by sachartermoms | Dec 9, 2012 | Latest News
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 Art have decided to make it a series. Hello...
by sachartermoms | Dec 8, 2012 | Latest News
KIPP: San Antonio hosted a First Friday Breakfast at KIPP Un Mundo Dual-Language Academy yesterday. (My earlier post announcing the event.) A reporter from local ABC affiliate KSAT 12 came to tour the school and observe the ribbon cutting ceremony with leaders of the...
by sachartermoms | Dec 7, 2012 | Latest News
IDEA Public Schools recently announced the location of its second campus in San Antonio, at the intersection of South Flores and West Harding. (More coverage.) Last night, I learned from Nelda Garcia, District Student Recruiter for IDEA, that the new campus will be...
by sachartermoms | Dec 6, 2012 | Latest News
Education Commissioner Michael Williams spoke at the Texas Charter Schools Association Conference this week. “Texas education commissioner urges charter schools to tout work to legislators”, Kelley Shannon, Dallas Morning News, December 4, 2012. Williams...
by sachartermoms | Dec 4, 2012 | Latest News
John and Vera Taboada are hosting a BASIS parents’ meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at their Elm Creek home—12419 Winding Branch, San Antonio, Texas 78230. Please join us, and be sure to sign up for the BASIS interest list at basislink.org....
by sachartermoms | Dec 3, 2012 | Latest News
As mentioned earlier, this summer the U.S. Department of Education expanded the Race to the Top grant program to accept applications not just from states (Texas declined to apply) but also from districts. Two charter management organizations with campuses in San...
