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There are always many events happening at Memorial

The History Fair was held on November 5th. We were pleased to have 91 students enter the fair this year and they all did a wonderful job! The judges really had a hard time.

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1st Tate C. Steve Jobs Payton G. Charles Schultz
2nd Jose A. Thomas Edison Alyssa C. Andrew Glasscock
3rd Ivuoma A. Ida Bell Wells-Barnett Jesus S. Cesar Chavez

The Texas Alliance for Geographic Education and The National Geographic Society jointly sponsor "Geography Awareness Week". The 21st annual poster contest theme was " Mapping the Americas: People, Places, Environment, Culture, Landscape". Students had the opportunity to compare and contrast the geographic, cultural and historic aspects of North America and South America. Our Grand Winner poster was an entry in the state wide competition which was held in Austin the week of November 16-22.
And the winners were:

K-2 grade Madison S.
3rd grade Mikaela K.
4th grade Kylah K.
5th grade Alyssa C.
  Mario M.
Grand Prize Kylah K.

 

Ribbon cutting for Literacy Library Ribbon cutting of Literacy Library

The teachers at Memorial Elementary yelled, "Reading Rocks!" as they celebrated the grand opening of their Literacy Library. Principal Maricela Helm and Pilar Westfried were elated to cut the ribbons and open the doors to Guided Reading! Over 600 titles of leveled readers in English and Spanish are available for checkout. Pilar Westfried, Bilingual Literacy Specialist explained the leveling system and the borrowing system after the ribbon cutting. Reading Rocks at Memorial!

Fire Poster Contest

  First Place Second Place Third Place
Primary Division Sasha S. Barbara C. Miaezjha S.
Intermediate Division Noelia V. Karen P. Cristian G., Teja P.
Middle Division Kayla P. Jordan S. Alison D.

The Grand Prize winner and first place winners will advance to the next round. We wish them good luck!