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January 24 Today, January 24, 2008I will start with the obvious and unexpected for January in south east Texas. The weather is crappy! It is cold and damp. My nose and my feet are chilled and I can't get them to warm up. So much for my creative powers, I couldn't think of anything to write today so I started with the weather. I suppose I will continue with some random thoughts. This can't get any worse than what I started with! ARHHHHH now I have ended a sentence with a preposition! Every day is a combination of good and bad. Some days, the bad outweighs the good, but today is a good day. The day started our rainy. It stayed cold. I shared a piece of carrot cake with a friend. My class went well (at least from my perspective). Everyone is healthy around here. The car started today and did not give me any trouble. Tonight is opening night for the Pearland High School annual Musical. This year the musical is Carousel. I would like to say good luck to the students who will be performing tonight! AND especially to Maggie Bishop…"break a leg!" Well, I never claimed that my blog would be relevant. I am sorry, perhaps I will do better tomorrow!
January 20 Pictures from Region V Academic Decathlon - Pearland High SchoolPlease visit this link get hundreds of photos of the Pearland High School, Pearland, TX Academic Decathletes receives medals for their performance January 19, 2008.
Once again, congratulations Pacadec Team 2008!
Pearland High School Academic DecathlonPearland High School, Pearland Texas has worked diligently since last spring and that paid off in the Region V – Academic Decathlon Meet First score over 50,000 since 2000! Lots of medals, great individual scores! We are so proud of the entire team… Pearland Region V
January 09 GreenJon is 14 years old. Jon is tired of the word "Green." The color used to be his favorite color. It probably is still his favorite color. I can see his point of view. Everyone is climbing on the "green" band wagon. Think green, be green, buy green. For me, I am happy to see people thinking about the environment and being concerned about human impact on the environment. I wish that they would use some other word or words to represent the ecological friendly ideas, but I can put up with seeing "green everywhere." I hope that it lasts! January 08 HopeChristmas has come and gone. A New Year and a new deal may be around the corner. At least that is my hope. And I do have hope! We had an informal gathering of the Great Academics for Pearland group at Panera's in Pearland, Texas. It was much better attended than I had hoped for; it appears that we are garnering more support. Support for IB, support for IB for all children in Pearland. Even if an all IB district is not realistic for a 5 year goal, it would be great if we could set a 10 year goal and help the district implement this program that will benefit every child. The IB teaching philosophy is appropriate for and works for all children. IT is not a gifted program, it isn't advertised as a gifted program. Gifted children benefit from the challenge of the IB program, but so will the rest of the Pearland student population. It is my hope that we can maintain the momentum and keep up the growth of the IB program in Pearland. A more globally aware student population who has been expected to do community service, challenged to learn more and encouraged to know their community will be better citizens. Lately, I have spent a lot of time griping about the lack of volunteers and parental involvment. This evening, I found a glimmer of hope. |
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