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A6 | Thursday, April 11, 2019
Health & Fitness The Dinuba Sentinel Cutler Elementary School robot project
District Doings
• In honor of National Library Week (April 7-13, 2019), the Friends of the Dinuba Library is sponsoring a drawing for a free book during the month of April. Patrons who check out items from the library are encouraged to enter. Books will be on display at the Dinuba Library, 150 South I Street, starting Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
There are five categories: Grades PreK-K, 1-3, 4-6, 7-12, Adult. The drawing will be held on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 5 p.m.
• The Dinuba Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their 11th Annual Dinuba Chamber Golf Tournament on Friday, April 12, at Ridge Creek Dinuba Golf Course.
Registration for the event opens at 7 a.m. with breakfast. Shotgun starts at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served at 1:30, followed by award ceremony. Winning team will take home $500, green jackets and bragging rights. Prizes will also be given for 2nd and 3rd place as well as closest to the pin, longest drive and more.
For more information, registration and sponsor forms, visit the chambers website at www.dinubachamber.com.
• The 15th Annual Relay For Life of Dinuba will be held on Saturday, April 13 at Dinuba High School. It will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Join us for a time of Celebration, remembrance and to Fight Back as a community! For more information, contact Luisa Sanchez at 859-6803 or Karen Fier or 591-4812.
• The Dinuba Lions Club will be presenting 'A Night With Dave Stamey' on Saturday, April 27. The event will feature a dinner and concert and will begin at 5:30 p.m., with gates opening at 4:30 p.m.
This will be an outdoor venue located at 3510 Cove Avenue in Reedley. The cost for the event is $50 and includes a steak dinner with all the trimmings, music by Dave Stamey, a no host bar and raffle.
For tickets or for more information, contact Dave Ysusi at 259-6759, Tim Conklin at 259-9859 or Ed Smither at 972-5256.
• Open Gate Ministries of Dinuba, which has provided emergency food, shelter & clothing, job training, financial aid, spiritual encouragement, and counseling to the needy of Tulare County since 1974--will hold its annual Spring Salad Bar & Sandwich Luncheon on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, at the Dinuba First Assembly of God (Mono and South "L" Streets).
Salad costs $5.00, roll and drink included; Cake Slice $1.00; Dagwood Sandwich $3.00. Take-out is available. Beautiful floral arrangements may also be purchased. For more information call 643-6008, 834-5135, or 591-1241.
• The Dinuba High School Class of 1966 will be celebrating a 70th Birthday Bash on Saturday, May 4 at Richie's Barn in Visalia. The celebration will be themed as a Western venue and attendants are encouraged to come dressed accordingly, or casual.
A tri-tip and chicken dinner will be served and the event is BYOB. For more information, the Dinuba High School Class of 1966 is on Facebook and can be reached there. For more information, contact Valyn Kandarian at 591-2510 or 977-5572.
• The Dinuba High School Class of 1979 will be having their 40th Class Reunion on Saturday, Sept. 28 at Fort Washington Country Club in Fresno.
The event will be a business casual attire event (T-shirts and/ or jeans will not be permitted). Social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will start at 7:30 p.m. and dance will begin at 8:30 p.m.
The cost to attend is $60 per person. Payment must be received by Sept. 1, no refunds. Special hotel rates at the Holiday Inn Express on Howard St. in Fresno area availabe by mentioning the DHS Class of '79 reunion.
For more information, please call, text or email Shawn Reilly Arias at (559) 623-4078 or sarias2119@gmail.com, or Cece Sandoval Bobst at (559) 305-0652 or c_bobst@yahoo.com.
receives boost in Ruiz 4 Kids grant
Sentinel staff report
“Why is it important for students to make a robot? It’s just a joy,” said Cutler Elementary School teacher Teresa Langdon.
The Cutler teacher was recently awarded Ruiz-4-Kids Mini Grant for Teachers of just under $1,000 for her project ‘VEX kits for engineering and coding’.
For the project the students are asked to use the four C’s of the 21st Century: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity.
“They will have to collaborate and communicate with each other in order to develop and construct a robot that works,” explained Langdon. “They will be able to critically think and become problem solvers by exploring what will work and troubleshoot when they encounter a problem. They will have to use creativity to create their robot, rather than simply using robots that are already created.”
Langdon said that using the four C’s in her classroom is necessary for them as future working adults.
"Students have found that if they have a machine that is not working correctly, they need to reflect, go backwards, find the design error and then find a way to correct it," said Langdon. "It takes patience and perseverance to problem solve, a skill our future leaders need."
Her class began the project on Thursday, Apr. 4, and on hand to witness the robots being built was Ruiz-4-Kids Community Relations Administrator Blanca Santana.
“When you take a look at the classrooms 20 years ago compared to now, it is astonishing how much more you see robotics or elements of robotics being taught to students,” said Blanca of the project.
She added, “This shows how quickly our world is changing and how our teachers are quickly trying to incorporate this information to prepare their students for the future. We are happy to help these teachers in any way we can and are excited about Ms. Langdon’s project.”
About Ruiz 4 Kids
Ruiz 4 Kids is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 when employees of Ruiz Food Products, Inc. approached co-founder Fred Ruiz asking him to help them explore ways to assist families with children
Cutler Elementary School teacher Teresa Langdon looks over her student's robot projects. The project received a $961 grant from Ruiz 4 Kids, allowing students to create their own robots through collaboration with their peers.
in need.
Today, Ruiz 4 Kids works
to fund two youth/education programs; scholarships for high school seniors and college students and the Mini-Grants for Teachers program.
About Ruiz Food Products, Inc.
Ruiz Foods is a privately owned corporation with corporate offices in Dinuba. Kim Ruiz Beck, the elder daughter of Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Fred Ruiz, is Chairman. Rachel Cullen is the President and CEO.
Ruiz Foods is dedicated to premium quality, authentically prepared frozen foods selling to all channels of distribution: retail, convenience store, clubs, vending, industrial and foodservice. The El Monterey® brand is the #1 frozen Mexican food brand in the U.S.
Tornados®, the company’s snack brand, is the #1 roller grill item across the nation. Ruiz Foods employs over 3,600 Team Members in California, Texas and South Carolina.
For more information, please visit www.ElMonterey.com or www.myTornados.com.
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Two students build a robot at Cutler Elementary School.
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