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The Pharr Press,August 15,1985 Page 5
PSJA Schools Start Classes Sept. 1, Registration Schedule Set
TWO for one
5 MONTHS
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drinking
AND DRIVING
DON'T FIT TOGETHER
PLEASE, DON T DRINK IF
YOU PLAN TO DRIVE.
A MESSAGE FROM THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
By Margie McCarthy
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD has
announed its registration
schedule for the 1985-86 school
year and its intention to serve all
‘ four-year-old children in its
‘ prekindergarten program.
PSJA school trustees opted to
| serve ineligible four-year-olds
'with local funds. The state
funds the half-day
prekindergarten program for
eligible children who are four
years old by Sept. 1, 1985 if they
cannot comprehend the English
language or if their parents’
income is at or below
subsistence level.
Prekindergarten children will
attend school in the morning or
afternoon. Parents will be
notified by phone or at
registration which session their
child will attend.
New Students
All students new to the PSJA
school district, excluding kinder
and prekinder children, must
first clear with the Pupil
Accounting Office located at the
corner of Expressway 83 and
“I” Road. A birth certificate and
immunization record should be
presented at this office by an
accompanying parent or
guardian in order to acquire an
admission slip. Students must
have this slip before proceeding
to registration at their
respective campuses.
PSJA High School
PSJA High School students
will register at the high school
auditorium as follows:
Aug. 20 - new students, from
9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.
Aug. 21 - seniors with last
names beginning with A-D from
8:30-11:30 a.m.; seniors, E-G,
1:30-4: p.m.
Aug. 22 - seniors, H-L, 8:30-
11:30 a.m.; seniors, M-Q 1:30-4
p.m.
Aug. 23 - seniors, R-S, 8:30-
11:30 a.m.; seniors, T-Z, 1:30-4
p.m.
(Seniors must attend a half-
hour orientation session at 8
a.m. or 1 p.m. prior to their
registration scheduled time.
Seniors are also asked to dress
appropriately for benior
portraits and I.D. pictures and to
bring $12.95 for their cap and
gown order.)
Aug. 29 - juniors, A-L, 8-11:30
a.m.; juniors, M-Z, 1-4 p.m.
(Interested juniors may place
ring orders with a $20.00
deposit.)
Aug. 30 - sophomores, A-L, 8-
11:30 a.m.; sophomores, M-Z, 1-4
p.m.
All students must pick up their
own schedules during the
appropriate time. Migrant
students, except those 18 or
older, should be accompanied by
a parent so that eligibility forms
can be signed.
PSJA Ninth
PSJA Memorial Ninth will
register new students Aug. 22,
from 8-12 noon and 1-4 p.m. at
the cafeteria. Preregistered
students (those attending PSJA
schools last year) may pick up
their schedules Aug. 29, from 8-
12 noon for A-L last names and
from 1-4 p.m. for M-Z last names.
Students cannot pick up
schedules before their scheduled
time. Students must pick up
their own schedules in order for
I.D. cards to be issued.
Junior Highs
New seventh and eighth grade
students will register at Austin
or LBJ Jr. High Aug. 21-22, from
8-12 noon and 1-3:30 p.m. All
other students attending PSJA
schools last year are
preregistered and may pick up
their schedules before school
Sept. 2, the first day of classes.
Elementary Schools
New students to the district
and kinder and prekinder
children who have not
preregistered should register at
their respective campuses any
day before the first day of school
from 8-12 noon and 1-4 p.m.
Students should be accompanied
Dirtn certincate ana
immunization record. All other
students are preregistered and
should report the first day of
school.
Busing
Buses will start picking up
secondary students starting at
6:45 a.m. and elementary
students at 7:30 a.m. The class
day will begin at 8 a.m. and end
at 3 p.m. for secondary schools
and begin at 8:45 a.m. and end at
3:45 p.m. for elementary schools.*
Any further questions can be
addressed to school principals
who are now on duty.
Kids Learn In Nutrition Class
If there’s anything kids like to
do, its eat. But they don’t
always choose to eat the foods
that are good forthem.
This summer. Pharr youngs-
ters got the chance to both eat
and learn about good nutrition.
The Expanded Nutrition Pro-
gram for youth, sponsored by
the Hidalgo County Extension
Office-Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, taught some
youngsters from low-income
neighborhoods about the five
basic food groups, simple food
preparation, creative art activ-
ities, personal development
and Safety for all Seasons.
Safety was provided by the
Back To School Means Careful Driving
It is nearly back-to-school
time, and those big yellow school
buses will soon be taking to the
streets and highways once
again.
“With the increase in the
number of vehicles on our
highways, it is more important
than ever that motorists be alert
for the return of the school
buses.” said Highway
Department District Engineers
G.G. Garcia here today.
“Motorists have had a summer
vacation of sorts, too, and are
not accustomed to seeing the
school buses pulling onto the
highways or stopping to let
school children on and off. ’ ’
State law requires drivers to
stop when meeting dr overtaking
a school bus from either
direction, on highways not
separated by a median, when
the school bus has stopped and
is displaying a visual signal. The
driver shall not proceed until the
school bus resumes motion or
the bus driver signals to
proceed. This does not apply
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Hidalgo County 4-H Staff. The
program was sponsored in con-
junction with the Pharr Hous-
ing Authority.
According to Norma Linda
Cardona, Extension Agent in
charge of the program, the
youth were taught by trained
volunteers from their neighbor-
hoods. The leaders trained by
Mrs. Abby Sedas, Program As-
sistant and Extension Agent
Cardona were as follows: Nel-
da Tijerina, Iris Lara, Lydia
Medellin, Mary Hernandez,
Margarita Bochas, Jose Medin-
a, Isabel Ortiz, Aida Perez,
Sandra Molina and Blanca L.
Alvarez.
The week long activity began
on July 15-19, 1985 at Parkview
Terrace and July 22-26,1985 at
Sunset Terrace.
At the end of the two weeks a
total of 67 youngsters received
certificates of completion.
when the driver and the school
bus are on separate roadways
and where pedestrains are not
permitted to cross the roadways.
There are some 45 school
districts operating buses in the
ten-county Pharr district, many
of which travel rural highways
as well as city streets.
In an effort to increase school
bus safety, the State Department
of Highways and Public
Transportation sponsors special
schools for bus drivers and even
for student riders. A typical
region trains upward of 215
drivers in safe bus driving
operations each year. Last year,
statewide, some 810 drivers and
70,000 students underwent safe
bus procedures training.
And the training is paying off.
“When you consider that
school buses traveled more than
3 million miles in Texas last year
and there were only 11 fatalities,
the record is pretty good,”
Garcia said. “At the same time,
the number of accidents is on the
rise, primarily as the result of
having more vehicles of all types
on the highways.”
“That is why it is so important
that Texas motorists become
aware that the school buses are
about to return to the highways,
and that they know the rules
about stopping. Perhaps, with
the motorists’ cooperation and a
little luck, we may reduce the
fatality figure to zero for this,
year,” Garcia concluded.
Safety Tips-A Pharr Police Officer demonstrates a bullet proof vest
to children. He also covered several safety tips for children.
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Mata, Arnoldo. The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1985, newspaper, August 15, 1985; Pharr, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866946/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pharr Memorial Library.