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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL JAN. 2 - JAN. 30, 2017

VOL. 5, ISSUE 7

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PLAGIARISM AT AHHS COULD BECOME ‘LEARNING EXPERIENCE’ PG. 10 - Educators say almost 130 students took part; consequences included suspension from extracurricular activities

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PG. 04 OUR TURN Texas lawmakers should take another look at school vouchers

PG. 03 SUSAN YERKES Military Health Institute promises medical boon for South Texas, SA economy

TWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BECOME A DUAL-LANGUAGE ACADEMY PG.12 Goal is to increase bilingual skills through immersion in English and Spanish

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During the last four years, LOCAL has experimented with a variety of website options, including online flip-books.

At the same time, our audience kept asking, “When are you going to have a searchable news website?”

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ON THE COVER: Twain Middle School in the San

Antonio Independent School District is transitioning into Twain Dual Language Academy, where classes will be in English and Spanish. District officials say the bilingual education will give students an edge in the global market when they eventually seek jobs.

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Good medicine for all

by SUSAN YERKES

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’ve always found it interesting that two of this city’s biggest economic generators are the military medical establishment and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

With thousands of military and civilian contract employees and a budget in the billions, military health is a powerful part of San Antonio’s economy.

There’s a long history of collaboration between UTHSCSA and the military medical folks. However, the

relationship recently took a huge leap forward with UTHSCSA’s creation of the Military Health Institute.

The idea came from Dr. Bill Henrich, health-science center president.

“Ask any San Antonian what is unique about the city and I would guess the military here would be one of the answers,” Henrich said. “As president here, I’ve seen a number of successful projects with the military, and a big portion of our teaching involves care of veterans and staffing the (Veterans Affairs medical facilities), but we still weren’t taking full advantage of all the opportunities to collaborate for the benefit of the military, the university and the wider community. The institute was intended to do that.”

Dr. Byron Hepburn, former commander of the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and a one-time deputy surgeon general of the Air Force, heads the institute, which opened in late 2014. He is the perfect person to create the kind of collaborative incubator Henrich had in mind.

“We have a unique interface with VA and the Department of Defense, with the huge military presence, and the amount of research and teaching. Also, the fact the VA is co-located with us, and our faculty is doing most (of) all the research at the VA,” Hepburn said.

The focus is to fast-forward research in military medicine at these institutions through partnerships, and the Military Health Institute is working with the other such facilities, as well as with the entire UT System.

Current projects include major research on post-traumatic stress disorder, a study of new pain relief for burns, work on long-term outcomes of vascular-extremity injuries, care of gastrointestinal injuries, new indicators of traumatic brain injury and research in how best to help family caregivers deal with PTSD. While these endeavors are geared to the needs of servicemen and servicewomen, the results can improve care for everyone.

“There are layers of goodness,”

Hepburn said. “Research done for the military also has direct applicability to all humans, from a burned child to the victim of a motorcycle crash.”

The institute’s networking function is also connecting researchers inside and outside the armed forces to coordinate studies and jump-start pilot projects, Hepburn said. After just two years, the results are impressive.

In 2016, total funding UTHSCSA received for DOD-related projects increased nearly 45 percent, from $8.5 million in 2015 to about $12.3 million.

When I asked Henrich about how much he envisions the institute growing, he said, “The sky’s the limit.”

The Military Health Institute is a great way for a lot of smart folks to work together doing important things. It’s good news for UTHSCSA, for veterans and for active-duty personnel. It’s good news for the South Texas economy.

Most important, it’s good news for medical research, and for all of us living here in Military City, USA, and beyond. syerkes@localcommunitynews.com

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awmakers of the 85th Legislature should continue pushing for initiatives that ease the financial burden on parents wanting choices about where their kids attend school.

Efforts to use taxpayer dollars — or vouchers — allowing guardians to enroll their offspring in private or parochial institutions failed during the last session.

Many public-school educators decry vouchers. They fear taking public monies away from their districts hurts students and undermines the overall performance of Texas’ tax-supported institutions.

On the other hand, parents fed up with schools that fail pupils should have a right to decide how and where

their hard-earned dollars are spent to pay for their children’s education.

Just like in a free market, the competition could help improve public schools.

