05.25.08

in Pasadena, history gets funded

Posted in General at 12:24 am by Paloma Cruz

Award will fund teacher training, pique student interest in history
– Houston Chronicle2

Pasadena students could soon receive a better education in history after the school district was awarded the Teaching American History Grant.

The Pasadena school district is the newest recipient of the grant aimed at simultaneously improving students’ history knowledge and teachers’ classroom skills.

The $949,434 grant will fund training with expert historians in cutting-edge techniques to develop teacher knowledge and appreciation for American history, encourage dynamic instruction and make history an interesting subject.

The curriculum is geared toward developing the classroom strategy of teachers and to help them bring American history alive for students.

Teachers in this program gain a deeper understanding of history.

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05.15.08

news shops for Pearland

Posted in News at 12:04 am by Paloma Cruz

Pearland Town Center to add 20 new shops
– Houston Business Journal

Twenty more retailers and restaurants are being added to the 1.2
million-square-foot Pearland Town Center mixed-use development set to
open on July 30.

Those set to open include: Ann Taylor Loft, Coach, Icing,
Journey’s, Yankee Candle, Select Comfort, Jos. A. Bank, James Avery,
Kay Jewelers, Gymboree, New York & Co., Children’s Place, Zumiez,
A’gaci, Fossil, Learning Express, Express, Cork Wine Bar, Marble Slab
Creamery, Gamestop, Vans and Paciugo Gelato… [snip]

Sounds like good reasons to take a shopping trip to that part of town.

05.05.08

flood warning

Posted in News at 11:07 am by Paloma Cruz

Evening commuters could get reprieve from rains
– Houston Chronicle2

Heavy rains are expected to continue across southeast Texas late this morning and into the afternoon, but evening rush-hour travelers could get a break, forecasters said.

“We think the rain will diminish beginning late this afternoon, probably between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.,” National Weather Service forecaster Charles Roeseler said today.

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Iron Man tops the box office

Posted in News at 10:55 am by Paloma Cruz

If you didn’t watch Iron Man this weekend, you’re in the minority. I went to see it on Saturday and was a bit disappointed. Robert Downey, Jr. was great, but the movie was a bit… lacking. Just my personal opinion.

Ticket sales cast in iron
– Houston Chronicle2

Iron Man was pure gold at the box office.

The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates.

The film’s debut was the 10th-biggest opening of all time and the fourth-biggest for a superhero movie.

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