The Ohio State University at Marion’s French Club, Le Cercle Francais, will present Beats for Budapest, Thursday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. in Morrill Hall Auditorium. This unique concert event will help raise funds for students’ taking part in the campus’s upcoming Central European Study Tour.
The concert features a host of student and community performers, including: Jherek Cummings, Ohio State Marion’s contemporary a cappella group InChant, Elizabeth Moore, Alex Sheridan, and Dustin Hornbeck. Students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited to come out and support the French Club in their fundraiser. General admission is $5, and $4 for students and those 60 and up. Raffle tickets for prizes and concessions will be available at the event.
Ohio State Marion’s 2012 Study Abroad tour to Central Europe, led by Ohio State Marion faculty member Zuheir Alidib, departs for 10 days on March 15 and features visits to Budapest, Vienna, Prague, and Munich.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Prospect mayor to discuss cutting costs
PROSPECT - Prospect Village Council heard renovation plans from a property owner at its recent meeting.
Jeff Obenour plans to resolve the common wall issue at 150 N. Main St. by fixing or building the common wall, completing the new back wall, anchoring the new back wall to the common wall and renovating the interior.
Mayor Jim Millisor said he wants to have pool managers be certified and have a CPR license for the 2012 swim season. He also discussed having a defibrillator at the pool.
Councilman Ben O'Dell discussed the widening of the Scioto River at the new bridge location, which should help relieve flooding in the village.
Millisor plans to discuss cost-cutting measures for the village at council's next regular meeting, 8 p.m. Feb. 6.
Jeff Obenour plans to resolve the common wall issue at 150 N. Main St. by fixing or building the common wall, completing the new back wall, anchoring the new back wall to the common wall and renovating the interior.
Mayor Jim Millisor said he wants to have pool managers be certified and have a CPR license for the 2012 swim season. He also discussed having a defibrillator at the pool.
Councilman Ben O'Dell discussed the widening of the Scioto River at the new bridge location, which should help relieve flooding in the village.
Millisor plans to discuss cost-cutting measures for the village at council's next regular meeting, 8 p.m. Feb. 6.
NASA sends science lesson directly to Ridgedale classroom
MARION -- A Ridgedale Junior High School science teacher got some help from NASA on Monday as she talked about the moon and satellites.
Catherine Brennan, who teaches eighth-grade science, took advantage of a free program that lets students hear up-to-date information on NASA missions. The information is relayed by a certified teacher who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and speaks to classrooms through Skype, a software application that lets users make voice and video calls over the Internet.
Such learning is an example of how educators are using technology to help teach students more up-to-date information than would be available without such applications as Skype.
The lesson was "Mapping the Moon with WALL-E," an interactive project that also featured the Pixar-animated robot from the movie "WALL-E." Students took part in a quick experiment that taught them how NASA uses satellites to map the typography of the moon's surface.
Past that, they got an explainer on some of the newest of more than 60 science missions NASA currently has under way. That includes the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the moon and its Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, which has helped produce some of the most precise topographical maps to date of the moon's cratered landscape.
"Before LRO, we actually knew the shape of Mars better than we know the shape of the moon, our nearest neighbor," John Keller, a deputy project scientist at the Goddard center, stated on NASA's website.
Such missions are in the news now but likely won't be in many textbooks yet.
"Science changes in this field quickly," Brennan said. "Textbooks are outdated within a year. I had to find an alternative resource."
She said NASA's educational programs have also helped her show students real-time images of the moon taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.
"I thought it was pretty cool," eighth-grader Monroe Britton said. "Not a lot of people can talk to NASA."
The lessons also introduce some of the technology being used to students who aspire to become scientists.
Eighth-grader Preston Elswick, who hopes some day to be an astro quantum physicist, said he was familiar with the missions but felt honored to get to hear directly from someone who works with NASA.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Monday, November 7, 2011
Elgin 'wheel' classes allow students to explore beyond core curriculum
GREEN CAMP -- Elgin Junior High School is "spinning the wheel" to let seventh and eighth graders take classes beyond the core curriculum.
In an effort to offer more opportunities to students, the school has instituted what it calls wheel classes. The exploratory wheel features several different classes that rotate every nine weeks so students get a chance to try something new.
Teachers are complimenting the system for letting them teach material that may not be covered in the core curriculum.
"We wanted to offer students a variety of educational opportunities," said Principal Michael Malcom.
Seventh-grade wheel classes include life skills, research skills, wellness and technology. Eighth-grade wheel classes are wellness, vocabulary skills, technology and general music.
Shanda Held, in her seventh-grade wellness class, encourages students to exercise such as walking around the playground with pedometers that track their steps. They also learn other healthy habits.
"It's not about looking good when we do this," she recently told her class. "We are focusing more on wellness for life."
Seventh-grader Nole Gerfen called the class fun and said he enjoys getting to run around.
"At least you are not sitting behind a desk looking at textbooks all day," he said.
Seventh-grader Evan Oldham enjoyed technology because it taught him how to use programs such as PowerPoint and how to use the Internet to do research.
Held said she believes it's a better use of students' time than study halls.