Proponents also argue vouchers are a mechanism to lift low-income students out of underperforming institutions and place them in a better learning environment.

Initiatives in 2017 include giving tax credits to companies donating funds to poor or special-needs students, so they can afford tuition at private or parochial schools.

Another option could be the education savings account, which funnels taxpayer dollars to parents as a debit card to pay for schooling other than public. In the end, parents have a right to seek the best education possible for their youngsters, while also being able to decide how to pay for it.

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Antonio College’s Sinkin EcoCentro, 1802 N. Main Ave. The group examines nutrition’s role involving health challenges. Free sessions take place the first Thursday of each month, and may include health tips, recipes and plant exchanges. For more, call 492-4620.

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ALAMO HEIGHTS The City Council meets at 9, 23 5:30 p.m. in the municipal complex, 6116 Broadway, on the second and fourth Monday of the month, except holidays. For more, visit http://www.alamoheightstx.gov/.

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Main Ave. Members and guests are welcome to eat beginning at 6 p.m.; no reservations are required. For more, visit www.alamocityguards.com.

ALAMO HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Chamber holds luncheons the first Wednesday of each month in a private room at Paesanos Lincoln Heights, 555 E. Basse Road. Arrive by 11:30 a.m. for a meet and greet; a guest speaker follows at noon. Cost is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. For more, call 822-7027 or visit http://alamoheightschamber.org/.

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SAN ANTONIO AUDUBON SOCIETY Beginning at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, The First Tee, 915 E. Mulberry Ave., hosts the group.

Nonmembers are welcome at the free meeting. For more, visit saaudubon.org or www.facebook.com/saaudubon/.

JAN. 5 & FEB. 2

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, CAMP 1325 Alamo City Guards, Camp 1325, conducts 7 p.m. meetings the first Thursday of each month in the Fiesta Room at Luby’s, 911 N.

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SAISD BOARD San Antonio Independent School District 9, 17 trustees convene at 5:30 p.m.

Gatherings are in the Burnet Center, 406 Barrera St. For more and to see each meeting’s agenda, visit www.saisd.net.

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TERRELL HILLS The City Council meets at 5 p.m. at City 9 Hall, 5100 N. New Braunfels Ave., on the second Monday of each

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month. Sessions are open to the public.

For more, visit www.terrell-hills.com.

PRESERVING HISTORY The Monte Vista Historical 10 Association board meets the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Landa Branch Library’s annex, 233 Bushnell Ave. For more, call 737-8212 or visit http://www.montevista-sa.org/.

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GARDEN TALK The San Antonio Herb Society meets 10 on the second Thursday of the month featuring interesting speakers and programs at the San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave. Refreshments and social time is at 6:30 p.m.; program starts at 7 p.m. For more, visit www.sanantonioherbs.org.

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KHAKI & PLAID GALA Hope for the Future hosts 14 its largest fundraiser of the year, in support of Catholic schools

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SIX FACTORS THAT DETERMINE YOUR MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE

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Ever wondered what exactly goes into determining your mortgage rate? Here are the top 6 things mortgage companies consider. Keep these in mind so you can get the best rate when you’re ready to purchase a home.

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Your credit score is a number that lenders use to help predict how reliable you’ll be in paying off your loan.

Your credit score is calculated from your credit report, which shows all your loans and credit cards and your payment history on each one. In general, if you have a higher credit score, you’ll be able to get a lower interest rate. Check your credit score regularly to be sure there are no errors. We can give you some resources that can help raise your scores if necessary.

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YOUR CREDIT SCORE

Your home price minus your down payment is the amount you’ll have to borrow for your mortgage loan.

Generally, you’ll pay a higher interest rate if you’re taking out a particularly small or jumbo loan.

In general, a higher down payment means a lower interest rate, because lenders see a lower level of risk when you have more stake in the property. So if you can put 20 percent or more down, you’ll usually get a lower interest rate.

LOAN TERM

The term of your loan is how long you have to repay the loan. In general, shorter term loans have lower interest rates and lower overall costs, but higher monthly payments.

INTEREST RATE TYPE

Interest rates come in two basic types: fixed and adjustable. Fixed interest rates don’t change over time.

