New Students Encouraged to Enroll Before Start of School
Students new to the Klein ISD are encouraged to enroll before the first day of school, August 23. Students who were enrolled in the KISD when the school year 2009-2010 ended are automatically enrolled for the 2010-2011 year.
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Seminar Focusing on Classroom Management For African American Students
Lone Star College-Tomball Holds Culturally Responsive Instruction As Topic of UpComing Seminar
Lone Star Corporate College presents a seminar on culturally responsive instruction from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 29 in the Beckendorf Conference Center at Lone Star College-Tomball.
Augusta Pines In July, Wyndehaven Terrace in August
KISD Board Approves Initiation of Building Elementary #28
The Klein ISD Board of Trustees, at its July board meeting, approved the project initiation for Elementary School #28. The school is scheduled to open in August 2012. Funds for this school were approved by voters in 2008.
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Houston Area Church Opens its Doors to Host a Free Multicultural Concert Series
No Medal?
Debbie Riddle Voted as 4th Most Conservative
AUSTIN - Representative Debbie Riddle (R - District 150) has been ranked as the fourth most conservative member of the Texas House of Representatives,<< MORE >>
Exposing The Fraud In Texas' Assessment Of Its Schools
In a recent article published in a local newspaper on (7/14/2010), columnist
Rick Casey expressed his indignation regarding the new means that Texas has adopted for
assessing the progress of students in its schools. Casey says,The more I think about the statistical chicanery that nearly tripled the number of "exemplary" Texas school districts while cutting the number of "unacceptable" districts by half, the more outraged I get.
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Schindewolf Intermediate Students Combat Bullying
KPRC Channel 2 reporter Hasti Taghi (center talks with Schindewolf Intermediate School students McKenzie Scoppa (left) and Taylor Bennet (right) about their efforts to combat bullying on July 6. Groups represented in the filming were the school’s No Place for Hate Coalition and peer mediation. Staff members present were Ms. Judy Linville and Ms. Kimberly Walters with No Place for Hate and Dr. Charlye Jo Ivy and Ms. Meredith Waggoner who lead students involved in peer mediation.
Ms. Taghi is creating a week long series that will run nightly in August to highlight how area schools combat bullying.
Spring-Klein Chamber Recognizes Business of the Year
2nd annual Toni Award for Business of the Year to be Awarded at the 2010 Christmas in July Gala
The Spring-Klein Chamber of Commerce (SKCC) proudly announces that the 2010 Toni Award for Business of the Year will be awarded during this year’s Christmas in July Gala to be celebrated on July 31,
2010.
The SKCC presents the Toni Award ...
<< MORE >>Texas Children’s Hospital acquires “Partners in OB/GYN Care”
as part of a new era of maternity and newborn care
HOUSTON – (July 1, 2010) – Texas Children’s Hospital announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Partners in OB/GYN Care, a prominent private obstetrics and gynecology practice based in Houston. As the construction of Texas Children’s new 15-story maternity center progresses, this acquisition is a strategic cornerstone of the hospital’s expansion into a new era ---caring for women prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy and after delivery. For more information on the new maternity center, see: http://bit.ly/MaternityCenter
<< MORE >>Rep. Barton, the Apologist
Was That ‘Apology for an Apology’ Really an Apology?
When you’ve got nationally syndicated conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer calling something that you’ve said “…the most politically stupid statement of the year,” and you’re also a conservative, you know you’ve screwed up.
That’s what happened to Texas Congressman Joe Barton. In a House ...
<< MORE >>Lone Star College-Tomball Offers Weekend Classes
Providing More Options for Those With Busy Schedules
Lone Star College-Tomball will be offering a weekend class schedule in the fall designed to expand educational opportunities for new and currently enrolled students.
With the expanded class schedule, students will be able to take classes specifically designed to fulfill core course requirements on Fridays and Saturdays.
Kathy Sanchez, Dean of Education, ...
<< MORE >>When You Just Can't Take The Heat
What's Really Going On
AUSTIN- After spending several days meeting with top officials in WashingtonD.C. and Louisiana, Representative Debbie Riddle (R - District 150) saidthe Deepwater Horizon oil spill has triggered an economic domino effectthat could spell disaster for the Houston area.
"It doesn'tmatter if a drop of oil ever hits Texas shores," Riddle said. "Theeffects of fishing bans and drilling moratoriums combined with theenvironmental fallout are going to cost Texas millions of dollars andthousands of jobs unless we get this situation under controlimmediately."
Riddle, who chairs the National Foundation forWomen Legislators (NFWL), visited last Friday with U.S. Coast Guardofficials at the White House before travelling to Louisiana to meet withBP executives, members of the Lou<< MORE >>
Spring-Klein Chamber Celebrates Annual Christmas in July Gala with Special Guest Congressman Ted Poe
The Spring-Klein Chamber of Commerce (SKCC) announced today that their annual Christmas in July Gala will be celebrated on Friday, July 31, 2010 at 6:30 p.m at the Augusta Pines Savannahs, 18 Augusta Pines in Spring, Texas. Congressman Ted Poe will speak at the event as the Chamber’s special guest for the evening. “We are so appreciative of the continued support that ... << MORE >>
Spring’s Own Texas Stallions Shine at the Louisiana Governor Games
The Texas Stallions Track
The Stallions and forty-five
other teams with more than 1,500 youth athletes competed in the youth track
and field meet at LSU’s Bernie
Moore Track
Stadium. Children ages 4 to 18 years came from Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas to participate in the Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU) sanctioned event hosted by Crescent City Track Club.
Pictured
l to r Kaitlin
Kirkwood, Devauncia
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Festival Ballet Presents Cinderella
Once upon a time there was a handsome prince, a young girl with a dream of attending a ball at his palace, a wicked step-mother and two step-sisters who would stop at nothing to ruin her dream This is the timeless love story of Cinderella (little cinder girl). One of the fairy tales written by seventeenth century poet Charles Perrault.
<< MORE >>KISD Education Foundation Awards Grants
Members of the community and KISD staff members visited 11 schools as a part of the Celebration Express, announcing that teachers in Klein were receiving grants from the Education Foundation. The 57 teachers whose grants were funded were awarded a total of $51,583. The foundation has awarded a total of $876,780 in grants over the past ten years.
Schools receiving grants ...
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