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Welcome May 2012 | Vol. 5, No. 9 Publisher: Bill Patterson The contents of this free publication are copyrighted by Denton Publishing Company, 2008, a subsidiary of A.H. Belo Corp. (www.ahbelo.com, NYSE symbol: AHC) with all rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited. Kid Life is published monthly by Denton Publishing Company, 314 E. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201. E-mail: drc@dentonrc.com
On the cover: Jenni Mabry and her son Spencer, who will be a kindergartner at Providence Elementary this fall, use a campus computer to browse the Internet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
From frozen yogurt squares to a coloring contest for the A-train to a list of events at Denton libraries, this issue is packed with fun things to do. We also spotlight the recent teachers of the year winners as well as offer parents tips for getting youngsters ready for next year.
Denton ISD Update . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Top of the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Library Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lunchbox Bites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Teachers & Principal Profiles . . . .15 Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Dawn Cobb dcobb@dentonrc.com 940-566-6879 P.O. Box 369 Denton, TX 76201
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Editor dcobb@dentonrc.com 940-566-6879
Advertising Manager sreneau@dentonrc.com 940-566-6843
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STAR STUDENT BANGKOTCHANOK PUTTITHANASORN Name: Bangkotchanok Puttithanasorn Nickname: Ann Ann Community/school activities: choir, running club, volleyball, Girl Scouts School/grade: W.S. Ryan Elementary; 5th Grade Birthdate/place: Oct. 23; Bangkok, Thailand My hobbies are: art, sports, photography My favorite school subject is: science Two people I’d most like to meet are: Selena Gomez and Misty May-Treanor What’s in my CD player/iPod right now: songs by Selena Gomez When I finish school I plan to: travel The best book I ever read was: A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz The last movie I saw: The Hunger Games The best movie I’ve ever seen is: The Hunger Games I wish I knew how to: play the guitar I’m so sick of: bugs buzzing by my ear My worst habit is: accidently hurting myself while playing sports My favorite restaurant is: The Greenhouse My hero is: my mom The best summer I ever had was: last year when I went to SeaWorld and Schlitterbahn with the Girl Scouts If I had $100 I would: donate it to a children’s hospital My goal for this year is to: have great volleyball serves
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Denton ISD Update DISD plans kindergarten, pre-school registrations May 10 Parents of children who will be five years old by Sept. 1, may register their children at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 10, at all 21 Denton Independent School District elementary schools’ Kindergarten Registration. To enroll in kindergarten for the coming school year, a child must be five years old on or before Sept. 1, 2012. Parents will be able to register their students and receive information on transportation, Extended School Day and the PTA. To register their child(ren), parents should bring the following information: Birth certificates, social security cards, updated immunization records, proof of residency (such as a utility bill) and three emergency contacts. Parents of new students may expedite the enrollment process by completing the major enrollment cards on line by going to www.dentonisd.org and link to Online Registration and “New Students Enrollment.” Parents of students, who are already enrolled in Denton ISD such as a pre-schooler, may register online by going to the district’s main website at www.dentonisd.org. The purpose of these registrations is to provide an orientation for new students and their parents and to allow them to register for the district’s kindergarten or preregister for the pre-school programs. The kindergarten program in Denton ISD includes literacy activities, math concepts, science experiments and social interactions with other children in the classroom. For more information, parents should contact the designated elementary school in which they live. (If parents need a school designation, they may contact the district’s transportation department at (940) 369-0300.) Blanton Elementary, 9501 Stacee Lane (940) 369-0700 Borman Elementary, 1201 Parvin (940) 369-2500 Cross Oaks Elementary, 600 Liberty, Cross Roads, TX. (972)
Todd Morris and his son Jackson, who will be a kindergartner at W.S. Ryan Elementary in the fall, take a look at the district's online enrollment program on a laptop.