Adjustable rates have an initial fixed period, after which they go up or down based on the market. In general, you can get a lower initial interest rate with an adjustable-rate loan, but that rate might increase significantly later on.

LOAN TYPE

There are several broad categories of loans, known as conventional, FHA and VA Loans. Rates can be significantly different depending on what loan type you choose.

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BEGINNERS’ BIRD WALK Led by Georgina Schwartz, the 14 San Antonio Audubon Society outing begins at 8 a.m. at the Judson Nature Trails start point, 246 Viesca St. in Alamo Heights. Nonmembers are welcome; binoculars can be provided. The free walk is held the second Saturday of each month. For more, visit saaudubon. org or www.facebook.com/saaudubon/.

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OFF AND RUNNING A ladies-only running event, 15 “Cocoa Women’s Half Marathon & Relay,” will begin at 8 a.m. in Maverick Plaza, at La Villita, 345 S. Alamo St. There also will be a 5K, and a 1-mile fun run for girls. Afterward, there will be pancakes, tacos, fruit and, of course, chocolate. For more and to register, visit www.athleteguild.com.

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SCHOOL’S OUT Alamo Heights, North East and 16 San Antonio independent school district campuses will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For more, visit www.ahisd.net, www.neisd.net or www.saisd.net.

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“ODD” SHOW “The Odd Squad Live!” production at 16 The Tobin Center H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle, will be at 6 p.m. Cost for the family entertainment ranges from $19.50 to $60. For more and to purchase tickets, visit the center’s box office or go online to www.tobincenter.org or call 223-8624.

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AHISD BOARD Alamo Heights Independent School District 19 trustees meet at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at the Central Office, 7101 Broadway. For more and to confirm dates, visit ahisd.net.

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OLMOS PARK On the third Thursday of each month, the City Council meets at

6 p.m. in City Hall, 120 W. El Prado Drive. For more, visit olmospark.org.

OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD LECTURE Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse 19 Tyson will speak at The Tobin Center H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $76.50 and $89.50. For more and to make purchases, visit the center’s box office or go online to www. tobincenter.org or call 223-8624.

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NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS The monthly meeting 24 of the San Antonio chapter will start with a seed and native-plant exchange at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program at 7 p.m., at Lions Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway. The group gathers on the fourth Tuesday of the month except August, November and December. For more, visit https://sanantoniochapter.wordpress.com.

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LECTURE SERIES Villa Finale: Museum & Gardens, 401 King 26 William St., hosts the second installment in its four-part discussion “Power of a Word” from 6-7:30 p.m.

The guest speaker is associate director for editorial and former director of Trinity University Press Barbara Ras. Seating is limited; cost is $30. For more, call 223-9800 or visit www.VillaFinale.org.

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FOOD AND LITERATURE The Assistance League of San 27 Antonio’s fifth annual “Lit ’n Lunch,” featuring local authors, will be at the San Antonio Country Club, 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave. This year, the theme is “Murder, Mayhem and Mystery.” For more including exact time, visit www. assistanceleague.org/san-antonio.

DANCING FOR A CAUSE JAN. Trilogy Dance Center, 27 1242 Austin Highway, conducts a program from 6:30-7:30 p.m. combining dancing and social awareness. The last Friday of each month, adults can take a free dance class, enjoy a cocktail and hear about, and possibly contribute to, a nonprofit organization. For updates, call 479-1551 or visit www.trilogydancecenter.com.

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 06 GET A BEAD ON IT The meeting room at the Landa Branch 29 Library, 233 Bushnell Ave., hosts a beading class for adults and seniors from noon to 5 p.m. Shirley Morrison will instruct how to string together a unique customized necklace, especially for Valentine’s Day. Registration is required.

For more, call Karen Sebesta at 207-9090.

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I’M ALL EARS The Tuesday Musical Club Artist Series 31 continues its 94th season at 2 p.m. with a performance by violinist Simone Porter at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, 227 W. Woodlawn Ave. Cost is $25; handicapped seating available. Free parking in the church’s lot. For more and to make purchases, visit www.satmc.org or www. facebook.com/SATMC or call 364-1992.

