Home school students honored for regional and state awards
The San Antonio area recognizes home schooled students and parents for top awards. Amber Hendricks won the area spelling bee and placed second regionally with the Express-News event. Joshua Baumgartner took first in National Geography Bee for the area and tied for fourth in the state. Parents June and Bob Hurley named Pleasanton Couple of the Year.
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Amber Hendricks
Floresville
San Antonio
Jason Ferguson
Dallas
EXCEL
Texas
June
Bob Hurley
Pleasanton
Chamber of Commerce
Bob
Brymers
Hurleys
Hollands
Amanda Brymer
Justin Trevino
Abraham Holland
Local Home School Events Highlight Arts Sports and Scholarships
Read about 30 students in the Eagle's Nest Home School Co op presenting Romeo and Juliet in San Antonio. Regina Matthews wins the Poteet Strawberry Festival Fiddle Championship for the fourth time in April. National Merit recognition comes for Jed Arnold and Nathan Palmer. Local N2K Basketball results list multiple age groups and winners. Debate prizes in Texas lead to San Diego. Noah Holland named Assistant Covey Leader for 2000 camp. Home School Book Fair May 19 20 in San Antonio call 210-342-4674 for details.
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Eagle’s Nest Home School Co-op
San Antonio
Gregory
Friar John
Regina Matthews
Jed Arnold
Nathan Palmer
N2k
Shooting Stars
Feast Patriots
Home School Legal Defense Association
Texas Home School Coalition
John Lumberg
Micah Ledbetter
Thomas Urbecia
Luke de
Ris Smith
Michael Smith
San Diego
Noah Holland
Bobwhite Brigade Quail
Family Educators Alliance of South Texas
Floresville students display art in Austin Reflections program
Floresville High School artists Michael Dunn and William Rodriguez were chosen from over 1,100 entries for the Texas PTA Reflections exhibit in Austin. The two earned excellence and merit awards for visual arts and city streets. other Floresville students won in literature and visual arts with works titled The Church and One Small Step for Frog, One Giant Leap for Frogkind. The display runs May 25 to July 20 at state offices, with Stacy Moss noted on page 19.
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Michael Dunn
William Rodriguez
Floresville High School
Texas Pta
Austin
Texas Education Agency
William B. Travis
N. Congress Ave
Texas Commission On the Arts
Colorado
Floresville
Stacey Moss
Michael
William
Amanda
Retirements announced for Sellers and Rutledge
A retirement reception honors Julie Sellers for 30 years and Betty Rutledge for 26 years. The event runs 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday May 19 at the Floresville Middle School Cafeteria.
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Julie Sellers
Betty Rutledge
Floresville Middle School
Sellers
Rutledge
Floresville PreK and Kindergarten Registration Urged
Parents urged to register children for PreK and Kindergarten for next school year by June 2. Registration at the Early Childhood Campus. For more information call 830 393 5700.
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Floresville
Harmony Elementary Fourth Graders Bake Cookies for Charity
Fourth grade students in East Central Independent School District organized a cookie bake and sale at Harmony Elementary to raise 250 dollars for the East Central Social Services Department. They measured, mixed, and baked seventy dozen cookies in groups of four and sold them to peers and staff. Willie Gaines distributed the items to needy families.
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Harmony Elementary
East Central Independent School District
East Central Social Services Department
HEB
Beverly Gonzales
Harmony
Willie Gaines
Yvette Puga
Downs Receives Degree From Howard Payne University
Bryan L. Downs earned a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems with a business minor at Howard Payne University in Brownwood on May 6. He was active in the university band and served as a lab assistant in the computer science department. He works as a senior sales associate at Radio Shack in Early and has been promoted to assistant manager, effective June 1, with plans after summer training to manage a Radio Shack in the Austin area. He is a 1996 Floresville High School graduate and is the son of Linda Downs and DPS Sgt. Jack Downs, with sister Jennifer and grandparents Charles and Jo East noted.
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Bryan L. Downs
Howard Payne University
Brownwood
Bryan
Radio Shack
Floresville High School
Linda Downs
Floresville
DPS
Sgt
Jack Downs
Gonzales
Jennifer Downs
Charles and
Jo East
San Antonio
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Kit Talley
Lady Patriots
Chicago
Houston
San Marcos
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Holland
Sandra G. Holland
FHS
Karen
Mary Meister
Mary
Reflections
Amanda Camp
Karen Hatch
Clarkson & Volkman Attorneys
San Antonio, Texas
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Joshua Tapia
Rocky Sanchez
Jordan Borash
Veanna Campos
Courtney Jones
Valerie Pardo
Amber Meeks
Wesley Powers
Mary Ann Ramirez
GRACE
George W. Bush
Rochelle Cotton
Wilsoncounty
News.com
Downs
Austin Area
Sutherland Springs
New Heights
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