Photo courtesy of the Denton school district
347-7100 Evers Park Elementary, 3300 Evers Parkway (940) 369-2600 Ginnings Elementary, 2525 Yellowstone (940) 369-2700 Hawk Elementary, 2300 Oakmont (940) 369-1800 Hodge Elementary, 3900 Grant Parkway (940) 369-2800 Houston Elementary, 3100 Teasley Lane (940) 369-2900 Lee Elementary, 800 Mack Place (940) 369-3500 McNair Elementary, 1212 Hickory Creek Road (940) 3693600 Nelson Elementary, 3909 Teasley Lane (940) 369-1400 Paloma Creek, 1600 Navo Road (972) 347-7300 Pecan Creek Elementary, 4400 Lakeview Blvd. (940) 369-4400 Providence Elementary: 1000 F.M. 2931 (940) 369-1900 E.P. Rayzor Elementary, 377 Rayzor Road (940) 369-4100 N. Rayzor Elementary, 1400 Malone (940) 369-3700 Rivera Elementary, 701 Newton (940) 369-3800 Ryan Elementary, 201 W. Ryan Road (940) 369-4600 Savannah Elementary, 1101 Cotton Exchange (972) 347-7400 Stephens Elementary, 133 Garza
(940) 369-0800 Wilson Elementary, 1306 E. Windsor (940) 369-4500 For any parents who are unable to attend the Kindergarten Registration, they should call the school for enrollment information or stop by during school hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pre-School Registration Parents of pre-schoolers will have an opportunity to register their children during Pre-School Registration, scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at participating schools - including Gonzalez and Windle Schools for Young Children and several elementary campuses. These “pre-school programs” include: Pre-School Academy: This PreSchool Academy provides new educational opportunities for 3-yearolds and 4-year-olds, whose parents are willing to pay tuition. Children who are three- or fouryears-old on or before Sept. 1 are eligible to enroll. The Pre-School Academy will be offered half-day and full-day at Gonzalez School for Young Children and Cross Oaks Elementary School and possibly another school if space is available. Pre-Kindergarten Program:
This state-funded program now serves children who are three years of age on or before Sept. 1 at four schools. Others are available for students who are 4 years old on or before Sept. 1. Qualifying students, who are three or four years old by Sept. 1, may attend this program free of charge at Gonzalez, Ann Windle, Cross Oaks schools and other elementary campuses – where space is available. Students, who are four years old by Sept. 1, may attend those schools or Borman, Stephens or other designated elementary schools. For Pre-Kindergarten Programs, the student(s) must meet at least one of these following criteria: ■ is limited English speaking. (This includes ESL-Bilingual PreKindergarten classes for three years olds.) ■ qualifies for free or reduced lunch. ■ is an active military dependent. ■ has been with Department of Family and Protective Services. ■ is homeless. Participating pre-schools The schools that will be offering pre-school programs for the 201112 school year include: Ann Windle School for Young
Children, 901 Audra Lane (940) 369-3900 Gonzalez School for Young Children, 1212 Long Road (940) 369-4360 Borman Elementary, 1201 Parvin (940) 369-2500 Cross Oaks Elementary, 600 Liberty, Cross Roads, TX. (972) 347-7100 Stephens Elementary, 133 Garza (940) 369-0800 Other schools may be included as space becomes available. Costs of Pre-School Programs: Full Day Pre-School Academy: $600 month for 10 months plus $90 registration fee. Half-Day Pre-School Academy: $340 month for 10 months – plus $90 registration fee. Extended School Day for PreSchool: $165 per month plus $50 registration fee. Pre-Kindergarten Program: Free to students who qualify for a half day. PPCD: Free to students who qualify. Students who qualify for a halfday Pre-K program and want to attend all-day sessions may do so by paying the fee for the other halfday session – plus $90 registration fee.
Notas sobre su zona escolar DISD ofrecerá Inscripción de jardín de infantes y preescolar el 10 de mayo Los padres de niños que tendrán cinco anos de edad antes del 1° de septiembre pueden inscribir a sus hijos a las 8:30 de la mañana el jueves, 10 de mayo en cualquiera de los 21 planteles del distrito escolar de Denton. Para poder formar parte del jardín de infantes o kínder, el niño debe tener 5 años de edad o cumplirlos antes del 1° de septiembre del 2012. Los padres podrán inscribir a sus hijos y recibir información sobre la escuela con horario prolongado y sobre la Asociación de Padres y Maestros o PTA como se lo conoce por sus siglas en ingles. Para inscribir a sus hijo/a, padres necesitar llevar la siguiente información: certificado de nacimiento, tarjetas de seguro social, registro de vacunas, prueba de residencia (como una fractura o cuenta de electricidad) y tres nombres de contactos en caso de emergencia. Los padres de alumnos nuevos pueden acelerar el proceso de inscripción, completando las fichas o tarjetas de inscripción disponibles al visitar la página www.dentonisd.org – ver la sección “New Students Enrollment.” Los padres de alumnos que ya forman parte del distrito escolar como un de preescolar, puede inscribirse en línea visitando la pagina principal www.dentonisd.org. El propósito de las inscripciones es ofrecer orientaciones para nuevo alumnos y sus padres. También permitirles que registren a sus niños en los programas de los jardines de infancia y preescolar. El programa de jardín de infantes del Denton ISD incluye actividades de alfabetización, de conceptos matemáticos, experimentos científicos e interacciones sociales con otros niños en el aula. Para obtener más información, los padres deben comunicarse con la escuela primaria designada en el área más cercana a su hogar. (Si los padres necesitan una designación de la escuela, pueden comunicarse con el departamento de transportación del distrito al (940) 3690300.)