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ROTARY CLUB The Alamo Heights Rotary Club meets at noon in the Petroleum Club on the seventh floor of the north building in Energy Plaza, 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave. Visitors are welcome. For more, visit http://www.ahrotary.org/.

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ALAMO HEIGHTS WEDNESDAYS TOASTMASTERS The chapter meets at 7 p.m. in Room 365 of the Administration Building at University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway. RSVP is appreciated, but not required. For more, visit alamoheights.toastmastersclubs.org.

KIWANIS MEETING THURDAYS Alamo Kiwanis Club gathers from noon to 1 p.m. in the Fiesta Room at Luby’s, 911 N. Main Ave. Meetings are open to everyone; lunch available.

Each week features an invited speaker.

For more, visit www.alamo-kiwanis.org.

THE TRINITY MARKET SATURDAYS The students’, farmers’ and entrepreneurs’ bazaar at Trinity University, 609 N. Campus Drive, sells food and wellness products promoting a healthy lifestyle from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Live music and fitness activities often are featured, too.

For more, visit www.thetrinitymarket.com.

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2. THE FLATS AT BIG TEX, 423 Blue Star St., is billed as a progressive apartment and townhome neighborhood located in Southtown, running a half-mile along the San Antonio River. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and

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Salata also is adding new protein and soup options, including chipotle white bean soup. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday; online to-go ordering also is available. For more, call 462-7206 or visit www.salata.com.

IN OTHER NEWS 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For more, call 5854600 or visit www.bigtexflats.com.

3. SALATA, 250 E. Basse Road, Suite 110 in the Quarry Village, recently debuted this third location in November. The chain features salads and gluten-free dining. “San Antonians are looking for fresh and healthy dining options that are also convenient,” Berge Simonian, CEO and founder, said in a release. “Our goal is to be the healthy restaurant of choice for the Quarry-area communities and shoppers.” The 2,778-square-foot eatery includes all-natural building materials, a tea-tap beverage station, mangostained wood paneling and subway tiles behind the meal preparation line, which features more than 50 fresh toppings.

THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD on Nov. 28 approved an additional homestead exemption that provides taxpayers with an added property-tax exemption of at least $5,000 from the appraised value of the home, officials said. The exemption “will decrease the monthly tax impact of the 2016 Bond and Tax Ratification elections” approved by voters Nov. 8. The exemption went into effect Jan. 1. The new rate during the 2017 tax year lowers the tax on an average home from $8.75 to $2.37. The property-tax rate will rise incrementally to $7.79 a month by 2020, but is still less than the previous rate of $14.59.

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TERRELL HILLS OFFICIALS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING Dec. 1 at City Hall to discuss whether to issue bonds for the “reconstruction and rehabilitation of the city streets,” an official said. A presentation by Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. covered the overall plans for roadways. The city’s finance adviser also provided an overview of the current bond market and the potential impact to city tax rates, according to officials.

THE TERRELL HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY WELCOMED Firefighter Juan Ramos to its ranks. Ramos received his firefighter certification at San Antonio College and previously had worked as a paramedic in Travis County.

BRACKENRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BAND MEMBERS serenaded residents of the King William Historic District with holiday carols Dec. 14. The band sang to neighbors, who listened from their front porches. Requests from a list of 11 holiday song selections were played for a $20 donation. Proceeds benefited the general student fund.

THE 5TH ANNUAL TWILIGHT IN THE PARK RAISED $33,000 for programming and improvements to Travis Park. The event Nov. 15 at The St. Anthony Hotel featured a three-course meal, a cocktail hour, dancing and live music. The fundraiser also gave patrons a sneak peek at the 250,000 holiday lights that illuminate the park during the holiday season.

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LAMO HEIGHTS – A plagiarism probe that identified nearly 130 Alamo Heights High School students led to temporary suspensions from extracurricular activities, and a call from educators to learn from the experience.

Two separate incidents uncovered the week before Thanksgiving break prompted district officials to mete out discipline. At the same time, a backlash has grown among some parents who question the Alamo Heights Independent School District’s policies on student conduct.

AHISD officials say they do not want the pupils labeled as “cheaters,” but rather have them grow and learn from what happened.

