In the "What's Right with Pateros Schools" report during Monday's school board meeting, staff shared that the Sept. 12 open house was a success. More parents turned out than last year, and 300 hamburgers were served. Translation was provided by the new counselor, Omar Montejano.
Pateros students again traveled to Wenatchee to perform inthe third annual "Las Memorias," organized by Washington State University. The students were selected based on essays about their life experiences, and they worked with other students from Warden and Mabton to create performance pieces based on those writings.
"Our kids did a very fine job in that," said Principal Mike Hull. He called their performances "touching" and said it allowed some shy students to open up.
The Brewster School District is boasting several recent recognitions, such as the Program of the Year for agricultral education during the Washington State Agricultural Educators Conference. Also during that conference, ag teacher Todd Dezellem was chosen as Instructor of the Year.
Brewster Elementary's Imagine Learning program has won the 2011-2012 Imagine Nation Top 50 award.
The district also joined 14 other schools around the state as a recipient of the Outstanding Program award. Brewster won it for its Microsoft IT program, which helps students become proficient in such widely-used software as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
The school shared those achievements on its Facebook page. Find the link at www.brewsterbears.org.
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This day in history
1540: Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.
1779: John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms.
1825: George Stephenson operated the first locomotive that hauled a passenger train.
1939: After 19 days of resistance, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1940: The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was set up. The military and economic pact was for 10 years between Germany, Italy and Japan.
1954: The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host.
1964: The Warren Commission report concluded that there was no conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
1973: U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew said he would not resign after he pleaded "no contest" to a charge of tax evasion. He did resign on Oct. 10.
1979: The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress.
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