June 24, 2016

Welcome to the ESC6 Family!

Rachel Foy Low-Incidence Specialist

Special Education Ext. 8353

Family: Married 10 years to my husband Randy Foy. We have two little girls; Mila is 4 years old and Brooklynn is 3 years old. Education: B.S. from Sam Houston State University M.S. from Grand Canyon University Career: I am entering my 9th year in the field of Education and served in both Angleton I.S.D., and Anderson-Shiro C.I.S.D. Most recently, I have worn the hat of a number of positions within Special Education, General Education and Leadership: 5th Grade Math Teacher, Life Skills Teacher, Resource Education, Behavior Teacher, Co-Teach and Inclusion. Collaborative Learning Facilitator Hobbies: Reading Time with family Home renovations

Special Education Conference

The 2016 Special Education Summer Series was held this week with over 200 participants attending each day!

Chamomile—The Health Benefits

A native of south-east Europe, Chamomile is gaining popular-ity all over the world for its numerous health benefits. In fact, it has been used in those parts of the world for centu-ries to treat various ailments. There are two varieties of Chamomile available, German Chamomile (Matricaria recuti-ta) and Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile). The Chamomile that is used in the U.S. is the German variety. Although both have similar properties, German variety is tastier and also more effective to soothe digestive problems. The most popular way of consuming Chamomile is by brew-ing a tea out of the dried leaves, and can be had as it is or by adding honey. Apart from this, it is also available in the mar-ket as tablets, capsules, topical cream, ointment, mouth-wash, and liquid extracts. Constituents of Chamomile Chamomile is a storehouse of benefi-cial phytonutrients and minerals, such as:

Flavones

Glycosides

Bitter glycosides

Valeric acids

Tannins

Salicylic acid

Coumarin derivatives

Copper

Potassium

Zinc

Iron

Phosphorus

Magnesium

Lead

Vitamin C

Vitamin B1

Health Benefits of Chamomile

Anti-inflammatory: Chamomile is beneficial for treating

different inflammations in the body including gastrointesti-nal infections, eye or skin inflammations, inflammatory bow-el disease, mouth ulcers, or gingivitis.

Treats Insomnia: The most popular health benefit of

Chamomile is its ability to put you to a relaxing sleep. Have some chamomile tea about 30 to 45 minutes before going to bed. It has a light soothing aroma, which will relax you. This

will enable you to get deep and rejuvenating sleep. It will also relieve any anxiety that you have.

Stress Relief: Chamomile has a natural stress-relieving

property, and will calm down your nerves.

Digestive Aid: Chamomile tea can relieve you from the

bloating and gas formation as well as ease the discomforts of irritable bowel syndrome. You can either have it alone or blend it with peppermint tea.

Anti-spasmodic Properties: For gynecological problems

such as menstrual cramps, chamomile gives good relief.If you suffer from vaginitis, a douche of chamomile tea is what you need.

Boosts the Immune System: The production of white

blood cells can be increased by consuming chamomile tea, which improves the functioning of the immune system. When your immune system is down, you are bound to catch

common colds and flu. Chamomile gives relief from these infections.

Dark Circles: Dip Chamomile tea bags in

warm water and apply this solution to help get rid of dark circles around your eyes.

Respiratory Congestion: Inhale the

steam from hot chamomile herbal tea. This will relieve the congestion of the respiratory passages during sinusitis and other colds.

Skin Problems: A topical application of

cooled Chamomile tea can give relief to a number of skin problems whether it is acne

or skin rashes or fungal infections. To soften dry skin, you can pour some chamomile tea in your bath water.

Headaches and Migraines: At the first signs of mi-

graines and other headaches, if you have some chamomile tea, it will give relief before it becomes worse.

Diabetes: The hyperglycemic symptoms and diabetes

progression can be checked effectively by having some Chamomile tea, according to a study.

Cancer: Some in-vitro studies were conducted which

shows possible effectiveness of Chamomile in cancer preven-tion and treatment.

