The Port Aransas Leisure Society (PALS) Mardi Gras parade, held on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16, just wasn’t enough Mardi Gras revelry for everyone. On Saturday, Feb. 20, PALS sponsored the 12th annual Mardi Gras Carnival at Sharkey’s Beach Club. The carnival was a benefit for the Jody McCormick Vocational Scholarship Fund. Scholarships are awarded each year to graduates of Port […]
Change for charity
These fifth graders at H.G. Olsen Elementary collected change to send to Haitian earthquake victims Hunter Frost, in back, holding the green container of money, spearheaded the fundraising.The kids and their teacher, Julie Findley, researched different charities and voted on two: Hope for Haiti and Free the Children. They counted and rolled $150 in change, and Findley will get a […]
PORT ARANSAS ISD SCHOOL MENUS
MARCH 1 - 5MILK SERVED WITH ALL MEALS Breakfast Monday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice Tuesday Pancake, sausage link, fruit, juice Wednesday Scrambled eggs, toast, fruit, juice Thursday Waffles, sausage, juice Friday Assorted cereal, graham crackers, juice LUNCH Monday Crispy Taco, lettuce, tomato and cheese, Spanish rice, fruit Tuesday Pizza, seasoned corn, tossed salad, fruit Wednesday Steak fingers, mashed potatoes, green beans,bread/rolls,fruit Thursday […]
Scout cookies ready to order
Port Aransas Girl Scouts have their inventory of Girl Scout cookies ready to deliver to their customers and are preparing for the cookie booth season. Booth sales will be held throughout Spring Break, March 15 – 19, at times and places to be announced in the South Jetty, but you don’t have to wait. Order cookies by calling LuAnn Ferguson […]
‘Diner’ theater offers three performances
Presbyterian Youth Group fundraiserThe youth ministry at the Community Presbyterian Church will perform Uncle Phil’s Diner, an interactive musical dinner theater, March 5 – 7. Three performances are scheduled, Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, at the Pollock Center, 129 S. Alister St., at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $15 each, are available at the Joint Effort Leisure Ministry Center office or by calling […]
All dressed up
Wearing their Sunday best, H.G. Olsen Elementary School staff, students and chaperones sit down to a white table cloth dinner at Trout Street restaurant on Saturday, Feb. 20, before traveling that night to attend a performance of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra at the Perfoming Arts Center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The evening of culture was funded by a […]
Whooper of a creation
Using a Corpus Christi Caller-Times graphic as their guide, a group of H.G. Olsen Elementary School fifth graders recently created an illustration indicating growth in whooping crane numbers over the years. The illustration will be displayed at the Civic Center during the Whooping Crane Festival, which takes place today through Sunday, Feb. 25-28. Standing, from left, are Lulu Spirlock, William […]
EDUCATION NOTES
A community of excellenceExtra-curricular and co-curricular activities in small schools such as Port Aransas create a number of challenges for students, sponsors and administrators. Most students in Port Aransas High School are involved in multiple extracurricular activities that sometimes conflict with each other. For example, the band had 11 students place in the all-region band during tryouts in December, and due to weather […]
Spring Break Art Camp now pre-registering
Do you have a budding artist in the family? A Spring Break Youth Art Camp for students in third through fifth grades is being offered at the center Monday through Friday, March 15 – 19, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Marylin Cook, a master teacher at H.G. Olsen Elementary School, will direct the camp. The focus of the camp is […]
LADY MARLINS FALL TO NUECES CANYON
When the obituary is written for the Lady Marlins’ 2009-2010 season, it won’t mention heart problems. The ladies showed heart all the way through the season, which came to an end Tuesday, Feb. 23, with a regional quarterfinal loss to Nueces Canyon High School, 49-29. The game was played on a neutral court, at Poteet High School. Coach Stephanie Cowen […]