Todd Morris y su hijo Jackson ven la página de inscripciones del distrito en su computadora portátil.
Photo courtesy of the Denton school district
Primaria Blanton, 9501 Stacee Lane (940) 369-0700 Primaria Borman, 1201 Parvin (940) 369-2500 Primaria Cross Oaks, 600 Liberty, Cross Roads, TX. (972) 347-7100 Primaria Evers Park, 3300 Evers Parkway (940) 369-2600 Primaria Ginnings, 2525 Yellowstone (940) 369-2700 Primaria Hawk, 2300 Oakmont (940) 369-1800 Primaria Hodge, 3900 Grant Parkway (940) 369-2800 Primaria Houston, 3100 Teasley Lane (940) 369-2900 Primaria Lee, 800 Mack Place (940) 369-3500 Primaria McNair, 1212 Hickory Creek Road (940) 369-3600 Primaria Nelson, 3909 Teasley Lane (940) 369-1400 Primaria Paloma Creek, 1600 Navo Road (972) 347-7300 Primaria Pecan Creek, 4400 Lakeview Blvd. (940) 369-4400 Primaria Providence, 1000 F.M. 2931 (940) 369-1900 Primaria E.P. Rayzor, 377 Rayzor Road (940) 369-4100 Primaria N. Rayzor, 1400 Malone (940) 369-3700 Primaria Rivera, 701 Newton (940) 369-3800 Primaria Ryan, 201 W. Ryan Road (940) 369-4600 Primaria Savannah, 1101 Cotton Exchange (972) 347-7400
Primaria Stephens, 133 Garza (940) 369-0800 Primaria Wilson, 1306 E. Windsor (940) 369-4500 Los padres que no puedan asistir a la inscripción de los jardines de infancia, deben llamar a la escuela para obtener información o visitar el plantel durante el horario escolar de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. Pre-Inscripción en la Escuela Los padres de los niños en edad preescolar tendrán la oportunidad de inscribir a sus hijos durante la Pre-Inscripción en la Escuela, prevista para el 1 pm del jueves, 10 de mayo en las escuelas participantes, entre ellos las Escuelas González y Windle y varias escuelas primarias. Estos “programas preescolares” son: Academia Preescolar: Esta academia pre-escolar ofrece nuevas oportunidades educativas para niños de 3 años y 4 años de edad, cuyos padres están dispuestos a pagar la matrícula. Los niños que tienen tres o cuatro años de edad en o antes del 1° de septiembre son elegibles para inscribirse. La Academia pre-escolar se ofrecerá de medio día y día completo en la Escuela de González y la Primaria Cross Oaks y, posiblemente, otro plantel que tenga espacio disponible. Programa Preescolar: Este programa financiado por el estado
sirve a los niños que tienen tres años de edad en o antes del 1° de septiembre en cuatro planteles. Otros están disponibles para los alumnos que tienen 4 años de edad en o antes del 1° de septiembre. Los alumnos que califican, que tengan tres o cuatro años el 1° de septiembre, podrán asistir a este programa de forma gratuita en la Escuela González, Ann Windle, Cross Oaks y otras escuelas de primarias - donde el espacio esté disponible. Los alumnos, que tengan cuatro años de edad el 1° de septiembre, podrán asistir a esas escuelas o a las Primarias Borman, Stephens y otros planteles designados. Para los programas de preescolares, el alumno debe de satisfacer al menos uno de siguientes requisitos: ■ tener ingles limitado. (Esto incluye ESL-bilingües, clases preescolares durante tres años o más.) ■ calificar para recibir almuerzo gratis o reducido. ■ es un dependiente del servicio militar. ■ ha estado con el Departamento de Servicios Familiares y de Protección. ■ no tiene hogar. Planteles participantes Los planteles participantes que recibirán los programas preescolares son:
Ann Windle School for Young Children, 901 Audra Lane (940) 369-3900 Gonzalez School for Young Children, 1212 Long Road (940) 369-4360 Primaria Borman, 1201 Parvin (940) 369-2500 Primaria Cross Oaks, 600 Liberty, Cross Roads, TX. (972) 347-7100 Primaria Stephens, 133 Garza (940) 369-0800 Otras escuelas pueden ser incluidas si hay espacio disponible. Los costos de los programas preescolares: Academia Preescolar – Día completo - $600 mensuales por 10 meses más $90 cuota de inscripción. Academia Preescolar - Medio día - $340 al mes durante 10 meses más $90 de inscripción. Jornada preescolar prolongada: $165 por mes, más $50 de inscripción. Programa preescolar: Gratis para los alumnos que califiquen día y medio. PPCD: Gratis para los alumnos que califiquen. Los alumnos que califiquen para el horario de medio día del programa preescolar y deseen asistir a las sesiones durante todo el día pueden hacerlo con pagar la otra media jornada - más $90 de gasto de inscripción.
