THE BULLETIN • Wednesday, April 13, 2011 C3
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Redmond Proficiency Academy, the Redmond School District’s public charter high school, is offering open enrollment for all grades for 2011-12. Enrollment for the school, which allows students to move at their own pace and is designed for students interested in a self-designed or accelerated course of study, is open through Friday. For more information or to register, go to www .rpacademy.org or call 541-526-0882.
Sky View sixth-graders reproduce relics for project on ancient Egypt By Megan Kehoe The Bulletin
Redmond to host kindergarten event Redmond School District will host its kindergarten roundup for incoming students next week. The program will allow the district to determine how many students will enroll in the classes. Staff will register kindergartners and give parents information on open houses, bus and boundary information, and other services. Children who will turn age 5 on or before Sept. 1 are eligible to start kindergarten. To register your kindergartner, bring a birth certificate or document proving the child’s birth date; the child’s immunization records; and a proof of residency, like a piece of mail with a parent’s name and current address. Roundup times are as follows: • 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., April 18 to April 22, at Tumalo Community School, 19835 Second St., for kids attending Tumalo School. • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 19, at Terrebonne Community School, 1199 B St., for kids attending Terrebonne School. The school will also enroll students the entire week during school hours. • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 20, at Lynch Elementary, 1314 S.W. Kalama Ave., for kids attending John Tuck, Lynch, Sage, Tom McCall or Vern Patrick elementaries.
Photos by Andy Tullis / The Bulletin
Hannah Wiley, 11, lifts up a pyramid during the sixth-grade Ancient Egypt Day in the media center at Sky View Middle School in Bend on a recent Monday morning. Sky View Middle School sixth-graders Cristian Rivera, 12, left, watches as Allison Cox, 12, touches a mummy made by Holden Kingrey, 12, who is standing behind Allison. Holden made the mummy for the annual class event.
Bend students win science expo awards Several area students working with the Bend Science Station won honors at the Northwest Science Exposition in Portland on April 1. The fair was sponsored by Intel and featured more than 500 students from Oregon and Washington. Irene Peaks, a homeschooled sophomore, earned second place in the Animal Sciences category. Irene is eligible to present her project at the International Science Fair in Los Angeles in May. Quincy Hayden, a Redmond Proficiency Academy junior, earned third place in the Energy and Transportation category. Michael DeKock, a homeschooled seventh-grader, earned an honorable mention in the Animal Science and Microbiology category. He also earned $50 from the American Statistical Association and an award from the U.S. Metric Association. Matthew Finney-Jordet, a seventh-grader at Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School, earned an honorable mention in the Medicine and Health Sciences category. — From wire reports
T E E N F E AT S Billy Murphy recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout from Boy Scouts of America. Murphy is a member of Troop 21 in Bend and attends Summit High School. For his community service project, Murphy and his volunteers spent approximately 310 hours improving the water runoff near the footbridge of Shevlin Park. Murphy is also a musician and will travel with the Summit High School Wind Ensemble to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York this month. He is the son of Richard and Bissy Murphy.
Senate approves $5.7B in education funding The Associated Press SALEM— Oregon senators gritted their teeth Tuesday and unanimously passed two education spending bills that could force teacher layoffs, shorter school years and larger classes. The Senate repudiated calls from education groups, unions and some Democrats in the House to dig deeper into savings for schools. Senators authorized $5.7 billion that will leave schools far short of what they say they need to continue business as usual for the next two years. “I don’t like it,” Sen. Chris Edwards, D-Eugene, told senators. “But colleagues, you know what? This recession sucks. All these decisions suck, and this budget sucks. But we don’t have a choice. We have to do this.” Lawmakers said that since they
IN THE LEGISLATURE can’t give schools more money, they opted instead to give them certainty and stability. Sen. Rod Monroe, D-Portland, said the $5.7 billion in funding is “sacrosanct,” even if tax collections continue to decline when the latest revenue projections are released in May. “I can assure you, that number is firm,” said Monroe, co-chair of the budget subcommittee that handles education. “It is not going to change.” The education bills, HB5552 and HB 5553, draw on $123 million from two savings accounts, the Education Stability Fund and the Common School Fund.
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Sky View Middle School’s library was transformed into an ancient Egyptian museum on a recent Monday morning. Though, with full-costumed pharaohs walking around and chatting with visitors, perhaps it was a little livelier than your average, dust-gathering hall of history. “I’m just your regular pharaoh,” said Tyler Nelson, 12, pointing to his elaborate costume. “We get extra credit if we dress up.” Tyler, along with the rest of the sixth-graders at Sky View, spent the morning showcasing the projects they had been working on for the past month as part of a lesson on ancient Egypt. The library was the center of the museum, with student projects lined up around walls and populating the tops of bookshelves. Ancient Egypt Day has become an annual event at Sky View, said sixth-grade teacher Dawn Roberts. “It’s always their favorite part of the lesson,” Roberts said. “Kids remember a lot more if they get hands-on learning — it really sticks with them.” Students stood by their projects while parents, teachers and other students made their way around the room. Tyler’s project was a topographical map of the Nile River Valley made out of clay. His costume — a gold-trimmed tunic, striped headdress and stylized sandals, — was worthy of Egyptian royalty. “My mom and aunt made it,” Tyler said. “I think it’s pretty cool to be a pharaoh.” Tyler said that during the lesson on Egypt, students learned about King Tutankhamen and other pharaohs throughout Egyptian history. Students also learned that not all Egyptians lived as lavishly as the royalty. “I learned that it took 20 years to build a pyramid,” said Karissa Thompson, 11. “And a lot of the people died building it.” For her project, Karissa constructed a large-scale pyramid out of cardboard, glue and sand with a drawbridge-style door that opened to reveal an inner chamber. Other students took the Egyptian theme to the max with life-size replicas. Holden Kingrey, 12, stood by his life-size mummy project, which attracted
“It’s always their favorite part of the lesson. Kids remember a lot more if they get hands-on learning — it really sticks with them.” — Dawn Roberts, Sky View Middle School sixth-grade teacher
many of the museum visitors even though it was located in a corner of the library. Holden said he made the mummy by stuffing old clothes with newspaper and wrapping the figure with fabric strips. For the head, he used a balloon, and for the sarcophagus, he used cardboard, tape and gold spray paint. “The main thing I learned was how to mummify someone,” Holden said. “I learned you have to take their organs out.” Holden also learned a thing or two about practical jokes. Earlier in the day, he and some of his friends had used the life-size sarcophagus to hide in and scare their teacher when she lifted the cardboard lid. “It’s been a really fun project,” Holden said. Other students created replicas of Egyptian jewelry, the Rosetta Stone — the inscribed tablet that enabled scholars to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics — and canopic jars — jars in which the viscera of the deceased was stored alongside a mummy. One project featured clay canopic jars along with Play-Doh replicas of a liver, heart, intestines and lungs, neatly placed in plastic bags in front of the jars. Roberts said the project allows students to exercise and showcase their creativity. “A lot of these kids really put their hearts into these projects,” Roberts said. “And you can tell that they’re really proud of what they’ve done.” Megan Kehoe can be reached at 541-383-0354 or at mkehoe@bendbulletin.com.
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