Hands of time
      Students George Clower, from left, Hawkins Williams and Bernie Harrison show off the results of their work in a time-telling lesson in teacher Judith Large's second-grade class at H.G. Olsen Elementary School on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Each student in class had a clock, and they turned the hands on the c...
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EDUCATION NOTES
Chief Architect class at PAHS
JIM POTTS
      An architecture class was added at the first of this year at Port Aransas High School. The course name is TICAD (Technical Introduction to Computer Aided Design). The software was funded by a grant from the South Texas Tech Prep Consortium. The class is made up of several highly motivated students...
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Port Aransas School Menus
Feb. 5 - 9
      Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Tuesday Breakfast Pizza, Fruit, Juice, Milk Wednesday Oatmeal, Toast, Juice, Milk Thursday Scrambled Eggs, Biscuit, Juice, Milk Friday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk
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Play ball!
      Sharon Dignum, a paraprofessional at H.G. Olsen Elementary School, shows first-grader Katie Koetter proper throwing form during a gym class on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
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Pilot 'STARS' classes to begin at PAHS
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      Some Port Aransas High School students not doing well in math or science could end up being required to take soon-to-be-established pilot classes teaching those subjects. The classes, which begin Feb. 19 and will add 35 minutes to the normal class day, will be part of a program called STARS - Stu...
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Writing history
      As her teammates look on, Whitney Williams signs the ball she shot when she recently scored her 3,000th career point as a member of the Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins basketball team. The rest of the team also signed the ball, which will be put on display in a trophy case at the high school....
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Annual Winter Old-Lympics slated for Feb. 17-18
      The 11th annual Bill Morgan Memorial Winter Old-Lympics Tennis Tournament is on the calendar for Feb. 17 and 18. The tournament partners players whose ages add up to 100 or more. Men's, women's and mixed doubles are played on the Port Aransas school courts.
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Cupid's Tennis Mixer will be held Saturday, Feb. 10 at PAISD courts
      Time is running out to enter the first Cupid's Invitational Tennis Mixer to benefit the Port Aransas High School tennis team. The round robin tournament will group players by ability level, not gender. It will be held Saturday, Feb. 10. Entry fee is a minimum donation of $20 per player. Entry dead...
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PAHS grads starting CCA at TSU
      Two Port Aransas High School graduates, Donovan Kypke and Matt Richter, now both students at Texas State University, are starting a Coastal Conservation Association chapter at TSU. "We both wanted to be involved with something that we could make friends, meet new people, and be pro-active all at t...
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