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  2. Dick Scobee - Wikipedia

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    STS-41-C. STS-51-L (disaster) Mission insignia. Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 – January 28, 1986) was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. He was killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. [1]

  3. Northside Independent School District - Wikipedia

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    Staff. 12847. Student–teacher ratio. 15.6:1. Other information. Website. nisd.net. Northside Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Leon Valley, Texas. [1][2] It is the largest school district in the San Antonio area and the fourth largest [3] in the State of Texas. Northside serves 355 square miles (920 km 2) of ...

  4. The Learning Tree - Wikipedia

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    The Learning Tree is a 1969 American coming-of-age film written, produced and directed by Gordon Parks, who also scored the film. It depicts the life of Newt Winger, a teenager growing up in Cherokee Flats, Kansas, in the 1920s and chronicles his journey into manhood marked with tragic events. Based on Parks' 1963 semi-autobiographical novel of ...

  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes High School - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Wendell Holmes High School is a public high school that is part of the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in 1964 and is known for its circular architecture, in which several buildings are completely cylindrical. As with all Northside ISD schools, Holmes is named for a former or current United ...

  6. Schools revamp how kids are taught to read amid lagging scores

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    Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are ...

  7. Northside Independent School District (Wilbarger County, Texas)

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    www.northsideisd.us. Northside Independent School District is a public school district located in northern Wilbarger County, Texas. The district's school campus Northside School is located on U.S. Highway 283, 10 miles north of Vernon, Texas. Northside ISD is a small, rural school district with one school campus serving all students in grades K-12.

  8. Richard W. Scobee - Wikipedia

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    Richard William Scobee (born April 13, 1964) [1] is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. [2] Scobee was commander of the Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base from 2018 to 2022. He is the son of Dick Scobee, an American test pilot and astronaut who perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

  9. Could Living Near More Trees Boost Your Heart Health? - AOL

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    Rawf8/Istockphoto. Living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of trees could significantly lower levels of inflammation and, importantly, decrease the risk of heart disease, new research ...