November 11, 2010 RSS feed / Youth

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EDUCATION NOTES

Taking the wide view of education
The Port Aransas ISD is constantly trying to choose the most appropriate scope and sequence for curriculum. As a teacher, I also have to continually reevaluate my weekly and daily learning objectives. More...

PAHS team to compete in ‘Challenge!’

A team of four Port Aransas High School students will take on a team from Flour Bluff High School in a game showstyle academic competition to be televised on Monday, Nov. 15. The show, called “Challenge!” will be aired at 7 p.m. More...

Anti-drug group to visit elementary

Students at H.G. Olsen Elementary School will get their first dose of data on why not to start with alcohol, tobacco and drugs tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 12, when a group called Operation Turnaround visits. More...

Students invited to write

High school students who like to write are invited to an evening meeting of the Port A Pens. The meeting, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, will be held in hopes that young writers will be interested in forming a new group. More...

Among the best

Port Aransas High School student Clark Wilson, foreground, recently was named a 2010 Caller-Times/Citgo South Texas Distinguished Scholar. More...

Marlin Mania

Basketball talent and some weird talents were on display at Marlin Mania at Doyle Marek Gym at Port Aransas High School on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The event raised more than $3,100 to help pay for trips to out-of-town basketball tournaments. More...

Council: Mandatory drug testing unneeded

BY PHIL REYNOLDS
phil@portasouthjetty.com

School board members will hear tonight, Thursday, Nov. 11, recommendations from the school district’s school health advisory council that the district not institute mandatory drug testing for students. More...

School project

H.G. Olsen Elementary School students Kaci Fugate and Jill Rudisel together fashioned a model of the kind of home that Pueblo Indians once made. More...

A piece of history

H.G. Olsen Elementary School teacher Cindy Moats shows her second grade students a piece of the Berlin Wall on Friday, Nov. 5. More...

Key Club to hold bake sale

The Port Aransas Kiwanis Key Club is going strong and working hard, but they could use a little help. The group has scheduled two fundraisers to help cover the cost of membership for its 2010-11 members, at $12 a member. More...

Books of their own

H.G. Olsen Elementary School students show off the dictionaries they recently were given by the Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas. More...













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