Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 2001 Page: 5 of 17
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PAGE 6A Thursday, March 22, 2001
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On to state
Staff photo by Murray Judson
The Brundrett Middle School Science Team is state bound after a qualifying meet in San Antonio on
March 10. Competitors pictured here are, from left, Coach Andrea Cantu, Matt Dunton, Louis Warner,
Will Ragan, Khyati Bhakta, Leah Matthews, Brandon Vickers, Heather Franje, Devis Bhakta and
Danielle Mobley. See story for details.
BMS Science Team
The Brundrett Middle School Sci-
ence Team and two other students
will compete at the Texas Match and
Science Coaches Association state
meet at the University of Texas San
Antonio on April 7.
The team and two students
earned the right to advance at a team
qualifier meet at Clark High School
in San Antonio on March 10.
The team competed against four
pther small schools. The four top
scoring individuals in sixth through
eighth grade compose the team,
which placed first overall in the
meet. Team members are Will
Ragan, Austin Vickers, Louis
Warner and Leah Matthews. Also
qualifying for the state competition
are Devis Bhakta and Danielle
Mobley.
Individual results of the qualify-
ing meet were:
Eighth grade: Ragan, first; Vickers,
second, Warner, fifth and Khyati
Bhakta, eighth; seventh grade: Devis
Bhakta, fifth; sixth grade: Mathews,
first; Danielle Mobley, fifth; and Matt
Dunton, seventh.
Several students competed in non-
state events. The events and students
placing were: maps, graphs and
charts eighth grade: Ragan, fourth;
Warner, ninth; sixth grade: Dunton,
third.
Also, history, sixth grade, Dunton,'
seventh; Heather Franje, ninth.
The science team is coached by
Andrea Cantu.
Brain power in early childhood
We are using our brains in kin-
dergarten and pre-k! Recent brain
■research highlights the importance
Slearly literacy experiences for chil-
dren. Listed below are 10 things we
try to do in our classrooms to stimu-
late the brain.
1. Children need rich expert
ences that are meaningful and in-
teresting. Only with firsthand ex-
periences do children have some-
thing with which to connect learn-
ing. Children’s brains also enjoy
[novelty and new things that will
challenge and stretch them to the
next level (like songs with silly
story props).
2. Sensory stimulation and
[multimedia are critical to learning.
The more senses involved in an
experience, the more likely chil-
dren will learn.
3. Children need a safe and
secure environment in which to
grow. When children feel threat-
ened or frustrated; it is difficult for
them to think or process new infor-
mation.
4. A schedule and routine will
enhance learning by reinforcing cer-
tain behaviors and helping children
j®ow what to expect.
I 5. Children need caring, con-
sistent relationships. Indeed, inter-
actions with a positive adult are far
tpore important than any piece of
equipment or technology.
6. Consider emotional factors
involved in learning by nurturing
children’s self-esteem and celebrat-
ing achievement and success.
.... 7. Make sure children have
good nutrition and plenty of rest.
Take “water breaks” to keep brains
hydrated and functioning.
8. Timing is important. Take
“brain breaks,” and don’t overload
children with too much informa-
tion or too much sitting.
9. Consider your classroom
peripherals. Open up blinds to
provide more natural light, keep the
temperature a little on the “cool"
side, use neutral background colors,
and arrange seat-
Education
Notes
Carli
Roach &
Katie
Brennan
H.G. Olsen
Elementary
School
Teachers
ing to encourage
social interaction.
10.
Children’s level of
interest is of prime
consideration.
Children learn
through play, so
create games and
center activities
where children
will want to go.
Remember that
learning is a social
experience during which children
should be encouraged to talk and
interact with friends.
This information was provided
by Dr. Jean Feldmen, Ph. D. She is
a specialist in early childhood educa-
tion and leads many teacher-train-
ing workshops throughout the na-
tion. We highly respect Dr. Jean’s
work and have implemented many
of her ideas into our classrooms. Dr.
Jean writes most of the songs that
your child sings at home. She can be
found on the web at www.driean.org.
You can find the words to her songs,
purchase CD’s and tapes, or get new
ideas on ways to help your child at
home. She also provides other par-
ent/ child links on her website.
Here are 10 simple things you can
do to boost your child’s brainpower!
1. Interaction: Spend time
watching me and responding to my
cues. It tells me that I’m important
and special to you.
2. Loving Touch: Cradle me,
hold me, and give me lots of hugs. It
keeps me calm and comforts me,
and gives me courage to move on.
3. Stable relationship: I need
someone special to be there when I
call. When I look around and see
you, I know I can go far.
4. Safe healthy environment:
Plug the outlets, block the stairs,
keep lead away for sure! Make a
safe special place so I am free to
explore.
5. Self-esteem: I can do it!
Yes I can if you tell me so. Pay
attention, give me praise and watch
me go. g‘>. go!
6. Quality childcare: When
you are gone, I need to be with
people you can trust to help me
grow and teach me new, exciting
stuff.
7. Communication: I may not
say much, but don’t be fooled! I
understand a lot. Our little conver-
sations mean so very much.
8. Play: Play is fun, play is
work, it’s how I learn the ropes.
When we play together you help me
more than you know.
9. Music: One, two, three
sing to me and make up silly tunes.
Music is a special time that is fun to
share with you.
10. Reading: Read to me and
show me books with lots of pretty
pictures. Write my stories out in
words, and I will love to read for-
ever.
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Top spellers
Jennifer Zhu, third grader at
H.G. Olsen Elementary
School, won the school's
spelling bee, held in February.
Shown here with her coach,
Lois Lister, Zhu will compete
in the regional spelling bee
Saturday, March 31, in the
Bayfront Convention Center in
Corpus Christi. Charlsie
Nichols; left, who is in the fifth
grade, is the alternate.
Children's art lessons slated at Art Center
Art Center for the Islands is of-
fering Art Lessons for Children five
to 13 years of age every Thursday
afternoon from 4 until 5.
The lessons, featuring a wide va-
riety of age-appropriate art activities,
are being offered in the art center
at 309 N. Alister St for $10 per ses-
sion.
Kathy Cole is giving the lessons,
Few Girl Scout
cookies are
still available
which are in accordance with the
National Standards for Visual Arts
Education.
“We will use a different material
every four lessons that cover many
techniques and design objectives,"
according to a center spokesman.
Objective of working with tempera
paint is to learn the color wheel, com-
plimentary colors, color tints and
tones, light and shadow, feelings and
meanings.
In lessons with clay, the kids will
learn hand building, tiles, pinch pots,
three dimensional shapes, coil pots,
slabs and combinations.
With watercolor paints they’ll
learn techniques, texture and sur-
face, movement, land and seascapes
and critiquing.
Drawing lessons will teach pat-
terns, lines, shapes, forms, grid draw-
ing, half-and-half drawings, faces and
figures.
Mixed media lessons will teach 2D
and 3D collage, space, balance and
depth, using paper, felt, recycle and
plaster of Paris.
For more information, stop by the
art center or call 749-7334.
qualifies for state meet
There are still about 50 or 60
boxes of Girl Scout cookies available,
according to an announcement by
Suanne Pyle.
She said there are no more choco-
late mints or do-si-does on hand, but
all the other varieties are available.
Anyone wishing to obtain the
cookies may call Pyle at 749-7231 or
749-4901 and she will see that they
are delivered.
Pyle reminds everyone that the
cookies can be frozen for later use.
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Judson, Mary. Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 2001, newspaper, March 22, 2001; Port Aransas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth644836/m1/5/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ellis Memorial Library.