Year: 2022
Even though he works from home, Jon Bailey admits that he and his daughter Layla could spend more time together. So, it made perfect sense for them to stop by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Father Fest! The event was held this past Saturday at the Gene and Jerry Jones Field at Workman Junior High School. There, the…
Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language has lots of great spaces – a dance room, piano lab, STEM labs, music rooms, art rooms, multiple collaboration spaces and a new gym. But it needed one more thing. A bigger kitchen. Now, thanks to the 2019 Bond, Jones has exactly that. It was a long…
Register Today School is almost out and it’s time for some fun! Come out to Father Fest 2022 this Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gene and Jerry Jones Family Field at Workman Junior High School. (See map of the site.) The free outdoor event is a fun celebration of fatherhood…
School Nurse Day Today marks School Nurse Day across the country. But with everything that’s gone on over the last couple of years, it really should be more like School Nurse Week, month or year. Since the start of the pandemic, school nurses have seen their jobs change and then change some more. But with…
Going to Carolina Who knew a dish of fried quail lollipops with a hot honey glaze, southern quail and dumplings, Carolina boiled peanut caviar, deviled quail eggs and Hoppin’ John rich and thyme cornbread cake with peach butter was worth $100,000? Preston Nguyen did. That was the prize money handed to the 2021 Martin High…
Apply for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) now through May 13, 2022. CBOC Application The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is accepting applications for positions on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. The committee provides transparency and enhances public confidence in the use of proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ voters on Nov. 5,…
She’s organized, caring, and ambitious, and she’s destined to overcome any obstacle put in front of her. She’s Martin High School senior Ruth Hong. Amazon Future Engineer College Scholarship Hong is also a computer science whiz and one of 100 students across the nation to receive the $40,000 Amazon Future Engineer College Scholarship. Not only…
Choosing to let your little one start school can be a challenging task for any new parent. Will they like it? How will they adjust? Will they make friends? All of these are questions any parent might have if they are considering sending their child to pre-K? We’ve taken those questions to people who would…
Entrepreneur? Sometimes, it’s just in you Kenny Macino was an entrepreneur before she knew exactly what it was. A fellow student so loved Kenny’s life-like sock doll made of cloth, buttons and string, they offered $3. Another offered $4 for one of her own. A teacher at Bailey Junior High, where Kenny is an eighth-grader,…
What is a best practice? In education we often see this term thrown around, sometimes incorrectly. Practitioners in fields all over the world will use this phrase to express a heightened level of importance to specific actions or behaviors. But what are best practices exactly? Best practices are defined as procedures demonstrated by research and…