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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017
‘Christmas
Memory’
comes to
CAT
Wish
from 1A
Also, Blake adds, “substan-
tial increases” in the teacher’s
retirement system have further
burdened school districts finan-
cially.
For decades, teachers have
reached into their own pockets
to pay for materials that school
budgets could not provide. It
used to be just reams of paper
or pens and pencils, but in this
digital age, high-tech teaching
tools cost more.
The PTA has fulfilled some
off-budget requests, but not all,
according to school board
member Paul Burns, who
encouraged development of the
Wish List.
The Wish List still includes
items like paper reams, art
sketchbooks and paints. But
today, from the third-grade up,
education is largely computer-
based, just like the work envi-
ronments many students will
enter. Students also respond
well to computer-based learn-
ing because they’ve grown up
Class Act Theatre (CAT) will
present Truman Capote’s “A
Christmas Memory” along with
a hilarious 1930s-style Holiday
Radio Show Friday, Dec. 15,
and Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m.,
and Sunday, Dec 17, at 2 p.m.
All profits will go to Florence
Food Share to help families in
need over the holidays.
Tickets are $15 and are avail-
able at catproductions .org, or at
the CAT box office, 509
Kingwood St., Monday and
Wednesday, from 1 to 5 p.m.
starting Nov. 27.
Tickets can also be purchased
an hour before each show.
“Christmas Memory” by
Truman Capote is both a sweet
and poignant tale of childhood
memories and the Christmas
spirit. The program also features
other old-time radio type enter-
tainment.
For more information, con-
tact David Lauria at 541-999-
0939.
with the Internet as a source of
entertainment and social inter-
action.
Students still read textbooks,
but online teaching tools give
them an edge.
For
example,
Google
Chromebooks “have proven to
be a very useful tool for home-
work,” says Special Programs
Director Lisa Utz, and for
developing “skills such as writ-
ing and keyboarding, collabo-
ration, speaking and presenta-
tion, and time management.
Apps like speech-to-text can
make a huge difference; with-
out that app some [students]
may struggle so hard with the
output of their thoughts that
they are stifled.”
This year, the district used an
$825 Wish List donation from
the Florence Area Democratic
Club to purchase materials
ranging from traditional print-
ed books to an online teaching
supplement.
Third-grade teacher Dolly
Greene received 17 copies of a
book by an Oregon State
University wildlife biologist
about natural habitats and jour-
nal-keeping on field trips.
The books can be shared
with other third-grade teachers
and makes a permanent
resource for students.
In sixth-grade science class-
es, McKenzie Perry’s students
can now visit kidsdiscover.com
for additional articles about
classroom content.
“The website also comes
with educational games and
quizzes,” Perry points out,
“that will help me see their
growth as well as provide extra
practice for kids who need it.”
Fulfilled Wish List requests
evoke gratitude among teach-
ers and administrators alike.
“We really appreciate the
Wish List and the donors that
have helped us fill some of the
items on it,” says High School
Principal
Kerri
Tatum.
“Unfortunately, we are not
always able to buy all of the
supplies that our teachers need,
so this has really helped us fill
in some of those gaps.”
For Perry, the support is
touching.
“Having community mem-
bers step up and help out with
these things is so wonderful
and makes us feel so support-
ed by the community,” she
says.
“The Wish List provides an
avenue for those in the com-
munity that want to partici-
pate, but may not have time to
volunteer,”
Utz
says.
“Knowing that the gift they
give will directly affect stu-
dents can be a way to feel con-
nected. It can also be a very
meaningful way to choose
how to give to the schools, as
each item on the wish list is
individual and unique, as indi-
vidual and unique as our
Florence community.”
Readers can visit the Wish
List through the school dis-
trict’s home page at www.sius-
law.k12. or.us. Click on the
link to “Siuslaw School
District Wish List.”
Cash donations in any
amount are also welcome.
Cash, goods, or services all
qualify as tax-deductible,
charitable donations.
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