UIL team makes high marks at Calallen meet
      The Port Aransas High School University Interscholastic League academic team traveled to Calallen on Saturday, Jan. 30, to compete against 20 other teams. UIL academic coordinator Laurie Barello commented that, “Most were local schools, but some came from as far away as Cuero and Kingsville.”
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Perfect for play
      With teacher Elizabeth Large, students pose for a photo with a big new piece of playground equipment recently set up at H.G. Olsen Elementary School. Three slides, no waiting!
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PORT ARANSAS ISD SCHOOL MENUS
FEBRUARY 8 - 12
      MILK SERVED WITH ALL MEALS
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EDUCATION NOTES
Funding a college education
      Thinking about paying for college can bring on a load of anxiety, and for some, can make post-secondary education seem impossible. Many middle-class families don’t qualify for government aid and may face extreme financial challenges.
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Kudos and goodies
     Maggie Strain of Port Aransas, left, was presented with the Student of the Month Award at Flour Bluff Junior High School on Friday, Jan. 29. Frost Bank representative Jarett Krouse presented Strain, a seventh-grader, with a certificate of achievement and a gift certificate to La Palmera Mall in Corpus Christi. Teachers nominate students who are positive role models for the award.
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Dashing design
      Shelby Stephenson, left, won the annual Beach Dash art contest at Brundrett Middle School and Port Aransas High School for the design of this year’s Beach Dash T-Shirt and Poster. Amy Flood, right, acted as coordinator of the art contest. Stephenson is an eighth-grader at BMS. Beach Dash is set for Saturday, Feb. 27.
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Scouts ready to sell cookies
      Port Aransas Girl Scout Troops are taking pre-orders for cookies. Troops will begin selling cookies at various businesses in late February. Pre-order cookies for delivery by calling Girl Scout coordinator LuAnn Ferguson at 749-5141 or e-mailing LA.Ferguson@charter.net.
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Taking a shot
      Nathan Smith-Lorrain, 8, gets an H1N1 flu shot from EMT-I Brian Velandia during an H1N1 clinic held by Port Aransas Emergency Medical Services and the Nueces County Health Department at the Community Center on Friday, Jan. 29.
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