School Notebook

>> Monday: All schools will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Elementary schools

BLACKSHEAR

ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: Bring box tops.

>> Wednesday: 11 a.m., Bill Thrasher Lunch Bunch.

>> Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Ronald McDonald Care Mobile will be at school parking lot; 2 p.m., Ector and Bowie Junior High recruitment; Blackshear Pride Day, wear red and black.

BURLESON ELEMENTARY

>> Wednesday: 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., sixth-grade field trip to Odessa College.

>> Friday: 8:15 a.m., third-grade awards assembly; 9 a.m., second-grade awards assembly; 9:45 a.m., fourth-grade awards assembly; 10:30 a.m., fifth-grade awards assembly; 1:10 p.m., kindergarten awards assembly; 1:45 p.m., first-grade awards assembly; 2:30 p.m., sixth-grade awards assembly.

BURNET ELEMENTARY

>> Friday: Burnet Spirit Day, wear school shirt.

CAMERON ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., Orchestra.

>> Tuesday: TAKS field test training; sixth-grade AVID forms due.

>> Wednesday: Deborah Clark and Robbie McGuire to dysgraphia workshop.

>> Thursday: Principal and counselor to District Cultural Review meeting.

>> Friday: Cameron Pride Day.

GOLIAD ELEMENTARY

>> Tuesday: Junior high to visit sixth grade.

>> Wednesday: Fourth- to fifth-grade Child’s Play.

>> Friday: Popcorn sale at 50 cents a bag.

GONZALES ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: TPRI/Tejas LEE assessments for kindergarten, first and second grade; 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., basketball with Coach Pro in gym.

>> Tuesday: AVID interviews for sixth grade; No honor choir for second and third grade.

>> Wednesday: AVID interviews for sixth grade.

>> Thursday: No honor choir for fourth and fifth grade; 5:30 p.m., Parent meeting and 2007 AEIS report.

>> Friday: Bulldog Spirit Day; No basketball.

IRELAND ELEMENTARY

>> Wednesday: 8:05 a.m., Sixth-grade Educational Planning for junior high.

>> Friday: Spirit Day, wear Ireland T-shirt.

MILAM ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: Kindergarten through second-grade TPRI testing.

>> Tuesday: Grade Level meeting; 6 p.m., PTA meeting.

>> Thursday: Vertical Alignment meetings.

>> Friday: Milam Spirit Day, wear Milam T-shirt; 3:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., Extended drama rehearsal; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Dance Marathon for kindergarten through third grade.

PEASE ELEMENTARY

>> Thursday: 6 p.m., Kindergarten PTA in cafeteria.

>> Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., “P.S.: I Love You” parent workshop in cafeteria.

REAGAN ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: Teacher of Week, Debra Carrasco, second grade.

>> Tuesday: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Family Science Night (come and go); 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., West Texas Chorister tryouts.

>> Wednesday: Buddy West presentation for fourth through sixth grade.

>> Friday: 10:15 a.m., First- and second-grade Cluster Showcase; 2 p.m., Third through sixth-grade Cluster Showcase; Reagan Pride Day, wear royal blue and white.

ROSS ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: CampFire Kids

program after school.

>> Tuesday: Fourth- and fifth-grade Child’s Play at Ellen Noël Art Museum.

>> Friday: Three-week progress reports to go home.

SAM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY

>> Tuesday: 2 p.m., Magnet recruitment for sixth grade.

>> Friday: Spirit Day, wear school T-shirt.

SAN JACINTO ELEMENTARY

>> Tuesday: Second-grade TPRI testing; 3:30 p.m., Bilingual meeting.

>> Wednesday: Kindergarten TPRI testing.

>> Thursday: First-grade TPRI testing; 8:15 a.m., AAP recruitment for sixth grade.

ZAVALA ELEMENTARY

>> Daily: 7:15 a.m., Students may enter building; 7:30 a.m., TAKS science activities in gym; 7:45 a.m., “Shining Starz Send to off” for all students and staff in gym.

>> Thursday: Fourth- and fifth-grade Child’s Play field trip; 5:30 p.m., Parent meeting for kindergarten through second grade in gym.

>> Friday: Super Reader Game Day in library at designated times for those students who met second nine weeks AR goal; Three-week progress reports go home.

