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Yesterday morning, my blogger friends and I learned more about Choose to Succeed and IDEA Public Schools while our kids played at Kiddie Park PicaPica (earlier post) at a party sponsored by the George W. Brackenridge Foundation. As mentioned earlier, IDEA South Flores (go Owls!) has a recruitment … Continue reading
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Did you see my earlier post about the IDEA South Flores recruitment booth at PicaPica Plaza? While I was there, I took my daughter to Kiddie Park PicaPica, a classic amusement park and party place. It’s brand new, but still has the … Continue reading
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Surrounded by family and friends, Dr. Donna Campbell greeted supporters at the opening of her district office in San Antonio yesterday morning. (She opened her New Braunfels office, a first for District 25, in the afternoon.) Pastor John Hagee led a prayer for … Continue reading
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Faithful readers know that my kids and I love dinosaurs. (Remember “Dinosaur Stampede” at the San Antonio Botanical Garden last year?) Well, now the Witte Museum has “Dinosaurs Unearthed: Bigger. Better. Feathered . . .” through September 2 at the Kathleen and Curtis Gunn … Continue reading
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This morning, I went to Austin to learn more about Texans Deserve Great Schools, an initiative to bring together lots of great ideas about education reform and put it all to work to make Texas schools better. The part I … Continue reading
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Have you seen the Community Room yet at Woodlawn Lake Park? The room re-opened late last year, after remodeling and improvements, with support from District 7 councilman Cris Medina (campaign page). “City unveils Woodlawn Lake Park community WiFi room”, Southside Reporter, December … Continue reading
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Inspired by our earlier visit to celebrate the launch of the Arte Kids book series, my three-year-old daughter and I returned to the San Antonio Museum of Art yesterday for a longer tour. My first visit to SAMA was in the 1990s when … Continue reading
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The Westin La Cantera Hill Country Resort is hosting Hill Country Holidays, starting now and running through December 24. My son and I got a little preview of the festivities. Some highlights: Visit the North Pole (in the Westin Kids’ … Continue reading
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Remember the 1, 2, 3, Sí! book that I mentioned as part of the Read 3 program at H-E-B? The counting book has been so popular and won so many awards that Trinity University Press and the San Antonio Museum of … Continue reading
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As mentioned earlier, a comment challenged whether Great Hearts Academies were actually high-performing schools, asserting that its most successful campuses are in wealthier neighborhoods. This data might help clear things up. The first graphic, a chart, shows test scores across Great … Continue reading
