Week of May 22 25 School Notebook Highlights
School Notebook lists upcoming events from local elementary schools Austin Montessori Maghet Burleson Burnet. Regular schedule ends Thursday with awards and programs. Friday Records Day no school. Weekly calendar includes field trips, graduations, and classroom activities across several campuses.
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Austin Montessori Maghet
Carlsbad
Wetcester
Burleson Elementary
Comanche Trail Park
Park
Diamond Lanes
Children’s Museum
Midland
Holiday Inn
Amy Barnes Fourth Grade Teacher at Barnet Elementary
Amy Barnes teaches fourth grade at Barnet Elementary in Odessa. She lives in Odessa with husband Jeffrey Barnes and daughter Allison. A UT Permian Basin graduate, she joined the district to inspire students as contributing, responsible citizens through education.
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Amy Barnes
Barnet Elementary
Barnet
Odessa
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Jeffrey Barnes
Allison Barnes
Math Jeopardy style lesson boosts TAKS prep
Barbara Jordan Elementary second graders play a Jeopardy inspired math game funded by the ECISD Education Foundation to align with TAKS math objectives. Students pick dollar value questions across six categories and solve problems on numbers patterns geometry measurements probability and math tools.
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Barbara Jordan
Justin Vier
Marcos Cepeda
Alex
Ecisd Education Foundation
Tammy Joy
Spear
Cheri Carter
Christy Ordener
Helen Reyes
Libby Sibert
Havyn Williams
Taylor Coppedge
Joy
Fun Jeopardy style math game boosts reading and digits
Joy praises a PowerPoint based Jeopardy style math tool used by HAVYN WILLIAMS and CINDERA NEASY at Odessa American. The program blends graphics with worksheets to decipher and read while teaching addition and subtraction. Students find learning fun and engaging.
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Joy
College presidents face rough year across nation
A turbulent academic year left many college leaders battered by crises from hurricane recovery to a high profile firing. Harvard's Lawrence Summers drew attention as a wave of resignations and no confidence votes hit presidents from Case Western to Duke amid fundraising and budget concerns.
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Boston
Harvard
Lawrence Summers
Duke
Sheldon Steinbach
American Council On Education
Case Western Reserve
Edward Hundert
William Cooper
University of Richmond
University of Maine
American University
Gallaudet University
Eastern
Oregon
Indiana
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Upstate New York
New Orleans
Tulane
Scott Cowen
Richard Brodhead
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Blanton Elementary
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Park
Burnet Elementary
Cindera Nealy
Education Foundation
Cindera Neasy
Rocio Andujo
Barbara Jordan Elementary
Katrina
Gerald Herbert AP
Stephen Trachtenberg
George Washington University
Washington
Trachtenberg
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