The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 163, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Page: 1 of 10
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youlh outie.ich that oilers guidance and girls that diey can be in control ol their sional church pianist, started the program Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
and sees it as a way to help girls set out on Qjr|S participating in the Priceless Princess
program wear True Love Waits rings to-'
declare abstinence until marriage.
step taken to every beat of music.
Others in Monday’s class included
Morgan Hollingsworth, •«, 17,, v a
Sterling High School senior who was
“I’m here because I heard about
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Students at Baytown's Monday night ballroom dancing class
practice their Merengue.
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Above, St. Joseph Catholic
School third-grader Joshua
Fuentes and classmates
work on their handwriting
on the first day of the 2010-
11 school year. At right,
Sister Maria Raphael Tran
teaches St. Joseph Catholic
School eighth-graders
about Christopher
Columbus during social
studies on the first day of
the 2010-11 school year. This
year is the first for the
school to have an eighth
grade class.
Baytown Sun photos/Nickf Evans
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In mid-Scptcmber. a group of teenaged I
girls will graduate from a six-weck pro- j
gram and become princesses.
Yes. princesses ... right here in i
Bay town.
I he girls are part of the Priceless
Princess program, a Christian-based (
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Barbers Hill 1SD trustees, teachers I
and stall' began the 2010-11 Sc&wl year I
T hursday celebrating nevrfop-state rat- I
ings in pep rally style. ■ 1
Cheerleaders, the marching band, var- I
sity choir and elementary students per- |
formed for more than 700 employees b
during the annual District Convocation
themed “The Power of Blue." ■
At the core of the celebration were the I
district's 2010 state accountability rat- I
ings. released on July 31. f our of Barbers I
Hill’s five rated campuses Barbers I
Hill Primary. Elementary. Intermediate I
and Middle .schools received the high- I
est ratings of Exemplary this year, and f
Barbers Hill High School earned a
Recognized rating. Barbers Hill JSD was .
named an Exemplary District.
Joining Barbers Hill in celebrating
district accomplishments were State-
Rep. Craig Eiland and numerous county,
city and industry officials.
The Barbers Hill Lions Club also
joined district personnel in recognizing
2010 Distinguished Alumni Jimmy "
Sylvia, Guy Matthews, and I arl Porter, as
well as I lonorary Eagle ('armena (joss. |
HONORARY EAGLE CARMENA GOSS
Carmcna Goss was selected as I
Honorary Eagle following a nomination I
by Barbers Hill 2009 Distinguished I
Alumnus Gordon Speer. |
A retired librarian with 19 years’ serv- I
ice at Barbers Hill Middle School, Goss
is currently serving her third term on the
Board of Trustees arid her second term
as Board President. Her passion for
local history, and particularly district
history, has earned her the fond title
“Official Historian" for the Board.
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‘True love waits’ for local princesses
BY JANE HOWARD LEE
. jane.lee@baytownsun.com
fun,” she said.
The Baytown Parks & Recreation
department sponsors these Latin
Mercngue step, close, step, Ballroom and American Ballroom
Alaniz at the Baytown Community close, step, close, step, close is a dancing lessons for beginners and
/ very festive dance. A dance of confi- intermediates most Mondays,
As instructor, Alaniz kept busy dence. The music style is happy and 'ru:" ~*'
female dance partners quickly as he beats per minute,
tried to teach everyone the steps,
BY BEN TINSLEY
ben.fmsley@baytQwnsun.com
l or such a beautiful young lady,.
17-year-old Stephanie Osegueda was
a bit out of her element on the ball-
room dance floor Monday evening.
was part of a group of teens and
young adults out to eventually
dance like the stars, learning ball- her could show her the steps again,
room dancing from instructor Raul Mercngue step, close, step,
Alaniz at the Baytown Community close, step, close, step, close is a
Center, 2407 Market Street.
This class i» normally held
during Monday's class, changing the music tempo is about 120 to 160 between 7 p.m. and X:30 p.m.
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It’s been said that learning won’t resume until September,
City helps students, young adults try to master Latin dance
seemed to glide effortlessly with htm in time to the music. Basically one
on the dance floor, there was a s‘“- —■■■■■■
Stephanie Osegueda, who could only (
be described as incredibly adorable J'
but kind.of helpless out there, f . w „
“I have no rhythm!” Stephanie said dancing with Lewis Hendrix, 60.
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Hie Sterling High School senior in the middle of the dancing group as the class and thought it sounded like
Hollingsworth..,117.
sure and false pretenses since the program's inception
that could lead to prema- rf?™“
lure sexual activity. It graduated at
nMVKn promotes self-esteem to from the program become mentors to sub-
iielp them find and
® 011 11 Pos't'vc l1al'’ meetings have grown. The program has
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school and into adult-
BARRETT hood. It is part support
group and part group
therapy, but it is all about teaching young
BaytoWn Community
lives, making decisions based on their
own values instead of peer pressure.
t The girls who graduate in September
offer support to girls battling peer pres- will be the third group of girls to do so
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Halter, Janie. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 163, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 2010, newspaper, August 17, 2010; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192998/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.