School Notebook

For week of Oct. 20 - Oct. 25

Elementary Schools

BARBARA JORDAN ELEMENTARY
>> Tuesday: 5:30 p.m., school board meeting honoring Teacher of the Year Cyndi Rodgers.
>> Wednesday: 8:15 a.m., fifth-grade to Fannin for SIR Lessons; 10 a.m., Superintendent Hector Mendez to visit Jordan.
>> Thursday: 1 p.m., Just Say No Program with the RockHounds (K-3); 2 p.m., Just Say No Program with the RockHounds (4-6).
>> Friday: 8 a.m., AR Party during P.E. times.

BLANTON ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: Pledges and Blanton Creed Cheryl Speer's class.
>> Monday: 8:30 a.m., vision and hearing screenings for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, third and fifth-grades; 5:30 p.m., Girl Scout meeting in the gym.
>> Thursday: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., parents need to pick up fund-raiser merchandise in the gym; fifth-grade to Fannin for Science lessons.
>> Friday: Report cards mailed to parents.

BURNETT ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: 7:50 a.m., students meet in gym and cafeteria.
>> Friday: Spirit Day, wear school shirt.

CARVER ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: 7:50 a.m., morning assembly in the gym
>> Monday: Book fair; coat drive; 3:15 p.m., staff meeting.
>> Tuesday: Book fair; coat drive; 3:15 p.m., team meetings; Team I Perfect Attendance Lunch.
>> Wednesday: Book fair; coat drive; Team II Perfect Attendance Lunch.
>> Thursday: Book fair; coat drive; Team III Perfect Attendance Lunch.
>> Friday: Carver Spirit Day; book fair; coat drive.

GOLIAD ELEMENTARY
>> Thursday: 3:30 p.m., CIT in the Library.
>> Friday: Awards assembly and pictures retakes; last Day for H.O.T. collections. Fall Festival.

GONZALES ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Tennis with Coach Pro.
>> Monday: Just Say No posters are due to Stacie Ahrlett by 3:15 p.m.
>> Tuesday: 6:30 p.m., PTA meeting/2nd-grade performs, "Yellow Dyno-Safety Rules"; Gonzales Night at Chick-fil-A.
>> Wednesday: 8:30 a.m., Character Education ("Yellow Dyno") for kindergarten with Mary Carlson; 1:30 p.m., character ed for third-graders; 2:15 p.m., character ed for fifth-graders.
>> Friday: Bulldog Spirit Day; 8:45 a.m., character ed for second-graders; 9:30 a.m., character ed for first-graders; 1:30 p.m., character ed for sixth-graders; 2:15 p.m., character ed for fourth-graders; No after school sports (Tennis).

HAYS MAGNET ACADEMY
>> Daily: 7:50 a.m., Pledges and Hays Creed during morning announcements in the cafeteria for all students and faculty members; bring box tops to school on a daily basis; National School Bus Safety Week.
>> Monday: Begin second nine weeks of school
>> Tuesday: 3:15 p.m., P.T.A. Practice Program for students in the cafeteria; 6 p.m., P.T.A. meeting and program fourth-grade students and teachers, Emily Baker will present the program.
>> Wednesday: 4:45 p.m., VIPS parent meeting in the cafeteria.
>> Thursday: 8 a.m., School Picture Day.
>> Friday: Last Day for P.T.A. sign up.

LBJ ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: 7:45 a.m., pledges in the gym.
>> Monday: Fifth-graders will be at Fannin all day for science lessons.
>> Saturday: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Fall Carnival.

MURRY FLY ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: Every morning students and teachers are greeted with the "Titan Report"; 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 12:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Safari Scholastic Book Fair.
>> Tuesday: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,  SNUGGLY SAFARI.
>> Thursday: RockHounds Scoring in Schools Kindergarten-sixth-grade.
>> Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., Murry Fly School Bank.

PEASE ELEMENTARY
>> Daily: Bring box tops; pledges to the American and Texas flags during Morning Assembly.
>> Monday: Book Fair begins.
>> Tuesday: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Book Fair Family Night.
>> Wednesday: 50-cent pickles and/or sunflower seed sales for United Way.
>> Thursday: 50-cent pickles and/or sunflower seed sales for United Way; 6 p.m., PTA program presented by fourth-graders.
>> Friday: Coats for Kids campaign ends; Pease Pride Day, wear your "Pease Recognized and on the Rise" T-shirt; book fair ends.

