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Five Los Fresnos CISD schools identified as Reward Schools were recognized by the TEA for High Progress at the Region I Education Service Center Thursday.

Principals at the schools – Los Fresnos High School, Los Cuates Middle School, Los Fresnos Elementary, Olmito Elementary and Dora Romero Elementary – received the recognitions on behalf of their schools.

The high-performing awards were presented to

Title I schools with distinc-tions base on reading and mathematics performance. In addition, high school re-ward schools are recognition with the highest graduation rates.

The rewards were for-merly called as Distin-guished Schools. Texas will continue recognizing high performance with school distinction designations in performance and progress for schools meeting reward criteria.

High progress schools are in the top 25 percent in annual improvement, and/or are in the top 25 percent of those schools demonstrating ability to close performance gaps based on system safe-guards.

The five schools are equal to 36 percent of the district’s 14 schools to receive the distinction. LFHS, LCMS, LFE and OES were also named High Performing Schools.

Pictured are (left to right) principals Alma Atkinson of Los Cuates Middle School, Linda Rodriguez of Olmito Elementary School, Ronnie Rodriguez of Los Fresnos High School, Melanie McCormick of Dora Romero Elementary School, and Rosemary Leal of Los Fresnos Elementary School. Photo: LFCISD.net

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n our last article we talked about the importance of adding compost to the soil in your garden. Now we’ll

discuss what is needed to make compost. There are four ingredients: water, air, and two different kinds of compostable materi-als called greens and browns. Let’s look at each one of these in detail.

Greens are also referred to as nitrogen because that is the main nutrient they contain. Some compostable materials that are considered “greens” are new grass clippings, fruits, vegetables, kitchen scraps (banana peels, potato peels, eggshells, coffee grounds, tea leaves), and manure from chickens, turkeys, cows, horses, and goats. Although you can add meat, fish, and dairy products, it’s often advised not to because they will attract pests such as possums, raccoons, rats, and mice.

Browns are also referred to as carbon because that is the main nutrient they con-tain. “Brown” compostable materials con-sist of things like dead Leaves, straw, hay, woodchips, sawdust, shredded newspaper, and feathers. If using sawdust, use a very small amount since its carbon content is very high.

There are also some things that you

should not put in your compost. Do not add dog or cat waste, oil, grease, fat, wood ash, charcoal, invasive plants, diseased plants, and weed seeds.

Water is also essential for compost but not too much nor too little. To see if your compost has the right amount of water squeeze a hand full of the compost; it should feel moist, but water should not drip out of it.

Compost also needs air. If the compost is too compact it will not decompose

properly. Most of the air your compost gets will be though turning the compost pile.

Those are the four ingre-dients you need to make compost - greens, browns, water, and air. In the next

article we’ll talk about different types of compost bins.

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