Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 2009 Page: 4 of 16
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4 A Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Project Graduation kick-off
is Monday at BMS cafeteria
Parents of Port Aransas High School
juniors and seniors are urged to attend
the kick-off meeting for Project Gradu-
ation on Monday, Nov. 9.
It will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Brundrett
Middle School cafeteria.
Project Graduation is a chemi-
cal-free activity for students on the
night of graduation, a night generally
associated with more teenage deaths
related to alcohol and drugs than any
other night. It is an all-night lock-in
for junior students, senior students and
senior guests (each senior is allowed to
bring one guest).
Senior students generally leave with
a cash prize, from $300 to $500, as a
graduation gift (the amount depends on
funds raised throughout the year).
The Project Graduation committee
is seeking volunteers to help with the
event, fundraising, committee members
for the various projects and financial
donations.
For more information, contact Project
Graduation chair Patty Eggleston at
(361) 876-8991 or Emily Phillips at
749-1209.
Sewing fair is Nov. 16
Monster moves
Coltan Marcantel, center, in red, leads a group of fellow Port Aransas High
School dancers as they perform A Halloween Musical Show on Friday, Oct.
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Port Aransas ISD
School Menus
Staff photo by Karen Collins
30, at PAHS.The students performed classic songs like Thriller, Rock Your
Body and Monster Mash.
Education notes
The Port Aransas High School sewing
class will hold a Sewing Fair on Monday,
Nov. 16, in the high school library from
5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Proceeds from the
fair will be used to purchase more mate-
rial and sewing supplies for the class.
Students have made toddler hats, doll
pillows and blankets, stuffed animals,
jewelry, dog beds, pillows, scarves,
saches and a few holiday items.
Most items will be priced between
$3 and $10.
Milk served with all meals
November 9-13
Breakfast
Monday
Assorted cereal, gra-
ham crackers,juice
Tuesday
Cinnamon toast, juice
Wednesday
Pigs in the blanket,
juice
Thursday
Waffles, sausage, juice
Friday
Assorted cereal, gra-
ham crackers, juice
Lunch
Monday
Salisbury steak, rice &
gravy, carrots, bread,
fruit
Tuesday
Chicken patty, broccoli
w/cheese, garden rice,
bread, fruit
Wednesday
Spaghetti w/meat
sauce, tossed salad,
garlic toast, fruit
Thursday
Hot dogs, with or with
out chili, baked beans,
fruit
Friday
Cheeseburger, sand
wich salad cup, tater
tots, fruit
Today’s libraries are multifaceted
Today, libraries have many different
functions. At different times throughout
the day, young people are reading, using
the computers, working on class projects
and so much more.
The elementary students love to go
to the library to check out books. The
younger students read one to three books
a week. The upper level elementary
students read, but their books are longer,
therefore they read fewer books. Some
of the students’ favorite books continue
to be some oldies but goodies: “Clif-
ford,” “Biscuit,” “Curious George,”
“Junie B. Jones,” “Magic Tree House,”
“Hank the Cowdog” and “Goosebumps.”
Some of the newer books they enjoy are
“Spongebob,” “Ready Freddy,” “Mercy
Watson” and anything to do with cars and
motorcycles.
The reading classes are constantly
in and out of the middle school library.
Some of their favorites are Darren Shan
books, Stephenie Meyer books, “War-
riors,” “Ranger Apprentice,” “Hoot” and
“A Child Called It.”
Series are always popular. The stu-
dents really start to get hooked on the char-
acters and get ex-
cited when a new
book in a particu-
lar series comes
out. I sometimes
get weekly count-
downs about when
a new book will be
available. If the
new book comes
out on Friday and
it is Monday, a
daily countdown
is given. Sometimes it takes us a little
while to get the new book and the stu-
dents get so impatient. I recently had 10
students on a waiting list a month before
“Dark Calling” was even due out.
High school students read, but they
don’t always have as much free time. Our
students are involved in so many activities
and they have assigned reading through
the English classes.
