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Written by Brian McCauley
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
Barbecue competitors weren’t the only ones up early Saturday morning during the Paola Roots Festival.
Paola High School students involved in Panther Robotics were up at the crack of dawn Saturday as they worked to raise funds for the upcoming season.
Working out of their work facility across from the Paola Post Office, Panther Robotics team members cooked up a tasty breakfast to offer those in town for Paola’s annual Roots Festival.
There was biscuits and gravy and homemade cinnamon rolls, among other options.
“We do what we can to get ourselves known,” said sophomore team member Lauren “Renner” Wikstrom, whose grandmother made the homemade cinnamon rolls.
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Education
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Written by Jesse Trimble
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
Students have only tipped the iceberg this week with the new school year. Books are getting dusted off and cracked back open and pencils are poised, sharpened and ready for whatever homework assignments may come students’ way.
But one class at Hillsdale Elementary School has periodically left the classroom already this year for a different sort of learning experience.
Fifth-grade teacher Beth Conner has already got her students back in the garden again as she and the class prepare for another eventful school year learning about growing vegetables and how to incorporate them into a healthier lifestyle.
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Education
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Written by Brian McCauley
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
A faint smile began to spread across Oscar Durland’s face as he slowly walked down the hallway at Sunflower Elementary on Thursday following his two young tour guides.
Fifth-graders Jacob Maynard and Haley Barenklau described in detail what goes on in each classroom and what portions of the building have been added since its original construction.
Although the building has changed over the years, there was a familiarity about it for Durland, who worked as a custodian and food service member when the school first opened 25 years ago.
“That used to be the gifted classroom,” Durland said as he gestured toward a class door.
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Education
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Written by Brian McCauley
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
Dads were the center of attention Aug. 25 at Panther Stadium in Paola.
Fathers and their children from Cottonwood, Sunflower and Hillsdale elementary schools, along with Paola Middle School, piled into the stadium last week to learn about Watch D.O.G.S.
The program, which stands for Dads Of Great Students, is designed to get fathers into the schools so they can be role models for the students and make the schools safer. It is an initiative of the National Center for Fathering.
Several dads could be seen wearing their Watch D.O.G.S. shirts at the event as they chatted with other fathers walking in, many of whom were holding hands with their young sons and daughters.
A Watch D.O.G.S. representative from each school spoke to the crowd of dads about what the program entails. Chris Capettini spoke as a top dog from Sunflower Elementary, which was the first school in Paola USD 368 to start the program in the spring of 2008.
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Education
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Written by Brian McCauley
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:00 |
Local teachers and students have the opportunity to apply for honors offered by the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC).
For teachers, KFAC will award the Janet Sims Memorial Teacher of the Year (TOY) award, which recognizes a teacher for his or her efforts to incorporate agriculture into the classroom. Any district-certified Kansas teacher currently engaged in integrating agricultural concepts into non-vocational agriculture classroom settings at the K-12 grade levels is encouraged to apply, according to a news release.
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