EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard 4J school choice process deadline approaches The deadline to enter the Eugene School District's school choice process is Friday. Parents must fill out a School Choice Form and return it no later than 5 p.m. to the Instruction Department at the 4J Education Center.The school choice policy entices hundreds of families every year to sample different schools in the district. Parents can send their children to any school within the district, provided that there is space available. Parents are welcome in all schools, and are especially encouraged to visit their neighborhood school. The district conducts a lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. on March 9 and then begins to notify parents the following week about whether they've been accepted at their schools of choice. School Choice Forms, materials describing the visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. activities at different schools, and a guide with descriptions of school programs are available at www.4j.lane.edu, at school offices or at the 4J Education Center, 200 North Monroe St. LIFE! Lutheran to hold open house for families LIFE! Lutheran School Lutheran schools and education were a priority for Lutherans who emigrated to the United States and Australia from Germany and Scandinavia. One of the first things they did was to create schools for their children. will hold an open house at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church, 18th Avenue and Hilyard Street. In addition to classes for kids in grades one through eight, the school offers kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be , preschool and child care. There is a 50 percent discount for new families who enroll for next year by March 15. For more information, call 342-5433, or visit www.lifeschool.us. Eugene Christian open campus for Preview Day Eugene Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. will host a Preview Day at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the school, 4500 Amazon Drive. Tour the campus, visit classrooms and meet the teachers and administrators. For more information, call 686-9145. Nominations wanted for history teacher award The Gilder gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. Lehrman Institute is accepting nominations for the Oregon History Teacher of the Year, a competition limited to teachers of children kindergarten through grade six. The winner will receive $1,000 and materials for the winner's school. The deadline for the first round of nominations is March 12. For application materials or more information, visit www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/socialscience/preserveamericaflyer.doc. Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah is the name of several mountains and places: Mountains
Spring Discovery Tours - field trips to Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, - will be April 23 and 25, and May 9, two classes per day; and one class per day on April 27 and May 2. Scholarships are available to cover program fees. For more information, call 747-1504. Dogs ready to listen to kids read at public library Kids can build skills and have fun reading aloud to dogs for 15-minute sessions at the Downtown Public Library from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Saturday in March. People and Animals Who Serve, a local chapter of the Delta Society Delta Society an international, non-profit organization promoting the human-animal bond through the use of animal-assisted activities and therapies. , provides the dogs and trainers. For more information or to register, call 682-8316. Applicants wanted for board, budget committee BROWNSVILLE - The Central Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] School District seeks applicants for vacancies on the district's board of education and budget committee. For the budget committee, the board has set a March 1 deadline for submitting applications for appointment to represent Zone 2 (outside Halsey city limits), Zone 5 (South Brownsville) and Zone 6 (north of Brownsville city limits.) The deadline is March 15 at the Linn County Linn County is the name of four counties in the United States:
For application materials and information, contact Susan Beaudin at (541) 466-3105, Ext. 222. Entries wanted for poster contest Entries are being accepted for the 2007 Conservation Poster Contest. The theme for this year is "Conservation's Power" and is open to children in grades kindergarten through 12. Poster contest participants will receive certificates of achievements, with the first place winner in each grade category awarded a $50 United States savings bond United States savings bond See savings bond. . The deadline for entries is June 30. For more information and contest entry forms, teachers, youth organization leaders and students can contact the East Lane Soil and Water Conservation District at 780 Bailey Hill Road, Suite No. 5, Eugene, OR 97402, or they can call 465-6443, Ext. 3. |
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