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February I. 2012_____________________
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Da Vinci Arts Opens Enrollment Planetarium
Da Vinci Arts Middle School, 2508 N.E. Everett
St., is a Portland Public Schools special focus school
for 6th, 7th & 8th graders with an interest in visual
and performing arts. The arts are often integrated
into core academic classes to reinforce learning and
help students connect to the material.
Da Vinci does not have a neighborhood catchment
area, and accepts students from throughout the PPS
district. Beginning Feb. 10, applications to apply to
the school are available on the school’s website and
in the office.
Admission selection is done by a lottery. Da Vinci
anticipates having 150 openings for 6th graders,
about five openings for 7th graders and about five
openings for 8th graders.
For more information visit pps.kl2.or.us/schools/
davinci and click on the admissions button.
Show at
Mt. Hood
. Scientists recently discovered one o f
the closest supem ovae stars o bserved
in decades in an area called the Pinw heel
Galaxy.
Just w hat is a supernova, and how
pow erful can it be? Find out the answ ers
to these q uestions w hen Mt. H ood C o m ­
m unity C ollege presents “S upem ovae:
T he S p ectacu lar D eaths o f Big S tars!”
T he show w ill be presented live on
M onday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m .
in the C o lleg e’s P lanetarium Sky T h e ­
ater.
“This w ill be an opportunity to learn
about historical supem ovae, how they
w ere form ed and see som e great p h o ­
tos,” says Pat H anrahan, planetarium
director. “ D uring the show , w e w ill use
a star p ro jecto r to see w here these su p er­
novae w ere d iscovered and also discuss
highlights o f the current night sky.”
A dm ission for the general public is $2
and free fo r M H C C students.
T he M H C C P lanetarium is located
n ear the library on the G resham cam pus,
26000 S.E. Stark St.
Da Vinci students
create an outdoor mural
based on the shadow
tracings o f each other.
MMES
East County Job Training Eyed
A national program to train quali­
fied energy plant operators is the
goal o f a proposed educational fa­
cility in T routdale by Mt. H ood
C om m unity C ollege and industry
s p o n so rs .
“W e are excited about the p art­
nership w ith T routdale E nergy C en ­
ter, and the opportunity to give our
students a pathw ay to a career in the
g r o w in g e n e r g y s e c t o r ,” s a id
M ichael H ay, president o f Mt. H ood
C om m unity C ollege. “ W e have a
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local industries to create training
program s that benefit students and
co m p an ies.”
A cross the country there is a
shortage o f qualified energy plant
operators, like control technicians,
according to B ob H ow ard, director
o f D evelopm ent P artners, w hich
develops p o w er plants around the
co u n try .
He said the T routdale facility
w ould help m eet that dem and w hile
creating jo b opportunities for local
resid en ts.
T he program m ay take up to
three years to develop, and m ay
include training in disciplines in­
cluding therm al dynam ics, instru­
m ent technology and controls and
energy regulatory com pliance.
T he T routdale Energy C enter
w ould utilize a natural-gas-fired
electric generation facility on the
site o f the form er R eynolds A lum i­
num plant in Troutdale.
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