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Teachers
Teachers of year recognized By Britney Tabor Staff Writer
The Denton school district’s 2012 Jostens Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year each drove away with a 2012 Cadillac SRX, a four-month gift from James Wood Autopark, this week. At a reception attended by more than 250 people recently, Ginnings Elementary School art teacher Kay Adamson and Guyer High School science teacher Mandy Jenkins were named the district’s elementary and secondary teachers of the year. Adamson and Jenkins also received gifts from award sponsors. Each will receive a check for $500 upon completing an application for the region and state teacher of the year contests, and Jostens awarded Jenkins a trip to its Jostens Renaissance National Conference in Orlando, Fla., in July. Also recognized recently were campus teacher of the year award recipients from 31 other schools who moved on to the district competition. Russ Ellis, a James Wood representative, presented this year’s top teachers with the vehicles at the close of the reception. They will be allowed to drive the vehicles through the summer. When announced, a wide-eyed Adamson mouthed to Superintendent Ray Braswell, “Are you kidding me?” before hugging Ellis. “Wow,” she said. Moments after the announcement, Adamson and Jenkins exited the LaGrone Advanced Technology Complex, embraced each other and checked out their white and red Cadillac crossovers, which were parked in the school’s circle drive. Proudly displayed on the rear window of each was the phrase “Teacher of the Year” and their schools’ logos. “There’s no key,” Adamson said of the vehicle’s keyless access and push-button starter as she made her way into the driver’s seat.
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Ginnings Elementary School teacher Kay Adamson, one of the Denton school district’s Jostens teachers of the year, goes to get in a new Cadillac SRX, which she gets to drive for four months, at the LaGrone Advanced Technology Complex. Once inside, she sounded the horn. “Oh this is sweet,” she said. “It’s amazing. I’m so excited.” Adamson called the honor “precious.” “I love my kids so much, she said. “I’m excited.” Jenkins, who was getting familiar with her vehicle, said she was “overwhelmingly humbled” at being named this year’s secondary teacher of the year. “What a blessing,” she said. “There’s just so many teachers here that are so good and every day all of those teachers work so hard, and being around them pushes me to be a better teacher and better prepared for my students and keeping them engaged. I’m really honored to be selected among such a great group of people.” For more than a decade, the
Jostens Teacher of the Year Award has recognized educators for their “exemplary teaching skills and talents in the classroom,” school board President Mia Price said during the reception. Jostens, which has a plant in Denton, was added to the award’s name for honoring each campus teacher of the year recipient since 2004 with a donated gold ring, a project valued at more than $20,000. School administrators said the donated rings are now a tradition. Annually, a teacher of the year is named at each of Denton’s elementary, middle and high school campuses. Those individuals are eligible for the district award, named by the district’s Teachers Communications Committee. Vicki Storrie, chairwoman of the committee, called this year’s top
teachers “exceptional” and “dedicated to their students, to their subject and to their schools.” Adamson’s career spans nearly 30 years. Since 1998, she has been an art teacher at Ginnings. Prior to that, she taught 4- and 5-year-old preschoolers at First United Methodist Church Denton for 10 years and was a second-grade teacher at Ginnings in the early- to mid-1980s. “She’s an all-around good teacher,” Ginnings Principal Missey Chavez said. “She is fabulous in the fact that she gives everything to her students, not only an art education — a social education, life education. “She’s a blessing for all of us at our campus [and] to the community in everything that she does.” A 23-year veteran educator, Jenkins has taught pre-Advanced
Placement and AP physics at Guyer since 2007. She also has taught in the Coppell, CarrolltonFarmers Branch, Allen and Hardin-Jefferson school districts. Guyer Principal Barbara Fischer said Jenkins is energetic about teaching and it’s not uncommon to find her standing on a lab table to explain a concept to students. “The kids love her,” Fischer said. As Denton’s elementary and secondary teachers of the year, Adamson and Jenkins will represent the school district among recipients from 75 other districts in the Texas teacher of the year regional competition, coordinated by the Region XI Service Center in Fort Worth. - BRITNEY TABOR can be reached at 940-566-6876. Her email address is btabor@dentonrc.com.
