by sachartermoms | Jul 30, 2013 | Latest News
Last week, instead of heading straight for the H-E-B Science Treehouse, I took my kids through the South Texas Heritage Center at the Witte Museum. (Here’s my earlier post about the grand opening last year.) I learned something new: José Francisco Ruiz, in...
by sachartermoms | Jul 26, 2013 | Latest News
Is your household, like mine, so football-obsessed that even the early-preseason Hall of Fame Game (August 4, 2013, in case you’re keeping track) is noted on the calendar? San Antonio has traditionally been a Dallas Cowboys market, but the Houston Texans have...
by sachartermoms | Jul 25, 2013 | Latest News
Back in February, when I visited an information session for Montessori For All, I was impressed by their unique model: Montessori education at a free, public charter school. (Read more in this earlier post.) Both Austin and San Antonio have thriving communities of...
by sachartermoms | Jul 24, 2013 | Latest News
Back in May, with the help of unflappable Express-News writer Francisco Vara-Orta, we observed the dysfunction and factionalism on the board of South San Antonio ISD. (Read more in this earlier post.) The question then: When would the South San school board fire...
by sachartermoms | Jul 23, 2013 | Latest News
Last weekend, my family and I traveled to California for a memorial service for my grandfather, who died in April at age 91. He lived a large, full life, and I try to learn from his example. We remembered his gifts of service. In addition to running a busy medical...