Others: Apart from all this, Chamomile has been found

to be beneficial against different conditions, such as Crohn's disease, hemorrhoids, colitis, and asthma. Whether it is to soothe your stomach or soothe your nerves, or get a good night's sleep, Chamomile comes to your rescue promptly. A brew that is easy to make but with many health benefits, Chamomile indeed is something that is worth to stock in your kitchen.

Waffles are just pancakes with abs.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- ABC13 anchor Dave Ward was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running local TV news anchor in the world at the same station in the same market. "I love this city," said Ward. "I love the people in it. It's a big city, but it has a very neighborhood feel to it and there's no place else I'd rather be." Ward started working at the station as a report-er/photographer in 1966, and started anchoring newscasts two years later. He is just a few months shy of 50 years at KTRK."I'm very proud of this televisions Station. I'm very proud of the people who work in Eyewitness News and the product we put on the air," said Ward. The entry into the record book, reads: The longest career as a television news broadcaster is 49 years and 218 days, achieved by Dave Ward (USA), who began working on 9 November 1966 and continues anchoring at KTRK-TV, in Hou-ston, Texas, USA, as verified on 2 June 2016. "I didn't really set out to make a career out of one television station but that's how it evolved and the strides we've made here paralleled the industry as a whole," said Ward. "I didn't have to go anywhere. I could stay here and experience eve-rything there is in broadcast television." Over the last five decades, Ward has covered topics from space walks and the Vietnam Peace Talks to natural disasters and politics including a one-to-one interview with President Obama. Behind the scenes, Ward has seen a lot of changes in the industry. "Going from black and white to color was a big change. We had to change our wardrobe, makeup, eve-rything. Going from radio to television, I had to grow this hair out," said Ward. Ward, whose career Guinness last verified on June 2 (49 years and 218 days into the job), tops the rec-ord set by late KTLA Los Angeles anchorman Hal Fishman. Fishman had been on the air continuously from 1960 to his death at age 75 in 2007, just a week after being diagnosed with colon cancer.

ABC13 ANCHOR DAVE WARD MAKES IT INTO GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS

Fun Family Summer Vacation Activities in Texas

Everyone wants to have fun on summer vacation. Of course, when kids are involved, it is absolutely essential to have fun activities planned for that family summer vacation. Texas offers a wide variety of fun family summer vacation activities in every portion of the state. Enough, in fact, to ensure every family heading to Texas for summer vacation will have plenty of fun family activities to fill their vacation agenda. 1. Be Thrilled at a Theme Park Texans pride themselves on making everything bigger than it has to be. That certainly is the case when it comes to theme parks. Texas is home to some of the biggest and best parks and rides in the country. 2. Visit Space Center Houston After playing an important role in the Space Race of the 1960s, Space Center Houston has become a popular tourist attraction. Even today, when it remains crucial to the NASA Space Program, Space Center Houston is better known as an entertaining and educational attraction that draws thousands of visitors annually. 3. Go Camping Texas offers visitors a variety of ways to spend time outdoors. For those visitors who never want to be indoors, Texas has a number of excellent spot to pitch a tent and spend the night under the stars. Whether it is a state park, national park, a sandy stretch of beach or a natural reserve, Texas offers campers a vast variety of areas to choose from. 4. Spend a Day at the Zoo Kids off all ages love the going to the zoo. Texas is home to a wide variety of zoos that range from some of the country's oldest to some of the nation's largest. Each zoo has its own unique character to go along with its exhibits and animals. And, every major city (and even some small towns) in Texas has its own zoo. 5. Hit the Beach Spending a day at the beach is the quintessential summer va-cation activity. Can you really ever get enough of the beach? During the summer season, it is worth spending as many days as possible soaking up sun, swimming, body boarding, surf-ing, shell collecting, wind surfing or playing at the beach. Tex-as has hundreds of miles of shorelines, so there is no shortage of beachfront for vacationers in the Lone Star State. 6. Go Swimmin' Long before modern water parks became popular, Texans had sought out many natural "water parks" to help beat the

