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VOL 2 NO. 3
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
80th birthday of Elvis to be celebrated, money raised to benefit Hospice By Jennifer Lysiak
THE LANCASTER SUN EDITOR
Marking what would have been Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday this year, members of the WNY Elvis Appreciation Society, Inc., are planning a big celebration on Saturday, Jan. 24 to not only honor Presley’s memory, but to raise money for Hospice of Buffalo. Still known for his musical influence today, and of course his dance moves and good looks, Presley will always be known as“The King,” and regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. But what many individuals may not know is Presley was very generous, helping others whenever he could. Members of the society,
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fans a night to relive his music and helps to raise money for charity.
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At this past Lancaster School Board meeting Jan. 12, Principal of Como Park Elementary Molly Marcinelli, along with Teachers Colleen Tonsoline, Erica Kuras, and Social Worker Peg Barrett, gave a presentation on the Kagan Teaching Structure implemented in Lancaster Schools, with specific examples from their students at Como Park. The Kagan Structure is unlike more traditional models in that every student is engaged and are “…held accountable for their learning,” said Marcinelli. Instead of the teacher asking a question to the whole class and only picking one student to answer, the Kagan Structure has students pair up and have one be in a teacher/
speaking role and the other in a student/listening role, promoting cooperative learning while not leaving any student behind in the subject matter. The student in the teacher role “coaches” his or her peers, telling them what they might have gotten wrong, or introducing them to a subject for the first time. In order to coach, the student needs to know the material inside and out, retaining that knowledge at a deeper level. “Once you can teach somebody you really know something. They really ‘own’ it,” added Marcinelli. Walking around, the teacher also is given the opportunity to assess all of the student’s aptitude with the subject matter rather than just one. Unlike group work, the Kagan Structure ensures there are no “hogs
and logs,” as Marcinelli put it. There is no dynamic in which one student has all the control, or input, and others aren’t contributing either due to laziness or confusion. Anyone, young or old, who has even been part of a group project, knows this dynamic all too well. Kids from Como Park demonstrated Kagan Learning at the meeting, finding school board members for a round of “Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up,” a rally robin game where the student and board member went back and forth reciting different leadership traits. Exclamations like “FAN-tastic” and “Excellent” would follow every trait said. The students, admittedly, were much faster than the board members, which shows how effective the
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would be the most beneficial and easiest to implement in the district. By 2012, the teacher leaders were ready to pass along what they knew on this new teaching structure to other teachers willing to implement it in their classrooms. “People are excited about these learning structures… they’re not difficult, they make sense and have been really effective. We don’t make everybody adopt it but it has caught on like wildfire…it’s growing on its own because it works,” said Marcinelli. Through staff development days throughout the year, if a teacher isn’t already implementing the structure, they have at least heard of it. There will be another training session for teachers in the spring, according to Marcinelli.
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POLICE BLOTTER ..................................... SECT. A PAGE 4
SUITS FOR TROOPS .................................. SECT. A PAGE 6
EDITORIALS ............................................. SECT. A PAGE 4
WARRANT WWATCH ............................... SECT. A PAGE 6
LETTERS .................................................... SECT. A PAGE 4
SECT. A PAGES 7-10 SPORTS................................................SECT.
PANTRY ..................................................... SECT. A PAGE 5
CLASSIFIEDS ....................................SECT SECT A, PAGES 11-13
BOWMANSVILLE FIRE ............................. SECT. A PAGE 5
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