Teacher recognition award winners were announced at the Annual Beacon Award Banquet for the Pine Tree Independent School District last Thursday, May 5, 2011.  This event recognizes teachers not only for excellence in the classroom, but for making a special difference in the life of a child.  The annual ceremony of the Pine Tree Education Foundation [...]

School districts throughout Texas got some surprising news Monday: $831 million of federal aid tied up for months in a high-profile battle between Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin is now available to retain and hire teachers.  TEA has released the allocation amounts for the EduJobs program, and Pine Tree ISD stands [...]

Nearly 1,000 high school students from 26 states participated in online cyber security contest  East Greenbush, N.Y., May 2, 2011 – The Center for Internet Security, through the U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) initiative, today announced the winners of the Cyber Foundations competition, a national online contest designed to test the computer networking skills of high [...]

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