“As a district, we have to understand just how important academic integrity is in the world in general,” said Frank Alfaro, the assistant superintendent for secondary education. “We only have the students until they are about 18.

Once we’re done with them, they’re out there in the real world where integrity issues and choices relating to that can have really deep, real-world consequences, so we feel like it’s a great time to learn that while they’re with us.”

The incidents involved about 90 students in freshman English I, and also 38 juniors in a U.S. history class, officials said.

Students were barred for three weeks from public performances or activities in extracurricular events.

“We have a thing called the 24-Hour Code of Conduct of Leadership and that is simply a student agreement that says because extracurricular activities is something you volunteer to participate in, they’re a privilege and not a right,” Alfaro said. “Everyone is representing Alamo Heights, so we expect you to be a leader.

That code says that any violation of that code is three weeks suspension of a public

JAN. 2 - JAN. 30 , 2017 performance or extracurricular activities.”

A letter sent to parents by high school Principal Cordell Jones explained the district’s stance.

“How we handle this situation and others is very important,” said Jones in the letter. “We will continue to be a school and district that stresses character, integrity and high academic standards, while realizing our children are still developing.

Our children will learn from their mistakes and avoid making them again.”

Not every district patron agrees.

As of press time, more than 400 parents and others have signed an online petition calling for the school board to review the code of conduct.

District officials gave this account of how the incidents unfolded: An English I teacher had assigned a series of analytical questions about a novel read by pupils, with those students assigned to take the assignment home, answer the questions and then turn them in. The teacher started reading the returned assignments and noticed similarities in several different responses. The educator then discovered a teaching resource with an answer key to those questions had been posted online, giving some students access to the proper responses.

“Somehow that whole teachers’ resource was posted somewhere,” Alfaro said. “Some students noticed it and apparently passed that information around.”

Meanwhile, a teacher review of the U.S. history class assignment indicated some answers sounded too professional, “as if a professor wrote it.”

“The teacher tracked down and found out that students were taking information from various websites, such as Wikipedia, and cutting and pasting it in parts of their answers,” Alfaro said.

In addressing the freshman English incident, educators decided not to give any credit for the assignment.

Because the history assignment had five parts, students took a zero for any plagiarized section, officials said. Learners did have an opportunity to redo the assignment for half credit, officials said.

“Good character is not about being perfect, it’s not about never making mistakes. Character is about learning from challenging situations, reflecting on them, and moving forward as a better and wiser person,” Alfaro said.

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ark Twain Middle School is transitioning next academic year into a dual-language academy to promote bilingualism and bi-literacy through fluency in English and Spanish.

“It’s going to be a 100 percent duallanguage school, which means that each and every one of the students at Mark Twain (Dual Language Academy) is going to have dual-language instruction and will eventually receive at least 50 percent of their academic instruction in Spanish,” said Mario Ferron, duallanguage coordinator for the San Antonio Independent School District.

The academy, at 2411 San Pedro Ave., will begin in the 2017-18 school year and will initially enroll prekindergarten to second-grade students, with a grade being added each year until the eighth grade, which will be the 2023-24 school year.

During informational meetings Dec. 8 at Twain in both English and Spanish, SAISD officials touted a bilingual and multicultural curriculum.

Educators told gathered parents that dual-language skills not only enhance students’ college prospects, but give them an edge in the job market.

“To me, dual language makes a lot of sense because that’s how I was educated,” Ferron told attendees. “All my professional life has moved around my ability to speak both languages, and that’s an advantage I want to share with all my students.”

Ferron, a native of Mexico City, said as a youth he was taught Spanish and English, which gave him an edge when he pursued an education career after emigrating to the U.S. The changing landscape of modern education and the 21st century workplace make proficiency in more than one language an asset, Ferron said.

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Like other public schools, the academy will also have sports, arts and music programs, according to officials.

Ferron said a bilingual education helps develop “high cognitive and academic achievement” and “positive cross-cultural attitudes and high levels of self-esteem.” Positive effects connected with bi-literacy include mental flexibility, abstract thinking, concept formation, communicative sensibility, divergent thinking and meta-linguistic awareness, the longtime educator said.

“It also carries a multicultural curriculum,” he added. “We want our students to really understand and appreciate a variety of cultures and to collaborate and participate in the multicultural aspects of the 21st century.”

