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Goose Creek’s agriscience center
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2018 school year. She is the daughter of Fred and Leasa
Lopez. Annelysse is currently ranked in the top 3% of her
class of 314 students at REL and plans to attend Lee College
and then transfer to University of Houston Central Campus
to apply for their prestigious photography program.
Annelysse placed fourth in the State History Fair, was named
All-District Soccer Defender of the Year her junior season,
named Best All-Star Cast in the UIL One Act play her
junior year, winner of the ExxonMobil contest, has won over
$13,000 in scholarships for academic excellence, and won the
Scholastic Writing Competition.
She is currently Student Body Senior Class President, a
member of the REL Student Council and REL Varsity
goalkeeper in soccer. She loves photography and will be
spending her third summer at Pirate’s Bay Water Park as a
supervisor.
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“I don’t need the world to see that I’ve been the best I can be.”
- Mitski
My daughter is officially
a 2-year-old, and while I
thought I would be wor-
rying about the “terrible
twos,” I’m thinking of
Gennany.
In 2015, my husband
and I lived in Diisseldorf,
located in the Nordrhein
Westfalen region of Ger-
many, for three months.
He was sent there for a
training opportunity for
work, and I decided to go
to with him. I’d never had
the opportunity to travel
overseas. And doing it this
way meant his company
would cover our hotel and
rental car costs.
I struggled with the idea
of leaving my comfortable
position as a Circulation
Assistant for the Harris
County Public Library. As
a modern woman, was it
ill-advised of me to leave
my cash flow? And what
would I do when I was
there? The unease never
went away, not until I
found a new job when
we returned home. Yet,
despite my hesitancies,
I needed to go. I didn’t
want to take the chance
for granted. I could spend
my time writing, reading,
exploring. Jobs come and
go. These opportunities do
not.
Our daughter was con-
ceived in Germany, which
is why her birthday makes
me reminisce. I was terri-
fied when I realized I was
pregnant. I was alone in
a foreign country. Jeremy
was at work. I was thrilled.
My heart raced, and I
thought, “what in the hell
were we thinking?”
I ate a lot of pretzels in
the morning and drank
Diet Coke, despite the
caffeine content because
it was the only thing that
made my nausea subside.
I’d made a friend while
there, who happened to be
from Oklahoma, and she
was able to help me buy
a medication, similar to
Turns, at the apotheke.
It was a trying time, for
sure, and yet I remember
it fondly. It’s a beautiful
thing when you’re chal-
lenged every day. The only
comforts I had were my
phone and my laptop. I
didn’t speak the language
fluently, but none-the-less
I had to get out. I had to
wash clothes, buy grocer-
ies, and visit places where
there might not be an
English-speaker present.
In December, we plan
to go back. The infamous
Christmas markets will be
up and running. Not only
do we want to visit our
friends, but we want Justa
to experience the world.
Traveling is a privilege,
which is why I refuse to
take it for granted. My
paternal grandfather, being
a traveler himself, instilled
the importance of it in me.
He encouraged me to go
to Germany, though I was
fearful because he knew it
would broaden my world-
view. Of course, it did.
But I find myself dread-
ing traveling overseas with
a child. Being trapped on
a plane for 14 hours. How
will she adjust to the time
change? Will we enjoy our
trip despite our exhaus-
tion?
By his actions, my father
taught me to never let fear
keep me from doing some-
thing. He had an intense
fear of heights, yet he took
me on tall waterslides
and even bungee jumped
with me at Astroworld. I
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one of four programs of
study: plant science and
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processing; equipment de-
sign; and fabrication and
mechanics.
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Endorsement. Students
BY BETH BOMBROWA
The spring opening of
the new Agriscience Cen-
ter will mark one step
closer to the end of Goose
Creek CISD’s 2013 bond
package, which is ex-
pected to be completed
on schedule and approx-
imately $5 million under
budget. The new facility,
approved by the voters in
2013, will allow more GC-
CISD high school students
to participate in agricul-
ture-related programs,
allow trailers and buses to
enter the site completely
without having to block
a portion of John Martin
Road; improved circula-
tion and parking for trucks
and trailers; expanded vis-
itor parking; and a fenced
animal exercise area. All
of the new construction is
contained on the north half
of the site, leaving approx-
imately eight acres of un-
developed land for future
expansion and grazing.
Agriculture Science
where they learn leader-
ship skills and further de-
velop their interest in the
global agriculture, food,
fiber and natural resources
systems.
At 6,800 square feet and
consisting of just 36 small
animal and five large an-
imal pens, the previous Graphic by Mirna Trujillo
Agriscience Facility was
not adequate to support The new Agriscience Center will greatly expand the number of animal pens, add a prac-
current growth and expan- tice arena and classrooms, and make good use of the old facility. There is additional .s students the abilit
Sion. room for future growth as more students enroll in the program. to increase their educa-
Students in our facil- tion of modern agricul-
ity have long expressed district.” tage of the old structure new bams include larger ture through classroom
interest in the wide vari- The new Agriscience by incorporating it into the wash and grooming areas and lab experiences,” said
ety of careers available in Center is located at Wal- design of the new facility,” and feed and tack storage Kenny Rogers, GCCISD
the agriscience field,” said lisville and John Martin said Dillon. rooms, and the cattle bam Lead Agriculture teacher.
GCCISD Career and Tech- Road, the same site as the The site will house four includes turn out space for “Combined with the FFA,
nical Education Director older facility. Rather than new structures, including the large animals, this extends their knowl-
Renea Dillon. “The new constructing the facility in a 4,442-square-foot hog The site is designed to edge through leadership
center will provide more another location, the dis- bam with 48 pens, a 2,391 accommodate future ex- and career development
space for students to house trict is making use of the square foot sheep and pansion of an additional events, as well as livestock
their animals, as well as a existing bam by convert- goat bam with 32 pens, a 16 hog pens, 16 sheep/ exhibition throughout the
large practice arena and ing it into classrooms and 3,662-square foot cattle goat pens and 12 cattle state and the nation. We
classroom space. The site support space. bam with 12 pens, and a pens without having to feel that this program pro-
also will allow for future “That’s a big plus for 10,227 square foot prac- add site utilities or ad- duces students with the
expansion, which is great taxpayers because we tice arena structure with ditional storm drainage, potential for premier lead-
because all indications didn’t have to acquire any bleachers, locker rooms, Other improvements to the ership, personal growth,
point to a growing agri- additional land, and we storage rooms and sup- site include an enhanced and career success through
science program in our were able to take advan- port spaces. Each of the main entrance that will Agricultural Education.”
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 45, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 4, 2018, newspaper, March 4, 2018; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1450997/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.