EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard Scholarships available to students Students who have been accepted into a training program involving health occupations, computer technology, manufacturing or a state-certified trade apprenticeship apprenticeship, system of learning a craft or trade from one who is engaged in it and of paying for the instruction by a given number of years of work. The practice was known in ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in modern Europe and to some extent may apply for a scholarship from the Lane Workforce Partnership. The $1,000 scholarships are open to young people accepted to a community college, university or private institution. For an application and further information, contact Paula Medaglia at 682-7225 or e-mail paula.medaglia@co.lane.or.us. Science classes can help save manatees Save the Manatee manatee: see sirenian. manatee Any of three species (family Trichechidae) of slow-moving, shallow-water herbivorous mammals. Manatees have a tapered body ending in a rounded flipper, no hind flippers, and foreflippers near the head. Club, a Florida-based organization dedicated to protecting manatees, will give manatee adoptions to the first 150 high school science classes that apply. Each class will receive a one-year membership in the club, which includes a photo of the adoptee, the manatee's biography, adoption certificate, a 38-page educator's guide, a poster and newsletters. To sign up, go to www.savethemanatee.org/adopt_teacher_form.cfm. Library offers Spanish-English activities Adults and teens can practice English and Spanish at the Eugene Downtown Library's Conversation Circle from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. At the same time, students in grades one through six can participate in a bilingual session of stories, songs, games and crafts. Experiments can be part of NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. project Students interested in getting their science experiments shuttled to the international space station can apply through NASA. The chosen materials will be put in vials for a "fly and compare" investigation. NASA will launch 60 SEM Satchel experiments on the European Automated Transfer Vehicle An Automated Transfer Vehicle or ATV is an unmanned resupply spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA)[1]. ATVs are designed to supply the International Space Station with propellant, water, air, payload and experiments. in mid-2006. Apply online at www.wff.nasa.gov/ efpo/main/apply.html. Under the pull-down menu Also called a "drop-down menu" or "pop-down menu," the common type of menu used with a graphical user interface (GUI). Clicking a menu title causes the menu items to appear to drop down from that position and be displayed. , select NESC-KSC Satchel Integration Workshop (Space Station). Writing contest available to schools Schools interested in participating in the 2006 Kids Are Authors writing contest can find detailed information online at www.scholastic .com/kidsareauthors. The deadline is March 15. The 2005 winning books were selected from more than 3,000 entries submitted from young people in classrooms across the country. Jingle Bell 5K scheduled for Dec. 3 Joggers who want to enter the third annual Jingle Bell 5K walk/run to be held Dec. 3 at Cottage Grove High School Cottage Grove High School is a public high school located in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It has a newer school building, opened in 2003 to replace the old high school building that was built in 1939 and held its first classes in 1940. can save $5 by registering before Thursday. The event is a fundraiser to benefit Bohemia Bohemia, Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic. Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the west and northwest, by Poland in the north and northeast, and by Elementary PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. , Cottage Grove High School Key Club and Job Club. People of all ages and abilities can participate. A children's race will follow the run. Registration is $20 through Wednesday, $25 after. For registration information, contact Julie Garder, 942-2180 or Joyce Settlemyer, 942-3291. Take Pride offers volunteer program The Take Pride in America Take Pride in America is a Department of the Interior partnership program that enables individuals, civic groups, corporations and others to volunteer in caring for the lands that we share. Program wants to create a new generation of volunteers through the Take Pride in America Schools. Participating schools must accomplish two volunteer projects on public land every year. To apply or for more information, contact TakePride@ios.doi.gov or call (202) 208-5848. |
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