Local School Notebook Highlights Weekly Events
Blanton Elementary hosts daily pledges and a sixth grade Human Growth and Development session with a scholastic book fair in the library. Burleson and Cavazos hold events from Boy Scout rallies to science fair buses, while many campuses run PTA meetings, fundraisers, and parent workshops throughout the week.
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Blanton
Andy Davis
Burleson Elementary
Cavazos Elementary
Ector County Coliseum
Coliseum
PTA
Gale Pond Alamo
Hays
Ireland
Learning to be teachers By Ginger Pope Odessa American
Alice Graham serves as a long time substitute at Murray Fly Elementary in ECISD while awaiting a regular teacher’s medical leave return. She is among about 500 district substitutes this year and notes annual training has evolved from no training to a structured program. Graham remains hopeful about the system’s improvement for substitutes and students.
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Alice Graham
Murray Fly Elementary
Graham
Fly
Ector County Independent
Lynne Norwood
ECISD
Norwood
Human Resources Department
ECISD Expands Substitute Training for Better Classroom Readiness
ECISD has grown its substitute training to provide tools for substitutes to cover lessons effectively. Norwood, leading the program for three years, transforms brief orientations into sessions teaching classroom management, materials coverage, and engagement to minimize disruption. Over 100 prospects attended August through September with next training set for October 6.
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Norwood
McCleery
Williamson
Virginia allows opt out of animal dissection in schools
Grace Kendall, now a Stafford High junior, chose computer and other alternatives over dissections since seventh grade. Virginia joins nine states requiring districts to provide nontraditional learning tools while preserving hands-on study, amid debate on ethics and learning outcomes.
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Richmond
Grace Kendall
Stafford High School
Grace
Virginia
Rebecca Ross
Cave Spring High School
Roanoke County
Ross
National Association of Biology Teachers
Anne Tweed
National Science Teachers Association
Florida
California
New Jersey
Argentina
India
Israel
People For the Ethical Treatment of
The
Humane Society of
United States
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Mark Sterkel
Odessa
Ginger Pope
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Necole Williamson
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Mackenzie Emerson
Lindsay Boardman
Nicole Baker
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