Reviews
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1900 268 pages, ages 10 and up After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow , a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help her return home to Kansas. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems, 2012 Unpaged, ages 3-7 Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely . When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot, 2002 266 pages, ages 12 and up Walking home from school, Jessica Mastriani heads straight into a huge Indiana thunderstorm and emerges with a newfound psychic ability. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, 2010 557 pages, ages 10 and up Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for “bad kids,” find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself. Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood, 2004 Unpaged, ages 3-5 Ten little fish swim along an ocean reef, each finding a different reason to leave until there is only one left.
{MOVIES} Being Elmo (2012) A documentary film following the man behind the the beloved children’ s icon, Elmo; examining the life of puppeteer Kevin Clash; providing a behind-the-scenes views of Sesame Street and the Jim Henson W orkshop. Rated PG Hugo (2011) This movie tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a b roken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy . Rated PG The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain wh o believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. W ith the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives Thompson & Thompson, Tintin will travel half the world to find the final resting place of the Unicorn. Rated PG Wolverine (2009) Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and V ictor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as W olverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose W eapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with W olverine as he tries to drop out of the program. Rated PG-13 The Muppets (2012) On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage the Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary, and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways. Rated PG - Rebecca Ivey is the youth services librarian at the South Branch Library
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Kid Clubhouse
Artistic Endeavors Students in Kay Adamson’s art class at Ginnings Elementary include (clockwise from top left): Grayson Lovette, a fifth-grader who created a picture of a hand with beads after learning about lines, patterns and movement; Kayla Williford, a fifth-grader who created a water color flower painting after learning about color, contrast and value; Taylor Howell, a fifth-grader who created a lighthouse after learning about mosaics, color and patterns; and Hailey Cofer, a fourth-grader who created a picture of a yellow flower after learning about shapes and unity.
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Birth flower: Lily of the valley Visit www.dentonisd.org for more information on Denton Independent School District events and holidays. Learn more about the historical events and infor mation on this calendar by visiting the Encyclopedia Britannica at www.britannica.com.
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Library events
City of Denton libraries offer May events Details: All programs are free. For more information, call 940349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. Play and Read with Puppets Play with puppet friends while reading stories about them. This come-and-go program encourages dramatic play and narrative skills formation in a fun, entertaining way. For children ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 05/05/12 North Branch Library 10-11 am Twilight Toddler Time Stories, songs, and activities in the evening for toddlers and their caregivers. 05/08/12 Emily Fowler Library 6:30 pm LEGO Builders Club Drop in and get creative by building with the library’s LEGOs.
A different theme is picked for each month and kids can build on that theme or build a creation of their own. Meets every third Friday of the month Ages 6 and up. 05/18/12 Emily Fowler Library 4 pm Mother Goose Bedtime Bring your baby to these infant classes that promote infant and caregiver bonding through stories, songs, and activities. For infants birth to 18 months and their caregivers. 05/22/12 North Branch Library 7 pm Preschool Play and Read Help your child’s early literacy skills while having fun as a family! This come-and-go program offers children age-appropriate games, activities and crafts that assist in developing pre-reading skills. For children ages 3-5 and their care-
givers. 05/26/12 North Branch Library 10-11 am Denton County Friends of the Family WHO Program WHO stands for “We Help Ourselves.” In this program, children will learn behaviors and strategies for staying safe at home and in the community in order to avoid and reduce situations such as bullying and child abuse. For 1st and 2nd graders. 05/01/12 North Branch Library 4:30 pm Mother’s Day Cards Show Mom how much you love her with a hand-made card. For all ages. 05/08/12 North Branch Library 4:30 pm Mother’s Day Cards and Crafts Make your mother a special
handcrafted card and necklace for Mother’s Day. 05/08/12 South Branch Library 3:30 pm Floral Mother’s Day Cards Make a homemade mother’s day card with pressed flowers and help from the Garden Culture Club. 05/11/12 Emily Fowler Library 4 pm Mother’s Day StoryTime & Crafts Join us as we celebrate Mother’s Day with stories, songs, puppets and crafts. Best for ages 1-5. 05/09/12 Emily Fowler Library 11 am 05/10/12 South Branch Library 10 am Mother’s Day StoryTime Share snuggles and cuddles with mommy at this special StoryTime.
