Zavala Elementary Students Attend the "Explore UT Event" at University of Texas at Austin
Go Hawgies!!!
by Mashyell Calderon
February 20, 2010
Ms. Erika Cuellar, Mr. Gregorio Alvarado and Mrs. Dianida Gonzalez will be taking a group of Zavala Elementary students to the University of Texas in Austin. They will be participating in the "Explore UT: The Biggest Open House in Texas” on Saturday, March 6, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Barbara Langham, representative from the University of Texas, students will have the opportunity to do some of the following activities:
- assemble a miniature solar-powered car,
- talk with university students who design electronic games,
- deliver the TV news in a real TV studio,
- build a bridge with engineering software,
- watch University students perform a scene from Shakespeare,
- participate in a trial of Gold E. Locks,
- march with the Longhorn Band,
- see some of the world’s finest Latin American art in the Blanton Art Museum.
Zavala Elementary students will have an enriching opportunity to explore within the areas of science and technology, language and literature, and arts and culture. We wish them well as they travel to the University of Texas at Austin.
