San Antonio Schools receive grants to prepare students and build new facilities

Help students prepare for higher education grants

Three schools in San Antonio high schools are subsidized by the state of Texas, students must achieve their goals for attending college or university for help. The completion of high school in Texas and grants to a total of $ 200,000 were Edison Technical High School, Fox Technical High School and Navarro Academy issued. Each of these schools, San Antonio, the fund so that special needs is the address usedtheir students.

Edison Technical High school, plans to give $ 80,000 to build and operate Saturday College Readiness Academy. This is an interesting and innovative program is taught jointly by Edison teachers and university professors. These allow the student to get a feel for it, get what awaits in the universities. The main objective of the Saturday College Readiness Academy is to increase students 'ACT' and SAT scores to improve their chances of success inCollege admission process.

San Antonio Schools' Fox Technical High School is to provide a portion of his $ 80,000 Sat and ACT workshops to help students prepare for the operation is to take the test. Fox Technical High School plans to help the use of these funds to pay examination fees of students. A teacher training for the ascent of college preparatory program for individual determination will be paid for the remainder of the funds.

Navarro Academy, which received $ 30,000 grantFund, is one of several schools in San Antonio that will create a promotion through the provision of individual training for teachers. Navarro Academy plans to use most of their allocation to a fund for transport before and after school tutoring and mentoring organization.

Although each school is the allocation of funds to different services, as they have done to improve San Antonio schools scores their students' Texas Assessment of knowledge and skills. This program hasCurrently, several important goals for all schools in Texas to increase the number of: 9-students in four school years, students who graduate college-ready, as evidenced by enrollment in a college preparatory curriculum including Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate The dual credit courses and students, the university entrance exam instead.

San Antonio Schools used the funds to build three new schools

From the 2006-2007 school year, students MargilElementary school, primary and Douglas Crockett Academy enjoy new facilities. Margil Crockett and schools have moved to two new new buildings, while Douglass Academy has undergone a complete renovation of existing facilities.

Margil elementary schools in San Antonio, an elementary school, originally built in the early 1970s, has developed two new features. The school is distinctive towers emulate the architecture of Avenida Guadalupe nearby. OtherCharacteristic of the school is its cafetorium, which lifted by a retractable wall that connects when the gymnasium and cafeteria will be created.

Crockett Elementary School moved into a new 104,945 square foot facility designed around a beautiful courtyard. The last feature to be a new school library, laboratories, classrooms and large. The school's air conditioning has also been updated and parts of the school, which was not previously air conditioned hoursbe.

San Antonio schools, "Douglass Academy, a Texas governor's Education
Excellence Award winners, received a renewal. The school focuses on redevelopment, including the cultures of African-American and Mexican-American neighborhood in its decoration and design. Provides a new sports hall, computer room, wireless connections, an intercom and classroom Strides built specifically for children and life Programfor pupils with special educational needs.