Year: 2023
Maroney was Adams Elementary’s first principal October marks National Principals Month, and we want to honor the principals who work hard in our vision of making the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV a premier school district and leader in education. Today we’re spotlighting new Lamar High School principal Lesley Maroney. While Maroney may be new to Lamar, she’s certainly not…
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New junior high is funded by the 2019 Bond This was a little different than an outdoor concert at the Levitt Pavilion. This outdoor venue featured piles of rubble. And the backdrop for Carter Junior High’s orchestra, band and choir included two huge yellow earth movers. As the student musicians played and sang, the walls…
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Board honors student of the month and community partner ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s Board of Trustees meeting on October 5, 2023, is in the books, and here are a few of the highlights. There’s no better way to start a board meeting than with some smooth jazz. The award-winning jazz ensemble from Martin High School – Martin…
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Rankin students will want to eat their veggies All parents know the struggle of getting kids to eat their vegetables.  But what if kids knew that a vegetable was more than just a gross item on the grocery shopping list?  Well, that’s what the Eat Well Feel Well Garden & Nutrition Project is for.…
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Grant is funding health science and automotive equipment Last week the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV got to celebrate the fact that the district received more than $450,000 from the Texas Workforce Commission as part of the Regional Jobs for Education for Texans (JET) Grant. There was a check presentation with ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV interim superintendent Dr. Steven Wurtz…
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Teaching is the joy of Blanca Wiegman’s life We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by spotlighting several ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV staff members about their Hispanic heritage. This week we caught up with Blanca Wiegman, a pre-K teacher at Bebensee Elementary School. 〉How long have you been a teacher? And how long at Bebensee and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV? Being…
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Circle your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 24. That’s when the window for enrolling students for specialized programs for the 2023-24 school year opens. And what better way to kick off that window than with a big event? And this year’s Explore ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV is bigger than ever. That’s what happens when you continue to provide new opportunities…
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STEMtacular event includes entire families If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? To fly? Teleport? Super strength perhaps? Here at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV, superpowers are endless. Our superheroes [our teachers] are always finding ways to launch every child’s learning experience every single day and help them become superheroes themselves!  That’s why last week our…
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Thornton celebrates with singing, dancing and tamales Tamara Edwards, Thornton Elementary School’s music teacher, lined her choir students up on the stage stairs and then sat down at the piano. The standing-room-only crowd in the cafetorium, along with the overflow in the library watching the live stream, waited patiently for the students to start singing…
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Make-A-Wish surprised student at school Foster Elementary pre-K student Ayden Borrego may be too young to understand everything he’s been through. He was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 1. What 1-year-old understands that? He doesn’t know the background of Make-A-Wish either. Not a lot of 4-year-olds do. But Ayden does know what Disney World…
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