Thank you Michelle Taylor for arranging it!

Susan

The TBEC Honor Roll is the most prestigious award for sustained, academic excellence in Texas. It recognizes schools that have demonstrated three years of consistent, high performance in all subjects compared to other schools serving similar student populations. TBEC Honor Roll schools have the highest percentage of students performing at the state’s most rigorous standard -commended- in every subject.

It all began back in April when Mr. Landmann was surprised at Forest Ridge with balloons and a cake from 10 HEB employees letting him know he was a finalist! He received a $1,000 check for himself and a $1,000 check for the school. He was just one of four teachers in the Lifetime Achievement award category, and if he won, could walk away with $25,000 for himself and another $25,000 for the school.

Well guess what, he did it! Our very own teacher was named the 2011 winner of the Lifetime Achievement teacher award by HEB! This is an amazing honor bestowed on a teacher who has spent over 20 years in the classroom and is seen as outstanding in teaching styles and leadership! Anyone who has been lucky enough to have had a child in Mr. Landmann’s class knows that the lessons the children learn in his classroom go far beyond the classroom! His teaching style and “museums” put the students right in the middle of the period they are studying which makes memorizing the information a breeze! One of his students even took over a tour guide in Rome because he knew more about the area than the guide did all because of Mr. Landmann’s class! He treats every child like they are special, and they absolutely love learning the material and acting out the day to day activies of the people they are studying!

We are very lucky to have a teacher like that right here in College Station! Congrats to Mr. Landmann and all the teachers, faculty, staff, and most importantly the present and future students at Forest Ridge Elementary in College Station who will benefit from the $25,000 grant money the school will recieve for Mr. Landmann’s amazing honor! Thank you Mr. Landmann for going above and beyond the term educator! You are a teacher, mentor, example, and inspiration to us all!

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I have said numerous times that I love living and selling homes in Bryan/College Station! We have such as giving community and that was evident Monday when the Hilton, Home Depot, Santa’s Wonderland, and 2nd graders from Bryan/College Station decorated trees donated from Home Depot to give to families who do not have Christmas trees!

After decorating the trees, the children enjoyed milk and cookies from the Hilton, and were serenaded by Jack Houston who sings at Santa’s Wonderland. They jumped in for some singing and were very excited by a surprise visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus! The morning ended with class pictures with Santa!

It was a wonderful event and an amazing lesson that Christmas is a time to give to others and especially those who are less fortunate than we are!

I would like to give a special thanks to the Hilton, Home Depot, Santa’s Wonderland, Jack Houston, 2nd grade classes in Bryan/College Station, and of course Santa and Mrs. Claus!

I’ll say it again, I love living and selling homes in Bryan/College Station as this community is number 1 when it comes to giving back!

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Farrah B Spears

Realtor, Century 21 Beal

979-229-0919

We are so lucky to live in a town like College Station where the educators and principals go the extra mile to pump up the student body.

Every year, the PTO at Forest Ridge Elementary in College Station puts on the annual Fall Festival fundraiser. The fesitval is full of games, activities, food, and amazing live and silent auction items. This year, the theme of the festival was “Truckin’ to the County Fair”. The Country fair theme created some buzz with old fashion activities such as a pie contest, pig races, and a kiss a pig contest between Principal, Terresa Katt, and Assistant Principal, Jason Hawkins. For weeks, the students filled the jars with money to see which principal would have to kiss Herman the pig!

Little did the children know what they were in for when they voted Mrs. Katt as the champion and the one to kiss Herman! Terresa was an amazing sport and really excited the kids after their fall sing along when she laid one on Herman. By the way, she doesn’t normally dress that way…the theme of the sing along was Rock N Roll over the years 50′s-80′s, and she was obviously dressed 80′s!

Education is so important, and nothing makes children get more pumped up about learning, than teachers and Principals who go above and beyond their duties to make learning fun! Mrs. Katt is one in a million when it comes to putting her students first. Whether it is judging the pie contest, dressing up like an 80′s gal, reading at Barnes and Noble, or kissing a PIG, she’s up for the challenge. College Station ISD and Forest Ridge Elementary are very lucky to have such a dedicated Principal!

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Farrah B Spears

979-229-0919

College Station ISD will be opening a new campus, College Station High School,  in the fall of 2012.  This campus will only be for 9^th and 10^th graders the first year of operation.  Therefore, CSISD must decide what sports to compete at IN THE VARSITY LEVEL  for the first two years of operation.  CSISD has prepared a short presentation on Wednesday, December 8^th at 5:30pm and will be asking for feedback as well as taking questions.  The meeting will be at A&M Consolidated High School, in the auditorium.

My daughter will be affected by this change, as she will be attending the new high school.  Being that she currently loves volleyball and plays for both her school and the Brazos Valley Juniors, I would hope CSISD would have a volleyball program….what do you hope to see?  What do you see as pro’s and con’s against having all, some or no varsity level sports in a new high school that only has this age group?  I can see that having our 10^th grade boys playing football against 12^th graders to be dangerous…so should we limit this varsity level to noncontact sports?  Or, is it better to put them in the larger arena at a young age to ‘build a program’?

Just curious on the thoughts out there…what are yours?

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Last night I was privileged to attend a PTO fundraiser at Barnes and Noble Book Store for Forest Ridge Elementary where my daughter attends school! It was a wonderful fundraiser for our school with Barnes and Noble donating a portion of the night’s sales to Forest Ridge.

There were activities for the children and we enjoyed story time with our principal, Terresa Katt, who read a story about a llama. College Station ISD is so fortunate to have principals and teachers who will take time out of their very busy lives to spend time with our children and help raise money for our wonderful schools!

Mrs. Katt is known all around our community as being one of the most giving and caring principals around. She puts her students first and will do anything for them. Whether it is reading to the students at a fundraiser, judging a pie contest at our fall festival, or kissing a pig(which she will do Friday), Mrs. Katt is always ready to do anything for the wonderful students of Forest Ridge and College Station ISD! Stay tuned for my next entry and video of the kissing of the pig on Friday!!

Thank you Mrs. Katt and Barnes and Noble for a wonderful evening for the Forest Ridge students!

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You can not put a price on the experiences I have being a Realtor in Bryan/College Station! I get to see beautiful homes and meet amazing people. In addition to that, I am able to set my own schedule which affords me the opportunity to attend my children’s activities and spend time volunteering at their schools.

I love reading with the children weekly at Forest Ridge Elementary in College Station. I get such personal satisfaction when I see how the children are growing and learning!

We are so lucky to live in Bryan/College Station because we have some of the best schools and teachers around! Today, I had the pleasure of attending the Forest Ridge Elementary 3rd Grade Ancient Cultures Museum. After studying the ancient cultures of Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the students constructed games such as “Culturopoly, Pin the Shield on the Gladiator, Memory: Zeus Edition”, and many others. Many visitors from around the school and the community attended the museum and got to enjoy the games.

A plethora of students and teachers were dressed up in ancient culture costumes to make the most of the Museum experience! 3rd grade teachers, Rick Landmann and Brooke Lyon were dressed in Roman attire and even some of the class pets(a life sized stuffed mountain lion) were dressed in ancient garb. Mrs. Lyon said that it really helps the students not just learn the material for a test but to retain the material since they felt like they had been there!

I am so glad that my children attend schools where the teachers put everything into truly teaching the material in a way the students will enjoy and remember!

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