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FREE Salisbury Elementary's Program Reduces Summer Learning Loss February 6 - 12, 2013 Vol. 9, No. 14 By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
Robotics Lab at Nock Middle School Page 2 Chili Cookoff Page 5 Nature Art Classes at Joppa Flats Page 7
Students in the summer program last year. TRITON – Carla Collins was surprised one day last summer to walk into a group of 25 kindergarten students at the Salisbury Elementary School discussing how hair elastics
Merrimack River Eagle Festival Page 7 Poetry Workshop Page 8 Triton Trivia Page 10
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were designed. Their teacher was leading a discussion among the five and sixyear-olds about how girls and women need something to pull their hair back
into a ponytail. But a plain rubber their hair act like a rubber band, but band does not work because it breaks have a soft surface. hairs. “They were discussing engineering That is why, the children realized, design,� said Collins, who is the special the colorful elastics girls use today on Continued on page 3
Have Fun Getting to Know Your Police By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
NEWBURYPORT — If you love watching Law and Order and CSI or even The Mentalist television shows, you may want to apply to participate in the upcoming Citizens Police Academy this spring. If you have never ridden in a police cruiser, learned how fingerprints are taken and matched or toured a jail, you may want to join a couple of dozen fellow citizens for this free 10week course. If you don't know a single police oďŹƒcer, you might want to take advantage of this opportunity to meet and get to know many of Newburyport's Finest. And have some fun doing it. City Marshal Thomas Howard, who has been conducting citizen police academies since 1996, said, “I OďŹƒcer John Gavin beside a police cruiser .
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think people didn't realize how much fun it is. When they get here, the 10 weeks fly by.â€? The course will start in early March, either the week of March 11 or 18. It will be over by Memorial Day. “You get to try a lot of different things. You get to meet a lot of police oďŹƒcers. You get to learn a lot about your community police force,â€? Howard said. Participants also learn that real police work is different from what they see on TV. Crimes are rarely solved in 38 minutes. Susanne Meyer, who participated in the police academy last year, agrees. In a letter calling her experience at the Citizens Police Academy “a pleasure,â€? she wrote: “It was such Continued on page 3
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NEWBURYPORT –The Newburyport Education Foundation (NEF) Howard “Howie” invites the community to view the Robotics Program at the Nock Middle Benjamin Fernald, Jr., a lifeSchool in action at the grand opening on Wednesday, February 27, at 7 pm. long resident of Newbury, The program is well underway thanks to a $60,000 donation from Strem Massachusetts, passed away Chemicals, Inc. that enabled the middle school to set up a state-of-the-art unexpectedly Monday, robotics lab this fall. The public is invited to view this enhanced learning January 28, 2013 while space and see students’ work in progress. vacationing in St. Petersburg “This is hands-on, 21st century learning,” said Dr. Michael Strem. “This Beach, Florida. Howie, the program is stimulating interest and promoting confidence in the disciplines eldest son of the late Howard of science, technology, engineering and math. We are proud to provide these “Bunny” Fernald, Sr. and exciting learning tools to the school and teachers.” Students work in pairs to design and build their robots using the latest the late Genevieve Marie technology then program them to progress through an obstacle course. This Bashaw Fernald was born in is no easy task. The robots must move forward and back, turn, avoid the St. Petersburg, Florida, May “hot lava,” pass through narrow passages and perform some required tasks 9, 1948. Like many snowusing light sensors and tire rotations. The students work energetically and bird families, Howie grew enthusiastically between the obstacle course and their work stations as they up wintering in St. Pete and progress through sections of the course. spending the rest of the year “This program has the potential not only to inspire 8th graders to pursue working with his family studies in technical fields, but also to allow the robotics program at the high on Parker River, the home of Fernald’s Marine. Howie school (which uses the same design software) to advance to higher levels,” said was an avid sportsman, a lifetime member of Ducks Brad Balkus, technology teacher at Nock Middle School. “The possibility of Unlimited, and enjoyed all forms of hunting and fishing. after-school programs, the connection to engineering faculty at MIT and the He was accomplished in many forms of boating, with possible involvement of engineering students are all additional benefits.” particular passions for sailing, kayaking and canoeing. Through this new program, students integrate mathematics, science/ He graduated Newburyport High School in 1966 and engineering, computer engineering, and language arts as they explore the attended the University of Tampa until he chose to field of robotics. This robotics course is offered as an elective to all 8th pursue his passion for golf. He was first a caddy, and graders and introduces the principles of robotics and the role in which robots later an amateur and eventually an Assistant Pro at the play in our technologically evolving world. Students study the principles of Old Newbury Golf Club. His knowledge of golf and its mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer programming as they equipment introduced him to the world of golf smithing, design, build, and mobilize their autonomous robots while at the same time and he became a nationally known collector and dealer having a blast and excited about pursuing similar classes at the NHS and of antique clubs and memorabilia. At Fernald’s, Howie hopefully beyond. could be found in the sunny showroom window The public is invited to see this exciting new learning space in action on sharing stories and selling, or out on the water setting Wednesday, February, 17, at 7 pm at the Nock Middle School. For more information and to rsvp, please email info@newburyportef.org. moorings. He was a knot “master,” able to tie down About