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🌱 Patch AM: What Alpha School’s new Houston Heights campus could mean for local families
Spotted on the Houston Heights calendar: Cowboy Mouth

Good morning to you Houston Heights! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Alpha School's new Houston Heights campus could mean for local families
Also on today's calendar: Heights Mercantile Farmer's Market and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Sunshine and very warm, temps: high: 94, low: 77.
- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Alpha School to open Houston Heights campus in 2027 (communityimpact.com) — Families in Houston Heights can look forward to a new private K-8 option, as Alpha School plans to open a campus at the former Goddard School site in 2027. The school emphasizes an AI-driven, two-hour daily learning model focused on mastery and promises students will both enjoy school and progress quickly in core subjects while building future-ready life skills.
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📸 Around Houston Heights
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Houston Heights
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★ Featured events ★
- Cowboy Mouth →
The Heights Theater, 339 W 19th St, Houston
7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Heights Mercantile Farmer's Market →
Heights Mercantile, 714 Yale Street, Houston
9:00 am - Disney Pin Trading Event →
Tap Room, 941 W 18TH ST., Houston
12:00 pm - Eureka Heights Books & Brew →
Tap Room, 941 W 18TH ST., Houston
7:00 pm - Bingo →
SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall Street, Houston
5:30 pm - Ladies Night in the Blue Room →
SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall Street, Houston
7:00 pm - Backyard Movie - 9 to 5 →
SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall Street, Houston
8:00 pm - Bingo →
SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall Street, Houston
5:30 pm - Heights Mercantile Farmer's Market →
Heights Mercantile, 714 Yale Street, Houston
9:00 am - Bingo →
SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall Street, Houston
5:30 pm
Sunday September 27
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Thursday October 8
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
📣 Houston Heights Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- UNCF Houston 5k →
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8:00 am - We're Exhibiting at the PATH Project Conference and Resource Fair →
United Way of Greater Houston – Bay Area Service Center, 1300 Bay Area Blvd-A, Houston
8:00 am
Saturday September 26
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company posted a job opening for Housekeeper - Now Offering a $500 Sign On Bonus! - Cambria Hotel & Convention Center in Houston. Apply here.
- Genuine Parts Company - GPC posted a job opening for Distribution Center Powered Industrial Truck Operator in Houston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Houston Heights here.
🗞 Nearby News
Houston
- Trae tha Truth hosts free Houston block party (houstonchronicle.com)
- Fake Parking Ticket Scam is Circulating in Houston, Texas (mix979fm.com)
- After Greg Abbott took them away, rainbows have finally returned to Houston (beaumontenterprise.com)
Ok Houston Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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