San Antonio
West Campus Wonderland
The story till now: South San ISD wants to shut down low performing, low enrollment school. Parents protest and attempt to get a court injunction which is denied. The school district retaliates by suing the parents for court costs. The parents’ lawyer, David Van Os, has a press conference and reads a blog posting supposedly [...]
San Antonio School District College Nights
Announcements Judson ISD College Fair The 21st annual Judson ISD College Fair is Oct. 9 at Wagner High School from 7-8:30 p.m. The fair is designed to help families begin planning for college. Ninth through twelfth grade students—and their parents–can visit with representatives from dozens of state and national colleges and universities. “College representatives will [...]
San Antonio SAT Prep
Announcements SAT Prep Class Offered by: Pauline Bauml (math) and Cayce Yarbrough (language) Both of these teachers are well known, respected and valued in the home school community. Studies have shown that prep courses will boost students’ test scores significantly and, with these two teachers, your student will look forward to these beneficial classes. Location: [...]
San Antonio Science Fair Planning Seminar
Science Fair Planning Seminar The Alamo Regional Academy of Science& Engineering (ARASE) is holding a planning a seminar on Saturday, September 29th 2007 to discuss with teachers, parents, and students the steps necessary fordoing a science fair project. This will be a great opportunity to get some great tips to gear up for the [...]
PSAT Info for San Antonio Homeschool Students
Calendars : Northside Independent School District – San Antonio, TX 78238 October 17, 2007 7:45 am to 12:30 pm PSAT Testing Opportunity for Home School Students Home school students whose instructional level is either Grade 10 or 11 are eligible to take the PSAT at Northside ISD schools if they live inside the Northside boundary. [...]
Not even the teachers are safe
As if they don’t have enough to worry about: Robbers Target Elementary School Teachers | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News Northside ISD told News 4 WOAI that burglars, who may be trying to pose as parents, are sneaking into classrooms at the end of the school day and stealing teachers’ wallets and purses. Technorati Tags: teachers, [...]
Scholarship opportunity
So you aren’t stuck blogging. MySA.com: KENS 5: Education The local chapter of the Association of Hispanic Journalists is accepting applications for 2007 scholarships. Scholarships up to $5,000 are available for San Antonio and Bexar County minority college students pursuing a career in the communications industry. Applications are available at www.saahj.org or by calling (210) [...]
Judson ISD Open Textbook Forum
District Calendar – 2/6/2007: Tuesday, February 6th, 2007, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Administrative Office Board Room and Conference Room, 8012 Shin Oak Drive, Live Oak, Texas
San Antonio Ice Storm
This has nothing to do with education except for my own. I know we were very lucky in that we suffered no lasting harm from the recent ice storm however, we did loose our tree. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a very big deal. But we live in south Texas (as oppose [...]
Mixed signals, ignored signals
This is a big deal in Texas since anyone in the top ten percent in the class is automatically accepted at any state university. MySA.com: Metro | State: Dozens of parents of high school students in the North East Independent School District let school board members know late Monday they’re not happy with how the [...]