Don’t Miss MLK Jr. Oratory finals Jan. 17
2014 January 9
The Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP law firm is conducting its 18th annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Christ (500 Clay Street, 77002) and the finals are slated to take place from 10:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17.
Details about the event are available here (.pdf). You can also click here to watch last year’s winner, Lockhart ES fourth-grader Curtis Babers, and the other finalists give their speeches. HISD will provide similar coverage of this year’s event.
Here are some other dates you might want to mark on your calendar:
- Jan. 14-Feb. 2: Souper Bowl of Caring food drive
- Jan. 14: New employee orientation
- Jan. 15 (.pdf): Payday
- Jan. 16: Regular Board meeting
- Jan. 17: Deadline to apply for Jones scholarships
- Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Jan. 25: Museum District’s Open House for Educators
- Jan. 29 (.pdf): Payday
- Jan. 30: Fund for Teachers application deadline
- Jan. 31: 2013 W-2s mailed out
- Feb. 4: New employee orientation
- Feb. 12 (.pdf): Payday
- Feb. 8: HHF Career & Education Day
- Feb. 13: Regular Board meeting
- Feb. 26: State of the Schools luncheon
- Feb. 26 (.pdf): Payday
- Feb. 28: Go Texan Day
- March 3 & 4: 28th annual Child Abuse Prevention Conference
- March 4: New employee orientation
- March 4-23: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
- March 9: Daylight Saving Time begins
- March 12 (.pdf): Payday
- March 13: Regular Board meeting
- March 17-21: Spring Break
- March 26 (.pdf): Payday
- March 29: Whole Kids Farmers’ Market
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