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December 2008
Mason Achievers
Mason City Schools has some achievers to be proud of this week:
Mason High School senior Sara Coyle was named Kiwanis Club of Mason’s November Student of the Month. The school’s National Honor Society Advisor Barb Shuba nominated Coyle because of her “outstanding leadership in chairing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Fundraiser,” a press release read.
“Sara took an activity that we had dabbled in and she embraced and quadrupled what we had raised before. More important than the $2,500 she raised, however, was the awareness that she raised,” said Shuba.
Coyle plans to major in Accounting at either Indiana University, Miami University, the Ohio State University, or University of Kentucky.
She received a $100 savings bond, and certificate from the organization for her achievements.
Three more Mason teachers were recently certified by the state board of education. The teachers join the ranks of a group of more than 25 teachers recognized in a September school board meeting.
The high achievers are: English teachers Emily Pate at Mason Middle School and Kurt Dinan and Patricia George at Mason High.
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There’s more to cheerleading than cheer-leading
Mason Middle School cheerleaders are busy beavers! The ladies are collecting coats and outerwear, helping a local woman’s efforts to deliver coats, toys and other items to the less fortunate of Cincinnati.
Since 1990, Gail Conner and her family have given more than 17,000 toys to local children, along with coats and warm winter gear.
Do you know someone who’s doing good deeds in schools this holiday season?
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Student video challenge info
As promised, I’m back with the link to vote for a video produced by Kings High School students Alex Goshorn and Sam Cox.
The two are in the top six for the 2nd Annual Pontiac Performance Challenge. The 30-second commercial is one of more than 40 from four schools that entered the contest.
The kids could win $10,000 for the school’s theatre and video departments.
Among the six finalists is Lebanon and Edgewood high schools. Voters can cast ballots once a day. The contest ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7.
Visit www.wlwt.com/sponsors/13990704/detail.html to view or vote for the video.
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Kids eat technology for breakfast
Kids these days eat tech tools like bacon and eggs.
Some kids at Kings High School recently earned the school over $1,000 by creating the winning one-minute video in the 2008 Fox19 Student Video Challenge. And the students were in the process of learning a video editing program while creating the winning video. Read the story in the Dec. 4 Little Miami/Kings edition The Pulse-Journal.
The KHS digital media arts class is involved in another student video challenge, according to the school’s Web page. (I’ll post a link to the challenge as soon as I find it.)
It seems like kids are born with a computer mouse in hand. Many of today’s high school students easily use social networking sites to post videos, blogs and photos of them and their friends.
Read more after the jump.
It’s all fun and games now, but tech-savvy teens can earn big bucks in the long run.
In January, I wrote a feature article on a Mason High School junior who started a business on her home computer.
Kristin Wood uses graphic design skills to spell out her customers’ names — or whatever else they’d like to spell — with Ohio State University’s marching band and stadium in the background. The images are then printed onto posters, banners, calendars, greeting cards and other items.
She admitted to starting out with a basic knowledge of graphic arts, and learned additional skills as she went along.
Kristin said Great College Gifts this week received more than 200 orders in three days!
What do you think schools could do to help kids build on what they already know about computers? I want YOUR input!
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