Galveston

As always, my observation of Ms. de la Fuente’s 5th grade class this week began during their math time. After having returned from lunch, students reviewed TEKS concepts they need to know to pass the STAAR test and some had tutoring. After that, they began to learn that day’s lesson which dealt with area and perimeter. On Wednesday, after their usual lesson they went to the computer lab to take an iStation test. In addition to the normal observation of the class, this week I also learned about…

Pere Charles Menard, the “Apostle of Bayou Lafourche,” conducted the first Mass of record offered in le Terrebonne (Montegut) in June 1842. Services were infrequent because of the distance from St. Joseph in Thibodaux and many times weddings and baptisms were held in groups. Missionaries rarely traveled more than eight miles below Houma. A mission building was finished on January 8, 1844 in le Terrebonne on the Widow Dugas property. Pere Menard recorded in his 1845 journal, the purchase of a new…

you could think of whipped out of food and water due to the massive hurricane on its way. August 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit which affected several states mainly New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of Houston was affected as well as Galveston. It left many people in Louisiana without shelter, clothing, food and water due to the massive flooding throughout the city. Everyone evacuated before it got worse. Majority of the people came to Houston, Texas. Everyone in the Houston area…

Watts, Tim J. "Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876)." In American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide, by Roberta Wiener edited: James R. Arnold. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO. General Bragg was known as one of the most divisive figures of the American Civil War. He was born in North Carolina in 1817 and decided to attend West Point Military College in 1833. Tim J. Watts tells us that Bragg graduated 5th in his class of 50 in the year 1837. He was also very aggressive and had discipline leading him…

When we came back to Galveston, Mike received his blue belt. I was asked to train, remind that I had promised. Never one to go back on my word, I became a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu June 2012. I received my blue belt in November of 2015. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has become…

infect a human by one swallowing contaminated water or if one has a cut, water contacted it. That person could suffer the consequences by contracting E. coli, Cholera and perhaps the flesh-eating bacteria that has become a headline in the beaches of Galveston,…

I always thought that all the advices and rules that my parents taught me was just to keep me disciplined, however I was wrong. Their rules were to make my life safer, which I couldn’t understand until I got in a car crash, because I didn’t listen to their advices about texting and driving. It all started on June 16th, 2015 afternoon, when I was coming back from a wedding of my cousin. I spent amazing time on it and enjoyed watching of my favorite cousins, Clara, getting married. At that time…

tell exactly why you call it your favorite place, but you can just say it is cause it is you got to explain why it is for instance this is my favorite place, because the lake is where we all hang out at all through high school. My favorite place is Galveston, Texas, because we spent a lot of time there growing up and my grandmother is buried there. There is a couple of reasons why I call it my home my favorite place on earth. One is we moved around a lot but there was a lot of time we spent in…

My Amazing Trip On my trip to Galveston I had a lot of fun! Me and my family had drove from Austin to Galveston, it was a 4 hour trip. It was loud and tring and on are way there was a Buc-ees we stop and decided to get lunch because one half was a food market the other half a souvenir shop. During the trip I saw a Beach for the first time and on the beach I saw a fish that had been cut in half by a boat propeller. Then my Grandpa Pete (he loves to joke and have fun) he decided to pick the…

Oh, I can’t believe I found you. So much has happened in these last two days. When I woke up after finishing my entry a couple days ago I found that the entire bookstore was no longer there! That “storm” was actually a huge hurricane. Tons of people died and they say it’s going to be millions in property damage. Our house miraculously is still standing, Sally and Sarah are both okay. Jamie got a big starch across his back from a falling plank but it’s nothing serious. So much death… The bodies…