🥑 Guac is extra, but so is she! PSJA Ballew School of Business and Energy ELA teacher Alyssa Salinas hosts #TELPAS PD where teachers “guac” about strategies for increased classroom talk. Session included SummitK12 pre-test data analysis and discussion protocols. PSJA Dual Language Enrichment Program

The Spirit of PSJA ISD is striving PSJA Ballew School of Business and Energy. Our staff has voted Alyssa Salinas for Student Centered Excellence and Minette H. Dueñas for Joint Empowerment. I am blessed to have such an amazing staff. Thank you students, staff and parents for making it a great year.

“Do small things with great love.” -Mother Teresa Our students volunteered their time to help serve Thanksgiving meals to families of the Pharr Boys & Girls Club. #blessed

Students give their time to make it a perfect pawliday 🐾 for the dogs of the Palm Valley Animal Society in Edinburg. Lead by StuCo sponsors, they collected old t-shirts. Our librarian then showed them how to up cycle them into dog toys! @lindadlibrarian Alyssa Salinas

Thank you MagiKids.org ♻️ MTGSchools for providing a free Magic the Gathering kit! D. Salinas from the Pharr Boys & Girls volunteered his time to show students how to play. Loaded with adventure, the game also helps reinforce math & reading skills. Every student was able to take a deck home!

PSJA ISD PR surprised Alyssa Salinas & Minette H. Dueñas morning with a $1000 mini grant! She was one of over 100 applicants. The money will be used to develop our Prosocial Recreation Room to further the #SEL component of our School Action Fund!

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us PSJA ISD’s Annual Posada. Whether you feasted on bacon-wrapped hotdogs, sweetened your day with cotton candy, or bought jewelry, we appreciate your support! Special thanks to our staff & students who worked to make this so successful!

“For it is in giving that we receive.” -Francis of Assisi Thank you to our librarian @lindadlibrarian and recruiter Sarahi Morales for making this Christmas so memorable!

Congratulations to Librarian Linda Martinez for being chosen as Dec Staff Member of the Month! Ms. Linda exhibits Positive Engagement by leading PD, weekly student activities, servicing 2 campuses, & has already been awarded 5 grants for student activities & school improvement!

Tonight’s forecast will be the coldest in decades. Bundle up and don’t forget about your furry friends! Special thanks to our partners at Medrano Produce for their models Abby & Molly, who are already nestled and snug in their beds! 🐾

Congratulations to our students and librarian for winning 2nd Place 🥈 at the district Battle of the Books! This is the first Battle team for Ballew and a HUGE accomplishment! PSJA Library Services PSJA ISD

Ba-Da-Bing! ELA teachers take back 7 interactive game ideas for vocab development & enhancement! Stellar presentation job by our very own ELA teacher Alyssa Salinas and PSJA Early College High School’s A. Gutierrez! Thank you to ELA Content Coordinator C. Rivera those amazing door prizes! 🤩

The grammar police are on patrol today! In preparation of benchmark 2, students participate in grammar station rotation games. Officers include ELA teacher Alyssa Salinas, Librarian @lindadlibrarian , recruiter Sarahi Morales, AP Minette H. Dueñas, & Dean T. Palacios!

In celebration of #ReadAcrossAmericaDay, Ballew students read to PSJA ISD Kelly Pharr Elem PreK, 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders! All students received a Dr. Seuss book courtesy of @lindadlibrarian!

Students are excited and having fun. Hands on learning from day 1 PSJA Ballew School of Business and Energy

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt #firstdayofschool #MotivationalMonday

Join us for some fun at the Boys & Girls Club of Pharr for their Lights On event. We will be informing our community about the amazing things happening at Elvis J Ballew. Stop by for our exclusive Ballew merchandise 😎! Alyssa Salinas Sarahi Morales

🎶Miss Medrano's class had a guest celebrity join them this week. Students participated in Taylor Swift themed stations. They worked on a rhetorical triangle and found the argument in a Taylor Swift song, made recyclable friendship bracelets, and ended with the 1989 Water Tok.

“Evacuate the island!”🦕🦖 Ballew students volunteered tonight at the Boys and Girls club of Pharr trunk or treat! 👻 #JurassicPark

Diving into the world of sentences at the Grammar Olympics! 📖✨ Kudos to Miss Medrano & Ms. Martinez for making sentence exploration a fun experience. From simple to complex, this duo is turning grammar into our favorite game! #GrammarExplorers #SentenceExplorers #DynamicDuo