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Area Briefs
Animal Shelter needs volunteers
The Seagoville Animal Shelter seeks donations, volunteers, fos-
ters and sponsors all year long. They are particularly looking for vol-
unteers at this time to help most weekends. If you are interested in
volunteering or need more information, call Johnna at 214-673-3844
or e-mail her atjohnnal228@live.com.
They have set up a Wish List on Amazon.com. They are in need of
wire crates, cleaning supplies and additional items to help them have
successful adoption events. Check out the list at http://www.amazon.
com/gp/registry/wishlist/3S5ZVSFUC54XZ. A list of needs can also
be found on the Shelter’s Facebook Page.
Seagoville Animal Shelter is overloaded with dogs. Breeds to
choose from: lab, chihuahua, poodle, pug, terrier, great Pyrenees, mix-
es, and more. Help with transport is available. If you see one you’re
interested in, call (972) 287-6838 or e-mail talvarezsheltervolunteer@
yahoo.com. You can find the Shelter’s animals on Facebook at www.
facebook.com/seagovilleanimalshelter.
North Texas Modern Quilting/Sewing Guild
We would like to invite you to come and visit/join a new guild
that has been formed in Seagoville. Our goal is to promote friendship
and fellowship for people interested in quilting, sewing and design-
ing. We meet on the third Thursday of every month at the First United
Methodist Church in Seagoville’s Community Center (Bread Basket)
at 6:30 pm. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at ntxguild@
yahoo.com.
John Bunker’s Pond Trail Walk
3rd Saturday of every month, August 18, 10:00 a.m., Free with
$5.00 entrance fee- Join us on the newly opened John Bunker’s Pond
Trail. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the area as we
walk this 1.8 mile loop trail. The trail begins with a walk through a
forested area to a true bottom land hardwood forest, then follows the
East Fork of the Trinity River and ends on the Wetland levee roads.
This trail is great for families and those who are interested in learn-
ing about native trees, flowers animals and anything else found along
the way! Meet at the kiosk in front of the building at 10:00. For more
information call 972-474-9100 or e-mail contact@wetlandcenter.com.
Balch Springs Visual and Performing Arts
Alliance - 501(c)3 non profit, Calendar of
Events
Every Friday: Senior Citizen Sing Along
10:30-11:30 am at Balch Springs Senior Center, 2919 Balch Springs
Road, Balch Springs, Texas 75180
Every Friday: Voices In Season Choir
12:30-1:30 pm at Balch Springs Senior Center, 2919 Balch Springs
Road, Balch Springs, Texas 75180
Every Monday: Young Artists, Dancers & Musicians, age 13 and up,
participate in a music theatre workshop.
7:30-9:30pm at Balch Springs Arts Alliance, 4000 Pioneer Road
#201 A, Balch Springs, Texas 75180
Every Tuesday: Voices In Season Chior
12:30-1:30 pm at Balch Springs Senior Center, 2919 Balch Springs
Road, Balch Springs, Texas 75180
For more information on any of these events please call 972-557-1555
or email info@balchspringsartsalliance.org.
John Bunker Wetland Events:
Located at 655 Martin Lane, Seagoville, TX 75159
The State of Flowing Water. Thursday, August 16th, 6:30 p.m.
- 8:30 p.m., Free Admission. Join us to watch Texas Parks and Wild-
life’s The State of Flowing Water. This one-hour documentary exam-
ines the threats facing Texas’ rivers and streams and what can be done
to protect our most precious natural resource.
For more information on any of these events call 972-474-9100 or
e-mail contact@wetlandcenter.com.
Meals On Wheels Volunteers Needed -
Training On August 2 And 16
The Visiting Nurse Association needs volunteers to deliver a
Education
DISD Calendar
Aug. 23 Board of Trustees Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Administration
Building, 3700 Ross Ave.
Aug. 27 First Day of School
Sept. 3 Student/Teacher Holiday
Calling All 2012 Kindergarten’s
Parents,
If your child will be age 5 on or before September 1, 2012,
they will be Kindergarten eligible for the 2012/2013 school year.
You can get a head start and do early enrollment. If you live
in our attendance zone you can come by ANY time and complete
our enrollment packet.
Please bring the following items with you.
1. State - issued Birth Certificate
2. Social Security Card (child)
3. Current Shot Records
4. Proof of Residence (Lease Agreement or Utility Bill
listed in your name).
Central Elementary School Registration
Early Registration for Central Elementary, August 13-16, 8:30-
2:30. All students must have proof of address with enrollment this
year.
Uniform / Shoe Drive
Central Elementary is currently accepting new or gently worn
and non-stained uniforms, belts, shoes, and coats for its uniform
and shoe drive. Times are tough for all, but even tougher for many
local families attending area schools. We are requesting school
uniforms, shoes, coats, and belts that your children may have out-
grown or that you no longer need. We will pass them on to students
in need. Pants, shorts and skirts can be khaki, navy blue, or black.
