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In Brief KidShape This fun, family-based program is for children ages 8 to 14 who are interested in losing weight. This multidisciplinary program promotes healthy eating habits, active lifestyles, goal-setting and motivational approaches to help children and families commit to healthier lives. Class is once a week for nine weeks and is offered by LifeQuest at St. Joseph Hospital. The next KidShape class is Thursdays, April 15—June 10 from 6:00—8:15 p.m. The fee for the program is $325 and scholarships/payment plans are available. Call LifeQuest, 788-6720, for more information. PTA BOARD NOMINATIONS |
Forms Available On-Line: Sign up for E-News! You can sign up at: Spanish Connection News: Spanish Connection has recently published a website! The interns spent a great deal of time filming video lessons which review much of the content they learned earlier this year. Watching the videos will be a fun and interactive way for students to further their Spanish speaking and comprehension skills. The website also includes program updates, contact information and a wide selection of links to fun and interesting Spanish websites. Here is the website link: http://www.spanishconnection.weebly.com/ Enjoy! Larrabee Elementary School 1409 18th Street Bellingham, WA 98225-7299 (360) 676-6424 http://larrabee.bellinghamschools.org/ Feedback? |
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This week I learned the Spanish word ganas (desire and drive). Bolivian-born math teacher Jaimie Escalante, who taught in the barrios of East Los Angeles, died on March 30, 2010. Mr. Escalante “believed that a teacher should never, ever let a student give up.” Ganas was his battle cry. In 1982, Mr. Escalante was ridiculed by his colleagues and principal for requesting to teach a calculus class, because it was believed that students from the barrio couldn’t be successful. When all 18 students passed the Advanced Placement Calculus exam they were accused of cheating. To prove their innocence they retested, and again all 18 passed. What the exam board did not realize was that these students, many of them who had trouble with their multiplication facts at the beginning of the year, typically spent one hour before school, three hours after school and many weekends studying. That is ganas, and Mr. Escalante made those opportunities available.