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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鈥檚 orchestra, band and choir included two huge yellow earth movers. As the student musicians played and sang, the walls…
Board honors student of the month and community partner 91直播鈥檚 Board of Trustees meeting on October 5, 2023, is in the books, and here are a few of the highlights. There鈥檚 no better way to start a board meeting than with some smooth jazz. The award-winning jazz ensemble from Martin High School 鈥 Martin…
Rankin students will want to eat their veggies All parents know the struggle of getting kids to eat their vegetables. 聽 But what if kids knew that a vegetable was more than just a gross聽item on the grocery shopping list? 聽 Well, that鈥檚 what the Eat Well Feel Well Garden & Nutrition Project is for.…
Grant is funding health science and automotive equipment Last week the 91直播 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 91直播 interim superintendent Dr. Steven Wurtz…
Teaching is the joy of Blanca Wiegman’s life We鈥檙e celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by spotlighting several 91直播 staff members about their Hispanic heritage. This week we caught up with Blanca Wiegman, a pre-K teacher at Bebensee Elementary School. 鈱狧ow long have you been a teacher? And how long at Bebensee and 91直播? Being…
Circle your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 24. That鈥檚 when the window for enrolling students for聽specialized programs聽for the 2023-24 school year opens. And what better way to kick off that window than with a big event? And this year鈥檚 Explore 91直播 is bigger than ever. That鈥檚 what happens when you continue to provide new opportunities…
STEMtacular event includes entire families If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? To fly? Teleport? Super strength perhaps?聽 Here at 91直播, superpowers are endless. Our superheroes [our teachers] are always finding ways to launch every child鈥檚聽learning experience every single day and help them become superheroes themselves!聽聽 That鈥檚 why last week our…
Thornton celebrates with singing, dancing and tamales Tamara Edwards, Thornton Elementary School鈥檚 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…
Make-A-Wish surprised student at school Foster Elementary pre-K student Ayden Borrego may be too young to understand everything he鈥檚 been through. He was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 1. What 1-year-old understands that? He doesn鈥檛 know the background of Make-A-Wish either. Not a lot of 4-year-olds do. But Ayden does know what Disney World…
CBS anchor presents award to Buksa Last week, Speer Elementary celebrated 鈥淏uksa Day鈥 鈥撀燼s her students聽called it 鈥 here in 91直播. The school recognized fifth-grade teacher Sarah Buksa for the dedication that she pours into her students and their families.聽聽 The one thing about the day was that Buksa had no idea it was…