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PSJA'S K-TRI EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATION, CH. 17 HOSTS SUMMER CAMP

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PSJA TEACHERS SELECTED FOR LIFTOFF SUMMER INSTITUTE, TWO OF 46 TEACHERS NATIONWIDE

PHARR - Celena Miller, a teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary and Michael A. Sweet, a teacher at Carman Elementary in PSJA ISD are two of forty-six teachers selected from across the nation for the prestigious LiftOff Summer Institute to be held at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas this summer.  The year 2010 marks the 21st consecutive year that teachers from around the country increase their knowledge of space education through the LiftOff Professional Development Summer Institute. Click here to read more...

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PHARR - PSJA ISD received a visit from a representative of the prestigious Carnegie Corp. of New York, one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American grant-making foundations. Leah Hamilton, Program Officer for Urban Education for the Carnegie visited with Superintendent Dr. Daniel King and his administrative team to learn more about the district’s best practices on dropout recovery and college readiness initiatives. Click here to read more...

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AUSTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER SELECTED TO BE A NASA HELIOPHYSICS EDUCATOR AMBASSADOR

SAN JUAN - Susana Ramirez, 7th grade science teacher at Austin Middle School is one of only 30 teachers selected from across the nation for the prestigious NASA Heliophysics Educator Ambassador Program to be held at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago this summer. Click here to read more...

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PSJA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES RECEIVE UNIQUE RECOGNITION, OPPORTUNITIES

PHARR - Erika Puente, a Sophomore at PSJA North High School, was recently named Global Citizen Scholar 2010.
This prestigious honor is given to only 10 students from across the nation. The scholarship is sponsored by Education First, an education based tour company, and grants these students a nine-day tour throughout China. Click here to read more...

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LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS RECOGNIZED BY DUKE PROGRAM  

PHARR - Seventh grade students from Liberty Middle School were recognized on May 27 at the Duke University Talent Identification Program 2010 Texas Recognition Ceremony for being part of the Duke Talent Search and receiving high ACT scores for the 2009-2010 school year. Click here to read more...

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PSJA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL’S TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION TEAMS ADVANCE TO NATIONALS

PHARR - The Technology Student Association (TSA) at PSJA North High School had a tremendous year by winning two State Championships and they are now in route to compete at Nationals in Baltimore, Maryland at the end of June.
 
This is the second year for the TSA Chapter at PSJA North HS, started by computer aided drafting teacher, Arnold Gutierrez. TSA is a national, non-profit organization for middle and high school students with a strong interest in technology. Since TSA was chartered in 1978 over 2,000,000 students have participated nationwide. Click here to read more...

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PSJA NORTH HS RECEIVES PROVISIONAL DESIGNATION AS AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

PHARR - On Friday, May 21, PSJA North High School’s Principal Narciso Garcia received word from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) that his campus was awarded the provisional designation to become an Early College High School.
 
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PHARR - Ten PSJA students were part of 82 recent graduates of the South Texas College’s Dual Enrollment Medical Science and Dual Enrollment Engineering Academies (DEMSA and DEEA).  These students received their Associate’s Degree in either Biology or Engineering on May 15, weeks before receiving their high school diploma. Click here to read more...