- Week of January 27, 2008

HAND MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE REDEDICATED
Alumni, students, parents, staff and community supporters will gather for a special rededication ceremony for Hand Middle School at 4 p.m. Sunday, January 27, in the school’s new auditorium. Hand underwent major renovations as part of the district’s Schools for the 21st Century bond construction program. Sunday’s celebration includes a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the school and musical performances by students. Hand Middle School is located at 2600 Wheat Street; guests are asked to use the King Street entrance.

SCHOOL BOARD, COUNCILS TO HOLD JOINT MEETING
The Richland One Board of School Commissioners, Columbia City Council and Richland County Council will hold a joint meeting at 2 p.m. Monday, January 28, in the Richland One Hall of Fame Room at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the next steps for the Together We Can coalition formed to support Richland One schools. More than 70 coalition members, including representatives of the district, the city and the county, recently traveled to Mobile, Ala., to learn more about a nationally recognized school-business-community partnership that has been credited with helping to raise student achievement in low-performing schools in Mobile County.

MEADOWFIELD FOURTH-GRADERS TO WALK (SING AND DANCE) ON THE WILD SIDE
Their tale of adventure begins deep in the heart of the jungle on Monday, January 28. Using costumes and sets they created themselves, Meadowfield Elementary fourth-grade students will transform themselves into Mowgli, Shere Kahn, Baloo and other well-known characters as they perform the musical version of the children’s classic The Jungle Book. The students have been working with artist-in-residence Lee Shepherd on the production. Free public performances are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the school cafetorium.

Prior to their production, students studied Rudyard Kipling’s original version of The Jungle Book and compared it with the Disney movie adaptation. Their performance incorporates attributes of the Paideia Project, which integrates math, science, reading, writing, art and music in the learning process.

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