School Notebook weekly events for ECISD families
School Notebook lists the week's items for ECISD parents listing multiple campuses and activities. Dates show Labor Day no school, PTA meetings, parent nights, picture days, Just Say No campaigns, scouts, book fairs and trainings across Blackshear Burnet Burnett Cavazos Dowling Goliad Hays Johnson Leber Leaman Pease and St. John’s.
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Odessa College
Blackshear
Burleson
Burnettet Elementary
Burnett
Tucker
Permian Basin
Tindell
LPAC
SERSI
Pitman/Leon
Bookfair
Pitman
Cavazos
Brownie
Dowling Elementary
Gale Pond-Alamo
Goliad Elementary
PTA
D.A.R.E Schroer
Acosta
Hays
Russell. Johnson
LBJ Spirit
Burger King
Pease Elementary
Pace
Tote Neale Claee Peaien Gia Soesk
St. John’s Episcopal
Education software and the mixed promises of a computer era
A decade into the home computer era American schools spend five billion dollars on computers this year and over ten million children joined the Internet this summer. But low quality or marketing heavy educational software fouls early experiences. yet experts say mastering the medium offers exceptional opportunities despite hazards and a flood of sites and unfiltered email.
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Maria Tompkin
Miami Shores
Fla
Horace Mann Middle School
Warren Buckleitner
Children’s Software Revue
Eggs as classroom partners charm Barbara Jordan Elementary
Fifth grade students at Barbara Jordan Elementary use hard boiled eggs to teach responsibility science and art. They read to their eggs budget for toys plan menus and care for their eggs like babies. Some mishaps occurred including a broken egg and a second replacement. Students also explored air pressure and mosaic art and will test egg survival after a foot fall.
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Steve
Stacy
Barbara Jordan Elementary
Lori Yoakam
Youkam
Sarah Trickett
Brian
Sally Darvin
Emily Orwell
Brianna Lisenbe
Barbara Jordan
Nicholas Cook
Blake
Inset
Marcus
Justin Ortiz
Protector of the Fish and the River Spirit
In a tale illustrated by Jillian Gilliland, the sacred Ganges river is guarded by Ganga the river goddess. The makara a fish deer headed guardian learns from a crane about saving river fish from fishermen to protect the river’s living beings and spiritual cleansing.
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India
Ganges
Ganga
Eeles
Crane
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Austin
Dunkirk
N.Y
Aiones
Jillian Gilliland