We will read stories, sing songs, and see some of our puppets friends, too. For ages 1-5. 5/12/12 North Branch Library 10 am Jungle Bedtime Stories Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed friend to the library for a special evening StoryTime filled with jungle stories, songs and puppets. For ages 15. 5/15/12 North Branch Library 7 pm Animal Explorers: Sharks Do you know a lot about sharks? Share your knowledge and learn something new as we explore the world of sharks with stories, activities and crafts. 5/16/12 North Branch Library 4:30 pm
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Health
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Have fun in the sun, Strawberry frozen yogurt squares but avoid the burn ■Wear light, long sleeve clothing to protect your arms. ■Where UV-blocking sunglasses to protect your eyes. ■Limit the time you spend in the sun. Following those simple tips will keep you from having to deal with sunburns and let you have plenty of outdoor fun. Here are a few more interesting questions you might want to explore about sunburns and preventing them: ■What is Vitamin D - where does it come from and why is it important? ■Is sunburn – a real burn, like touching something hot? ■Do people with lighter skin sunburn easier than people with darker skin? ■Do animals sunburn? Remember that the more you learn about sunburns and how to prevent them, the less likely you are to be affected by them. Have fun playing outside! - Jonita Widmer, Director of Health Services
Have fun in the sun, but avoid the burn With the beginning of spring and warm weather comes our friend - the sun. The sun supplies us with heat and needed vitamins but can be harmful if you spend too much time outside without proper protection or clothing. Playing outside is great fun, and healthy too, but a sunburn hurts and can cause permanent damage to your skin. If you do get too much sun and end up with sunburns, drink lots of water to stay hydrated, apply aloe gel to your sunburn, stay cool and stay out of the sun. What are some simple tricks to avoid painful sunburn? ■Wear sun-block or sun screen and reapply after swimming, playing outside and sweating a lot. ■Wear a hat. It will keep your face directly out of the sun and it keeps you from getting too hot. And don’t forget to put sunscreen on your ears – they can get sunburned too!
Makes 9 Servings Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 180 min Ingredients 1 cup crunchy wheat and barley cereal 3 cups fat-free strawberry yogurt 1 (10-ounce) bag frozen unsweetened strawberries (about 2 1/2 cups) 1 cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk 1 cup light or fat-free whipped topping (optional) Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with foil. Sprinkle cereal evenly on the bottom of the pan; set aside. Place yogurt, strawberries and condensed milk in a blender; cover and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture over top of cereal, gently smoothing yogurt mixture to edges of pan. Cover with foil (or plastic wrap) and freeze for 8 hours or until firm. Use edges of foil to loosen and remove from pan; let recipe thaw for 5 to 10 minutes. Cut into squares, top with whipped topping, if desired, and serve.
Storage tip: Squares may be individually wrapped and frozen for single servings. Note: Create your own variations by using other flavor combinations of yogurt and fruit. Nutritional Facts Calories: 200 Total Fat: 0 g
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Reading is fun! HEARING PROBLEMS? If your child has failed their hearing screening at school or is having difficulty listening to or hearing the teacher, Denton Hearing Health Care can be your first point of contact to conduct a diagnostic hearing test and central auditory processing screening. For children with chronic middle ear problems, swimmers ear, or P.E. tubes, we can make colorful custom made earplugs to prevent water from entering the ear canal. These are floatable and can be used when swimming or bathing and may also be used for sound protection as well.
Dr. Judith Caudle has served the children in Denton County and the surrounding areas for over 25 years.
