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[Elgin ISD @ElginTxISD]

Harvest Ridge Elementary will become the newest member of the Elgin ISD family when it opens its doors for the 2024-25 school year! We are looking for educators to join us on our new campus! Call 512-281-3434.

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[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

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[ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL @ELGINISD_EHS]

Elgin High School proudly hosted its National Honor Society induction ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 9. Certificates were provided to each of the program’s newest members in attendance.
Photos: https://t.co/0eXGMLClBA

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Elgin Elementary School @ELGINISD_EE]

We enjoyed celebrating our amazing substitutes last week for National Substitute Appreciation Week! We are so thankful for their support in helping us run our best RACE this year! #RunYourBestRACE

[Elgin Elementary School @ELGINISD_EE]

Let’s make this a September to remember! This month, two days will be chosen at random to celebrate all students who are in attendance. Come to school each day to be included in the fun! #RunYourBestRACE

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Norman. He has finally conquered the magical ice treat machine. Up next? The rest of the world. 13/10

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"My daughter and I are in Myrtle Beach taking a sunset walk when this adorable and sweet little boy comes walking right up to her. He shares with her the shark tooth around his neck.

He tells her his name and asks her name to which she tells him. They part ways while saying goodbye, walking in the opposite direction.

A few minutes later he comes running back, in what seems to be in slow motion, yelling out my daughter's name. She turns around and is greeted by his smile.

So they share a few words, mainly about his super cool shark's tooth that apparently gave him powers 🙂.

Before they walked, talked and raced, I asked his mother for permission to take this picture and this was the result.

No one positioned them, told them to smile and there was absolutely no hesitation on their part at all.

When we finished walking and it was time to go they hugged for a long time and exchanged about 20 "goodbyes"

This is a moment that we humans understand as just simply seeing no color lines, no judgement, no race, no hate, no shades. It's just pure....two kids meeting on a sunset walk without a care in the world...all they saw was each other.

This world would be a much better place if we acted like these two kids."

Source: Ayanna Toye Barrows

[Elgin Elementary School @ELGINISD_EE]

We are so glad our Elgin ISD Trustees are on BOARD with helping us run our best RACE! Thank you, Beth Walterscheidt, for reading to our students! #RunYourBestRACE