Elementary School News Archive 2010-2011: McMasters Elementary News

McMASTERS MAY PRIZE PARADE: Program Aimed at Pre-K Reading

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Celebrating McMasters' mini-grant award are (back row): Jaynie Mitchell, representing San Jacinto College; Pat Gregory of the Pasadena ISD Education Foundation; Darla Haygood and Morgan Meador, both from Meador Staffing; Education Foundation members Linda Lukaszewski, Rudy Ayles, Dana Philibert and Tom Hancock; and (front row) McMasters counselor Lorena Garcia, school Principal Andrea Hilger, and school librarian Fara Gray.

PASADENA ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION MINI-GRANT
Applicants: Andrea Gilger, Fara Gray, Lorena Garcia
Mini-Grant Name: Gotta Start Reading!
Abstract: Gotta Start Reading will target pre-K students in our zone who are not being served by a pre-K program. Students and their parents will be invited to our library six times throughout the year, when we will host an interactive story time and provide a coordinating extension activity. Then the students will be given a copy of the book to practice reading at home, thereby improving their readiness for kindergarten.
Amount: $1,062
Sponsor: AES Deepwater

McMASTERS ES PHOTOS: Fourth Grade Bilingual Wins Track Trophy

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The fourth-grade bilingual students won the recent McMasters Track & Field Day trophy. Event photos follow with the winning fourth-graders pictured below.

McMASTERS ES PHOTOS: Bilingual Fourth-Graders Fly Kites

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

As part of their geometry and measurement review for TAKS, fourth-graders in the bilingual program at McMasters made their own kites recently and then tried them out. Event photos follow.

McMASTERS ES PHOTOS: Life Cycles Study Produces Butterflies

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Fourth-graders in the bilingual program at McMasters purchased lady butterflies as part of a life-cycles study. Students watched them grow from the larvae stage and topped off the lesson by giving the butterflies (in photos below) their freedom.

McMASTERS ES PHOTO: Reading Carnival Enhances TAKS Prep

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

As part of their preparation for TAKS, students at McMasters participated in a Reading Carnival. Students went to different stations for various literacy activities. Afterward, everyone received a goodie bag of prizes. Event photo follows.

McMASTERS ES PHOTO: Fourth-Graders Tickle Elmo With Artwork

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Students in Marisela Barrow's and Irma Martinez's bilingual fourth-grade classes took top honors in the Sesame Street Live Elmo's Healthy Heroes Classroom Art Contest recently. As part of a science unit on consumers and producers, students decided to make a collage of other students eating healthy snacks and exercising. Each student wrote two to three sentences on what being healthy means to them. Peer Facilitator Vicki Gonzalez coordinated the project. For their efforts, both classes received tickets to the show on Feb. 11. (Below) McMasters fourth-graders pose with their banner.