School Notebook week of May 15 20 events in Midland area
Local weekly notes for parents list May 15–20 events across Austin Montessori Magnet Elementary and feeder activities. TAKS retests, field trips to Midland, Renaissance ceremonies and swim party at Odessa College, AR parties, bowling, talent shows, guitar and orchestra events, and Campus celebrations with pledges and recognitions noted.
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Gattiland
Midland
Odessa College
YMCA
Music City Mall
Permian High School
School Notebook Weekly Notice of Local Student Items
Each week School Notebook lists items of interest to parents of local students. Information is provided by the individual schools. Word of the week definitions are from Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition.
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Webster's
New World Dictionary
Susan Talley Teaches Structured Communications at LBJ Elementary
Susan Talley, educator at LBJ Elementary in Odessa, teaches structure communications for special education across kindergarten to sixth grade. She lives in Odessa, grew up there, and graduated from Odessa College, Texas Woman's University, and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Her husband is Duane Talley, with three sons, one daughter-in-law, and one granddaughter. Her hobbies are reading, flowers, and Bible study. She teaches to help children reach their potential and provides resources to help each student learn.
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Susan Talley
LBJ Elementary
Odessa
Odessa College
Texas Woman's University
Denton
University of Texas of the
Duane Talley
Intersession Mexico Celebration at Gale Pond Alamo
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary showcases intersession themes with a Mexico study culminating in a gym performance. Students ages 12 and younger wear traditional dress, learn pesos and shopping concepts, and enjoy Mexican music, dance, and related crafts as they explore culture Africa and Hawaii also featured.
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Gale Pond
Alamo
Odessa
Ryce Press
Alamo Elementary
el Cinco de Mayo
Mexico
Assis
Texas
Africa
Hawaii
Warber
Bryce
Steven Morales
Rising number of schools face restructuring under No Child Left Behind
About 1,750 U.S. schools are ordered into drastic restructuring including mass layoffs, closure or state takeover for five straight years of underperformance. The trend, up 44 percent in a year, may reach 10,000 as penalties rise. The piece cites credits to the Fordham Foundation and notes widespread testing exclusions masking progress, with Tucson’s Lawrence Intermediate School cited as an overhaul exemplar.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Michael Petrilli
Education Department
Petrilli
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
Lawrence Intermediate
Ross Sheard
Tucson Unified
Henry Johnson
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Austin Montessori Magnnet
Barbara Jordan
Blackshear Elementary
Vivian Willey
Tanessa Cortez
Blanton Elementary
Meet Susan Talley
Cuttin
Mark Sterkes
Tant
Denise Shetter
Amanda Warber
Myrna Sotelo
Permian Basin
Steven
Mark Sterkel
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