Browse past news stories for West Park School in West Park, NY.

• Youth calendar (The News Journal)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 04:59:53 pm
  Send announcements of local tournaments, tryouts and league registrations to sports@delawareonline.com, by fax to 324-2298 or by mail to The News Journal Sports Department, 950 W. Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720
• Fencing comes to West Park School (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:32:35 am
  Nothing is as easy as it looks in the movies, including the sport of fencing. This is what the students of West Park School learned on Nov. 12 when they had a professional fencing coach give them a few pointers.
• A day for teachers to become students (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:31:18 am
  Students see it as a day off from school, but for teachers, professional development or PD days are their time to learn. So what do teachers do on these mysterious days when the classrooms are empty?
• West Coast Harry Potter (Red Deer Advocate)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:38:34 pm
  The magical legends of the West Coast Salish people continue to inspire Red Deer author Judy Moody, who has just self-published her second Golden Eye story for young readers.
• NC school officials nix cash-for-grades fundraiser (MalaysiaNews.net)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 01:20:18 am
  Broward School Board members revoked the charter for the struggling Susie Daniels Charter Elementary Tuesday, despite impassioned pleas from teachers and parents to let the West Park school operate. ...
• Inside Education: Service learning alive and well in Tracy Unified (Contra Costa Times)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:12:18 am
  DESPITE THE state's ongoing budget crisis, a number of programs, such as Tracy Unified's service learning, are actually thriving.Of course, it helps to be funded by a federal grant that has nothing to do with California's budget mess.
• Two left in chase for Derby BSF (contractjournal.com)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 02:33:33 pm
  Two rivals will now lock horns for a £230m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project in the East Midlands.
• Schools keep Terry's dream alive (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 04:10:49 am
  When Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980, he had no idea what an impact it would have on generations of Canadians.
• ‘Green is the new black’ — Miss Earth SA (The Natal Witness Group)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:20:40 pm
  GREEN is the new black, according to Miss Earth South Africa 2009, Chanel Grantham, who formally opened this year’s garden and leisure show at the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday evening.
• Many positives in San Joaquin school test scores, officials say (Contra Costa Times)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 05:40:22 pm
  The Tracy and Manteca districts assess Academic Performance Index results.
• BLSD moves into new school year (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 04:09:27 am
  With the 2009/2010 school year on the horizon, administrators in Border Land School have been hard at work completing a few ongoing projects. “One big project is the septic field out in Sprague,” says BLSD superintendent Tim Mendel. “We’re in the process of completing that.”
• Volunteers set to organize new soccer season (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 04:22:25 am
  For Rodrigo Bravo, soccer runs in the family. A former pro soccer player, Bravo’s father and brother also played at that level. He and other organizers of Altona Minor Soccer are hoping to raise the caliber of the sport in Altona.
• Broward closes struggling West Park charter school (Miami Herald)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 05:03:08 am
  Broward School Board members revoked the charter for the struggling Susie Daniels Charter Elementary Tuesday, despite impassioned pleas from teachers and parents to let the West Park school operate.
• Altona schools earn credits (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on July 3, 2009 at 04:16:27 am
  Two Altona elementary schools have successfully completed the “Go Active! Fitness Challenge”, earning $500 in Wintergreen phys-ed credits to use towards new gym equipment.
• The Tracy Press (Tracy Press)
  posted on June 28, 2009 at 06:02:44 am
  is one of only a handful of family-owned newspapers left in California. Four generations of Matthews family members have led the Tracy Press to the newspaper company that it is today. But they haven’t done it alone.
• Students clean up Altona (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 04:12:17 am
  The streets of Altona are a lot tidier this week thanks to West Park School students.
• Buddy system to be tested at local schools (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 04:18:54 am
  Two Altona schools have been chosen out of 20 Manitoba schools to participate in a pilot project that promotes physical activity, good nutrition and self-esteem.
• Local News (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 04:14:06 am
  Our staff did a lot of work coordinating all this. It’s a lot of work getting everything in place, but we think it’s well worth it. - Gord Sawatzky Every three years, the kids at West Park School get an afternoon away from their desks to learn about the world outside the classroom.
• Community Events (The Newark Post)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 03:28:53 pm
  The City of Newark Parks and Recreation is taking registration for the Summer Playgrounds. We have three locations: Handloff Park and West Park School and Fairfield Park. The program consists of outdoor activities such as arts and crafts and games.
• Events Calendar (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 04:18:18 am
  Calendar Tip: Click on a date to see what's happening in your community! Add An Event Tip: Keep the community up to date with our shared Events Calendar. You can have your event up and posted in just a couple of minutes with our easy to use Event Information form.
• Share Content (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 09:30:50 pm
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• Science Olympics combine fun with learning (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 09:00:13 pm
  Blackboards and textbooks have their place, but sometimes you need to shake things up a bit to help kids learn. At least that’s Gord Sawatzky’s opinion. The West Park School principal is a big believer in creative education and the school’s annual Science Olympics event is just one example of this.
• Quiz night puts intellect to the test (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 05:01:08 pm
  Identifying movie stars, chocolate bars and TV theme songs may not sound like any fundraiser you’ve ever attended, but at West Park School it’s an annual event.
• Altona Panthers back in action (Altona Red River Valley Echo)
  posted on March 20, 2009 at 04:16:37 am
  The excitement is contagious as members of the Altona Panthers team arrive at West Park School for their regular Monday evening training session.