Tag: Berta Cabaza Middle School

Ex-choir director facing soliciting charges dies at 31

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The underage accusers of Alfredo Hernandez Jr., a former middle school choir director in San Benito arrested for online solicitation, will not see him prosecuted for his alleged crimes. Melissa Landín of the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday that Hernandez’s charges of online solicitation of a minor …

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Flores takes first at nationals; SBCISD chess teams excel

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Afterschool Program has once again exhibited a strong showing at the National Chess Tournaments, including one individual who earned a first place rating. Frank Roberts Elementary, Rangerville Elementary, Fred Booth Elementary, Ed Downs Elementary, Dr. Garza Elementary and Dr. Cash Elementary competed at the …

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RGVDA to hold Walk-Run-Zumba over weekend

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Fourth Annual Rio Grande Valley Diabetes Association “Walk-Run-Zumba” is slated for Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22. “We’ve partnered up with the city, and we’re going to have a Zumbathon on (Friday) night here at Berta Cabaza Middle School at 6:30 at night,” said Ray Saldaña …

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San Benito teen in Football U. to play at Alamodome

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A local middle school football player will be participating in a football game on Thursday, Jan. 2 against a Canadian national team. Brandon Michael Villarreal, who plays middle linebacker and running back for the Berta Cabaza Middle School Greypups football team, was selected to join FBU (Football University) …

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Discovery of screenshots in online solicitation case concerns González

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Board President Yliana González expressed concern Thursday regarding screen capture and print screen images of purported communication between a former Berta Cabaza Middle School choir director charged on multiple counts of online solicitation of a minor and a 12-year-old Miller Jordan Middle School student who authorities …

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STAAR results show schools ‘Met Standard’

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results have been released, and every school within the San Benito CISD achieved a “Met Standard” rating. “In the past, we used to have ratings that were referred to as a campus being Exemplary, which is the highest rating; …

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‘TOP GUN’ – Berta Cabaza’s Villarreal invited to prestigious football camps

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS What started out as just a chance taken has turned into quite the summer for a local middle schooler. Brandon Michael Villarreal, a middle linebacker and running back for the Berta Cabaza Greypups, participated in two prestigious football camps over the past month: A regional Football University camp …

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Obregon makes more principal changes

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Even more reassignments of school district principal positions were announced Monday, making the personnel move the fourth time in which campuses have undergone leadership changes. The latest principal assignments have been finalized by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District for the 2013- 2014 school year, according to …

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Board approves principal changes

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com School district positions they are a-changin’. At a special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday, a number of principal resignations and reassignments were approved in anticipation of the 2013-2014 school year. Want the whole story? Pick up a copy of …

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SBCISD hirings made; changes to come

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Administrators with the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District are working to keep up with the comings and goings of principals and teachers. At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, members unanimously approved Interim Superintendent Alfonso Obregón’s recommendation to employ 12 professionals at multiple campuses—some of whom …

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