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Summer 2018 Feeding and Reading Program

Sandwich and Fruit

Binion, Stowe, and West Birdville elementary schools,  along with Haltom High School are offering free meals to children 18 and under and will also have books that are available for check out. (No enrollment necessary.) Books available to be checked out are in the cafeteria.

Binion and West Birdville will also have their school libraries open on Tuesdays and staffed by the public library employees.

Binion and West Birdville Elementary Schools

Monday – Thursday / June 11–27

Breakfast 8:30–9 a.m. / Lunch Noon–12:30 p.m.

 

Stowe Elementary School

Monday – Friday / June 6–29

Breakfast 8:30–9 a.m. / Lunch Noon-12:30 p.m.

 

Haltom High School

Monday – Thursday / June 4–28 and July 9–19

Breakfast 7:30–9 a.m. / Lunch 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 

Call 211, Text FOODTX to 877-877

or visit Click here to find Summer Meals in Your Community for more info!

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West Birdville Elementary Fourth-Graders Discover Texas on Field Trip

 

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West Birdville Elementary fourth-graders travel to Waco and Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip

 

Fourth-graders from Birdville ISD’s West Birdville Elementary traveled to Waco and Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip May 29, 2018, to experience what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History. Students visited the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum and the Texas State Capitol and took part in “The Legends of Texas: The Experience”.

 

During the charter bus ride, students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their day. At the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, students learned the history of the Texas Rangers and explored exhibits about Texas’s earliest inhabitants and its many unique geographical regions. They then traveled to Austin to see the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Kelly Hancock, State Senator, District 9 and The Honorable Stephanie Klick, State Representative, District 91, office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. The students then stepped back in time to live in the 1800s in Texas at historic Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms Living History Museum with programming presented by Battle for Texas: The Experience. During this unique program designed exclusively for Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trip participants, students experienced life on actual homesteads from the 1820s-1860s, a musket-firing demonstration, an engaging Texas Revolution skit, and an interactive and up-close look at rare Texas Revolution artifacts. In addition, students met a Texas settler and heard his stories and perspective about the Texas Revolution.

 

“Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Lacey Phillips, Discover Texas Field Trips Director. “Student activities during the Discover Texas Field Trip to Austin reinforce and supplement fourth grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) learning objectives with a focus on why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage.”

 

Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips make it easy for teachers to take their third-, fourth-, or fifth-grade classrooms on organized, fun, and educational site-based learning experiences. Discover Texas Field Trip staff members handle all details, including round-trip charter bus transportation, reservations, and TEKS-based program curriculum, so participating teachers can focus on their students and making connections between the experience and what students are learning in the classroom.

 

In addition to Discover Texas Field Trips to Austin, San Antonio, Waco/Georgetown, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Education in Action also offers summer Lone Star Leadership Academy camps for outstanding 4th-8th graders. During the weeklong, overnight camps, participants experience significant Texas sites in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/San Antonio, or Houston/Galveston with Texas educators and a focus on leadership.

 

Discover Texas Field Trips are presented by Education in Action, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering educated and involved young people. For more information about Education in Action visit www.educationinaction.org and www.facebook.com/educationinaction.

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North Ridge Middle School Student Recognized by SBOE

 

SBOE Student Heroes Award recognizes acts of kindness and compassion

AUSTIN – Though this is a time when the world’s attention is appropriately focused on ways to stop random acts of violence against our children at school, the State Board of Education (SBOE) is honoring 15 public school students who have demonstrated inspiring acts of kindness and compassion.

The students range from a first-grade student to high school seniors. Their good deeds include blanket drives, raising funds to provide free chemotherapy treatments, and launching efforts to make sure no child eats lunch isolated and alone.

These students are recipients of the 2018 Student Heroes Award. One recipient is selected per State Board district. Local ceremonies are being held to present the award to each student, who receives a plaque and certificate.

“This award reminds us that a good and caring nature most represents our Texas children. These award recipients saw a need and committed to bold action on behalf of others, often engaging their fellow classmates in the effort. They each in their own way have made a profound difference. Their schools and communities are better for their work,” said Donna Bahorich, chair of the State Board of Education.

From District 11: Ella Pursley, a student at North Ridge Middle School in Birdville ISD; has provided more than 700 hours of community service over the past five years. She has worked with The Birthday Party Project to host more than 100 birthday parties for children living in homeless shelters. She has worked with The Miss Sweetheart Special Needs Pageant, assisting special-needs children backstage and then escorting them on stage. Pursley has also raised money for the Special Olympics.

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