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12 Literacy program picks district’s top teachers The first winners in the Denton school district’s Elementary Literacy Teacher Program have been selected, honoring educators who promote reading at the elementary school level. The overall district winner in the Elementary Literacy Teacher Program is JoAnn Sibley, dyslexia teacher at Evers Park Elementary School. She received a $500 grant for classroom instructional supplies from the Mildred Hawk Fund by the Denton Public School Foundation. The campus-level Hawkeye Elementary Literacy Teachers include: Michele Branch, Blanton; Courtney Morgan, Borman; Rhonda Clark, Cross Oaks; Lisa Hanley, E.P. Rayzor; JoAnn Sibley, Evers; Yesenia McCleskey, Ginnings; Lou Broughton, Hawk; Sarah Shelton, Hodge; Janie Phillips, Lee; Alicia McLain, McNair; Kristen Kiss, Nelson; Dina Wuenschel, Newton Rayzor; Charlene Turnipseed, Paloma Creek; and
Michelle Brown, Pecan Creek. Other honorees include: Jamie Ellis, Providence; Julia Whitener, Rivera; Jeanetta Byrd, Savannah; Mardee Rayner, Stephens; Karen McPherson, Wilson; Willa Kemper, Ryan; Heidi Phillips, Gonzalez School for Young Children, and Sally Brown, Ann Windle School for Young Children. The Hawkeye Literacy Program was established during the 1999-2000 school year by the late Mildred McCauley Hawk to encourage students to read and to assist them with their literacy skills. Hawk believed in the program enough to donate $50,000 to the Denton Public School Foundation prior to her death to ensure future students in the Denton school district would develop strong literacy skills. In May, the district will recognize the elementary Hawkeye readers for the 2011-12 school year. Two second-grade students from each school will be honored with a $25 cash prize and certificate.
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Fifth-Grade Honor Choir performs annual concert The Denton ISD Fifth-Grade Honor Choir performed its fifth annual concert recently at the Denton High School Auditorium. Terri Preskitt-Brown, assistant conductor of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas Apprentice Choir, served as guest conductor. PreskittBrown is the associate director of music and arts at Highland Park United Methodist Church, a private voice coach for the Garland school district and a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Christian University. The honor choir annually features the top performers from each elementary campus choir. This year’s performance marked the first time every campus was represented and participated in the special concert. The event also featured special performances by choral clusters from the Calhoun and McMath middle school sixth-grade choirs and the Denton High School Chorale. Members of the 2011 Denton
ISD Fifth-Grade Honor Choir include: Blanton: Kaci Bailleu, Kara Debruin, Alexa Eason, Grace Korak, Austin McNair, Kate Monheim and Skyla Seay Borman: Alissa Cassady, Yessenia Cortes, Yvani DeLeon and Jasmine Morin Cross Oaks: Serenity Alfaro, Lidia Hernandez, Kaitlyn Moore, Samantha Roberson and Caleb Wertz Evers Park: Camryn Clark, Brooke MacFarland, Catie Moser, Miguel Olguin, Grace Sims and Jessica Williams Ginnings: Katie De La Rosa, Brisa Garcia, Nikita Johnson, Danielle McCane, Dinora Ramon, Laney Ramon, Heaven Trolinder and Skylar Washington Hawk: Mariangela Da Costa, Renee Dusseau, Kai Everett, Joshua Hodges, Taylor Hunter, Sakura Manning, Maddie Mitchell, Kimberly Myro, Harley Pelisek and Anna Personius Hodge: Kyra Bell, Adyson De La
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Swim safety
14 How to teach your kids to swim this summer May 2012
National Learn to Swim Day is Saturday, May 19, and parents across the country are gearing up to get their children out of the house and into the pool. It’s important to teach your kids to swim early on, as progressive learning will help them develop skills. According to the Red Cross, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years old. A child should never be left unattended in or around the water -- even in your home pool, where statistics show toddlers are most susceptible. Learning to swim is not only a necessary safety measure; it’s also a fun physical activity that families can enjoy together. SwimWays, the creator of the Swim Steps program that helps kids learn to swim, is sharing four simple steps to help you introduce your children to the water, and set the stage for a lifetime of swimming: ■ Get your child comfortable in
the water at an early age. You can introduce babies to the water using a baby float. The SwimWays Baby Spring Float for example, has a mesh play space for toys and splashing. Teach them that the water is a fun place to play. ■ Explore the water with your child using swim-training aids specially designed to help parents teach kids to swim. The Swim Steps line includes the Swim Sweater and Swim Vests that will comfortably help your little one balance and paddle -- two important pre-swimming skills. ■ Once your child is ready to learn to swim, use a graduated flotation device, such as the Power Swimr, to allow him or her to develop swimming abilities at his or her own pace. Be sure to keep an active eye and supervise at all times! ■ While you may feel your little one has the skills to swim without help by now, remember it takes a lot of courage to traverse the water alone.
