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page 7 The Harper News
October 21, 2011
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Middle & High
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Physician evaluations Saturday mornings at HCM
Aug 27 - Nov 5 from 8:30 -10 am
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CTEC Sponsors Energy
Program for Sixth Graders
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“THE Hill Country’s Bank”
SERVING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY SINCE 1941
HARPER
23596 WEST US HWY. 290
(830) 864-4400
www. ssbtexas. com
Blanco • Boerne • Bulverde • Comfort • Dripping Springs • Fredericksburg
Kerrville ‘ Ingram • Kingsland • Lago Vista • Marble Falls • Paleface Park
Member FDIC
Harper ISD Receives “Above Standard
Achievement” on State Financial Rating
Central Texas Electric
Co-op (CTEC) sponsored the
PowerHouse™ energy inves-
tigation program for Harper
Middle School sixth-grade
science students.
The PowerHouse pro-
gram shows students how
their actions affect the
environment, natural
A Biblically-based study
is being offered here in
Harper. It is designed to
help parents, youth work-
ers, teachers and pastors
better understand the
teenage years and to help
teens undergo a successful
transition into adulthood.
We'll discuss the cultural
pitfalls of teenagers today
and how to keep teenagers
from falling into trouble.
We'll also discuss how to
bring teenagers who are
already in trouble back
from the brink of disaster.
Mark Gregston has
developed specific tools and
practices to help teenagers
excel and to help parents
get through the often tur-
bulent waters of adoles-
resources, and their house-
hold budget. It teaches
them habits that can help
them save energy and
water for the rest of their
lives. In the process, they
become wiser consumers
and better stewards of nat-
ural resources.
Pictured above are:
cence. There is limited seat-
ing.
This is an eight- week
study that teaches
• understanding your par-
enting role
• understanding your
teen’s behavior
• understanding your rela-
tionship
• understanding the pur-
pose of pain
• developing boundaries
for your teen
• understanding the roots
of discipline
• understanding your
teen's needs
• issues of control
The cost is $90 per a ses-
sion for individual/couple.
The current session is
on:
Back row from left, Janice
Durst, CTEC and Adriana
Ceballos; middle row, from
left: Tana Wooten, Saul De la
Torre, Zane Brand and
Brandy Land (teacher) and
front row from left are
Demetrlo Guevara and
Mason Ryan.
Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
from Oct. 19 - Dec. 14 at
Wild Ride Ministries
23809 W Hwy. 290
Harper, TX 78631
For more information or
to register contact Stace at:
info@farrowcounseling.com
office:830-990-799
www.farrowcounseling.com
(Editor’s note: Stace is a
former Harper junior high
teacher. She has a blog
online and graciously lets
the Harper News reprint her
counseling articles. See
page 5 for the latest
advice.)
The Harper School Board
of Trustees met on Monday,
Oct. 17, 2011 and held a pub-
lic hearing to discuss the
district’s Financial Integrity
Rating System of Texas
(FIRST) for the year 2009-
2010. The Harper ISD
received an “Above
Standard Achievement,”
which was lower than their
usual superior rating.
The district had an extra
fund balance that year due
to construction begun on
the baseball complex, but
not complete. The FIRST
score for Harper ISD was 70;
a passing score is 56.
After the public hearing,
the board went into their
regular meeting with all
present except Bartley
Parker.
Mrs. Pari Whitten, super-
intendent, reported no
budget amendments and
talked about the state’s
payments to Harper ISD.
The district has received a
little over $300,000 and
should get another $600,000
this year. With taxes com-
ing due, the district will
receive approximately $3
million in local taxes. She
did note that the first of four
lawsuits has been filed
against the state of Texas to
rectify state funding for
education. She stated that
this is a long process and
will probably take at least
three years and not be
resolved until the lawsuit
reaches the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Whitten thanked the
Athletic Booster Club for
purchasing the materials to
build an addition to the con-
cession stand at the stadium.
It is called the Patty Shack
and is used to cook the
hamburgers. She also
thanked the maintenance
staff for doing the construc-
tion work.
Mrs. Whitten reminded the
board of the Historical
Marker Dedication. It is
scheduled for Sunday, Oct.
30 at 12:30 p.m. Peggy Ernst
will give a brief presenta-
tion on the history, the Boy
Scouts will present the flags
and pledges, refreshments
will be served and tours of
the school will be available.
The program report was
given by Charles Sander and
Joseph Allen, directors and
teachers of the music and
band program.
Mr. Allen spoke first and
told of his summer work-
shop taking three weeks of
elementary music instruc-
tion. He has completed
Level 1 of becoming certi-
fied in elementary music
with last summer’s course,
but will need two more
summers of three-week
courses to be completely
certified.
The elementary program
received three grants last
year which helped. The ele-
mentary music program
received a grant for $5000
which purchased a set of six
risers; a $500 grant which
paid for a field trip to The
Drum Cafe and $312 from
the PT0 for other supplies.
This year Mr. Allen will
have an improved Christmas
program and add a spring
program while continuing
to excel in the UIL Music
Memory contests.
Mr. Sander talked about
the high school band pro-
gram. The band has grown
and has 26 seventh and
eighth graders while retain-
ing all seven seniors who
joined in sixth grade. The
band has just finished
marching in the UIL march-
ing regional contests and
are one of five 2 A bands to
advance to the area con-
tests. They will march twice,
once in the preliminary
morning round and then
again in the finals that
evening. After area is the
state contest in San Antonio
in November.
Mr. Chris Stevenson high-
lighted November activities.
The state marching contest
on on Nov. 7, a blood drive
on Nov. 8, the third annual
Veteran’s Day program on
Nov. 11 with Thanksgiving
holidays from Nov. 23-25.
The board approved the
tax levy totals/rolls (of
approximately$3.4 million)
as presented by the County
Tax Assessor collector for
2011. The board approved
the taxation of “goods in
transit” as defined as tangi-
ble personal property
stored under a contract of
bailment in a public ware-
house that is not owned or
controlled by the owner of
the personal property of 175
days or less.
The board tabled nomina-
tions for members to the
Kimble and Kerr Central
Appraisal Districts. They did
nominate incumbent Don
Davis to the Gillespie Central
Appraisal District Board.
There being no further
business, the meeting
adjourned.
Note:
No Cross Bows
TURKEY SHOOT
Harper Community Park
Nov. 4, 2011
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Come test your shooting skills. Bring
your favorite rifle and ammo.
Bow hunters welcome.
Note:
No live turkeys.
Parenting Class Offered Here in Harper
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