Education

Panola College soon will introduce a new website at www.panola.edu. While the site location (URL) remains the same, the design and much of the content are new, according to Ann Morris, Dean of eLearning and Webmaster.

The Shelby County 4-H Food Project kids have been quite busy over the past several months.  In February , the Food Project  began with educational workshops on Kitchen Safety, Food Safety, Nutrition Basics and Public Speaking. During these workshops held, participants practiced this knowledge gained while perfecting their food prep and cooking skills.  

Tenaha High School Senior class have received a beautiful quilt handcrafted by Mrs. Vivian Chamberlain. In turn, the Senior Class will give the quilt away at a basketball game on Feb. 18
Mrs. Chamberlain donated the quilt to the senior class in honor of her children, Woody Chamberlain Jr., Sharon Chamberlain Fleming, Patti Chamberlain Story and Jimmy Chamberlain, all Tenaha Alumni.   
The  quilt features a special monogrammed message in the center: “Tenaha Tigers State Champions Class A 2011.”

Students are anxiously awaiting the School Mall Project sponsored by the Joaquin PTO to begin this coming Monday, Jan.9, 2012. Keep your eyes open for a booklet of postcards that your child will be bringing home.

Center Intermediate School announces All A and A/B honor rolls for the first six weeks of school.

All A
4th Grade
Kelsey Adair, Cameron Ahart, Jocelyn Berry, Talor Burch, Charles Bush, Linda Camacho, Emily Cervantes, Khin Cii, Joshua Clinton, Jace Covington, Alec Dykes, Annah Hall, Lena Hendricks, Tyler Herndon, Kamryn Holt, Jaleigh Johnson, Enrique Leon, Edgar Lopez, Ashton McGhen, Brady McSwain, Morgan Porter, Rquel Rafael, Isaac Rushing, Aaron Scates, Caroline Scull, Ashley Vigil and Keelan Williams.

5th Grade

All Joaquin ISD campuses will have early release days on Tuesday, December 6th and Thursday, December 8th due to the District hosting the District UIL Meet. Elementary will release at 1:10 pm and JH/HS will release at 1:20 on both days.
 
Jennifer McCann
Joaquin ISD
Administrative Assistant
 

Students at Joaquin Elementary School art classes for the past two weeks have been looking back in time at Texas culture and Texas folk art.
They have seen that it was a time without video games, cell phones, computers, etc.  Too, they looked at and discussed items such as raccoon and mink hides, longhorns, spinning wheels, homemade kitchen utensils and wooden bowls.

Center Middle School announces its first six weeks honor rolls. Students are as follows:

Sixth Grade - All A
Dalton Alexander, Megan Dunn, La Jada Hicks, Emma Locke, Rylee Morris and Oscar Vazquez.

Seventh Grade - All A
Madison Agnew, Angel Campos, Crystal Cassell, Austin Craig, Sydney Denney, Mario

Texas A&M will once again open its campus to an estimated 10,000 prospective students and parents during the university’s annual “Aggieland Saturday” Feb. 19.

The popular campus-wide open house is held each year to help prospective students and their families learn more about the opportunities available at Texas A&M.

Sponsored by the Office of Admissions and Records, “Aggieland Saturday” is open to all prospective students, including both high school students and transfer students.