Alice High School AFJROTC Senior Leadership Retreat was recently held in New Braunfels. They participated in various activities where cadets were reinforcing skills they learned over the past few years.
FREER - Freer Rotarians recently held their 4-Way Speech Contest. Austin Gonzalez is a senior at Freer High School.
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Independent School District recently announced the teachers of the year for their district. Elementary Teacher of the Year is Ilene Guzman.
The results for the Alice High School drumline auditions for the 2022-2023 Alice High School drumline were recently released. Snare Line - Iris Cannen, Addison Garza, Anaissa Espinoza, Emerico Perez, Aubrey Garcia and Jade Benavidez.
Students from Alice and Freer High School held their annual proms on Saturday, May 7. During the prom, students crowned the 2022 prom king and queen.
BENAVIDES - Agua Poquita Soil and Water Conservation District #321 sponsored a day of a hands-on learning for Benavides Elementary students in celebration of Earth Day. Students learned about the importance of conserving our natural resources, soil and water, while planting a garden.
CORPUS CHRISTI – At Driscoll Children’s Hospital, it’s their job to treat their patients so that kids can get back to being kids. But it takes financial resources to offer the best healthcare possible, and new, cutting-edge technology can be especially expensive.
Nesting season is in full swing here on the Gulf Coast! This season, I have joined Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s coastal biologist Taylor Bennett in monitoring Matagorda Beach and Sargent Beach for nesting Wilson’s Plovers and least terns. During a recent survey of Colorado River Mouth Flats along Matagorda Beach, Taylor and I encountered another amazing bird -a reddish egret!
Memphis, Tenn. — Today marks the beginning of National Stuttering Awareness Week, a weeklong spotlight on the condition affecting almost 80 million people worldwide. During this year’s observance, the world’s oldest and largest Foundation dedicated to helping those who stutter is celebrating its 75th anniversary of providing help and hope for those who stutter and their families.
The alarm bell is sounding for America’s wildlife. Once common, monarch butterflies have declined to the point where they are considered at real risk of extinction. We’ve lost nearly three billion birds that once filled our skies. And more than one-third of America’s wildlife are facing an elevated risk of extinction.