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The Reedley Exponent B8 Thursday, January 11, 2018 Reedley Drama Club meets
City's Family Dance will be held on Jan. 26
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The Reedley Drama Club held its December meeting with a luncheon at the Safari Club in Dinuba and enjoyed a holiday concert performed by the Reedley High School Madrigals, under the direction of new director David dela Concepcion. Also, Yvonne Hansen sang a song in memory of Virginia Houtby, an honorary club member who recently passed away. The hostesses for the lunch were Kennieth nasalroad, Sheri Parkinson and Penni Johnson.
ABOVE: Here are the Drama Club members who attended the December meeting.
In the front row (from left) are Linda Gavroian, Priscilla Ketscher, Vicki Tout, nadine Bartsch, Lee Powell, Yvonne Hansen, and Ginger Bull.
In the middle row (from left) are Diana Bulls, Patti Valdero, Mary Ann Regier, nilene Lee, Carol Just, Joyce Huebert, Pat Robertson, Hilda warren, Suzanne Fillmore, Cheri witter-Lawrence, Sheri Parkinson, and Denny Mason.
In the back row (from left) are Penni Johnson, Mary Thonesen, Pat Huebert, Connie Brooks, Kennieth nasalroad, Bethany Jost, and Linda Penner.
Staff Report
This year’s Family Dance – with a theme of all things Disney – is set for Fri- day, Jan. 26, at the Reedley Community Center.
The annual event will be 6:30-9 p.m. at the center, 100 N. East Ave.
As always, attendees are encouraged to wear cos- tumes reflecting the theme.
The wide world of Dis- ney includes many charac- ters, from the classics of Mickey and Minnie Mouse
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cans to surpass the 881 col- lected in 2016.
Lisa Bueno, FCCLA ad- viser and teacher, wrote that the students “were thrilled” when the final tally this year came to 1,663 donated cans.
The students not only collected cans but checked for outdated items, boxed the usable cans and then loaded and delivered them to the center.
Both chapters expressed appreciation to students, clubs and staff members at
hours of the camp, from 7:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. She said it al- lowed parents to fit the camp to their schedules, especially since parents could drop off their children and pick them up at their choosing. Or, they could pay the rate for an en- tire week.
The Christmas Camp of- fered a variety of activities – many with a holiday touch – that included crafts sessions and walking trips to local no- table places.
There also were plenty of physical activities, such as that Zumba session and shoot- ing basketballs.
“It went well,” Reid said of
to the beloved characters from Pixar films such as the “Toy Story” series to the “Star Wars” movies.
The Rotary Club of Reedley is a sponsor of the event, which is presented by the Reedley Community Services Department.
The evening will include food and professional pho- tography. Dancing will be to music spun by a DJ.
The cost is $10 per cou- ple; $5 for a single. For more details, call the center at (559) 637-4203..
Reedley High who helped the two chapters stock the pantry at the Marjaree Ma- son Center.
Meanwhile, in January, the FCCLA chapter will un- dertake its next community service project – to collect funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. FCCLA members will conduct a Pen- nies for Patients drive to help fight childhood blood cancers. Chapter represen- tatives said they are inviting every RHS club to join in the effort: “Truly every penny will help make a change in the lives of children with cancer.”
the winter camp. “The camp- ers had lots of different expe- riences through walking trips and the variety of activities they were able to do. Since this is a smaller camp, we are able to do more hands-on ac- tivities and give them lots of attention.”
The community services department will have a spring break camp from March 26-April 2.
And, the plan at this point is to continue offering season- al camps.
Reid said: “We hope the interest to attend continues to grow.”
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stop.
At another side of the
room, staff members Miriam Viera and Janie Almanzar were preparing to tie-dye T- shirts for those children who brought white tops for the ac- tivity. “Can you do mine? Can you do mine?” was a common, eager refrain.
And, at a long table filled with different games, 11-year- old Talicia Lozano had just sat down to try out “Guess Who?”
What did she enjoy about the Christmas Camp?
“I like when we go on field trips,” Talicia said. “And, I like when we practice for the talent show.”
it at elementary campuses and expand it into the eighth grade.
In addition, the district is undertaking other approach- es, such as increasing focus on writing and strengthening work with long-term English language learners.
“There is no magic bul- let, but what we are doing is working,” Benner said. “The evidence is in our data.”
“We are on the right track,” she also said. “We’re doing some great things, and we have some wonderful things to celebrate.”
For more information on the California School Dash- board, read “The View From Here” column in this section of Panorama.
Oh, yes, that was on tap for the afternoon, too.
The Christmas Camp was offered during the winter break for local schools.
Sarah Reid, superinten- dent of the Reedley Communi- ty Services Department, said they re-established the camp after an 11-year absence. The city last year also offered a camp during the one-week Easter break. The Christmas Camp ran Dec. 18-21, Dec. 26- 29 and Jan. 2-5.
Reid said that participa- tion picked up as the camp continued.
She also said parents seemed to appreciate the
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Talicia Lozano sits down with a game of "Guess who" on Jan. 4 at the city's Christmas Camp at the Reedley Community Center.
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Lindsay Unified (-60.7). As for the Fowler number, Ben- ner said that district had 384 English language students – KCUSD had 2,385.
“It’s pretty amazing to think about this,” Benner said. She also said district of- ficials know that math is an area that needs improvement. There are indications it’s hap- pening, and only two of the 16 districts Benner looked at were closer to the Dashboard yellow band than KCUSD,
which was 41.8 points away. Districts below KCUSD in- cluded Visalia Unified (-46.5), Central Unified (-48.5), Di-
nuba Unified (-63) and Fresno Unified (-69.6). The only two above were Sanger Unified (at -33.1) and Caruthers Uni- fied (-40).
Campbell said after the Dec. 12 meeting that the dis- trict needs to learn from the Dashboard reports. He also said that the data presented at the meeting “is a very accu- rate reflection of our clear fo- cus, as well as the dedication and hard work of our students, staff and community.”
KCUSD continues to use data to determine the best ways to help students. For example, a 3-5 Math pilot program was used at four el- ementary schools and resulted in improved scores. KCUSD officials planned to continue
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