Shirts can be polo type shirts with collars, and can be navy blue
or white. Coats and shoes should be solid colors, but all types of
gently worn coats and shoes/boots will be accepted. Please donate
these items if you have them. You may bring them to the front of-
fice.
Dallas ISD classes begin Monday, August
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Meals on Wheels route once a month in the Seagoville area.
Meals on Wheels volunteer training will take place August 2 from
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Visiting Nurse Association’s headquar-
ters on 1440 W. Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
The training will be held again on August 16 at the same time and
location. Volunteer training is also available by appointment.
For additional information call 214-689-2210 or go online at www.
vnatexas.org.
“HOT RODS AGAINST HUNGER”
Second Annual Car Show hosted by: The Community Bread Bas-
ket, 110 S. Malloy Bridge Rd., Seagoville, TX 75159 on Saturday, Sep-
tember 15, 2012. Registration begins @ 9:00am, Car Show begins @
10:00am and will end at 3:00pm.
The Community Bread Basket has found this event to be a great
way to raise money to purchase food from TX Food Bank. While we
appreciate food donations, monitary contributions go so much further
due to the reduced cost we are able to get at the TX Food Bank. If you
would like donate food please come by the Car Show. If you would
like to make a monitary donation bring it by the Car Show or please
send it to: 609 Highway 175 #109., Seagoville, TX 75159, or contact
Gene @ 469-834-8034.
Your support helps to feed families in our area!
Counselor, Nurse To Speak At VNA
Luncheon August 30
Barb Petsel, a licensed professional counselor and registered
nurse, will be the featured speaker at the August 30 bereavement lun-
cheon hosted by the Visiting Nurse Association. Ms. Petsel will speak
on “A Compass for Journeying Through Grief.”
The luncheon is from noon to 1 p.m. at the Church of the Incarna-
tion on 3966 McKinney Avenue in Dallas. There is no cost to attend
the luncheon, but reservations are requested and can be made through
August 28 by calling 214-689-2633.
VNA’s bereavement luncheons offer supportive company from
friendly and understanding people to individuals who have suffered
the loss of a loved one.
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Back To School On The Texas
Frontier
By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
In just a few weeks, Texas students will say a bittersweet good-
bye to summer break and make the return to school - early morning
wake-up calls, long days of back-to-back classes and often, after-
school activities or sports. As Texas students begin the 2012-2013
school year, many will ride the bus to school or be driven by their
parents or a carpool. They’ll sport new backpacks or lunch boxes and
come ready with supplies like markers, folders and notebooks.
With the hustle and bustle of the back-to-school season, it’s
probably safe to say most of these students have their sights set on
the future - whether it’s the day ahead or even the year ahead - and
not the distant past. Even so, it is worth a few moments to take a
glimpse back in time, to see how much life has changed and how
different the experience was for their predecessors - the students of
the Texas frontier.
On the frontier, as settlements were founded, the demand for
schools and teachers grew. Trustees—typically two or three male
leaders from the settlement—were appointed in each community to
manage everything from determining the location of the school to
hiring and firing teachers. While a few concerned themselves with
the minute details of school management, most were consumed with
their day-jobs - farming - and did not have time to micro-manage
school affairs.
In The Empty Schoolhouse, author Luther Bryan Clegg presents
firsthand accounts of rural West Texas life, with a focus on experi-
ences in one-room schools, from the first half of the 20th Century.
One former teacher recalls the communication barrier that often
arose between teachers and trustees: “Most trustees were farmers or
ranchers and seemed embarrassed to do business with a woman... .If
I asked what or how they thought I should teach, they’d say ‘You just
teach the school, we’ll do the plowing.”’
Trustees determined the size of their school districts - typically
36 square miles - and the location of the schoolhouse based on the
distance students would have to travel to school. Most students trav-
eled on foot, many times in groups with neighbor children. Depend-
ing on weather conditions, the distance to school could be nearly an
hour for some students. Often, the hour-long walk to school posed a
number of distractions. There were berries to be found or mesquite
wax - the sap found on mesquite trees - which could be chewed
much like chewing gum. As one former student put it, “It’s a wonder
we ever got to school.”
There were three major requirements for the construction of one-
room schoolhouses - a well or cistern for drinking water, a wood-
burning stove to keep the schoolhouse warm in the winter months,
and outhouses. Teachers were responsible for arriving at school early
to build a fire and maintain it throughout the day. Trustees often
were charged with hauling the firewood to the school, where older
male students would chop it down to size. Female students would
help with keeping the schoolhouse clean - sweeping daily. In one
Texas frontier school, an older student with good penmanship was
tasked with writing signs that read “No smoking” and “No spitting
on the floor.”