It’s often beneficial for a child to ease into swimming with a bit of extra support before taking their first solo strokes. Kids can use kickboards as they begin to master
their swimming skills and gain the confidence needed to swim successfully. You can find information and ways your family can participate in
National Learn to Swim Day at www.TeachMeToSwim.com. Before you know it, your child will be a fish in the water! - StatePoint
DCTA and the Denton Record-Chronicle present
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Rail Safety Student Poster Contest
1. Two categories: Kindergarten–2nd grade and 3rd grade–5th grade. 2. Poster must be: *on unfolded 8.5x11 plain white paper—no notebook paper *in 2D and may be done in any medium *original and student’s own concept of chosen theme 3. Poster may not be computer-generated nor contain stickers or appliqués of any kind. 4. Each entry must contain name, age, grade, school and contact phone number on back of poster. 5. All submissions become property of DCTA and may be displayed by DCTA. 6. Posters will be judged on originality and creativity of design, how clearly the theme message is expressed, and by craftsmanship of the finished product. 7. All entries are due to the Denton RecordChronicle by Friday, June 8th, 2012.
Help Us Spread the Word About Rail Safety!
Choose a Theme, Draw a Poster! “Look. Listen. Live.” or “Stay Off. Stay Away. Stay Alive.”
Three winners will be awarded in each category. Winners will receive Summer Youth train passes and will have their posters displayed by DCTA. Winning posters will also be published in the Denton Record-Chronicle’s July 25th edition of the A-train Magazine.
ALL ENTRIES ARE DUE BY June 8, 2012 Mail or bring entries to The Denton Record-Chronicle, 314 E. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201 C2
Principal Profile
Head of the Class
Neil Biediger is 2011 Savannah Teacher of the Year Neil Biediger has been a P.E. teacher or coach within Denton ISD for all of his seven years in education. He started his career in 2003 as a sixth- and seventh-grade science teacher and girls’ athletic coach at Crownover Middle School. Mr. Biediger joined the Savannah staff as a PE teacher when the school opened in 2006. Mr. Biediger is an active member in the district’s PE Professional Learning Community, is chair of the Gator Games committee, is a
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committee, serves as a mentor to new staff members and started a campus-wide wellness program to improve health and physical fitness among Savannah staff members. He is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. His teaching philosophy: “A teacher’s primary job is to prepare their students for the real world, so they should never let them settle for doing anything than their very best because that’s what it takes to be successful in the world.”
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My favorite subject in school was: Math
Kimberly Griffith is 2011 Stephens Teacher of the Year Kimberly Griffith is a 15-year education veteran with a diverse teaching background and enough endearment to earn a Teacher of the Year nomination. Mrs. Griffith began her career as a kindergarten teacher in Hinesville, GA in 1994. She joined TWU’s Pioneer School staff as a pre-kindergarten teacher in 2004 before completing a three-year stint as a fourth-grade math and science teacher in McKinney ISD. In 2006 she came to Denton ISD as a second-grade teacher at Evers Park Elementary, and eventually worked with third-graders
and fifth-graders as well, before joining the staff at Stephens as a
third-grade teacher this year. Mrs. Griffith serves as the University of North Texas’ Professional Development School’s mentor teaching supervisor, was appointed by the State Board of Education to the third-grade social studies TEKS revision committee, is a past grade level chair at Evers and was a co-coordinator for the district science fair. Her teaching philosophy: “A good teacher looks her students in the eye and dares them to be greater – and they respond because that teacher has instilled the belief that all things are possible.”
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to play school with during the summer. Do you have any pets? No My hobbies are: Spending time at home relaxing/sleeping when I can!
My favorite teacher was: Mrs. Kalb and Mrs. Cannon – 3rd Grade Teachers
The best movie I’ve ever seen is: Lean on Me
My most memorable moment as a child was: When the teachers would give me all of the leftover worksheets, supplies, and “junk”
My favorite thing about my school is: The students, parents, staff, and community. I love being a Cross Oaks Owl!
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