Parents at the meeting expressed interest in the concept.

“It’s exciting and it’s close,” said Erin Zayko, who lives in Alta Vista with her husband and young son, Zeb. “I live in the area and we would love for Zeb to take advantage of this public school as another educational option. We wanted to understand the benefits of dual-language learning. I believe it has a positive benefit and it would provide him a greater opportunity than if he just attended a traditional school.”

The academy represents intriguing possibilities, others said.

“I firmly believe in a dual-language foundation and its potential,” said parent Glenda Serna-Schaffer. “If the true results are supported by the data, then this can be the start of a great thing.”

For more on the Mark Twain Dual Language Academy, visit www.saisd.net.

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ertain to become one of the city’s most important 21st-century architectural landmarks, the Linda Pace Foundation plans to break ground this spring for Ruby City.

The 14,000-square-foot exhibition space will house the extensive collection of Pace, the late San Antonio contemporary art patron, and will be designed by famed British architect David Adjaye.

He is best known for his design of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Adjaye wasn’t a national celebrity when he first met with Pace before her death in 2007, but her dream of a gleaming “ruby city” featuring a series of dazzling magenta turrets inspired his design for a jewel-like, two-story structure to be located where San Pedro Creek crosses Camp Street near the King William Historic District.

Embedded with bits of recycled red glass and other reflective materials, red-stained precast concrete panels are designed to make the building shimmer in the sunlight.

“We’re excited to begin the construction of Linda’s dream,” said Michael Hardwick, formerly the vice president of internal audit at Rackspace, who became the foundation’s executive director in October.

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“This is a wonderful gift to San Antonio to celebrate the city’s Tricentennial (which kicks off in May 2018). We’ll be open to everyone and it will be free of charge. This will be a truly unique structure and we’re working closely with the San Antonio River Authority to make it a crown jewel of the San Pedro Creek Improvements Project.”

Construction is set to begin this spring, but Ruby City probably won’t be ready until early 2019. The $16 million construction budget already has been set aside by the foundation, Hardwick said. This includes $15 million from the foundation’s sale of a work by the German artist Gerhard Richter in 2014 at a Christie’s auction in New York.

Ruby City is designed to open onto a shaded plaza on Camp, featuring a 24-foot overhang, sculpture garden and landscaped terraces extending down to the creek to create a vibrant public space. Topped by a dramatic roof with

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The rest of Ruby City will house the foundation’s offices.

In addition to Adjaye Associates as the design architects, the local project team includes Alamo Architects, project management by Norton Company and Whiting-Turner, general contractor.

Kerry Averyt, senior engineer for the San Pedro Creek Improvements Project, said his team has been working closely with the foundation’s group to make sure the two endeavors complement each other with a seamless transition between Ruby City and the new walkways and bike trails to be built along the creek, which currently is little more than a drainage ditch.

“We’re designing a series of switchback walkways to rise up from the creek to

the plaza,” Averyt said. “There will be a lot of landscaping using native plants and at night everything will be lit with LED lights. We expect construction to start in the middle of next year and to be completed by the middle of 2019.”

Adjaye’s first building in the United States was the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. In an email, Adjaye said he used computer modeling to determine the positioning of Ruby City’s skylights and to strategically place oversized windows with views of the park and city skyline.

“Linda Pace’s collection is incredibly diverse, including sculpture and small-scale works on paper,” Adjaye wrote. “Therefore we have created a series of spaces to accommodate these varying scales and to give a specific experience to viewing the collection.

Each of the galleries will have its own unique color and quality of light.”

Ruby City is designed to anchor the foundation’s “campus,” which now includes an expanded CHRISpark, a meditative garden, and SPACE Gallery. Pace, however, did not want Ruby City to be called a “museum,” instead preferring the less stodgy, more open-ended “exhibition space,” said Kelly O’Connor, the foundation’s collections and exhibitions officer.

“We’re not going to be doing as much programming and exhibits as most people associate with a museum,” O’Connor said.

“We’ll have occasional temporary exhibits and some programming, but Ruby City is really intended to be a permanent home for Linda Pace’s collection of more than 800 contemporary paintings,

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The spokeswoman said the ADL for 93 years “has been committed to taking in and finding homes for the unwanted and homeless dogs, cats, puppies and kittens regardless of their medical condition.