Strem Chemicals, Inc. Strem Chemicals, Inc., established in 1964, is absolutely anything – his splicing was simply a work a privately–held company that manufactures and markets specialty chemicals of art – especially since he was left-handed, a label he of high purity. Strem's key products include catalysts and nanomaterials. proudly wore. For over 20 years, Howie was a fixture at In addition they have several “clean rooms” for the production of drug the Todd Farm Flea Market, and regarded many of his intermediates and active ingredients. Its products are used for research fellow flea market dealers as his second family. Howie and development and commercial scale applications, especially in the is survived by his wife, Dale Brown Fernald; daughters, pharmaceutical, microelectronics, chemicals, and petrochemicals industries. Bonnie Fernald and husband Jim Bowes; Laura Fernald Strem's corporate headquarters is located in Newburyport. The European and her husband Christopher Young; and grandchildren headquarters and warehouse are located in Bischheim, France. Strem also has Maxim and Nola Bowes, and Genevieve and Alexandra other international distribution centers throughout the world. Young, all of Newbury. Additional survivors include About the Island, Newburyport Education Foundation (NEF) The Mission of Newbury, Plum & Rowley his brothers,Newburyport, Glenn FernaldSalisbury, and his wife Barbara Byfield, of the Newburyport Education Foundation is to bring philanthropy into the Newbury, and Charles Fernald of Brighton; his nephew Newburyport Public Schools and generate financial resources that will enhance Brian Fernald; his aunt Irene Bashaw Newhall and her the quality of public education throughout the school system. Formed to family; family friend Paul Knight; and the mother of enhance educational opportunities for the city’s public school children, the his daughters, Judith Burns Hilton. Also surviving are goal of the Newburyport Education Foundation is to supplement funding for his stepsons and step-grandchildren, Thomas Lucy and programs which are already supported by public financing at a basic level, but his wife Moriah and their children Carolyn and Carl; which can be substantially improved by additional private sector financing, and Michael Lucy and his wife Amy and their children, Weekly and to fiCommunity nance programs that might notNewspaper receive funding from traditional Samantha, Katherine, and Brian, all of Newburyport. sources such as the district budget or state aid. Newburyport, Salisbury, Newbury, Byfield, Plum Island, & Rowley Visiting hours were at the Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Family Funeral Home, 35 Green Street, Newburyport last Newburyport, Salisbury, Newbury, Byfield, Plum Island, & week. In lieu of flowers, the families are requesting that Merrimack River Entrance donations be made in Howie’s memory to BOAT CAMP 42o 49’N 070o 49’W Nature School, PO Box 235, Newburyport, MA 01950 or FEB HIGH LOW SUN online at www.boatcamp.org.
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Salisbury Elementary's Program Reduces Summer Learning Loss programs coordinator for the Triton Regional School District. “I felt great. I wished I had had that opportunity.” The class discussion was part of a six-week summer program created in part to determine if schools can reduce summer learning loss. And it appears that going to school for part of the summer does exactly that. For the last two summers, test results show that the 175 children who attended the six-week summer program had 18 percent less learning loss than those who took the entire summer off, Collins said. The tests showed that 90 percent of kindergarten students had no summer learning loss, while 91 percent of the first graders, 95 percent of the second graders and 85 percent of the third graders also had no summer learning lost, she said. All students at Salisbury Elementary were tested at the end of the school year and again at the beginning of the new year. The students in the summer program were also tested at the end of the six-week program. If those test scores hold up, Collins said, “Districts will have to begin rethinking their school year.” The program is not remedial. It stimulates in the children “a lifetime love of learning,” Collins said. And she believes the students have a lot of fun learning. When one girl broke her leg and had to be in a cast, she insisted on coming to the program, her father carrying her into the class. “She wouldn't stay home,” the father told the teacher. Triton is waiting to hear from the federal 21st Century Schools Program if Salisbury will again this year receive a grant for the six-week program for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade. Only four school districts in the state were awarded the highly competitive grants. The grant for Triton to run the program was $125,000 to $130,000 a year, Collins said. In addition,
the school district also supported the program with supplies and administrative help. And the administration allocated funding to pay overtime for the maintenance crews to get the school building cleaned and repaired after the program is over. The Salisbury program, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., is not like regular school. There are no desks. The students, who include special needs students, work collaboratively together at large tables. They walk around more. And there is a lot of field work. The students work on educational projects outside the classroom. The program's 30 teachers and college interns have expanded the Science Technology Engineering and Math curriculum to include Art, which Collins said allows the program now to be called STEAM. The
students each summer put on a Junior Broadway play, she said. This summer she is planning a project for the students with the Gulf of Maine Institute to learn about a breed of turtle whose habitat is being endangered. The older students, in the fourth and fifth grades, may build houses along the Ghost Trail for the turtles to live in so all the students can monitor the turtles' progress. “It helps kids at a young age realize they can make a difference in the life of a turtle,” Collins said. The program has attracted an “excellent staff” of current and retired teachers. They are supplemented by college students, who provide a positive role model for the students. “We are as successful as we are because of the staff,” Collins said. “We pay them well. But we expect a lot from them.”