Junior Highs

BOWIE JUNIOR HIGH

>> Tuesday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., TAKS strategy class in rooms 105 and 129.

>> Wednesday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., TAKS strategy class in rooms 105 and 129.

>> Thursday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., TAKS strategy class in room 244; 5:15 p.m., seventh- and eighth-grade A and B girls basketball vs. Hood; 5:30 p.m., seventh- and eighth-grade A and B boys basketball at Hood.

>> Friday: 7:40 a.m. to 8 a.m., FCA in room 225.

>> Saturday: 10:30 a.m., Ninth-grade boy’s basketball vs. Lee.

CROCKETT JUNIOR HIGH

>> Thursday: 5:30 p.m., Seventh-grade boys basketball vs. Ector Junior High at EJHS, eighth-grade boys basketball vs. Goddard Junior High at Crockett, eighth-grade girls basketball vs. Goddard Junior High at GJHS, seventh-grade girls basketball vs. Ector Junior High at Crockett Junior High.

>> Saturday: 10:30 a.m., Ninth-grade boys basketball vs. Lee Junior High at Bowie Junior High.

ECTOR JUNIOR HIGH

>> Daily: Annuals for sale before school, after school and during lunch breaks.

>> Tuesday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Girl Scouts Studio 2B during lunch breaks.

>> Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Parent to Parent workshop “Expect and Inspect” in Spanish in room 213; 11 a.m. to noon, Parent to Parent workshop “Expect and Inspect” in English in room 213; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Parent to Parent workshop “Expect and Inspect” in English in room 213; 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Parent to Parent workshop “Expect and Inspect” in Spanish in room 213; 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Ector Technology Club.

>> Thursday: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., seventh-grade boys basketball vs. Crockett at Academy at Ector, seventh-grade girls basketball vs. Crockett at Crockett, eighth-grade boys basketball vs. Alamo at Ector, eighth-grade girls basketball vs. Alamo at Alamo.

>> Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Student Council field trip to Child Protective Services.

>> Saturday: TBA (time to be announced), All Region Band rehearsal and concert; 10:30 a.m., ninth-grade boys basketball vs. San Angelo blue and gold at Academy at Ector.

HOOD JUNIOR HIGH

>> Thursday: 5:30 p.m., Seventh-grade boys basketball vs. Bowie at Hood, seventh-grade girls basketball vs. Bowie at Bowie; 6:45 p.m., eighth-grade boys basketball vs. Bowie at Hood, eighth-grade girls basketball vs. Bowie at Bowie.

>> Friday: Orchestra All Region rehearsals for concert at Lee High.

>> Saturday: 10:30 a.m., Ninth-grade boys basketball vs. San Angelo at Ector; Orchestra All Region for concert at Lee High.

High schools

ODESSA HIGH

>> Wednesday: TAKS training for teachers before and after school during each conference period in library conference room.

>> Thursday: 7 p.m., Softball Booster Club meeting in cafeteria.

>> Friday: 6 p.m., All Region Orchestra at Lee High in Midland; All day, debate at Snyder; All day, swimming at district at McMurray University in Abilene.

>> Saturday: All day, All Region Orchestra at Lee High in Midland; All day, debate at Snyder; All day, swimming at district at McMurray University in Abilene; 1 p.m., Gymnastics to host Harold Green meet at Odessa High.

RICHARD MILBURN

ACADEMY

>> Tuesday: Student identification pictures will be taken during morning and afternoon classes.

>> Thursday: Student identification pictures will be taken during morning and afternoon classes.

>> Friday: Rewards will be given for the Lack’s Contest during morning and afternoon classes.

Alternative School

FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER

>> Daily: 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Registration for tutorials. Parent or guardian signature required. Tutoring passes will be issued at this time. No registration during tutoring hours.

>> Monday: No tutoring.

>> Tuesday: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., First- through 12th grade tutoring for all subjects; 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., “Family Science Night” parent workshop at Reagan Elementary.

>> Wednesday: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., First- through 12th grade tutoring for all subjects.

>> Thursday: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., First- through 12th grade tutoring for all subjects.

>> Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., “P.S.: I Love You” parent workshop at Pease Elementary; 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., “P.S.: I Love You” parent workshop at Milam Elementary.

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