Houston, the Ecobot Challenge is here.

"The EcoBot Challenge gives students the option of entering two different competitions.

They can build physical robots that perform specific environmental tasks.
They can develop ideas for robots that perform other environmental tasks and then create a PowerPoint presentation that describes how they would market their inventions

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Hi Johnny,

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Things are going well.  Looked at his grades yesterday and they have improved.  He is taking a major test in history today and Mr. Reed help him study yesterday.  I will let you know he grade on the test as soon as I can.  Thank you for checking in on us.

Deana

Creative Tutors congratulate Dr. John Ogletree, Jr. on his election as Trustee Board President in Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

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I wanted you to know that Liza continues to do well in Spanish.   Emma has done a great job tutoring her.  Also, Liza has been accepted to study Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii.

Thanks,

Pete

Sometimes we need a break. This year, I took our family to Disney Land in Anaheim California. The trip proved to be more than the experience I anticipated. I knew the girls would have fun, and I knew my wife and I would find time to have great conversation, but I had no idea how many great conversations and observations I would have and make concerning my kids.

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Olny 55% of plepoe can raed tihs.

So, are you a part of the 55%?

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So far the session is going great, my son is taking notes better and getting organized a little bit (that will come in time).  We are starting to get Isaiah’s teachers at school involved.  Having your teacher working peer to peer is just as you described.

Thanks,

Deana

There is a reward called progress for those who press ahead, and a punishment called stagnation for those who refuse to move.

This year, I believe we must ingrain this thinking in the mind of our students and family. I have noticed over the years, while interacting with some of friends from High School and a few from College, that some of them have suffered not from the recession, but because they refused to press forward, and settled for today, without having a vision and goal for tomorrow.

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"True leaders are not, as we are often led to think, just people with huge crowds eagerly following them.  True leaders are quite often people who go their own way without obsessing - or even looking to see, for that matter - whether anyone is following them at all.  Leadership qualities are not just the qualities that enable people to attract lots of followers, but often are those that enable others to do wonderfully well without them. 

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"Textbooks will be on display for public review and comment from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., weekdays, through Jan. 8, 2010, at the Katy ISD Education Support Complex, 6301 S. Stadium Lane.  The building will be close for the holidays Dec. 21 through Jan. 4. Textbook review will continue Jan. 4, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m."