Howe Area Chamber of Commerce Events

Students that participated in the writing of the book "Annoria Goes to the Zoo."

A surprise took place on Thursday afternoon when a check was presented to the School Zone Academy for $1,000 thanks a book written by some of the pre-school's students "Annoria Goes to the Zoo" was submitted to Workforce Solution Texoma Workforce Solutions Texoma offered area pre-schools and child care providers the opportunity to participate in a summer contest called Create A Book Children attending the centers were encouraged to write and illustrate a book Workforce offered cash prizes to the winners for the purpose of expanding their reading programs

The book was written and illustrated by Viviana Orozco, Kassidy Parker, Meoldy Parrish, Samuel Small, Levi Myers, Emily Galvan, and Madalyn Shores

The $1,000 will be used in the students' classroom

The School Zone Academy aslo received a $10,000 grant from the State of Texas The school recently installed a playground that is Reggio Emillia standards The

4-Star rated academy was just accepted into the Childrens Learning Institute program which provides resources such as training for the staff and cirriculum options

There are only two 4-star rated academies in the Grayson County area and Howe's School Zone Academy is on

Kathleen Todd has been the owner of the academy since its inception in 1985 Her daughter Haleen Parrish will eventually take over the family business