School Notebook Highlights Week of March 2025
The page lists school events for parents across local schools. Pledges by kindergartners, magnet open enrollment, and the start of the fourth nine weeks appear. Sixth grade Pride Day and picture money due are noted alongside science fair happenings.
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Rachel Gladden
Thrasher
Blanton Elementary School Notebook Highlights Weekly Events
Daily pledges and activities from Blanton Elementary include parents' tea, after school tutoring, AR bowling and spelling parties, spirit days, and reporting cards. Plans for Crockett Junior High and Ireland Magnet School feeder activities are noted, with breakfast, testing, and GT program details.
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Ireland
Crockett Junior High
CIT
Bowie
Micah Pettigrew Teaches Structured Communications at LBJ Elementary
Micah Pettigrew teaches Structured Communications for special education from kindergarten through sixth grade at LBJ Elementary. She lives in Odessa and grew up there, with a husband Nathan and two daughters Makayla 13 Autum 11. Pettigrew graduated from University of Phoenix in Phoenix Arizona and aims to help her students become productive members of society. Her class mission is that each student becomes the best they can be. For more information call 333 7641.
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Micah Pettigrew
LBJ Elementary
Odessa
University of Phoenix
Phoenix
Ariz
Nathan Pettigrew
Makayla
Autum
Noel Elementary’s Science Team peer teaches younger students
First year teacher Jeff Vann started a Science Team where sixth graders tutor fourth graders on planets and the solar system. In February Haylen Roper and peers moved among desks answering questions and guiding lessons, with students creating worksheets and conducting research at their own level.
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Noel
Brandy Davila
Kayla Castillo
Haylea Roper
Caitlyn Poston
Billy Carter
Tray von Cryer
Lorenzo Rivas
Emily Gainer
Noel Elementary
Haylen Roper
Haylen
Mason Braun
Jeff Vann
Vann
Andrea Martin
Academic redshirting fuels debate in education
Bedford mother recalls delaying Griffin Hunt's start at age five amid concerns boys lag in readiness. National data show about 9 percent of five year olds are redshirted nationwide. Advocates cite birthday timing and maturity benefits while researchers worry about social delays and keeping teachers inclusive. See SCHOOL DELAY Page 28
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Center For Education Statistics
Texas
Alan Simpson
National Association For the Education of Young Children
Association of Early Childhood
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Blackshear
Blanton Elementary
Cheryl Speer
Burleson Elementary
Crockett
Burnet
Webster's
New World Dictionary
Mark Sterkeljodessa
Science
Aby Martinez
Mark Sterkel
Bedford
Griffin Hunt
Griffin
Jennifer Hunt
Hunt