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Dual Language is a program that is growing as parents and even students are seeing how useful it can be.  The program at Coronado Village is especially active as they took students for a picnic.  They didn't have to go far to enjoy their picnic, gathering at Live Oak Park.  Parents, students and staff took part in some great food and great activities.  As you can see students enjoyed face painting, pinatas and just good old fashion playing on the playground.  What a nice outing. 

The Judson ISD school board took a moment to express their thanks and appreciation for a couple of people who helped with the recent successful bond.  Shannon Brown and Rolando Hinojosa (unable to attend)  both served on the Bond Committee that got the information about the bond to the voting public.  This helped get the facts out about the proposal and was instrumental in the bond winning 64 percent of the vote on election night.  Thank you for your commitment. 

Helping students respect and enjoy the natural environment around them is part of being a responsible citizen. Students at Hartman Elementary School will see first- hand one of the miraculous recovery stories in local environmental history.  San Antonio Water System has awarded the school two $1000 grants for environmentally related field trips.  The first place they will go is the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center.  The lake itself was used for many years as a wastewater treatment area, but is now, through a transformation by SAWS, one of the best birding locations in the state and a haven for hundreds of species.  The grant money will help pay for transportation and other costs of this field trip and future field trips that are centered on the environment. 

If you've ever tried to shoot a flying clay disk as it flies through the air, you know that what Terry Yaklin did was not easy.  At a Sporting Clay Competition recently that was hosted for school administrators Mr. Yaklin and Mr. Daniel Kershner showed their keen shooting eye. Mr. Yaklin, who is the district Director of Maintenance won the top prize of $1000 for his favorite charity.  His charity of choice was the Judson Education Foundation.  A big thanks also goes to Garza Bomberger and Associates and Pfluger Architects who sponsored the event. 

Most kids love to have someone read to them.  It turns on the theater of the mind in a different way and even helps them as readers as they listen to someone else read stories.  Park Village Elementary School took a walk through the jungle with guest readers from the district and the surrounding community as they read safari-themed books to all the classes.  The teachers could see the students thoroughly enjoyed the guest readers and the readers were indeed captivating story tellers. Thank you to everyone who participated.