Education commissioner: Teachers pour love and skill into children
Mike Morath makes visit to Early Elementary School
Brownwood Bulletin
EARLY Early Elementary School welcomed Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath to the campus earlier this week, where Morath visited several classrooms and interacted with students and teachers.
Morath was accompanied by representatives of the Texas Education Agency, Education Service Center Region 15 in San Angelo and the Early school district.
The TEA is starting to resume regular visits to schools a practice that had been suspended because of COVID.
“He’s actually just swinging through the area, wanting to visit some rural schools, and Early was on his list,” Early ISD superintendent Dr. Dewayne Wilkins said before Morath arrived on a rainy Tuesday morning.
More than 100 people gathered in front of the Early Elementary School Tuesday afternoon as the Keith Taylor Memorial was unveiled. Early Elementary School Principal Sharon Watson served as the guest speaker and shared memories of Taylor’s contributions.
Taylor, who passed away on June 30, 2020 at the age of 65, worked for the Early ISD for more than 20 years. Taylor was a passionate fourth-grade teacher prior to his retirement and later was heavily involved with the robotics program and drove the bus for several out of town extracurricular events.
The brainchild of the Early Community Future Problem Solvers and constructed by Josh Daignault, the memorial consists of a telescope on a tripod sitting on three stars. Also included was a plaque that reads “Keith Taylor taught us to reach for the stars,” along with a quote from Albert Einstein, “Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.” 2 Corinthians 12; 9-10 is also included on the plaque t
Fifth-grader steps up to help bring play to Early Elementary
Brownwood Bulletin
EARLY Given his heritage, it’s no surprise that 11-year-old A.J. Tidwell claims theatre is in his blood.
“My whole family revolves around theatre,” the Early Elementary School fifth-grader explained.
A.J. was new to the school this year after transferring from Victory Life Academy. He hoped a theatre class might become part of the school, and his interest sparked a chain of events beginning with a letter A.J. wrote to the school’s principal, Julie Schafer that led to the after-school production of the play “Pan!”
By Amanda Sullivan
04/20/21
When
walking through the toy section in most department stores, adults are
often still confronted with the startling divide between “the pink
aisle” and “the blue aisle.” Walking through these aisles can
feel like stepping into a time machine, warping us into a past era
full of masculine and feminine stereotypes we have spent decades
trying to eradicate. With so much material to wade through, finding
the right STEM tools and products for young girls can be daunting. This excerpt from my book Breaking
the STEM Stereotype: Reaching Girls in Early Childhood
will provide educators with examples of tools, games, and products