Dysart exhibits to combine history, tech

Exhibits combine history, tech

Dysart Unified School District, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Sun City West, is initiating a districtwide competition honoring student-designed exhibits about American history. The Dysart History Fair's focus will be to explain, demonstrate, or otherwise show the impact that science and technology have had or will have on American history.

The History Fair provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of American history and their understanding of the impact of technological change on society, and exhibit 21st-century learning skills. The competition will wind up with a public display of the history exhibits April 25 at the Dysart Education Center in Surprise.

The program is being executed jointly with the Kiwanis Clubs of Division 13 of the Southwest District. Other service groups, such as Los Padres Bank, also are joining the effort.

McDonald's gives students books

Surprise McDonald's supervisor Melanie Points presented Countryside Elementary fourth-graders with a free book, Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer, and Happy Meal bookmark/coupons compliments of Arizona McDonald's owners and Gov. Janet Napolitano.

Countryside is the first Surprise school to receive the book. McDonald's employees are helping distribute the books to encourage children to read.

School psychologists in focus

The National Association of School Psychologists designated Nov. 10-14 School Psychology Awareness Week.

"Making a Difference: Ensuring All Children Are Ready to Learn" was this year's theme, celebrating the role of school psychologists in promoting student success. The organization helps school psychologists promote children's success in school and life, improves collaboration within the school community and highlights the education community's efforts to educate children.

Dysart's psychologists are Marni Lahti, Leigh Ives, Jennifer Smith, Travis Block, Aimee Dolejs, Suzette Fisher, Erin Neidert, Amanda Hardin and David Jewett.