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The Woodlawn Theatre gave me some tickets to Into the Woods so my kids and I could see the Sunday matinee and report on our experience. We thoroughly enjoyed Act I, but left at intermission because I felt that Act II would not be suitable for children as young as mine...
This is a very busy time for parents who are researching school choice options. To help you out, here is the February 12 edition of the San Antonio Charter Moms 2014-15 Guide to informational meetings, application deadlines, and lotteries. (If you're curious, here's...
Last month, Will Hurd, who is running for Congress in District 23 (which includes western Bexar County and miles and miles of West Texas), met students from BASIS San Antonio at Choose to Succeed's quarterly convening of charter school leaders and community...
Jubilee Academic Center is a neighborhood concept school. Everyone knows everyone else. Everyone is family. Everyone feels safe. That's how Daniel G. Amador, Superintendent of Jubilee Academic Center, described the school culture to me. I recently toured the...
On Sunday afternoon, my sister and I took F.T. and G.N. to DISCOVER "New World" Symphony with the San Antonio Symphony. (The Symphony gave me a set of tickets for my family, and a set to give away; read more in this earlier post.) F.T. had a big smile on his face...
The other day, I went to my doctor's office and left blood samples, etc. Am I sick? No, but today I am going back for my annual physical. This gives me an excuse to repeat an important message: TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. Parents, it's easy to get caught up in taking care...
It's the busy season for parents who are researching school choice options. So, here is the February 5 edition of the San Antonio Charter Moms 2014-15 Guide to informational meetings, application deadlines, and lotteries. (If you're curious, here's last week's...
BASIS San Antonio North, the second BASIS campus in San Antonio, has an address: 318 E. Ramsey Rd., San Antonio, Texas 78216 (map).Learn more about BASIS San Antonio North at an information session at 6:30 p.m. on February 13, 2014 at the BASIS San Antonio campus,...
Would you like to learn more about KIPP: San Antonio? The next First Friday Breakfast will be at KIPP Camino Academy, 128 S. Audubon Dr., San Antonio, Texas 78212 (map), on Friday, February 7, 2014, from 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The breakfasts feature a free buffet with...
Last week, the National School Choice Week whistle-stop tour visited Sunset Station in San Antonio for a rally that brought together groups representing many forms of school choice: charter schools, private schools, Catholic schools, virtual schools, homeschoolers,...
Learn more about the Senator Frank Madla Early College High School program at New Frontiers Charter School at an information session: February 27, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. March 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. May 8, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. All meetings will be held at the New Frontiers...
See my latest contribution to the Alamo City Moms Blog: "Introducing your kids to art appreciation at the McNay Art Museum", Inga Cotton, Alamo City Moms Blog, January 30, 2014. I had so much information to share; here are a couple of bonus photos. If you follow the...