Volume 19, Number 35
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
Technology takes off for RSD13 By Mark Dionne Special to the Town Times
www.TownTimes.com
Friday, December 7, 2012
As temps drop, Community Round-up ‘warms your heart’ Annual drive helps local families in need
At the Nov. 28 meeting of the Board of Education, Michelle Gohagon gave a presentation that highlighted the changing technology of elementary education. “The learning that we are used to is not the learning our kids are going to get at universities,” said Gohagon, a technology integration specialist for Regional School District 13 grades K-5. Gohagon demonstrated classroom technology with embedded video, links and tweets to show how technology has already changed the way students get, absorb and use information. See BOE, page 3
Lyman Orchards makes $2,199 donation to students By Stephanie Wilcox Town Times On Nov. 30, Lyman Orchards presented the Coginchaug French Honor Society with a check in the amount of $2,199 for its volunteer efforts with the Corn Maze this fall. “It’s one of the great ways we’re able to give back,” said Lymans Director of Marketing Tim Burt in a phone call Tuesday. Since 2000, the first year the corn maze opened, FHS students have volunteered as corn cops at the maze. This
year, they put in 267 volunteer hours. “They’re kind of a charter member of the volunteer groups,” said Karen Augeri, Lymans marketing manager. “The corn cops are such an integral piece of the business in terms of the experience for customers,” added Burt. “Without them, we really couldn’t do the corn maze. It’s a great relationship we have with them.” With the money they received, the FHS will continue to support a Haitian orphan See Donation, page 15
Food is unloaded and boxed at this year’s Community Round-up. By Diana Carr Special to the Town Times Mistletoe and eggnog and tidings of good cheer. As the song says, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. And our community is making sure that it is, for everyone. Thanks to the annual Community Round-up, which al-
ways takes place the first Saturday in December, everyone will have enough to eat over the holidays. The event enlists many hands and many hearts. Held this year on Dec. 1, it started off with a committee, cochaired by Kathy Bottini, Melissa Cook and Rebecca Sinusas, doing the planning,
Photos by Diana Carr
and students registering in teams with their schools. On the day of the Round-up, students from grades 1 to 12, teachers, parents and community members arrived at Coginchaug Regional High School to get their folder containing their route and a map.
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