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Award winning poet Carla Panciera. Carla will introduce the tools all poets use. The workshop is open to teens who already write poetry & those who have never written a poem in their lives. All you need to bring is whatever you usually write on: laptop, notebook, etc. Call the Library @ (978) 948-2850 for more information. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th BALD EAGLE ADVENTURES ALONG THE MERRIMACK RIVER This year by popular demand, Newburyport Birders has increased its offerings of Bald Eagle programs so you can arrange a small, private tour with your family and friends! These are limited enrollment programs. Please don’t delay; reserve yours today by contacting Sue. In winter, Bald Eagles move south to the swift-moving Merrimack River which provides ideal, winter habitat for these majestic birds. We’ll search along the river’s edge and protected islands for our national symbol. Some carpooling may be required. Dates: Tuesday, February 12 Time: 9:00 - 11:30 am & Thursday, February 14 Time: 3:30 pm – dusk Fee: $25. Meeting Location: Cashman Park Boat Ramp at the end of Sally Snyder Way off Merrimac Street in Newburyport
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Moseley Avenue, Newburyport: Barred Owl Tuxbury Pond, Amesbury: Cooper's Hawk Pine Island Road, Newbury: Northern Harrier Atkinson Street, Newburyport: Winter Wren, Northern Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco Ballardvale Street, Andover: Hoary Redpoll, Common Redpoll Parker River, Newbury: Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Goldeneye Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island: Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Bald Eagle, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Northern Harrier, Roughlegged Hawk, Merlin, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Blackbacked Gull, Barred Owl, American Crow, American Robin, European Starling, American Tree Sparrow, Common Eider, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Short-eared Owl, American Crow, Horned Lark, Northern Mockingbird Elm Street, Byfield: Pine Grosbeak Titcomb & Pleasant Streets, Newburyprt: Peregrine Falcon Cogswell Road, Ipswich: Snow Goose, Canada Goose Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport: Red-tailed Hawk, Rock Pigeon Broad Street, Merrimac: Blue Grosbeak Merrimack River, Newburyport: Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Great Cormorant, Bald Eagle Newman Road, Newbury: Northern Harrier Hale Street, Newburyport: Eastern Bluebird Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport: Great Horned Owl Route 110, Salisbury: Bald Eagle, Canvasback County Road, Ipswich: Brown Creeper Moulton Street, Newburyport: Cooper's Hawk, Carolina Wren Way to the River, West Newbury: Bufflehead, Bald Eagle, Common Merganser Woodsom Farm, Amesbury: Northern Harrier Spring Lane, Newburyport: Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Red-tailed Hawk Dow Brook/Bull Brook Reservoirs, Ipswich Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Dark-eyed Junco Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury: Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common
Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Northern Harrier, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Blackbacked Gull, Merlin, American Crow, Horned Lark, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red Crossbill Wilkinson Bridge, Newburyport: Hooded Merganser Coffin Street, West Newbury: Wild Turkey, Bald Eagle, Redbellied Woodpecker, Barred Owl Superbowl of Birding - Essex County, MA & Rockingham County, NH: Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Brant, Mute Swan, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Wild Turkey, Redthroated Loon, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant,
Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Redtailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Virginia Rail, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Shorteared Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Common Raven, Horned Lark, PBrown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow Cashman Park, Newburyport: Common Goldeneye, Canada Goose, Mallard, Bufflehead, Bald Eagle, Red-breasted Merganser, American Crow *This column is compiled by Sue McGrath of Newburyport Birders which offers birding educational opportunities. It's motto is: Observe, Appreciate, Identify." "Please report your sightings to newburyportbirders@ comcast.net or call 978-462-4785 or log on to newburyportbirders.com
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If these bacteria gain access to bloodstream they may have more far reaching effects on organ systems including the lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart. All pets are susceptible to dental disease. Some simple signs to determine if your pet is developing dental disease include halitosis, visible tartar, swollen, receding, or bleeding gums, changing eating habits, or visibly loose or fractured teeth. If any of these signs are observed your pet may have dental disease that requires medical attention. Dr. Blake Liebert is Chief of Staff at Muddy Creek Animal Care Center in Rowley, MA. Muddy Creek is a full service animal care facility providing veterinary services, boarding,
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