Mural making
      Students at H.G. Olsen Elementary School have spent the last two weeks working on birding murals, four kids at a time. 'Boss' Arlene Hughes, right, and her sister, Barbara Behrens, not pictured, worked with the children and the school's art and music teacher, Gay de Montel. Fourth graders in Clare ...
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EDUCATION NOTES:
Twenty years in education
PAMELA VOYLES
      My daughter enjoys reminding me that I graduated from college 20 years ago. I knew I wanted to go to college, but I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My father was the one who suggested education. I have worked in education for the entire 20 years, and I even coached a high school swim...
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Birds-eye view
      Fourth and fifth grade students of H.G. Olsen Elementary School participated in the 10th annual Great Backyard Birding Count on Friday, Feb. 16, learning they had more species in their backyard than they knew.
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Barely breathing room
      It was standing room only; actually barely room to scoot at the annual garage sale held by Project Graduation organizers Saturday, Feb. 17. Treasures of all kinds were picked through and picked up, making more money for the drug-free event on graduation night.
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Boarding house buddies
RACHEL PEARSON
      With the addition of a Greek exchange student this week, our apartment swelled to its full capacity. To re-cap, it is me and Nick in one room, Giorgia the Italian girl in the next, then Christina the Greek exchange student, Diana the Rumanian waitress, and Carlos the topographical pilot, who seems ...
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Next school year to start Aug. 27
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      Students in the Port Aransas Independent School District will begin the 2007-2008 school year on Aug. 27 - six days after the date they began the previous school year, according to a proposed schedule for the new school year.
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Help needed for Book Fair
Event will be March 5-7 at elementary school
      HCUSA AD_SOUTH JETTY 2-07 2/15/Mentor help is needed to make the Scholastic Book Fair successful, said event chairperson Debi Cartwright. The book fair will be held in March at H.G. Olsen Elementary School. People are needed to read during the fair to children who are shopping with parents, and s...
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Spring Break Schedule 2007
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Chinese New Year
      Students at Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School celebrated the Chinese New Year by dressing up in costumes and having a dragon parade to the chapel. They also ate rice with chopsticks and had fortune cookies. In the top photo, Morgan Kite leads other three-year-olds with a dragon in the parade. At left, ...
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Kids bouncing back from wave of illness
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      A wave of illnesses that has washed over H.G. Olsen Elementary School the past few weeks finally has begun slackening, but students than usual are falling ill at the middle and high school campuses in Port Aransas.
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PAHS cheerleaders to hold clinic for elementary students
      H.G. Olsen Elementary School students are invited to attend a cheerleader clinic to be conducted by Port Aransas High School cheerleaders. The clinic will run everyday after school from Monday, Feb. 26, through Friday, March 2. The clinic will be held from 3:25 to 4:30 p.m.
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