🌱 How will Santa Rosa ISD use its share of $1.94 million?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Santa Rosa ISD use its share of $1.94 million?

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 90 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 90, low: 68.
• Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Four Local School Systems Awarded $1.9 Million Combined (valleybusinessreport.com) — Santa Rosa ISD is sharing nearly $1.94 million in new state grant funding with Mercedes, Progreso, and Vanguard Academy to expand student and family support services. The money will help boost academic performance, attendance, and parent involvement, while also growing adult education and career pathways so entire Santa Rosa families can benefit from stronger school-community partnerships.
   

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📸 Around Santa Rosa

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Santa Rosa

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• Raymondville Varsity Baseball @ Santa Rosa
  757G+VJ Santa Rosa High School Gymnasium, Santa Rosa
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Butterfly and Dragonfly Tours
  Estero Llano Grande State Park EsteroLlanoGrandeStatePark Map&Directions
  1:30 pm
• Happy Hour w/The Lady & The Outlaw
  Ranchero Village Mobile Home Park , 2100 S Bridge Ave Unit 269 , Weslaco
  3:00 pm
• Walking Southern Roads
  ENTRE Film Center , 415 W Jackson Ave , Harlingen
  6:00 pm
• RGV In A Pickle Festival
  Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds , 1000 N Texas Ave , Mercedes
  7:00 pm
• In A Pickle Festival - 2 Day Pass
  Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds , 1000 N Texas Ave , Mercedes
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Weslaco vs Edinburg High - Baseball (M) - Varsity
  Edinburg High School Away -
• Colorguard Solo & Ensemble
  WHS Sepulveda Gym
• World Birding Center Birding Tours
  Estero Llano Grande State Park EsteroLlanoGrandeStatePark Map&Directions
  8:30 am
• 2026 In A Pickle Festival - Saturday
  Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds , 1000 N Texas Ave , Mercedes
  10:00 am

Sunday April 19

• National Library Week
  La Villa ISD La Villa, TX 78562
• In a Pickle Festival - Sunday Only
  Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds , 1000 N Texas Ave , Mercedes
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 04/15/2026 Posted 1:40 PM
  The Distribution & Collection Department is still currently repairing an Emergency Waterline break on: Share 27 Rd. The water outage is affecting… (Nextdoor )

• Chilli's posted a job opening for Server - Mercedes Chili's in Mercedes. Apply here.
• Adidas America, Inc. posted a job opening for P/T Retail Store Associate - Rio Grande, 6175, Mercedes, TX in Mercedes. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Santa Rosa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Harlingen

• Auditors give Harlingen ‘clean report' as fund balance climbs to record $41.3 million (star-telegram.com)
• FAA Finds TX City Failed to Train Airport Firefighters (fireengineering.com)
• Auto-pedestrian crashes in Texas: Know your legal obligations (kxan.com)

Weslaco

• SHOW US: We want to see your Fiesta photos and videos (news4sanantonio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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