We now have a few Kindles (wire-
less reading devices) for the students to
use with their classroom novels. This
has really helped some students. It allows
the student to change the font size, listen
Staff photo by Dan Parker
NHS inductees
Port Aransas High School students inducted into the National Honor Society during ceremonies on Thursday, Oct.
29, were, front row, from left, Reba Armanovs, Kalani Balcom, Sabah Sayed, Kelsey Abel, Brent Ross,
Kelsey Cartwright, Marina Milligan and Judy Wright; back row, from left: Lily Cartwright, Cody Angel, Mac Owens,
Clark Wilson and Kelsey Ortiz. The ceremonies were held at the PAHS cafetorium.
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into honor society
at TAMU-CC event
Alyssa Cristina Crawford of Port
Aransas was inducted in the Golden Key
International Honour Society recently in
a ceremony at Texas A&M University-
Corpus Christi.
Membership into the society is by
invitation only, to the top 15 percent
of college and university sophomores,
juniors and seniors.
Crawford, a 2008 Port Aransas High
School graduate, attends the Texas A &
M University- Corpus Christi College of
Liberal Arts, with an English major.
She is the daughter of John and Teresa
Crawford of Port Aransas.
to an oral reading of the book while they
follow along, and search a book. Many of
the students find the Kindle useful when
trying to find particular quotes, characters,
etc., in a particular novel.
Technology is changing how libraries
are used. We still continue to check out
books, but we also have computers in all
three libraries.
The computer lab at the elementary
school is used daily by all grade levels.
The students work on typing skills, math
and reading programs. They also take
accelerated reader tests and type spelling
words. The third through fifth graders
often have a research project to work on.
The middle school and high school
computer labs are used mainly for re-
search, writing papers, PowerPoints, and
Grade Speed. Grade Speed is the program
that teachers use to record their grades.
Parents and students have access to the
program and can check students’ grades
at any time.
Sometimes it is pretty entertaining
to watch the students on Grade Speed.
For some reason a student will have just
completed an assignment or test in a class
and come to check the grade the next
period. A student will be flabbergasted
that the grade hasn’t been recorded in
Grade Speed.
Also, high school students use the
computers to sign up for SAT and ACT
tests, look up colleges and work on col-
lege applications. The libraries also have
Web access to EBSCO and Britannica
Online School Edition resources. EB-
SCO is an online program for students to
conduct research and search for magazine
articles.
Students also may download some
books directly into a MP3 player. 1 have
had students come get a book we have
on CD and download it for an athletic
road trip. We also have some foreign
language CDs that can be downloaded
into MP3 players. Technology has cer-
tainly changed the way students access
information.
Working in a library is never dull.
Libraries are constantly changing and
the students definitely benefit from the
changes.
Pamela Voyles is the district librar-
ian at Port Aransas Independent School
District.
Buy at garage sale
to help day school
The Trinity-by-the-Sea Day School is
ready to make some deals.
A garage sale benefiting the school
will be held in the church parish hall, 433
Trojan Ave., on Saturday, Nov. 14, from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lots of kid stuff will be available at
bargain prices, along with some furni-
ture, household and miscellaneous other
items.
Coffee and donuts will be served in
the morning, lemonade and hotdogs in
the afternoon, for a donation.
To donate items for the sale, call Nana
Ward at 749-6448.
So much sewing
Staff photo by Dan Parker
Port Aransas High School sewing class students pose with some of the
items they have created for a sewing fair to be held Monday, Nov. 16,
at the school library. From left, front row: Megan Forrest, Alyson Olson,
Mamta Patel and Rivver Booth; back row, from left: Nickie Samudio, Cait-
lin Nixon, Jocelyn Flood, Anna Roberson, Reenie Reagan and Jenna
Socha.
A bunch of characters
Courtesy photo by Gary Mott
Port Aransas High School theater arts students Jessica Etheridge, from
left, Shannon Stephenson, Donna Glen, April Sutter and Mitchel Byrd
traveled in costume to the Texas Rennaissance Festival in Plantersville
on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
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