9/6/2012 - West Side Leader
     

Revere Fall Extravaganza planned for Sept. 17

RICHFIELD — The Revere High School (RHS) PTSA will host its annual Fall Extravaganza Sept. 17 with activities for families and opportunities to support the district’s students.

Activities will begin at 5 p.m. in the RHS parking lot and will conclude around 8 p.m. in the stadium after the introduction of the middle school fall sports teams and youth football and soccer teams. 

Featured during the event will be games for all ages, a sale of sportswear and spirit items, raffles, entertainment, food and beverages. All activities and sales are sponsored by student organizations and sports teams as fundraisers, so there is a separate charge for each, according to organizers. 

Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students, with all proceeds benefiting the programs and activities of RHS PTSA. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the high school gymnasium.

For more information, call 330-659-4750.

Educational workshops being offered

CUYAHOGA FALLS — A Project WILD, Project Aquatic and Project Growing Up WILD workshop will take place Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lions Park and Lodge, 641 Silver Lake Ave.

Support for this workshop is from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), the Summit Soil and Water Conservation District and the city of Cuyahoga Falls, according to workshop officials.

Project WILD and Project Aquatic (for students in kindergarten through 12th grades) include curriculum for teaching ecology, wildlife and water resource principles that are correlated to the Ohio Academic Standards, according to workshop officials. Participants of this workshop will engage in cooperative, hands-on activities and simulations. Upon completing the training, participants will receive for free the comprehensive Project WILD, Project Aquatic and Growing Up WILD curriculum and activity guides (preschool to third grade) as well as other resource material to use in the classroom or an informal educational setting, according to workshop officials.

Growing Up WILD is aimed at ages 3-7 and includes 27 tested activities.

According to workshop officials, the centerpiece of this workshop is the curriculum and activity guides. Written for learners of all ages, the activities and lessons incorporate a variety of formats, such as large and small group learning, whole-body activities, laboratory investigations, discussion of local and global topics and community service projects.

The ODNR is providing Project WILD, Project Aquatic and Growing Up WILD guides for free. The guides have more than 170 activities, according to workshop officials.

The presenters will include Gene Easter, a brushfire science consultant, and Sandy Barbic, of the Summit Soil and Water Conservation District.

Registration is due by Oct. 6 and is limited to 30 participants. There is a $2 cost for consumables, and participants should bring a sack lunch. Registrants must be older than 13.

To register, send a check made out to Gene Easter to: 540 S. Ridgecliff St., Tallmadge, OH 44278.

For more information, contact Easter at gleaster@sbcglobal.net or 330-928-6691.

Kathleen Folkerth and Maria Lindsay contributed to these reports.

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