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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...
Budding Thinkers in the Making
By Robin Harkey My 20/20 vision intently peered into a compound microscope and adjusted the knobs to bring forth the highest level of clarity, to...
H-E-B is so much more than a store
I’ve been stewing over ways to publicly thank H-E-B for their heroic efforts over the past year to help fund the VISD Education Foundation. But...
A Vehicle for Learning Real-World Lessons
By Robin Harkey I dashed out my office door to go driving out in the country down Farm-to-Market Road 236 in my ordinary Volkswagen Jetta...
Singing Praises for Biotechnology in the Classroom and Beyond
By Robin Harkey Earlier this month, I had the permission, oh what a privilege, to visit Victoria West High School, and biology teacher, Karew...