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The first-place winner of the National Geography Bee will receive a $25,000 college scholar- ship and a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. Partici- pating in the event at Dallas, from left, are Paul Van Loon, runner up; Pfeiffer, champion; and Harry Haas, social stud- ies teacher. mentary School; 9 a.m. Feb. 7 at LL kindergarten program features nutrition and health The Lake-Lehman School explanation of proper nutrition District will hold the third in- for children and will also include stallment of its Kindergarten screening procedures for kin- Readiness Program for parents dergarten registration in March. and pre-school children Feb. 6-8 Separate activities will be held at the district's three elementary for the children. schools. Parents and children are in- The program is open to chil- vited for lunch in the cafeteria dren who will be 5 years old following the presentation. before Sept. 1 and who are plan- The school district is kindly ning to enter kindergarten for the requesting that younger siblings 2006-2007 school year. do not attend. The focus of the program will To register for the program, be nutrition and health. parents should call their respec- The program willbe held at 9 tive elementary school. a.m. Feb. 6 at Lake-Noxen Ele- The phone numbers are Ross Elementary School, 477-5050 or Lehman-Jackson Elementary 256-7897; Lake-Noxen Elemen- School; and 9 a.m. Feb. 8 at Ross tary School, 639-1129; and Leh- Elementary School. man-Jackson Elementary School, Faculty from each building will 675-2165. conduct the program. The program will include an Feinstein to attend Senate Youth Program Shavertown resident Ross Feinstein of Shavertown, a senior at Wyoming Seminary Upper School, has been named one of two students from across the state to represent Penn- sylvania at the-44th annual United States Senate Youth Program. The event will be held March 4-11 in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, Feinstein and 103 other delegates will experience the federal govern- Feinstein ®: in action. They will visit e House of Representatives, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the Pentagon. They will hear major policy addresses by senators, cabinet members, officials for the Departments of State and Defense and directors of federal agencies. The will also participate in a meeting with a Justice of the Supreme Court and will attend a special reception with the senators from their respective states. Each delegate will be award- ed a $5,000 college scholarship for his/her undergraduate stud- "SCHOOL BRIEFS ies. The William Randolph Hearst Foundation funds the Senate Youth Program. Horticulture course offered at PSU/W-B The Penn State Cooperative Extension is accepting regis- trations for a horticulture short course, which will be held each Thursday from Feb. 9 through March 9 at the Penn State/ Wilkes-Barre campus in Leh- man Township. The lecture/ hands-on series will explore plant science, soils, integrated pest management, entomology, woody plant biology, pruning woody plants, pesticides and pesticide safety, lawn care, plant pathology, and herbace- ous plants. The registration fee is $200 for the series or $30 per class. Students may register for the entire series or pick and choose , classes to attend. For more information about the course, including the time of the classes, call Donna Grey or Mary Pat Appel at 825-1701. Madrigal Singers holding concert The Wyoming Seminary Madrigal Singers will present a special benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 in the Great Hall, 228 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. The Madrigals will perform a variety of choral works of European and Amer- ican origin. Tickets are $10 and proceeds will be used to fund the Madrigal’s Asian tour in March. For more information, call the school at 270-2190. Scholarship exams at Wyo. Seminary Local students in fourth through seventh grade who do not attend Wyoming Seminary Lower School may register for the school’s Middle School Merit Scholarship Exam, which will be held at 8:30 a.m. Sat- urday, Feb. 4 at the school’s campus in Forty Fort. Regis- tration will begin at 8 a.m. and the exam will conclude at 11 a.m. Up to five half-tuition scholar- ships will be awarded to stu- dents who display outstanding performance on the competitive exam. Need-based financial aid is also available beyond the award. 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Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Students must complete an application no later than Friday, Jan. 27. There is no registration fee. For more information about the exams, call the school’s office of admission at 718-6610. For more information about the school, visit the Web site www.wyomingseminary.org. Language Institute offers knitting class The Language Institute will hold the class “Knitting in the Andes” - the first of a series of cultural enrichment classes — from 6:30-8:30.p.m. each Mon- day through Feb. 20 at Wilkes University. The 10-hour course will in- troduce students to the coun- tries that make up the western regions of South America, the indigenous people who inhabit the area, and the methods, patterns, garments, and history of knitting in this area. Students will complete a knitting project by the end of the course, using native pat- terns and designs. The class is open to knitters of all skill lev- els. Prior knowledge of Spanish is not required. For more information, call coordinator Jenny Blanchard at 408-4240. You may also e-mail her at blanchar@wilkes.edu. Teacher nominated Lake-Noxen Elementary School kindergarten teacher Carrie Snell was recently recog- nized for her creativity and suc- cess in the classroom as a Dis- ney Teacher Award Nominee. Snell joins a select group of teachers from across the country that have been rec- ognized by their commu- nities. As the next step in the awards proc- ess, Snell is submitting an application to be considered for the 2006 Disney Teacher of the Year Award. “Receiving this nomination and representing the Lake-Leh- man District is an honor,” she said. “To be recognized for my creativity and innovation is in- vigorating and reaffirms the ef- forts I put forth each day in my classroom and school communi- » Snell In addition to letters of rec- ommendation, Snell will submit an application that includes sev- for Disney award eral professional reflection es- says describing her classroom and approach to teaching, the impact of high stakes testing, how she approaches collabora- tion in her school and career and an event that shaped her as a teacher. The winner of the national award, as well as four honorees, will be announced in late spring. BiLo Oil Co. Call around for prices — then make us your last call! 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