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Cornyn on Houston Police Shooting: ‘Unconscionable and Unacceptable’

Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke of yesterday’s tragic police shooting in Houston on the Senate floor. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here.
Director Olivia Martinez-Tovar

PSJA ISD leader honored with Bilingual Education Award  

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's Dual Language Development/Biliteracy Director Olivia Martinez-Tovar was named the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Bilingual Educator Honoree Award

PSJA Early College High School Mariachi earns Superior rating, advances to State   

PSJA Early College High School’s Mariachi Maravilla de San Juan earned 1st Division Superior ratings at the UIL Region XV Mariachi Contest held at the La Joya ISD Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 26 and advanced to the State competition.
South Texas College (STC) and Universidad Tamaulipeca have signed a general collaboration agreement to create tools for training through the use of a unique bi-national partnership at least three years in the making.

After three years, bi-national partnership between STC and Universidad Tamaulipeca becomes reality

South Texas College will make the most out of new relationships with partners south of the border through the exchange of student talent, quality programs, and its world-class faculty, according to STC President Dr. Shirley A. Reed.

AG Paxton Seeks Court Enforcement of Settlement Agreement Against Tobacco Companies to Obtain Over...

Attorney General Ken Paxton today asked a U.S. District Court to enforce terms of the Texas tobacco settlement agreement requiring major cigarette companies to pay more than $125 million to the state of Texas.
Vicente Gonzalez

Congressman Gonzalez Announces More Than $90 Million in Preliminary Title I Allocations for Rio...

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) today announced $90,664,238 in preliminary Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Title I formula allocations funds for Local Educational Agencies (LEA) in the Rio Grande Valley.
Edinburg CISD announces top spellers. Pictured L-R: Siya Vinoj (fourth-place winner), Isabel Thoppil (second-place winner), Ann Jacob (first-place winner), ECISD Superintendent Dr. René Gutiérrez; Karyn Gonzalez (third-place winner) and Abigail Alvarado (fifth-place winner).

Edinburg CISD student repeats as district bee winner

Ann and 78 other top spellers from third grade to eighth grade participated in the Edinburg CISD 26th Annual District Spelling Bee, which was organized by the district’s Library Services Department.
Six students from McAllen High’s Mariachi Oro will participate in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Clinic and Concert March 29-30 in La Joya. They are (L-R) Jesús Villegas (2nd Chair Trumpet), Cristian Contreras (1st Chair Vihuela), Natalie Carmona (2nd Chair Alto Vocals), Ashley Treviño (18th Chair Violin), Andrew Morales (6th Chair Trumpet), Anthony Cisneros (1st Alternate Harp).

McAllen High Mariachi Oro sending six students to All-Region ensemble

Six members of the McAllen High Mariachi Oro have earned spots on the 2019 TMEA (Texas Music Educators Association) All-Region Mariachi Ensembles following auditions held recently.
Pictured are All-State Choir students from McAllen Rowe High. They are (L-R) Courtney Smith, Brianna Amaya, James Richardson and Dylan Moreno. Not pictured is Memorial High’s Audra Wright. All five have qualified to perform at a state convention Feb. 13-16 in San Antonio. McAllen ISD is a national Best Community for Music Education for the past six years.

Five McAllen ISD students earn All-State in Choir

Five choir students from McAllen ISD have earned All-State recognition, continuing McAllen ISD’s tradition of excellence in the fine arts.

Grand Opening of New Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Brownsville

The Children's Museum of Brownsville is extending invitations to media and media-personnel to attend the grand opening of the brand new Sun, Earth, Universe exhibit

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