Pasadena ISD Podcast

Pasadena ISD Named One of Nation's Best for Music Education

Candace Ahlfinger — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 -0500

For the second consecutive year, Pasadena ISD's music programs were named among the nation's best in the NAMM Foundation's “Best Communities for Music Education” survey.
The survey included 110 school districts across the United States. The designated programs exemplify community commitment to include music education as part of a quality education for all children. The NAMM Foundation and its music education advocacy efforts work to ensure that all children have access to quality music education programs that encourage lifelong participation in music making.

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District's Robotics team motors to national success

Candace Ahlfinger — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:00 -0500

Pasadena ISD's FIRST Robotics Team shocked the nation with its Team 231 “High Voltage” robot as it ranked 13 out of 84 teams at the US FIRST Robotics National Championship competition in Atlanta, GA. recently.

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National Model School District 2008

Candace Ahlfinger — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:02:00 -0500

The Pasadena Independent School District has been named the National Model School District for 2008 by the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE).

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CATCH Program honored

Candace Ahlfinger — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:28:00 -0500

Pasadena ISD Assistant Director for Athletics, Health and Physical Education Pam Tevis was named the Outstanding District Coordinator for the Steps Consortium (CATCH Project) for Harris County. In addition, Williams Elementary was named the consortium's outstanding school with Oscar Torres, physical education teacher, leading the program.

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Stephens named Athletic Director

Candace Ahlfinger — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:17:00 -0500

Mike Stephens, Assistant Director of Athletics for Pasadena ISD, was named as the new Director of Athletics by the Board of Trustees at their April regular meeting.

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PHS Students go to state UIL

Candace Ahlfinger — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:11:00 -0500

Pasadena High School's Manuel Garcia and Adriana Tovar will compete in the UIL Academics State meet May 2-3 at the University of Texas at Austin after taking second place in the regional competition. Tovar is advancing in the Accounting competition, while Garcia will compete in the Spelling and Vocabulary event. Garcia is a senior and is the first student to be a four-year member of the team. Tovar is a junior.

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Do you want to be a teacher?

Candace Ahlfinger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:20:00 -0500

Do you have a Bachelor's Degree and a GPA of 2.5 or better on all semester hours or a 2.7 on your last 60 hours? Do you have passing scores on the reading, writing, and math sections of the THEA and a strong desire to work with students? If so, you may be just the person we are looking for to join our Teacher Certification Program. You can begin teaching with full teacher salary and benefits, earn 1/3 of your M. Ed. degree From the University of St. Thomas and receive the best teacher training and first year teacher support in the state.

Join us for an informational meeting at the Pasadena ISD Administration Building 1515 Cherrybrook on April 12, April 29, or May 3 to meet our May 23rd deadline.

Please join us in the Boardroom to learn more about this exciting opportunity. If you have questions, please contact us at 713-740-0029.

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CERN

Candace Ahlfinger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:08:00 -0500

Physics and journalism students from Dobie and South Houston high schools are among only five groups in the nation that were invited to participate in an international project to learn and report about a new super-collider project in Geneva, Switzerland.

CERN, an international physics consortium, is unveiling its new particle physics experiment – the Atlas Project. The consortium, the National Science Foundation and Quarknet, a national organization of universities, physics laboratories and high school teachers, have invited the students to Geneva to observe, learn and produce news reports on the project.

Dobie and South Houston will send a physics student, a journalism student, a student videographer and a physics teacher overseas to Geneva to participate in the project. Dobie students participating are Preston Andrews, Kelsey Kaiser, Hong Thai and science teacher Susan Fontanilla. South Houston students Nicole Neveu, Cindy Le, Jose Bermudez and physics teacher Jim Preston will also participate in the educational sessions.

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Sparks Principal

Candace Ahlfinger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:07:00 -0500

Sherri Means was named the new principal at Sparks, replacing longtime principal Gayle Holder, who will retire at the end of the school year.
J.P. Rodriguez was named assistant principal at Pomeroy Elementary School.
Cindy Owens is now one of the new assistant principals at De Zavala Fifth Grade Center.

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Pearl Hall Dedication

Candace Ahlfinger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:05:00 -0500

The community is invited to the dedication of the new Pearl Hall Elementary School which will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday April 8 at the campus, 1504 Ninth Street in South Houston.

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