LIVE! in print: the August 2006 Issue
LIVE! explores education options for parents and children in the area from several perspectives. We also preview the 2006 high school football season for the six schools in our circulation area.
Back to School Series
Obtaining the best education possible for your children is an important issue parents in the area face. LIVE! Feature Writer Bill Sontag takes a look at many angles. Sixth-grade student William Fenimore tells us what is really special about The Little School House. Jennifer Litz, a recent graduate from UT-Austin looks at strategies for college admissions. This is in an eight-part series.
SFDRCISD schools: products of history, culture and vision
Public schools in Del Rio get a bad rap … unless you’re a worried parent who’s heard about racism, bullying, discipline meltdowns, exhausted teachers, unchecked dropout rates, and impoverished teaching equipment inventories. Much of the rumor mill may be uninformed or exaggerated. What cannot be overstated is that administrators and most teachers have talent and passion, arguably not matched with resources and parental commitment to develop the educated workforce Del Rio needs to grow responsibly.
BY BILL SONTAG
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What’s all the fuss about Comstock schools?
For any of a host of reasons, many Del Rio parents look for “alternative schooling” for their children. Last year about 120 Del Rio students were bused to Comstock each day to attend classes in the Comstock Independent School District’s new buildings, just completed thanks to a $4 million bond referendum powered by 86 percent voter approval. CISD Superintendent Kenn Norris shares with LIVE! his pride in the school’s accomplishments.
BY BILL SONTAG
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For several hundred Del Rio, Val Verde County and Ciudad Acuña families, private religious schools provide the only acceptable alternative to public schooling or homeschooling. Del Rio’s two pioneer private schools continue to thrive with second and third generations of students, now becoming traditions in regional blueblood families, yet attractive to government, military and other transitional families.
BY BILL SONTAG
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Schooling Out of the Mainstream: At Home
For more than 200 Del Rio and Bracketville schoolchildren, formal learning occurs at home, not in the classroom. Homeschooling families flourish, often the choice of Air Force families stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base. They are often misunderstood and viewed as odd renegades from perfectly acceptable, though imperfect, private or public schools. But the commonest stories emanating from homeschools are those of academic achievements and well-adjusted, confident graduates.
BY BILL SONTAG
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Online Exclusives: Content not in the print edition
The Shumla School KEY (Knowledge Enriching Youth) PROJECT
Shumla School implemented an innovative new partnership program entitled the KEY Project as a part of Pecos River Kids in 2006. This program represents a unique cooperative effort involving federal, state, and private organizations. Working in partnership with Amistad National Recreation Area and Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site, the Shumla School expanded its educational programs beyond the Shumla campus.
BY MISSY HARRINGTON
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Whitehead Museum: Educators' 'common ground'
Val Verde County’s Whitehead Memorial Museum, a simulated frontier village sited on two acres of tree-shaded grounds in south Del Rio, is host to about 10,000 visitors annually, one of a handful of tourist destinations in the city. Moreover, the museum is an educational “tool” of nearly every school teacher, administrator and student for miles around, including featured programs of growing popularity scattered through the school year.
BY BILL SONTAG
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What the Little School House means to me
There is no better testimonial of the quality of a school than to ask someone who is currently a student. William Fenimore is about to enter 6th grade at the Little School House, a private non-denominational Christian school in Del Rio. Here are William's thoughts about his school, in his own words.
BY WILLIAM FENIMORE
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Breaking and Entering:
How Students Can Harness Talents to Get into Their Dream College
Preparing for college admissions is a big part of many high school senior's school year. Here is the lowdown on how to increase your chances of being accepted to the college or university of your choice.
BY JENNIFER LITZ
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Also in the August Issue:
Lupita sings her heart out
There's a song in Lupita's heart that she doesn't mind sharing.In fact, there are several songs that she sings to anyone who will listen. From her heart, from her soul, she delivers the songs in her own inimitable style.
BY DIANA GONZALES
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High school football begins September 1st. LIVE! predicts how the season will go for the six high schools in our circulation region. We preduct the seasons for the districts containing Del Rio, Sonora, Rocksprings, Brackett, Nueces Canyon, and Sanderson. We welcome your comments, too!
BY AARON HARRIS
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Nueces Canyon making strides
It will be a tough 2006 for Nueces Canyon in the new, highly competitive District 29-1A, but the Panthers will be more competitive with a lot of returning players.
BY AARON HARRIS
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Rocksprings faces a tougher road
The Rocksprings Angoras put a dominant district team on the field in 2005. This year, not many of the faces have changed – but the opponents have. Rocksprings will make it an objective to be more physical headed into a new tough district this season. While the Angoras have a strong group of talented returning stars, can they find a way to get past their recent domination at the hands of Brackett?
BY AARON HARRIS
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High expectations for the Brackett Tigers
An undefeated season for the Brackett High School Tigers? Another unblemished District Championship run? It’s all within the grasp of the mighty Tigers. The physical Brackett team this year has plenty of talented players coming back – which should make them dominant in ’06. Here is why.
BY AARON HARRIS
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Getting Sanderson back where they belong
The Sanderson High School Eagles look to get back to where they feel they belong: in the upper echelon of teams in 6-man play. Star player Joshua Estrada will help the cause, as will the new Division II alignment, but it will be no walk in the park for Sanderson in one of D-II’s tougher districts.
BY AARON HARRIS
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Protecting the tradition at Sonora High School
It should be a down year, relatively speaking, for the Broncos, as they lose 24 seniors from last season. Fans shouldn’t think the season will be a loss, however, because Sonora should still be poised to make a playoff run in the extremely difficult new District 8-2A. With their returning senior quarterback and solid coaching, the Broncos could be much improved with their untested players by the time their biggest games of the season roll around in weeks 9 and 10.
BY AARON HARRIS
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The Del Rio Rams are putting it all together
Getting better, bit-by-bit, is what the Rams have been striving to do the first three seasons under Jesse Treviño. While the wins and losses have improved, has the team made strides yet to compete for a playoff spot in the San Antonio based district? Coach Treviño thinks so, and hopefully with a healthy Mike Garcia this year, better home performances, and what they expect to be an improved defense, they can start to make things interesting in District 28-5A.
BY AARON HARRIS
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All I can say is WOW! You
All I can say is WOW! You guys outdid yourselves this time. Looking forward to the print edition. Excellent job!!!!!!!!
Joe, Your staff writers
Joe,
Your staff writers really did an outstanding job, I cannot wait for the print issue to arrive in my mail box. Congratulations to all, especially Bill Sontag on a superb job.
Thanks for the compliments
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