{"id":7005,"date":"2020-02-29T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2020-02-25T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:27:19","slug":"holiday-heights-elementary-fourth-graders-travel-to-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/holiday-heights-elementary-fourth-graders-travel-to-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Heights Elementary fourth graders travel to Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 395px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; height: auto; border: 0px; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/coschedule.s3.amazonaws.com\/12014\/a8f71339-9206-4e5c-9d0b-1bbc8882b372\/Holiday%20Heights%20Elem.%2C%20Birdville%20ISD%2C%201.24.20.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif, serif, EmojiFont;\">Holiday Heights Elementary fourth graders travel to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: justify;\">Fourth graders from <strong>Birdville ISD&#8217;s Holiday Heights Elementary<\/strong> traveled to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip, <strong><span style=\"border-color: #0078d7; color: #0078d7; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: pointer;\">Friday, January 24, 2020<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"border-color: #0078d7; color: #0078d7; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: pointer;\">, to\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"border-color: #0078d7; color: #0078d7; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: pointer;\">experience<\/span><\/em><span style=\"border-color: #0078d7; color: #0078d7; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: pointer;\">\u00a0what they are learning in Texas History.<\/span> Students visited the <strong>Texas State Capitol<\/strong> and the <strong>Bullock Texas State History Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: justify;\">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<\/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 traveled back in time through the Texas Revolution and learned about the events that created our Lone Star identity. The students&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>&#8221;Education in Action&#8217;s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> stated <strong>Lacey Phillips,<\/strong> Discover Texas Field Trips Director. <strong><em>&#8221;Student activities during Discover Texas Field Trips reinforce and supplement Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) learning objectives in fun and hands-on ways at significant Texas sites that bring the content to life.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #212121; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: justify;\">Education in Action&#8217;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. 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