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October 25, 2007 / Youth

Contest winners are announced; money raised will benefit school

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Port Aransas PTO has announced winners of a student fundraising competition. Students throughout H.G. Olsen Elementary School sold a variety of catalogue items including wrapping paper and gift items like picture frames and candles. More...

Wall against drugs

Counselor Jeri Franco helps third-grade student Triston Cook place a symbolic brick in a symbolic wall against drugs that students were building at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School cafeteria on Tuesday, Oct. 23. More...

I scream, you scream ...

We all scream for ice cream! Wearing paper Blue Bell Ice Cream hats, a mob of H.G. Olsen Elementary School students gathered for an ice cream social that the PTO held at the school cafeteria as part of Red Ribbon week on Tuesday, Oct. 23. More...

Monster Mash to be big bash this Saturday

The Monster Mash, that was a graveyard smash in the late 1970s, is coming back - sort of. The Port Aransas Parent-Teacher Organization is trying something new this year for Halloween. More...

Well watched

Kids in the Latchkey afterschool program took time away from play and homework to pose for a picture for posterity. The program is run by the City of Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Department. At left is Latchkey worker Gail Swenson. More...

EDUCATION NOTES

Athletics off to a good start

It's that time of year again. Fall is in the air, and, with it come the sounds of feet hitting the pavement, balls bouncing and just an overall excitement among the kids. More...

Competitors

Jordan Morris, left, and Alyx Henderson, both of Port Aransas, competed in the Spurs Mathletes in Action contest at the AT&T Center in San Antonio last weekend. More...

PAHS Student Council plans dance Friday night

Port Aransas High School students are invited to a dance tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 26. The PAHS Student Council is sponsoring the event that will include a DJ and refreshments. The dance will be held from 8 to 12 p.m., at the PAHS cafeteria. More...

Going crazy

Sixth grader Ty Morris sports big goggles and colorful hair in class at Brundrett Middle School Tuesday, Oct. 23. Ty and fellow students dressed in nutty outfits for one of the activities related to Red Ribbon Week. More...

Open wide

Korigan Murray, 4, takes a big bite during the PTO's ice cream social, part of Red Ribbon Week. More...

Extreme makeover

The H.G. Olsen Elementary School reading garden got a 'facelift' Saturday, Oct. 20. More...

PAISD renews property insurance

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

The Port Aransas Independent School District is renewing its insurance policy with Texas School Cooperative, a government consortium. The PAISD Board of Trustees voted on Tuesday, Oct. More...

Port Aransans helping troops in Iraq

Items to make life a little easier for U.S. military troops are being collected for the 60 members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, 380th ECES Squadron in Al Dhafra Air Base, on the desert island of Dubai. More...

H.G. Olsen Elementary fence still awaiting locks

BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER

While H.G. Olsen Elementary School has installed security fencing around the campus, the front gates aren't in use yet because locking mechanisms haven't yet been delivered and installed. More...

Port Aransas School Menus

Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Tuesday Egg & Potato Flour Tortilla, Juice, Milk Wednesday NutriGrain Bar, Sausage Link, Juice, Milk Thursday Pig in a Blanket, Applesauce, Juice, More...

Halloween parade slated to hit streets Saturday afternoon

The traditional Halloween Parade will go on prior to the Port Aransas Parent-Teacher Organization's holiday festivities. It will be Saturday, Oct. 27. Costumed kids should line up in front of H.G. Olsen Elementary School at 100 Station St. More...