Eighth-grade teacher Chris Kimball agreed and said the class time lets him teach students how to use Google's line of products such as spreadsheets and documents. Students also learn how to email and study proper email etiquette.
"We are busting apart (the thought that) school can only happen seven hours a day," said Kimball as he talked about how students are practicing and completing assignments at home.
Eighth-grade language arts teacher Kim Cornelius incorporated the game of chess into her teaching and brought in other enrichment activities. Students will eventually get to become movie critics as they review the movie "Akeelah and the Bee."
"We are getting the chance to take it above what we do in the classroom," Cornelius said.
There are other middle schools offering similar opportunities such as Grant Middle School, which offers six-week electives called "Encore." Principal Les Ryle said all students take the same electives their sixth-grade year while they get to choose from different options their seventh- and eighth-grade years.
"In sixth grade they can figure out, 'I am pretty good at my music stuff,'" Ryle said. They can then pursue additional classes later in middle school.
In an effort to offer more opportunities to students, the school has instituted what it calls wheel classes. The exploratory wheel features several different classes that rotate every nine weeks so students get a chance to try something new.
Teachers are complimenting the system for letting them teach material that may not be covered in the core curriculum.
"We wanted to offer students a variety of educational opportunities," said Principal Michael Malcom.
Seventh-grade wheel classes include life skills, research skills, wellness and technology. Eighth-grade wheel classes are wellness, vocabulary skills, technology and general music.
Shanda Held, in her seventh-grade wellness class, encourages students to exercise such as walking around the playground with pedometers that track their steps. They also learn other healthy habits.
"It's not about looking good when we do this," she recently told her class. "We are focusing more on wellness for life."
Seventh-grader Nole Gerfen called the class fun and said he enjoys getting to run around.
"At least you are not sitting behind a desk looking at textbooks all day," he said.
Seventh-grader Evan Oldham enjoyed technology because it taught him how to use programs such as PowerPoint and how to use the Internet to do research.
Held said she believes it's a better use of students' time than study halls.
Eighth-grade teacher Chris Kimball agreed and said the class time lets him teach students how to use Google's line of products such as spreadsheets and documents. Students also learn how to email and study proper email etiquette.
"We are busting apart (the thought that) school can only happen seven hours a day," said Kimball as he talked about how students are practicing and completing assignments at home.
Eighth-grade language arts teacher Kim Cornelius incorporated the game of chess into her teaching and brought in other enrichment activities. Students will eventually get to become movie critics as they review the movie "Akeelah and the Bee."
"We are getting the chance to take it above what we do in the classroom," Cornelius said.
There are other middle schools offering similar opportunities such as Grant Middle School, which offers six-week electives called "Encore." Principal Les Ryle said all students take the same electives their sixth-grade year while they get to choose from different options their seventh- and eighth-grade years.
"In sixth grade they can figure out, 'I am pretty good at my music stuff,'" Ryle said. They can then pursue additional classes later in middle school.
Courageous
We were made to be courageous
We were made to lead the way
We could be the generation
That finally breaks the chains
We were made to be courageous
We were made to be courageous
We were warriors on the front lines
Standing, unafraid
But now we're watchers on the sidelines
While our families slip away
Where are you, men of courage?
You were made for so much more
Let the pounding of our hearts cry
We will serve the Lord
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
This is our resolution
Our answer to the call
We will love our wives and children
We refuse to let them fall
We will reignite the passion
That we buried deep inside
May the watchers become warriors
Let the men of God arise
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
Seek justice
Love mercy
Walk humbly with your God
In the war of the mind
I will make my stand
In the battle of the heart
And the battle of the hand
In the war of the mind
I will make my stand
In the battle of the heart
And the battle of the hand
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
We were made to be courageous
Lord, make us courageous
We were made to lead the way
We could be the generation
That finally breaks the chains
We were made to be courageous
We were made to be courageous
We were warriors on the front lines
Standing, unafraid
But now we're watchers on the sidelines
While our families slip away
Where are you, men of courage?
You were made for so much more
Let the pounding of our hearts cry
We will serve the Lord
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
This is our resolution
Our answer to the call
We will love our wives and children
We refuse to let them fall
We will reignite the passion
That we buried deep inside
May the watchers become warriors
Let the men of God arise
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
Seek justice
Love mercy
Walk humbly with your God
In the war of the mind
I will make my stand
In the battle of the heart
And the battle of the hand
In the war of the mind
I will make my stand
In the battle of the heart
And the battle of the hand
We were made to be courageous
And we're taking back the fight
We were made to be courageous
And it starts with us tonight
The only way we'll ever stand
Is on our knees with lifted hands
Make us courageous
Lord, make us courageous
We were made to be courageous
Lord, make us courageous
hello
I am doing good today and i am working on a other song today and i have not done that in a long time but i am meeting up with some of my friends today and i am going to have them look at the one that i am i am stuck on know lol i want some help. But anyway besides that i am doing good school is doing good and i am here right know i don't have a class but i am going to have lunch with a friend at noon today and then my friends are going make to school for classes and then idk what i am going to be doing and i am hoping that i have a job by the end of these week because i really need a job right know
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