Singing staff
      Steve Popielski, physical education teacher at H.G. Olsen Elementary School, plays drums while staff and teachers behind him sing during a Christmas sing-along program at the school on Dec. 22. Children also performed in the program, which attracted an audience of a few hundred parents and students...
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Port Aransas School Menus
Jan. 9 - 12
      Breakfast Tuesday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Wednesday Cinnamon Toast, Applesauce, Juice, Milk Thursday NutriGrain Bar, Fruit, Juice, Milk Friday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Lunch Tuesday Pizza, Seasoned Corn, Peaches, Milk
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EDUCATION NOTES
Resolution: Strive for a good Auld Lang Syne
BOB BYRD
      The Scottish poet Robert Burns first published “Auld Lang Syne,” in the late 1700s after hearing a man from his home region sing it. This fact, and the thoughts behind the song will probably not be on the TAKS test. Yet there are important lessons to be learned from reflecting on our most popular N...
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Whoops!
      Bob Byrd, principal at Brundrett Middle School, was incorrectly identified in a collage of photos that accompanied the 2006 year in review published last week.
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Clanton on Dean's List
      Scott Alan Clanton has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. To qualify for the dean's list a student must make at least a 3.5 on all his or her courses. “In a usual semester, about 15 percent of our students are on the Dean'List...
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PAHS grads earn master's degrees
      Lydia Matthews and Kim Phillips graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth Saturday, Dec. 16. Matthews is a 1996 graduate of Port Aransas High School. Phillips graduated from PAHS in 1997. Phillips earned a master of education degree in educational administration. Matthews earned a mas...
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