Summer readers turn over 20,000 pages
The 20 children enrolled in the San Juan Bautista summer reading program read over 20,142 pages in just five weeks.
The children learned about the Dewey Decimal System and received bookmarks illustrating the entire system. Arts and crafts also comprised the curriculum for the program and children decorated visors, and made leather bracelets among other activities. A different prize was awarded to everyone each week. David Zacarte, a comic ventriloquist, also made a special visit to the readers.
The program culminated with relay races, water balloon games and an awards presentation. Certificates of achievement, free admission to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, coupons for free Round Table pizza and stuffed animals were also given to participants. The top 10 readers received all of the prizes. All prizes were donated to the program.
The children ranged from second to eighth grade.
CMAP plans student video festival
Local television station Community Media Access Partnership is hosting its first ever Student Video Festival in order to encourage the local education community to utilize video technology and CMAP in their classrooms.
CMAP invites local high school and college students and teachers in the Southern Santa Clara and Northern San Benito counties to enter the festival. There are nine student categories and one teacher category, as well as separate divisions for high school and college participants. The categories have been designed specifically to encourage classes of any subject matter to participate. There is no entry fee. It is a free festival for local students and educators. The deadline to enter is Friday, December 17, 2004.
“This is an open invitation to the local educational institutions to become involved in community television,” said Kelly Abbot, Operations Manager for CMAP. “We are hoping to open a door to educators for utilizing video technology as a vehicle for learning in our local community.”
CMAP is the cable public, educational and government access television station that serves Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista. All eligible entries for the Student Video Festival will be cablecast on CMAP channel 19: ED-TV. CMAP will host a live awards show for the Student Video Festival at 7:30pm on Thursday Jan. 27 on channel 19. All festival participants will be invited to attend.
For an official “Call for Entries” form, classroom resources including a supplemental lesson plan, or for more information about the Student Video Festival, visit the CMAP web site at www.mycmap.org of call 408-846-4983.
Student wins local art contest
The Women’s Club of Hollister annually sponsors a Student Art Contest where young artists from local schools are encouraged to submit their masterpieces.
Kevin Thome, a fifth-grade student at Sacred Heart entered his pencil drawing for the 2004 contest and won the first place prize in the contest held by the Loma Prieta District of Women’s Clubs. His drawing was then entered at the Women’s Club State Convention in Southern California recently. He was awarded the second place prize and a Toys R Us gift certificate.
