FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 SCHOOL NEWS News-Leader


CLASS NOTES


Volunteers needed
 The Boys and Girls Miller
Club on Nassauville Road is
looking for volunteers for its
Hand in Hand atter-school pro-
gram, held from 3 p.m. onwards,
Volunteers can help in a variety
of ways and can choose their
own schedule. One of the areas
emphasized is homework colm-
pletion at the club so it doesn't
fall completely on the parents at
home. Volunteers also assist in
the computer lab and with arts
and crafts, Vutsic and sports
activities.
 For more information call the
foundation office at 261-8666.
Scholarships for girls
 Each year the Woman's Club
of Fernandina Beach offers
$1,000 scholarships to. three
Fernandina Beach or Yulee High
School senior girls. Applications
are available in the schools' guid-
ance offices and should be
turned in to them by March 24.
 The Woman's Club is asking
for $10 donations and your name
will be placed in a drawing for
golf for four at the Golf Club of
Amelia including cart fees, golf
for four at one of the courses of
Amelia.Island Plantation or a
$100 gift certificate at Amelia-
Island Plantation for dining in


their public restaurants. The
drawing will be held at the
Woman's Club regular meeting
on April 2. Anyone wishing to
make a donation should send it
to the Woman's Club of Fernan-
dina Beach, PO. Box 1125,
Fernandina Beach, FL32035,
attention scholarship fund.
Water festival
 The Museum of Science and
History in Jacksonville, 1025
Museum Circle, presents the
ninth annual Water Education
Festival on Feb. 2, sponsored by
the St. Johns River Water
Management District and
Jacksonville's Environmental
Protection Board.
 The festival will fill MOSH
with dozens of interactive dis-
plays and activities, designed to
teach the importance of Florida's
water and natural resources in
ways to appeal to children. High-
lights include making crafts,
playing water education games
and interacting with water ani-
mals from the Jacksonville Zoo.
 Admission is free throughout
the event, which runs from 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Call (904) 396-6674.
FCCJ open house
 Florida Community College
at Jacksonville is hosting a free
college-wide open house at its


* Advanced Technology Center on
 Feb. 7 from 5:30-8 p.m. The open
 house will highlight more than
- 50 of its programs with depart-
 ment representatives to answer
 questions about program
 requirements for associate in
 arts degrees, university transfer,
 various career opportunities and
 new programs such as Air
 Traffic Control and Commercial
 Truck Driving.
 The ATC is located at 401 W.
 State St., Jacksonville. For more
 information call (904) 646-2300
 or visit www.fccj.edu and click on
 Open House and Information
 Session Calendar.
 Study abroad
 The Interamerican University
 Studies Institute is offering a
 Spanish immersion summer pro-
 gram in Costa Rica for high
 school students who are interest-
 ed in environmental biology.
 Costa Rica !Pura Vida! combines
 intensive language instruction,
 individual home-stays and field
 trips to areas of the country.
 The program is open to stu-
 dents ages 15-17 with two years
 of high school Spanish and a
 course in biology (by June 2008).
 The priority application deadline
 is Feb. 8. Scholarships are avail-
 able. Details are available at
 www.iusi.org or 1-800-345-4874.


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'Science Night' at Atlantic Elementary


 Students at Atlantic Elementary
School and their parents are invit-
ed to "Splash into Science Night,"
a hands-on, interactive famiily event
focusing on the importance of
Florida's water resources.
 Splash into Science Night,
scheduled for Thursday, is an activ-
ity sponsored by the St. Johns River
Water Management District's
Watershed Action Volunteer
Program, the Nassau County


Engineering Department, Atlantic
Elementary's Parent-Teacher
Organization and the city of
Fernandina Beach Utilities
Department.
 Families are encouraged to join
students at the two-hour event,
which will begin with a free pizza
dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the school
cafeteria, located at 1205 Atlantic.
Ave., Fernandina Beach.
 The evening's activities will


include interacting with water ani-
mals from the Jacksonville Zoo and
Gardens, conducting water exper-
iments and making water cycle
wristbands, an "edible aquifer" and
"fish print" T-shirts. In the process,
students will learn about ground-
water, which comes from the
Floridan aquifer, the area's primary,
source of drinking water, and how:
to reduce stormwater pollution
from entering local waterways.


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Firststop-
Mexico

 Ms. Joan and Ms.
Britt from Step by
Step Learning Center
II took their VPK
classes on a trip to
Mexico their first
stop on a trip around ,
the world. After pre-
senting their board-
ing passes and pass-,.
ports, children
boarded the plane.
While there, they
enjoyed dressing in
the traditional style
of.the country and
some of the local
foods. They also will
visit South America,
Africa, Europe, Asia, ,
Australia and, finally;.
Antarctica. Back row,;
at top, are Rayne
Kramer, Rebecca
Lundy and Jeremy
Scheiber. Front row
are Spencer Housley
and Christian Staver.
Back row, below, are
Kaytlyn Liddell, :
Courtney Goldsmith
and Abigail Holland. .
Front, row are CJ.
Starks and Kaleb
Jenkins.
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