Posted on: Thursday, August 5, 2004
EDUCATION BRIEFS
Rotary builds circulation desk
Advertiser Staff
Central Middle School received a new circulation desk Saturday that was built and installed by members of the Rotary Club of Downtown Honolulu.
The work was part of the club's project to mark the Rotary centennial.
Club members spent two weekends working on the desk. They also donated $275 worth of school supplies and backpacks to students
Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps to promote good will and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million people belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in 166 countries.
The Hawai'i chapter of the National Scholastic Surfing Association will award $2,500 scholarships to one male and one female high school student during the 2004-05 season.
The NSSA Hawai'i Scholarship Award will be based on scholastic achievement, participation in the association, general attitude, leadership and citizenship qualities.
For more information, call 456-7873 or (877) 450-7873.
All public libraries will be closed Aug. 20 in observance of Statehood Day. Call your local library to find out when it will reopen.
State and local organizations dedicated to improving economic and financial literacy may be eligible for money under the federal Excellence in Economic Education Act.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka authored the Economic Education Act and worked to have it included in the No Child Left Behind Act.
For more information, visit www.ncee.net.
Thirteen Hawai'i middle and high school students are among the 151 students who have participated in Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth programs at Hawai'i Pacific University this summer.
The second session ends tomorrow.
The three-week programs allowed students to take an intensive course in logic, geopolitics, cryptology, creative writing or oceanography. HPU is one of 23 sites across the country offering the classes.
To participate, students must take the same SAT given to college-bound high school students and score in the top 1 percent of students their age.
The HPU program has room for growth, according to the Center for Talented Youth. Tuition and room and board for the program cost $2,650, and scholarship money is available.
For more information about the Center for Talented Youth, call (410) 516-0337 or visit www.cty.jhu.edu. Correction: In 2001, Admission Day was renamed Statehood Day. It is celebrated on the third Friday in August. The old name was incorrectly used.
Surf group has 2 scholarships
Libraries closed for state holiday
Economic ed money available
The National Council on Economic Education will use a $1.48 million award, plus matching dollars, to finance teacher training activities and workshops, resources for school districts, research, student activities and dissemination and replication of best practices to better help students manage their personal finances.
Talented Youth program at HPU
