UTRGV CREATIVE WRITING SERIES: Masquerade
BY ELISA JULIE LONGORIAShe paints her smileSticky, sweet, crimson redThe Mask, she slowly puts on....The World she lives in, reflection of a Masquerade BallCourting...
EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT: Donna ISD implements parent academy, graduates first cohort
BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITORDonna ISD became the first in the Rio Grande Valley to implement its own facilitators to run the Parent Academy...
Great books to kick off your summer break
BY MARGIE LONGORIALUCKY BROKEN GIRL by Ruth Behar “An unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative — based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s.” When young...
UTRGV CREATIVE WRITING SERIES: Love in color
BY RAMON SANTIAGOSome people believe the world lost all its beauty the day we lost our ability to see color. Since then no one...
EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT: Edinburg North band performs in China
BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITOREDINBURG — The Edinburg North High School Band recently performed at the 34th Annual Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in...
UTRGV CREATIVE WRITING SERIES: Her name is Ana B. Woods
BY POEM BY VIOLETA RODRIGUEZShe is fierceShe is love,She is not about togive up,Her bones are storiesof Ana.Another tube, another needle, another meal,White coats...