With only one school per settlement, the frontier school edu-
cated students of all ages together. Most frontier schools taught stu-
dents from first to eighth grade. The students were seated according
to age, but it was common for the best pupils in each grade to assist
students who were not performing as well.
The basic curriculum of the frontier school focused on reading,
writing and arithmetic. Most days centered around the recitation
bench, where students would take turns reciting passages from their
readers. Christian teaching was also included, with students reading
passages from the Bible as part of their daily lessons.
The typical school year was scheduled around farming activi-
ties. School normally began in the fall when crops were harvested
and ended in the spring when it was time to plant. If sickness fell
on the community, school was “turned out,” or dismissed, until the
epidemic had passed. Because of a lack of compulsory attendance,
many parents kept their students at home arbitrarily to help with
chores at the house or on the farm.
Though the school of the frontier faced many challenges, the
teachers and trustees made an important investment in the children
of their communities - the gift of education. They challenged stu-
dents to set goals and accomplish them. As Mr. Gregg puts it, “The
one-room school was a reflection of its time, the means by which a
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DALLAS-Dallas Independent School District students will
start the 2012-2013 school year Monday, August 27.
Dallas ISD is working hard to continue improving student
achievement, as shown with a 4-year graduation rate increase. For
that reason and for student’s educational growth, it is important
that they excel in their academic achievement, and that can be done
by not missing a day of class.
Students must comply with the state’s new immunization re-
quirements before school begins. For the updates to the 2012-2013
required immunizations and policy change for students with pri-
vate health insurance, parents are encouraged to check with their
health provider.
For more back to school information, visit the district’s Web
site www.dallasisd.org.
2012-2013 Immunization Requirements
Update
Parents are encouraged to vaccinate children early
to avoid rush; policy change for students with private
health insurance
DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District wants to
remind parents to avoid the last minute rush to have their children’s
immunizations updated before the start of the 2012-2013 school
year. Students in prekindergarten through 12th grade must have the
appropriate immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases
prior to the start of classes Monday, August 27, in order to com-
ply with guidelines established by the Texas Department of State
Health Services.
Updates to the 2012-2013 required immunizations include:
• MMR—2 doses of MMR required for K-3; all other grades, 2
doses of measles containing vaccine, 1 rubella and 1 mumps
• Varicella—2 doses required for K-3 and 7-10, all other grades
1 doses
• Meningococcal—1 dose required for grades 7-10
• Hepatitis A—2 doses grades K-3
Due to a recent policy change, effective January 1, 2012, lo-
cal health departments and health service regional clinics may not
vaccinate insured children using Texas Vaccinations for Children
vaccine. This means that a person with health insurance who has
previously been vaccinated in a local health department or health
service regional clinic may be referred back to his or her doctor, if
the public health clinic does not carry private stock vaccine. For
more information, parents are encouraged to contact their insur-
ance provider or visit www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school.
Dallas ISD Board Of Trustees Receives
2011 Annual Report On 2008 Bond Pro-
gram
Bond program is “an extremely bright shining light for the dis-
trict”
DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District Board of
Trustees received the 2011 annual report of the 2008 Bond program
at a briefing on August 9.
The $1.35 billion bond program approved by voters provided
funding for 14 new schools, 13 school additions and renovations to
more than 200 district campuses.
“We are proud of the work being done,” said Bob Marshall,
chairman of the Bond Advisory Committee, made up of citizens
throughout the community. “The bond program itself continues to
be, in my opinion, an extremely bright, shining light for the dis-
trict.”
This month, Dallas ISD will open up six new schools: Zan
Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School, Ann Richards Middle School,
Balch Springs Middle School, Seagoville North Elementary School,
Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School and a replacement cam-
pus for W. H. Adamson High School. The three middle schools
and one high school will be the most number of secondary schools
opened at one time by Dallas ISD.
Classroom additions to schools will open this school year at
W.A. Blair Elementary School, L.V. Stockard Middle School and
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Renovations to more than 200 existing campuses in the
district have been conducted in three phases. Eighty-nine projects
in Phase I are complete with 10 more under construction. Among
Phase II projects, 15 projects are complete with 72 of 89 projects
under construction. Design work is underway on all Phase III proj-
ects.
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy, which opened in
August 2011, recently received the K-12 Grand Prize for Outstand-
ing Design-Architecture in Education by a national publication,
School Planning and Management.
The 2011 annual report of the 2008 Bond program can be
found at the following link: http://dallasisd2008bond.org/images/
uploads/docs/2012-08-08_Annual_Report_to_the_Superinten-
dent_Year_2011_FINAL_COMBINED_V2_with_tabs.pdf
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