January 5, 2004
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
1. Legal Topics for Secretaries:
SSCO will offer a workshop for secretaries which features topics such as
distinguishing between law and board policy, student records, truancy,
custody/rights of custodial parents. This workshop will be held on January
28 from 9 until 1 at the SSCO, Suite 300, 4807 Evanswood Drive, Columbus.
For more information contact Marie
Weller (614-785-1163).
2. 2004 Columbus Regional MLK Youth
Oratorical Contest: Sponsored by the Columbus Youth Commission and the
Community Relations Commission
WHEN: Thursday,
February 26, 2004 at 5:30 pm
WHERE: Columbus Police
Headquarters Auditorium (at Marconi & Long)
WHO:
All Students in grades K-12 throughout greater Columbus are eligible
Contest grade divisions: K-3rd - primary division; 4-6 - intermediate
division; 7 & 8 - junior high division; 9-12 - senior high division
Only ONE student per school division may present at the contest. If
more than one student per school per division submits an oration, schools will
be asked to select which student presents an oration at the contest.
Elementary schools: may have one presenter from K-3 and/or one
from 4-5
Middle schools: may have
one presenter from 6th grade and/or one from 7-8
High schools:
must select only one presenter!
K-8 schools:
may have one presenter from K-3, and/or one from 4-6, and/or one from 7-8
Even though the number of orators is limited, we will provide certificates of
achievement to all students who submit orations or who participate in a
pre-contest at their school or youth group.
THEME: The theme of this year's Columbus
Regional (& Statewide) Contest is "Unity through Diversity"
ENTRIES: Deadline for receipt
of entries is midnight Sunday, February 8, 2004
We must have written orations in hand by that deadline, not postmarked by
then!
How to submit entries:
Mail: Oratorical Contest, Community Relations Commission
90 West Broad Street, Room 101
Columbus, OH 43215
Fax: 614-645-1862
Online: check our website for an online submission form; it
will be posted by January.
RULES: We follow the
rules and guidelines of the Statewide MLK Youth Oratorical Contest. (See
reverse.)
The rules will also be posted on our website below in January
PRIZES: Top 3 finishers
in each grade division will receive prizes and are eligible to compete in the
Ohio MLK Holiday Commission Statewide MLK Youth
Oratorical Contest in April..
INFO:
Go to
www.community.ci.columbus.oh.us and click on Columbus Youth Commission, or
call Heidi Yoakum, Coordinator, Columbus Youth Commission,
645-1993.
[For info about the Statewide Contest,
go to www.state.oh.us/das/eod or
call Kim Murray at 466-8658. The Statewide Contest will be held in
Columbus on a Friday in
April 2004 - date TBA.]
3. Environmental Workshop for
Educators: The Franklin and Delaware Soil and Water Conservation
Districts have partnered once again with Highbanks Metro Park to host a series
of environmental and conservation education workshops filled with
interdisciplinary hands-on activity ideas. Teachers are welcome to join
for any or all of the programs. These materials will enable educators to
help students meet curriculum competencies and gain knowledge, skills, and
commitment needed to make informed decisions about conserving our natural
resources. A certificate of attendance for CEUs or graduate credit is
available.
Workshop titles:
- Leopold
Education Project: Saturday, January 24
- "Teaching
Primitive Skills in the Classroom" February 21
- "re:Cycles
of Resources Workshop", February 28
- "Wonders of
Wetlands", March 13`
For more information or to register, contact: Linda Pettit, (614) 486-9613
or Linda-pettit@oh.nacdnet.org.
4. re:Cycles for Resources Worshop
III
Date:
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Time:
8:00 am - 3:45 pm
Location: Pavilion at the Columbus
Zoo and Aquarium
Cost:
The cost is $5.00 and is payable at the workshop. To register please
contact Linda Pettit at (614) 486-9613 extension 115 or e-mail
linda-pettit@oh.nacdnet.org.
CEUs: .6 CEUs
(Ashland University credit available through the Franklin Soil & Water
Conservation District Workshop Series.) For more information,
call Linda Pettit at (614) 486-9613 extension 115 or e-mail at:
linda-pettit@oh.nacdnet.org.
Sponsors:
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), Delaware General Health
District's Keep Delaware County Beautiful, Keep Columbus Beautiful,
and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Audience:
Teachers and educators of grades 3-6
Description: Learn
about natural resources, cycles, and human impact on the environment and become
familiar with Windows on Waste, Nike's Air to Earth,
My House a recycled resource center at the Columbus Zoo, and Graffiti
Hurts. Participants will leave with materials from each of the
introduced programs.
Presented by: Solid Waste
Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), Delaware General Health District's Keep
Delaware County Beautiful, Keep Columbus Beautiful,
and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Contact:
For more information contact Linda Pettit at (614) 486-9613 ext. 115 or e-mail
at:
linda-pettit@oh.nacdnet.org.
Registration Deadline: February
25, 2004
Other Information: Lunch will
be provided at the workshop.
Comments to office@cdeducation.org
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