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Live from Victoria, it’s Saturday Night!
By Robin Harkey Growing up in the country circa 1975-1993 with an antenna and a clear night sky, my much older brothers (he!he!) – the real deal...
Let’s give them something to talk about
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...
VISD alumnus expands VISD Education Foundation Scholarships
By Robin Harkey The VISD Education Foundation (VEF) is pleased to announce a new $10,000 scholarship opportunity offered on behalf of DNV, an...
Career engineering by design
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...
More than just a Veggie Tale
By Robin Harkey It was a sunny, idyllic afternoon when I visited kindergarten teacher Sandra Caltzonzin at Shields Elementary to witness her Grants...
Weave in, Weave out in Amazement of STEM
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...
A Hocus Focus on Education in VISD
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...
Helping Kids Add up to More
By Robin Harkey With budding interest and child-like anticipation, I stepped into Dudley Elementary to visit Jaime Schrade, VISD Education...
Towering Above in Education
By Robin Harkey This plant researcher girl had a spring in her step donning overalls and a wide-brimmed gardening hat (well, not really) ready to go...