04 Oct Bringing Celina’s Past into the Present BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA
Visiting my grandparents on their farm in Oklahoma was always a treat for this city girl. As much as I loved riding horses, playing with the dog and spending cherished...
08 Apr CTOWN SPOTLIGHT: PEER TUTORING BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA
If someone told me as a high school freshman that there was a place where I could work with an upperclassman on some chemistry concepts I was struggling with, I...
11 Feb Celina ISD “Tackling” A New Sport BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA
In 2009, a small Tennessee university started an extracurricular fishing program for their student body. They were the first to offer scholarships for students excelling in the sport. Since then,...
14 Apr 19 and Counting
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA Celina High School journalism and audio/visual (AV) instructor Mr. Kent Smith is only in his first year with the district. But his impact during this short time...
13 Feb Adult Education 101
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA As an administrator and former teacher, I have always enjoyed seeing students walking down the hallways on that first day of school, clutching their new notebooks and...
13 Dec The Van Can
Recently, some of my former high school classmates got together to reminisce. The stories didn’t stop with fond memories of this teacher or that principal—we also remembered our favorite cafeteria...
26 Aug Celina ISD: Bracing For Growth
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA Fifteen years ago, we left “Urban America” and its metropolitan conveniences behind and moved our family to Celina, Texas. Rural living slapped us in the face as...