'Spur'red on
PAHS students get inside look at tech careers, Spurs game
      Port Aransas High School students got a behind-the-scenes look at the production and broadcasting of a Spurs game last week. Monica Sonnier, the career technologies teacher, and Kate Prejean, the industrial arts teacher, accompanied 22 students to the Texas Technology Students Association (TTSA) ...
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EDUCATION NOTES
Setting goals
      At the beginning of every year there are goals to be set. Whether playing on a team, being a member of a club, or just being yourself, set goals to push yourself farther. Of course, setting the goal is the easiest thing, but in order to achieve it, the work must be put in.
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PAEF to award grants Friday at three assemblies
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      Port Aransas Education Foundation (PAEF) officials will award more than $40,000 in grants to school employees tomorrow, Friday, April 11. The public is invited to attend school assemblies where the grant awards will be announced. The assemblies have been scheduled for 10 a.m. at H.G. Olsen Elemen...
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Port Aransas School Menus
April 14 - April 18
      Breakfast Monday Assorted Cereal Graham Crackers Juice & Milk Tuesday Biscuits & Gravy Sausage Patty Juice & Milk Wednesday Cinnamon Roll Fruit Juice & Milk Thursday Breakfast on the Bun Juice & Milk Friday
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PAISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING,THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008 6 P.M. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
      I. Call meeting to order A. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance II. Comments A. Special Recognition of April Retiree B. Public Comment C. Board Comments/Committee Comments III. Consent Agenda A. Consider/Approve Minutes of the Regular meeting held on March 13, 2008.
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Jill Smith admitted to UMass summer institute
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
      Port Aransas High School science teacher Jill Smith has been granted admission to a summer institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she will learn about changes in the world's polar regions. After the July 14-18 institute is over, Smith will return to Port Aransas, where she...
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Karate kids
      Children in karate classes at the Island Martial Arts Sei Shen Dojo tested to higher belt levels ranging from yellow to green on Monday, April 7. From left, back row: Maggie Strain, Aubrey Sergeant, Marissa Harder, Harrison Clark and Thomas Ramsden; from left, front row: Katie Strain, Logan Kreutz...
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