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Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Tx)-Last Week, Administrators at Zaffirini Elementary School rewarded students for their achievements in the Accelerated Reader (AR) Program by staging a Sumo Challenge spoof. The AR program challenges students (kindergarten to 5th grade) to read a designated number of books within a specified time frame. Students accrue progress points for each
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Tx)-This Spring semester 2014 at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), students will be able to tap into a new scheduling system providing greater flexibility and the ability to compress and shorten some undergraduate and graduate courses . TAMIU registrar Juan G. García said the new scheduling system, dubbed “Dynamic Scheduling,”
Increasingly crowded highways, aging infrastructure lead to more fatalities, crashes Courtesy TxDot, AUSTIN, TX— Recognizing a growing traffic safety concern in the state’s energy-production areas, the Texas Transportation Commission awarded a $150 million contract to Austin-Angel, JV (Austin Bridge & Road and Angel Brothers) for much-needed road work resulting from the state’s oil and
Courtesy Raul Leal, Members of the Texas Department of Transportation Laredo District Employees Activity Committee presented a monetary donation in the amount of $955 to the South Texas Food Bank. Funds gifted to the food bank came from employees of eight Laredo District counties and activities year round that generated money for a charitable organization.
Courtesy Carmen Rendon, The students of United High School gathered in their gymnasium and cheered on their special guests from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay. The directors were on hand to announce United High School as the 1st place winners of the “Score For Your School” award and present them with a $10,000 check. The PepsiCo Frito-Lay’s Fall 2013 “Score For Your School
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas, McDonald’s owner Mike Marasco and Brodita of Z-93 and Dave Gonzalez of Big Buck Country, visited the residents of the Senior Citizens’ Home, located at 602 Jarvis, to deliver gifts collected during their stint on the McDonald’s rooftop last week. Gifts included gift cards and
Courtesy Alex Meyer, Los Obispos Middle School students and staff held a campus-wide toy drive for pediatric oncology patients at Doctor’s Hospital Providence Health Center. The gifts were delivered on December 19, 2013. All of the students involved in the toy drive are members of the Gregg Plitt fan club. Plitt, who visited the Los
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas was on hand earlier this afternoon to help welcome a family to the rest stop. On hand was Mexican Consul Miguel Angel Isidro, as well as Blasita Lopez, Convention & Visitors Bureau Director, and the mechanic who donates his time to help the paisanos get
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, Junior Achievement Program Manager Tonie Martinez was at Dr. Henry Cuellar Elementary School this morning teaching students about the importance of education and saving for the future. This was just one of the many lessons Martinez and volunteers of the program conducted at the school. Lessons of the Junior Achievement program focus
Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)- If health and fitness are among your resolutions for the New Year, then the United Independent School District invites you to join them at the 3rd Annual Let’s Move for Scholars event to be held January 11, 2014 at the Johnson Student Activity Complex located at 5208 Santa Claudia Lane. Participants can
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