Brundrett Middle School eighth graders are selling Christmas cards they created as a fundraiser to finance an educational trip to Washington D.C. in summer 2010. From left are Morgan Milligan, Vivian Frank, Savannah Ortiz, Tori Bradley and Marian Smith. The cards will be available at a waffle breakfast the students are putting on as a fundraiser from 8:30 a.m. to […]
EDUCATION NOTES
Just a ‘short’ faculty meetingIt’s Monday morning and the fifth graders begin the morning pledges, menu, and birthdays and then it’s time for my announcements. “Teachers, we will have a short faculty meeting on Wednesday after school in the science lab. I just need to go over a couple of things.” On Monday morning I really did have only two things on my meeting […]
Children’s Christmas Party is Tuesday
The jolly man himself will be in Port Aransas on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The annual Children’s Christmas Party will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Holiday Forest at the Port Aransas Civic Center, 700 W. Ave. A. Port Aransas children up to age 12 are invited. Instant pictures of each child will be taken and distributed and […]
School’s out early
Brundrett Middle School students climb aboard a bus as school lets out early on Friday, Dec. 4. All three schools in the Port Aransas Independent School District released students a few hours early due to the rainy, icy weather that struck that day.
SCHOOL MENUS
DECEMBER 14 - 18MILK SERVED WITH ALL MEALS Breakfast Monday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice Tuesday Breakfast pizza, juice Wednesday Cinnamon toast, juice Thursday Waffles, sausage, juice Friday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice LUNCH Monday Crispitos, pinto beans, tossed salad, fruit Tuesday Hot dogs, with or w/out chili, baked beans, fruit Wednesday Chicken sticks, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread/roll, fruit Thursday Pizza, seasoned […]
School board to talk sports
School trustees will hear tonight, Thursday, Dec. 10, an update on what coaches expect to do with the Port Aransas ISD athletic program. Athletic Director Steve Reaves said there’s nothing startling in the update. “We’re focusing on what we’re doing in the schools,” Reaves said. He said that focus is on conditioning from sixth grade through varsity; on developing character; […]
A bit of chess
Fifth graders Jacob Williams, foreground, and Eric Anderson play a game of chess in a hallway at H.G. Olsen Elementary School while they wait for transportation home after classes closed early due to cold, rainy, icy weather on Friday, Dec. 4.
Go, team!
PAHS cheerleaders to hold cheer clinicThe Port Aransas High School cheerleaders will hold a cheer clinic Monday through Friday, Dec. 14 -18. The clinic is open to kids ages 3 -12. The cost is $35 and includes a tshirt. Practices will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Dec. 14 through 17. Clinic participants will perform at halftime of the varsity girls’ home game on Friday, […]
PTO will present Christmas program on Tuesday at Olsen
The H.G. Olsen Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization will hold a meeting and children’s Christmas music program on Tuesday, Dec. 15. A short meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the H.G. Olsen Elementary School gym, 100 Station St. All family members of elementary school students are welcome to attend. Elementary students, directed by music teacher Gay DeMontel, will present a […]
Bands to present holiday concerts
The Port Aransas Independent School District band program will present two holiday concerts next week. The Brundrett Middle School bands will present a concert on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m., in the Brundrett Middle School gym, at the corner of Avenue B and 10th Street. The sixth grade band will play their first performance, which will include concert selections […]
