Youth
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January 4 – 17, 2014
Gymnastics meet springs into action
Free practice test for juniors, seniors
Members of Chandler’s Gold Medal Gymnastics, owned by former Olympic gymnast Amanda Borden, will participate in the Classic Rock Gymnastics Invitational Fri., Jan. 31, through Sun., Feb. 2, at the Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. 3rd St., downtown Phoenix. Hosted by the Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics & Dance Center of Phoenix, the event is one of the largest gymnastics meets in the U.S., with 1,500 of the best female gymnasts from around the United States competing and showcasing their gymnastics skills. The “ultimate gymnastics meet” will feature an all-girls competition,
SanTan Sun-area high school juniors and seniors can take advantage of a free SAT or ACT practice test Sat., Jan. 18, at Tutor House Tutoring Services’ Chandler or Tempe locations. Testing is held from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. with registration from 9 to 9:15 a.m. Students should bring a calculator to the session. Taking a practice test is a way for students to find strengths and weaknesses in a low-pressure environment and become familiar with test formats, question types, timing and content. Test results and analysis are
Levels 2 through Elite; live bands; entertainment; shopping; and more. Admission is $20 per day for adults or $40 for an all-weekend adult pass, and $15 per day for children 12 and younger, seniors and military, or $35 for an allweekend pass. Included in the ticket price is one free 90-minute “open gym” session per child at the Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics Center, 3110 E. Thunderbird Rd., Phoenix; participants must show ticket stub to come to a free open gym. For more information, visit classicrockinvitational.com or arizonasunrays.com, or call 602-992-5790.
Kids: Win $15 gift card from Changing Hands Bookstore Students who either live in Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek or surrounding areas or who attend area schools can win $15 gift cards from Changing Hands Bookstore, thanks to a partnership between the bookseller and the SanTan Sun News. This ongoing, monthly promotion awards a $15 Changing Hands gift card to every youth whose article, story, poem, essay, editorial, book review, photo or illustration is chosen to be printed in the SanTan Sun Kids Opportunity section, while supplies last. The Kids Opportunity section is printed in the Youth Section of the first paper of the month, each month. The best news is that even though only one to three submissions are printed
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per month, all good submissions are held in a file to be printed in future issues. So if an entry doesn’t win this month, it could win next month—or even the month after that. To enter, visit SanTanSun.com, click on Youth and then on Student Writer Permission Slip to download a submissionpermission slip. Complete the form and have a parent sign it so the paper has permission to print the entry and the author or artist’s byline. Then, email the submission-permission slip and writing or artwork to news@SanTanSun. com as a Word file, if writing, or JPEG, if art, or pasted into the email.
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given at a separately scheduled conference. The free practice test is offered in addition to Tutor House’s regular SAT and ACT prep programs and a wide range of oneon-one and small group tutoring for students in grades K through 12. Tutor House Tutoring Services’ family-owned and –operated learning centers are located at 100 W. Boston St., Suite 4, Chandler, or 6139 S. Rural Rd., Suite 102, Tempe. To reserve a seat, visit TutorHouseAZ.com; to learn more, call 480-857-1222 or email tutoring@ tutorhouseaz.com.
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