by Robin Harkey | Sep 22, 2022 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey It wasn’t just another day at the Children’s Discovery Museum. It was more. Not a day but two weeks filled with new campers — and not just any campers, happy campers from VISD who may not otherwise have the opportunity or accommodations — those with...
by Robin Harkey | Apr 11, 2022 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey The VISD Education Foundation (VEF) is pleased to announce a new $10,000 scholarship opportunity offered on behalf of DNV, an independent assurance and risk management provider operating in more than 100 countries to deliver energy safely and...
by Robin Harkey | Dec 18, 2021 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey Hands-on—inquiry-based—and through trial and error—an engineer uses the design process to “ask, imagine, plan, create, test, and improve” upon a problem or need. This particular way of thinking which methodically examines and provides solutions was...
by Robin Harkey | Dec 1, 2021 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey It was a sunny, idyllic afternoon when I visited kindergarten teacher Sandra Caltzonzin at Shields Elementary to witness her Grants for Great Ideas project “Planting Seeds for Success.” In August of 2019, she was selected as one of our grant winners...
by Robin Harkey | Nov 1, 2021 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey The year was 1982 as I sat in my living room on my rust-brown and off-white flowered velour couch hunched over the latest Victoria Advocate devouring, along with my chocolate Jell-O Pudding Pop, a new “Hocus Focus” syndicated puzzle by Henry Boltinoff....
by Robin Harkey | Oct 1, 2021 | VISD Education
By Robin Harkey The year was 1982 as I sat in my living room on my rust-brown and off-white flowered velour couch hunched over the latest Victoria Advocate devouring, along with my chocolate Jell-O Pudding Pop, a new “Hocus Focus” syndicated puzzle by Henry Boltinoff....