summer heat. Today, many visitors still prefer these natural "swimmin' holes" over concrete pools and water slides. Lucki-ly, there are a variety of natural "swimmin' holes" which are open to the public across Texas, helping visitors and residents alike cool down during the Dog Days of summer. 7. Cool Off at a Water Park As the Texas heat begins to rise during the summer, visitors to the Lone Star State will undoubtedly be looking for ways to cool off. Luckily, Texas is home to some of the biggest and best water parks in the nation. 8. Visit a State Park Texas offers visitors and residents plenty of summer recrea-tional activities. Those wishing to spend time outdoors have plenty of options, including dozens of state parks which offer visitors an opportunity to do everything from swimming to scuba diving, water skiing to mountain biking. 9. Go Fishing Texas has a vast amount of rivers, lakes, streams and ponds. Within these waters live an amazing number of freshwater fish species which give Texas a high quality and diverse fresh-water fishery. Additionally, saltwater fishing in Texas is as good as anywhere along the U.S. coastline. More and more anglers have been discovering this in recent years and packing their bags and rods to take advantage of the Lone Star State's world-class saltwater fishery. 10. Go Underground Texas is full of natural attractions. Some of the most breath-taking among these are the caves and caverns that are found throughout the Texas Hill Country. Touring these caves and caverns is one of the most memorable family activities to be found in the Lone Star State. gotexas.about.com

The Romans didn’t find algebra very challenging because X was always 10.

Theme Songs Quiz

Name the TV shows that these theme songs are from…. 1) “Come sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a

fateful trip…”

2) “Come listen to a story about a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed…”

3) “What you are about to witness is real. The partici-pants are not actors. They are the actual people who have a case pending in small claims court. Both par-ties in the suit have agreed to dismiss their court cases and have their disputes settled here, in our forum…”

4) “In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum securi-ty stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as sol-diers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire _______________.”

5) “This is an SOS distress call from the mining ship ______________. The crew are dead, killed by a radi-ation leak. The only survivors are Dave Lister, who was in suspended animation at the time, and his preg-nant cat, who was safely sealed in the ship’s hold. Revived three million years later, Lister’s only compan-ions are a life-form who evolved from his cat, and Ar-nold Rimmer, a hologram simulation of one of the dead crew.”

6) “____________ meet the ____________, they’re a modern stone age family! From the town of Bedrock, they’re a page right out of history!”

7) “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to ex-plore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

8) “In west Philadelphia born and raised, on the play-ground was where I spent most of my days. Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool and all shootin’ some b-ball outside of school, when a couple of guys who were up to no good, started making trouble in my neighbor-hood…”

My last word will probably by “Oops!”

Tally Stout June 10 Lynn Downing June 17 Becky Collet June 21 Aracely Perez June 21 Vera York June 22 Kim Belanger June 25 Kathy McGill June 26 Michelle Culak June 29 Melissa McClatchy June 30

Don Archer June 2, 1980 Lynn Downing June 3, 1996 Joe Martin June 3, 2002 Ethan Stroud June 4, 2012 Katherinne Blas June 8, 2011 Julie Griffith June 12, 2014 Dannell Thomas June 13, 2005 Chris Rodriguez June 16, 2008 Christopher Moore June 17, 2013 Georgia Bates June 23, 1997 Mary Thaler June 30, 2008 Danna Mitschke June 8, 2015

June: National Cancer Survivor Month

Some days I just want to swim in ice cream, inhale a dozen pizzas, and be a sloth.

1) Gilligan’s Island 2) The Beverly Hillbillies 3) The People’s Court 4) The A-Team 5) Red Dwarf 6) The Flintstones 7) Star Trek 8) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

The next newsletter will be July 8th. Have a great 4th of July weekend!