Archive for August, 2008
« Previous EntriesMr. Gesch Honored as Secondary Mentor of the Year
Saturday, August 30th, 2008The University of Texas Principalship Program honored former Round Rock High School Principal Mark Gesch as its Secondary Mentor of the Year at the annual Mentoring For Leadership Banquet. The mentoring program provides mentors to beginning educational leaders across Central Texas.
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Two September 3rd Events
Friday, August 29th, 2008Just an FYI for you parents:
State of the District Meeting
Dr. Jesús Chávez, Superintendent for Round Rock ISD requests your presence at the State of the District meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the RRISD Performing Arts Center, 5800 McNeil Drive, Austin. Topics to be discussed include: TAKS scores and [...]
“Now THAT’S the (other) Ticket!” McCain/Palin
Friday, August 29th, 2008Wow. John McCain really surprised the political world with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate!
Perhaps Gov. Palin will attract some women over to the McCain campaign? She is very, very unknown, however. I’m interested to see how this works out. This is VERY, VERY interesting!
I don’t know much about Gov. Palin, but here’s [...]
Obama’s Speech
Friday, August 29th, 2008Here is Barack Obama’s acceptance speech from Thursday night.
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth watching. Enjoy and comment away.
Democratic Convention!
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008The Democratic National Convention (DNC) began last night in Denver, CO! Usually these Conventions are full of pomp and circumstance, so orchestrated that the speaker can’t sneeze without permission. First Read has a good analysis of the last night’s speakers up.
There will be rock bands, movie stars, speeches, and lots and lots of cheering! I’ve [...]
Biden’s no ‘yes man’
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Joe Biden was recently catapulted onto the national scene when he was selected to be Barack Obama’s running mate.
The Obama Campaign, in a tech savy move, sent the announcement out via text message to Obama supporters early Saturday morning.
Apparently, Biden pushed quite hard to get onto the ticket. (Wouldn’t any Democrat?)
In case you don’t know [...]
Forms for Parking Permits on School Webpage
Sunday, August 24th, 2008FYI:
Students that wish to park on campus must purchase a parking permit. The permit fee is $25 for the first car and $10 for the second car. The permits can be purchased during textbook pick up this week provided the student does the following.
Submit completed permit application. (The form is on the RRHS webpage and [...]
“Now That’s the Ticket!” Obama/Biden
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, Joseph R. Biden, Democratic Senator from Delaware.
Early reactions from the political echo chamber are:
New York Times
Politico
First Read
The New Republic
Grade Level Parent Meetings UPDATE!
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008The Senior level parent meeting has been scheduled:
Seniors’ Parent Night, Cafeteria, Tues, Sept 23, 6:30PM
It’s Free Money!
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008This is absolutely mind boggling.
The federal government is trying to GIVE AWAY money and millions Americans haven’t taken them up on the offer! The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (a liberal think tank) has put out a study claiming that 5 million Americans, over 11,000 in Austin alone, have yet to claim their Economic [...]