scientists shine at FIRST LEGO League event in Troy
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy youths aged 9 to 14 form teams such as the Rambots and Seymour Cyberteks compete with LEGO Mindstorms robots. The competition blends science and sport to spark interest in engineering amid concerns over a shrinking U.S. tech pipeline.
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Troy
N.Y
LEGO
Rambots
Seymour Cyberteks
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Kamen
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