It is the oldest nonprofit, no-kill shelter in San Antonio and has earned a fourstar rating from Charity Navigator.”

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, JANET DIETEL HAS BEEN NAMED PRESIDENT OF the San Antonio Conservation Society.

Dietel, a North East Independent School District teacher and elementary school principal from 1971 to 2011, joined the society in 1973. She began her association with the organization at A Night In Old San Antonio, the four-night festival in LaVillita during Fiesta. Officials said NIOSA, a celebration of the city’s diverse cultural legacy, attracts 85,000 revelers each year. Dietel continues to serve as chairwoman of NIOSA’s Villa España area, a volunteer position she has held since 1988. She also is a founding member of the Magik Children’s Theatre; a member of

RUBY CITY continues from pg. 13 sculptures, installations and video works.”

The Ruby City exhibit spaces are only big enough for about 10 percent of the collection, and pieces will be rotated in and out, although most installations will be long term, she said.

Adjaye met Pace through British filmmaker Isaac Julien, an Artpace resident artist in 1999. The foundation continues to collect Julien’s work as well as recent acquisitions of works

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the San Antonio Symphony; and a former president of the San Antonio Cotillion.

“I look forward to serving a second term and continuing to profess the purpose and goals of this incredible organization, and—most importantly—spreading the word of the outstanding history of our great city,” Dietel said. “The highlight of my first term was being involved in UNESCO and the world heritage designation of our five Spanish colonial missions.”

THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS LIST OF OFFICERS for the 2016-17 term, all of whom are volunteers. They include Susan Beavin, first vice president; Kathy Krnavek, second vice president; Barbara Hall, third vice president; Patti Zaiontz, fourth vice president and chairwoman of A Night in Old San Antonio; Christine Turner, fifth vice president; Terry Schoenert, secretary; and Patricia Seidenberger, treasurer. Appointed officers for the same term include Rollete SchreckenghostSmith, presidential adviser; Ron Stinson, parliamentarian; Virginia Van Cleave, chaplain; and Audrey Haake, NIOSA treasurer. The society’s board of directors are Charles Hansen, Claire Golden, Margaret Winn, Stinson, Margie Arnold, Bill Crow, Inell Schooler, Judy Simon, Jana Foreman, Linda Skip, Anna Catalani, William Sands, Frederica Kushner, Maggie Priesmeyer, Christena Crawford, Nichole Keith, Melinda Tomerlin, Carolyn Frost, Linda Segesman, Mary Rogers, Joan Gaither, Paul Ringenbach, Rose Moran, Torrey Carleton, Jackie Fellers, Marlene Richardson, Dorothy Schulze, Barbara Lawrence, Christine Luttrell, Bob Sartor, Stella TenorioDe La Garza and Lewis S. Fisher. and Texas artist Dario Robleto.

Two foundation events are scheduled for February. The premier of “Love Lettering,” the third video in a series by Rivane Neuenschwander, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in the SPACE Gallery, 111 Camp St., with literary performances on the themes of love and chance from Gemini Ink. Catalogs for San Antonio artist Alejandro Diaz’s “It Takes a Village” will be unveiled 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Brick Marketplace in the Blue Star Arts Complex, 1414 S. Alamo St.

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“Summermoon is a coffee shop out of Austin, Texas, and we are super-excited to be in San Antonio,” said Rhonda Crocker, one of the owners. “People drive by all the time and come in and say, ‘I just did a triple take. I saw your sign and is this the Summermoon in Austin?’

So we definitely have a following and people love what we have to offer here.”

After visiting family in San Antonio, the entrepreneur and her husband, Scott Crocker, approached the owners of the original Summermoon in Austin.

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While the coffee bar is known for roasting its own beans over oak wood, it’s also recognized for an inhouse milk called Moon Milk.

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“People love the Moon Milk! It’s super sweet and I would equate it to liquidvanilla ice cream. The people here have been really receptive to the flavor and the sweetness,” Rhonda Crocker said.

Nitro Cold Brew also has become popular at the San Antonio location.

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