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Grant is funding health science and automotive equipment Last week the 星空传媒 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 星空传媒 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 星空传媒 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 星空传媒? 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 星空传媒 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 星空传媒, 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 星空传媒. 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…
New tax rate is $1.1156聽 The 星空传媒 Board of Trustees lowered the school district tax rate last week for the third year in a row. The trustees adopted the new rate at its board meeting on Sept. 21. The new rate of $1.1156 per $100 valuation is $0.1931 lower than last year鈥檚 rate. The…
Ariee Richards runs with a smile If you鈥檙e in a race with Ariee Richards, you won鈥檛 see the smile on her face. You鈥檒l only see the back of her head. But you鈥檒l know she鈥檚 probably smiling because that鈥檚 how she lives her life. With a smile 鈥 even when she鈥檚 running one of track鈥檚 most…
High school students meet with college reps When Tyler Hastings was a third grader, his mother 鈥 who found him to be fiercely independent for an eight-year-old 鈥 asked him a rather odd but revealing question: 鈥淒o you even need parents?鈥 He told her he did. For food, shelter and maybe the occasional allowance tossed…