🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Sugar Land student earning Elon’s top academic honor

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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Sugar Land student earning Elon's top academic honor
• Which nearby Houston charter schools ranked among Texas' best this year?
• Dodgers ace sharpened his stuff in a rehab start vs. Sugar Land

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Hot with partial sunshine, with a high of 101 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Hot with sunshine, temps: high: 100, low: 79.
• Thursday: Hot with clouds and sun, with a high of 99 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Class of 2030 reminded of the 'enormous opportunity' of an Elon education at New Student Convocation (elon.edu) — A Sugar Land student, Anna Gratz, is highlighted as one of Elon University's most accomplished incoming freshmen, earning the school's top William R. Kenan Honors Scholarship for her public health ambitions and disability advocacy work. Her story appears within broader coverage of Elon's 2026 New Student Convocation welcoming the Class of 2030.
   

• Houston has 13 of Texas' best charter schools, per U.S. News. See the list. (houstonchronicle.com) — Families in Sugar Land may be interested that the Houston region, including nearby suburbs, claims 13 of Texas' top charter schools in new U.S. News rankings. The piece highlights which Houston-area charter networks and campuses scored best, how Texas performed nationally, and what criteria—like test scores, graduation rates, and college readiness—drove the results.
   

• Tyler Glasnow Set to Return for Dodgers Tuesday After Three-Month Injury Absence (itsgame7.com) — Sugar Land baseball fans just saw Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow tune up against the local Triple-A club, throwing 5⅓ strong rehab innings with only one run allowed. That dominant Sugar Land outing has cleared him to rejoin Los Angeles' rotation Tuesday in Atlanta after a three‑month back injury layoff.
   

📸 Around Sugar Land

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sugar Land

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Wednesday August 26
• Senior Workshop
  Travis High School Library
  7:00 am
Thursday August 27
• THS-Volleyball-Legends Invitational
  Travis High School Bryan, Texas
  8:00 am
• Freshman Football @ Houston Westside
  Kempner High School Westside High School (14201 Briar Forest Dr, Houston, TX 77077, Un
  5:00 pm
• JV Football vs Houston Westside
  Kempner High School KHS Football Field
  5:00 pm
• THS Fresh Red & White Football vs. Richmond Foster (AWAY)
  Travis High School Foster 4400 Farm to Market Rd 723, Richmond, TX 77406
  5:00 pm
• THS JV Football vs. Richmond Foster (HOME)
  Travis High School TRAVIS HS 11111 Harlem Rd. Richmond, TX, 77406
  5:30 pm
Friday August 28
• THS-Volleyball-Legends Invitational
  Travis High School Bryan, Texas
  8:00 am
• THS Varsity Football vs. Richmond Foster (AWAY)
  Travis High School Tomas HS-24945 Easton Ramsey Wy, Richmond, TX 77406
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• Parent Cafe
  Stafford Municipal School District SES
  8:30 am
Wednesday August 26
• Parent University: Pull up & Plug In
  Stafford Municipal School District Virtual Zoom
  6:30 am
• SHS Open House
  Stafford Municipal School District SHS
  5:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Football vs Hitchcock
  Stafford Municipal School District Bulldog Stadium
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• People, if it is too hot for you to be outside it is too hot for your cat(s) or dog(s) to be outside.
  Please bring them inside until it cools off. Please do not walk your animals during the daytime hours, the heat from the sidewalk burns their paws. … (Nextdoor Greenbriar Addition)
• Garbage disposal installation what is the typical price to install a new one?
  I have the disposal just debating if I should do it myself or have someone do it for me. (Nextdoor Orchard Lake Estates)

• ABM Industries posted a job opening for School Custodial Cleaner Floater in Sugar Land. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Lot Associate in Sugar Land. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sugar Land here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stafford

• No. 2 Texas Volleyball struggles mightily in season-opening loss vs. No. 12 Arizona State (on3.com)

Missouri City

• Houston Civic Leaders, Grambling Family Celebrate Attorney Barbara Hudson's 70th Birthday and Legacy of Service (aframnews.com)
• 2026 Nebraska Volleyball Position Previews: Pin Hitter (hurrdatsports.com)

Richmond

• A Goose Saved His Family And Their Other Animals From A Fire By Honking In The Middle Of The Night To Alert Everyone To The Danger (chipchick.com)
• Former Katy police officer charged with stalking ex-wife using Flock cameras (houstonchronicle.com)
• Day: August 24, 2026 (big1021.com)

Ok Sugar Land! 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: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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