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	<title>Melissa Independent School District Announcements &amp; Upcoming Events</title>
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		<title>Upcoming Events</title>
		<link>http://melissa.groupfusion.net</link>
		<description>&lt;div &gt;&lt;div style='padding: 5px;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://melissa.groupfusion.net/modules/calendar/showCalendarDay.phtml?oc_id[]=1411&amp;&amp;year=2010&amp;month=9&amp;day=27&amp;eid=48572536'&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;font  color='#ff9900'&gt;Gene&lt;/font&gt; - Fair Day Holiday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class='text_light'&gt;9/27/2010 @ All Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Immunization Reminder: Conditional Enrollment Ends September 15, 2010</title>
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Please be reminded that the conditional enrollment period for students lacking required immunizations will end at the&amp;amp;nbsp;conclusion of the school day on September 15, 2010. To&amp;amp;nbsp;verify that your child meets all current immunization requirements, and to ensure that your child may continue attendance beyond the September&amp;amp;nbsp;15th cutoff date,&amp;amp;nbsp;please visit your health (Continued...)</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:51 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>New School Year Well Underway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:34 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Adopted Budget and Tax Rate Summary</title>
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The Melissa Independent School District hosted a public meeting at 6:00 p.m., August 30, 2010, in the Professional Learning Center at 1904 Cooper Street, Melissa, Texas 75454. The purpose of the meeting&amp;amp;nbsp;was to discuss the school district's proposed budget that&amp;amp;nbsp;would determine the tax rate to be adopted for the 2010-2011 school year. The proposed budget and tax rate were adopted (Continued...)</description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:25 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>All Melissa ISD Campuses Rated Exemplary</title>
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Official ratings, recently returned to Melissa ISD by the Texas Education Agency (TEA),&amp;amp;nbsp;indicate that&amp;amp;nbsp;all Melissa ISD schools will begin the 2010-2011&amp;amp;nbsp;school year with the TEA's highest&amp;amp;nbsp;accountability rating. The TEA rates schools and school districts academic performance based upon student achievement on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills each (Continued...)</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:52 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Melissa High School Achieves National Project Lead the Way Engineering Certification</title>
		<link>http://melissa.groupfusion.net/modules/cms/announce.phtml</link>
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Melissa ISD recently received notification that Melissa High School&amp;amp;nbsp;has&amp;amp;nbsp;been awarded&amp;amp;nbsp;national certification for the Project Lead The Way program that it has been offering since the 2007-2008 school year. Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation&amp;amp;rsquo;s leading provider of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education offers a rigorous (Continued...)</description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:46 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>2010-2011 School Calendar &amp; Start Times</title>
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View&amp;amp;nbsp;the 2010-2011 school calendar&amp;amp;nbsp;by clicking here. Campus start and end times for the 2010-2011 school year are as follow:&lt;br /&gt;
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            '10-'11 Start &amp;amp;amp; End Times&lt;br /&gt;
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            McKillop Elementary School&lt;br /&gt;
            7:45-3:00&lt;br /&gt;
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            Melissa Ridge Intermediate School&lt;br /&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:48 CDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Melissa Middle School Recognized Nationally as a High Performing School</title>
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The National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) recently recognized Melissa Middle School as a 2009 Just for the Kids high performing school in Texas. The NCEA used two measures of analysis: growth and college and career readiness. Melissa Middle School was specifically recognized for student growth and performance in Social Studies.&lt;br /&gt;
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As a result of the high levels of student (Continued...)</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:26 CST</pubDate>
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		<title>Register to Receive the Cardinal Communique</title>
		<link>http://melissa.groupfusion.net/modules/cms/announce.phtml</link>
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Did you know that Melissa ISD publishes an electronic newsletter? The Cardinal Communique is your number one source for district news and information. To sign up to receive the Cardinal Communique directly to your inbox, simply click &amp;amp;nbsp;here.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26 CST</pubDate>
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		<title>Melissa ISD Mission Statement</title>
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Melissa ISD will be good stewards of taxpayer money and maintain a secure environment where all students can realize their full potential.&lt;br /&gt;
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Melissa ISD Meets Federal No Child Left Behind Annual Yearly Progress Criteria</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:21 CDT</pubDate>
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