{"id":5438,"date":"2018-01-18T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2018-01-17T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T20:56:48","slug":"stowe-elementary-4th-graders-travel-to-austin-with-education-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/stowe-elementary-4th-graders-travel-to-austin-with-education-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Stowe Elementary 4th graders travel to Austin with Education in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/coschedule.s3.amazonaws.com\/12014\/ed9c885e-a88d-4158-b189-3c7736de244f\/Stowe%2C%20Birdville%20ISD%2C%201.5.18.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coschedule.s3.amazonaws.com\/12014\/40eea0f9-82cd-46b2-a13e-409c93477e8d\/1515528483522.jpg\" alt=\"EIA logo w TM, jpg\" width=\"278\" \/>News Release<\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">CONTACTS:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0Monica Hayes<span style=\"color: #1f497d;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ashley Cox<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Outreach Director \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Coordinating Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Education in Action \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0O.H. Stowe Elementary, Birdville ISD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 817-562-4957 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: black; background: white;\">817-547-2400<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:mhayes@educationinaction.org\">mhayes@educationinaction.org<\/a><a href=\"mailto:ashley.cox@birdvilleschools.net\">ashley.cox@birdvilleschools.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">O.H. Stowe Elementary fourth graders travel to Austin on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Fourth graders from<strong>\u00a0Birdville ISD\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>O.H. Stowe Elementary\u00a0<\/strong>traveled to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip<strong>\u00a0January 5, 2018\u00a0<\/strong>to <em>experience\u00a0<\/em>what they are learning in fourth grade Texas History. Students visited the <strong>Texas State Capitol<\/strong> and the <strong>Bullock Texas State History Museum.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">During the charter bus ride to Austin, students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their visit. In Austin the students visited the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, <strong>The Honorable Kelly Hancock, State Senator, District 9\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>The Honorable Stephanie Klick, State Representative, District 91,\u00a0<\/strong>office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. At the Bullock Texas State History Museum students explored exhibits about Texas\u2019s earliest inhabitants, the Texas Revolution, and events that created our Lone Star identity. The students\u2019 visit to the museum concluded at the multi-sensory Texas Spirit Theater with the <em>Star of Destiny<\/em> where they saw and experienced the history of our great state including a gusher exploding from an East Texas oil derrick and the takeoff of Saturn V as seen from Mission Control at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u201cEducation in Action\u2019s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">stated <strong>Lacey Phillips<\/strong>, Discover Texas Field Trips Director.<em>\u00a0<strong>\u201cStudent 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Education in Action\u2019s Discover Texas Field Trips make it easy for teachers to take their 3rd, 4th, or 5th 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">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 <span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationinaction.org\">www.educationinaction.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/educationinaction\">www.facebook.com\/educationinaction<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS:\u00a0Monica Hayes\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ashley Cox \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Outreach Director \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-in-action"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p76FL9-1pI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}