| Program to help fitness at Guillen Middle (5:25 pm)
Students at Guillen Middle School will no longer be competing against one another during physical education classes. Theyll now be competing against themselves. A new pilot program will use technology to help students at the South Side school assess their fitness and figure out a plan in hopes of fighting and preventing obesity and staying in good health. "We want kids to lose weight and feel better. That's the main goal," said Don Disney, the health and physical education facilitator with the El Paso Independent School District. "Once that happens, we'll have a culture of health and wellness that will be spread throughout the community." The Guillen program includes computer programs and other machines that help determine a fitness plan for each student based on their current weight, height and factors like heart rate and blood pressure.
St. Paul school holds open house
ROSEBURG: St. Paul Lutheran School will host open house for parents interested in Christian education from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at 750 W. Keady Court.
Parents will be able to visit classrooms, meet teachers and learn about the schools curriculum. The school has a new toddler program, as well as preschool and kindergarten through eighth grade.
Information: 673-7212.
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New faces in new places at TGI: Lanaly Cabalo & Keya Keita
Keita has a bachelor's degree in screen writing from the University of Southern California, a master's degree in dance choreography from University of California, Los Angeles, and a directing certificate from Harvard University in Massachusetts.Keya comes to The Garden Island with a wealth of experience that will continue the quality of our Lifestyle page," said publisher Mark Lewis. "She is a welcomed addition to the paper.""I have a personal commitment to the propagation of culture and I think using journalism or the media to support that ongoing effort is vital," Keita said.Her passions include performance art, the music scene and the visual arts."I want to personally become a friend to this community, particularly the arts and education community," Keita said. "I want to give a voice to local artists and educators who are trying to weave a cohesive Kauai."She also loves flowers.
Williams speaks about cost of higher education
President Peggy R. Williams spoke tonight about the rising costs of higher education on the pilot radio and television broadcast of "Higher Ed in the Round." Williams was joined by host David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University, and Carl Haynes, president of Tompkins Cortland Community College. During the hour-long program – aired on public radio stations WEOS-FM and WSKG-FM, and by channel 16 in the Ithaca area – they took questions from listeners and discussed general issues in higher education. But much of the discussion focused on the increasing costs of attending a college or university. Williams said the college is doing its best to limit the increase in costs, but can't control the rise in costs because of outside factors like insurance and utilities.
Preschools consider 20 hours free
Many of Whangarei's early childhood education centres are still unsure if they will provide 20 hours of free education for three and four-year-olds. The Government is funding a subsidy to allow centres to offer 20 hours of free preschool education from July this year. But many centres still have to decide whether they will sign up for the deal. The Government is offering centres between $1.02 and $4.60 an hour for each three or four-year-old child, on top of existing subsidies. The fee is an accurate reflection of costs, based on an operating cost survey completed last year, says Education Ministry spokeswoman Debbie Caterer. Kindergartens -which have been offered the lowest increase - are still negotiating the rate on a national level. Parent-led playcentres do not qualify for the subsidy.
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