Alvin
EDUCATION
ACC Nursing Students Receive Pins During Ceremony
Alvin Community College nursing students recently had a pinning ceremony for Associate Degree and Vocational Nursing at the ACC Gym on May 8. The Spring 2024 ADN class included 48 graduates, while the LVN class included 20 graduates. The Nurse Pinning ceremony includes the graduates receiving their pin, lighting the...
Boosting Literacy: Alvin ISD’s Comprehensive Approach
During the April Alvin ISD Board Meeting, Dr. Shandar Hobbs, the Executive Director of Curriculum, delivered an update on the current state of literacy within the district. Hobbs emphasized the district’s commitment to a Comprehensive Literacy Plan as the foundation of their educational strategy. In 2018, an examination of...
Marek, McNair name assistant principals
Alvin ISD educator Keirstan Hairgrove has been named assistant principal at Marek Elementary, and Julianna Walker was named assistant principal at Ronald E. McNair Junior High, two Alvin ISD campuses located in Pearland. Hairgrove has spent three years as a math instructional coach at Hood-Case Elementary in Alvin ISD. She...
Pearland Superintendent gets pie in the face
Students donated 5000 BOOKS for KHOU 11’s Turn the Page Literacy Initiative! As an incentive, Dr. Berger allowed the school with the most books donated to pie him in the face. KHOU representative, Scylla Lopez, presented Magnolia Principal, Dr. Kristine Solberg, with a ‘Relentless Recognition Award.’
Pearland Junior High West Students Named Do the Write Thing Finalists
Two Pearland Junior High West students qualified as school finalists in this year’s “Do the Write Thing” Challenge in Houston/Harris County. Numbering among the youth anti-violence program school finalists are seventh-grader Adrian Estala and eighth-grader Tina Lutz. Through the challenge, students examine the causes of violence and...
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