REAGAN MAGNET SCHOOL
>> Daily: 7:55 a.m., news update, Teacher of the Week:  Marty Pinkstaff, fifth-grade teacher.
>> Monday-Thursday: Human Growth and Development for fifth-grade.
>> Thursday: Kids on the Block program for second- through fifth-grades.
>> Friday: Spirit Day, wear royal blue and white.

Junior High Schools

THE ACADEMY AT ECTOR
>> Monday: 5 p.m., Volleyball seventh- and eighth-grade teams A and B at Monahans; band performance in the Oil Show Parade; seventh-grade football vs. Nimitz at Permian.
>> Tuesday: 5 p.m., eighth-grade football plays host to Goddard; 7 p.m., student council dedication in the choir room 106.
>> Thursday: 8 a.m., Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students Meeting in room 131; 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Studio 2Be during-grade level lunches in room 157 for both fourth and sixth periods, fifth period in the library; 7 p.m., ninth-grade football versus Midland Purple at Memorial Stadium.

BOWIE JUNIOR HIGH
>> Monday: 5:15 p.m. seventh-grade A and B football vs. Hood at Ratliff; 5:30 p.m., seventh-grade A and B and eighth-grade A and B volleyball at Nimitz.
>> Tuesday: TASK through science class; 4 p.m., ninth-grade tennis vs. Odessa High junior varsity at OHS; 4 p.m., seventh and eighth-grade girls cross country at Floyd Gwin Park; 5 p.m., eighth-grade football vs. Alamo at Alamo Field; 7 p.m., orchestra fall concert.
>> Wednesday: TASK through science class.
>> Thursday: TASK through science class; 3:20 p.m., pep rally; 5 p.m., ninth-grade football vs. San Angelo Blue at Odessa HIgh.
>> Friday: 7:40 a.m. to 8 a.m., FCA in room 225.

CROCKETT JUNIOR HIGH
>> Monday: 4:30 p.m., seventh and eighth-grade volleyball plays host to Pecos Junior High; 5:15 p.m., seventh-grade football vs. Bonham at Odessa High; 7:30 p.m., fall choir concert at Ector Auditorium.
>> Tuesday: 4 p.m., girls' cross-country at Floyd Gwin Park; 5 p.m., eighth-grade football vs. Hood Junior High School at Odessa High.
>> Thursday: 5 p.m., ninth-grade football vs. San Angelo Orange at Odessa High.
>> Friday: Picture retakes.

HOOD JUNIOR HIGH
>> Monday: 5:30 p.m., band in Oil Show Parade; 6 p.m., volleyball vs. Pecos in Pecos; 5:15 p.m., football-seventh-grade vs. Bowie at Ratliff; 7:30 p.m., choir concert at Permian.
>> Tuesday: 4:30 p.m., girls cross-country meet at Jim Parker park; 5 p.m., eighth-grade football vs. Crockett at Odessa High; 7:30 p.m., orchestra's autumn concert at Hood.
>> Thursday:  4:30 p.m., freshmen tennis vs. Snyder at Ratliff; 7 p.m., freshmen football vs. Midland White in Midland.
>> Friday: 3:35 p.m., pep rally at Hood.

Private Schools

LATTER RAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
>> Daily: 10:30 p.m., chapel.
>> Monday: Readmaster.
>> Wednesday: Spanish.
>> Friday: Party.

ODESSA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
>> Monday: 9:15 a.m., Singing Chapel by Deanna Santos' first-grade class; 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., basketball and cheerleading practice.
>> Tuesday: 8:15 a.m., makeup school pictures; 9:15 a.m., "Friendship" Chapel by Myndi Smith's kindergarten-grade class; 3 p.m., pep rally; 5:30 p.m., basketball game at Odessa College.
>> Wednesday: 9:15 a.m., singing chapel by Ardia Watson's pre-kindergarten class.
>> Thursday: Wear Red Day; 9:15 a.m., classroom chapel; 3:15 p.m.; pep rally; 5:30 p.m., basketball game at St. Mary's.
>> Friday: Wear a Cap Day; 9:15 a.m., "Memory" Chapel by Elizabeth Smetak's pre-kindergarten-grade class.
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