Port Aransas, TX

PDF of print edition Band wins sweepstakes at UIL concert contest Once again ... BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       The Port Aransas High School Band has won the sweepstakes award. Again. The band got first-division ratings in concert and sight-reading performances in the University Interscholastic League Region Concert and Sight Reading Contest in Sinton on Wednesday, March 12. More ... UIL winners added       Due to incomplete information, some H.G. Olsen Elementary School students' names were left out of a March 13 South Jetty story about honors that 65 students received recently for their performances in University Interscholastic League competitions. More ... EDUCATION NOTES Service is learning       So what exactly is service learning? Simply put, service learning is an opportunity for students to meet the needs of a community. Students plan, develop and participate in projects that lend a hand to others. And an integral part of the curriculum is compiling thoughts and feelings into a reflect... More ... Cheerleaders in training       Young girls lead a cheer as part of a cheer camp taught by Port Aransas High School cheerleaders at PAHS on Saturday, March 8. The clinic was a fundraiser for the 2008--09 cheerleading squad. More ... Students spend Break at ARK They're not in Kansas anymore BY PHIL REYNOLDS SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       For many, it was their first glimpse of salt water. The 16 youngsters from Central Community Church in Wichita, Kan., were in Port Aransas for Spring Break, but it wasn't the kind of Spring Break most students are spending here. More ... School Menus March 24- March 28       Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal, Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Tuesday Biscuit & Gravy, Sausage Patty, Juice, Milk Wednesday Pigs in a Blanket, Juice, Milk Thursday NutriGrain Bar, Sausage Link, Juice, Milk Friday Assorted Cereal, More ... Rehearsal time       From left, Port Aransas High School students Chloe Tugwell, Asia Cossey and Alyssa Crawford rehearse a one-act play, 'Her Senior Year,' on Friday, March 14. They were preparing to perform the play in University Interscholastic League theater competition scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, in Refugi... More ... Charting a course       Port Aransas Independent School District Superintendent Billy Wiggins, left, talks to PAISD trustees about a plan he is proposing for creating a voluntary drug-testing program for students. More ... 2008-09 school calendar set BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER       The 2008-2009 school calendar won't look much different from that of the current school year at the Port Aransas Independent School District. Meeting on Thursday, March 13, the PAISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve the calendar for the 2008-09 school year. Trustee Ken Dunton was absent. More ...