Answers to Christmas Trivia- (Norman Rockwell~ A Charlie Brown

Answers to Christmas Trivia- (Norman Rockwell~ A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted on CBS~ “Meet Me in St. Louis”~ Sitting beside
the fire and reading the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol”~ 12 days, 2 turtle doves~ Deck the Halls~ All I want for Christmas is my 2
front teeth~ Jingle Bell Rock~ Santa Claus is Coming to Town~ O’ Little Town of Bethlehem)
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Area College’s total contribution is approximately 2% of the total budget. ETSII serves 600 students. Mineral Area College does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, religion, creed or marital or parental status. For more
information, call the Title VI, Title IX, Section 504 and ADA Coordinator at (573) 431-4593 or U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil
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Volume 3
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From the Director’s Desk- 2
ACT Schedule- 3
Birthdays- 3
Upcoming Events- 3
Washington University- 4
The Fabulous Fox presents: The Color
Purple- 5
UMSL & the Arch photos- 6
Career Corner: Occupational Therapist- 6
How to be a highly effective individual- 7
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Educational Talent Search II – Mineral Area College - P.O. Box 1000, Park Hills, MO 63601- (573) 518-2387
Dear Students & Parents:
I’ve recently been thinking what a wonderful gift it is to be able to read. Since you’re reading
this you may already recognize that gift but think for a minute what life would be like if you
couldn’t read. In my case, there are many things I couldn’t have done. No education, not even
grade school much less college; no job, at least not this one; no learned-from-books projects,
home repairs, or gardening; no travel adventures, at least not organized ones; and, worst of all,
no reading for pleasure.
If you already enjoy reading, I don’t need to convince you. What I would like to do is convince
you that reading for pleasure beats watching TV any day. After all, when you have chosen the
book or article you want to read odds are good that you’ll enjoy it. When you turn on the TV
(unless of course it’s for your favorite show) you may get something worthwhile or you may get
junk. Even if you get something worthwhile, it’s broken up by four minutes of commercials
every five minutes. And what happens if you get a phone call or your little brother interrupts
you. There goes your chance of getting anything out of that show.
With a book you can start or stop whenever you want without missing out. Even if you are
interrupted you can pick up where you left off. You can learn information you’ll use because of
the book selections you make. You don’t have to deal with commercials and you don’t need
electricity. You can read in the top of a tree if you like and the more reading you do, the better
you get at doing it. I’m not sure watching more TV helps you get better at anything other than
being a couch potato.
By the way, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that you spent some of the time reading. If
not, now’s a good time to start.
Jerry Sullivan, Director
Educational Talent Search II
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Casner, Takiesha Cluck, Tiffany Declue, Ashley Evans, Angel Freeland, Jordin
Govero, Jeremy Hammer, Palin Hawkins, Cora Henson, Tabitha Hockenberry,
ACT Schedule
Megan Jarvis, Amanda Kay, James Kircher, Jr., Jesse Lindell, Bethany
Looney, Christian Magden, Elisha McGuire, Amber McMahan, Dylan
McNeil, Cole Mercille, Justin Miller, Daniel Milner, Jacob Missey, Joseph
Nickelson, Cassandra Nickles, Preston Owens, Michaelyn Parks, Ashley
Prier, Jordon Radford, Ashley Resener, Abbi Reynolds, Angela Reynolds,
Kaylob Roux, Elisha Ruhman, Logan Rulo, Anthony Sanders, Dominic
Shaul, Dustin Sisco, Amber Sloan, Olivia Steiner, Michael Stewart, Misty
Stricklin, Christina Taylor, Courtney Turner, Michaela Vance, Peter
Vance, Tammy Wamsley, Logan Whited, Victoralee Wisdom
Hey Juniors!! It’s time to sign up for the
ACT if you haven’t already taken it. Let your
ETS Advisor know before you sign up and
get a fee waiver for the registration fee.
Test Date
Registration
Deadline
Late Fee
Required
February 7, 2009
January 6, 2009
January 7 –
16, 2009
April 4, 2009
February 27, 2009
February 28 –
March 13, 2009
June 13, 2009
May 8, 2009
May 9 – 22,
2009
January
Rebecca Bandy, Abby Brewer, Dakota Buckley, Cheyane Cain, Ashleigh
Carr, Angelina Carter, Dallas Carty, Breanna Cash, Krista Civey, Britney
Coffman, Amy Cook, Casey Cook, Alaina Copeland, Amanda Davis, Kayla
Dean, Levi Earnest, Kyleigh Elliott, Tiffany Evans, Jack Fincher, Kyle
Halbert, Dylan Hall, Garet Harbison, Brandy Hawkins, Rocky Hawthorne,
Tierra Hedrick, Aaron Helms, Brittany Isert, Chelsea Isgrig, Ethan
Jackson, Lexie Jacobs, Chelsea Johnson, Jeffrey Jones, Alexis Knapp,
Sarah Lemon, Sarah Litton, Erica Maness, Toby Manjarress, Nathan
McClain, Brianna McNees, Ryan McNees, Taryn Merseal, Lance Midgett,
Bradley Miller, Dylan Mills, Kelsie Mills, Brandie Milner, Teran
Montgomery, Garrett Morris, Thomas Parks, Audree Pashia, Jarah Pashia,
Kristopher Pearson, Rebecca Pogue, Catherine Pratt, Samantha Price,
Timothy Price, Todd Price, Katherine Reed, Savanah Richards, Sara
Riddle, Taylor Robinson, Brandi Rolens, Robert Schnedler, Kyle
Schwantner, Douglas Shaul, Amber Starns, Richelle Stevener, Briahanna
Thompson, Denim Thurman, Storm Turnbull, Amber Usher, Ashley Vance,
Amanda Warren, Daelyn Wickerham, Ricky Wiggins, Jarrod Wirtz
November
Carissa Akers, Lucinda Andrew, Alexis Beatty, Casey Bourbon, Katie Boyer,
Katlyn Brand, Jessica Brown, Kaylynn Burnia, Hayden Civey, MacKenzie
Compton, Rocky Conway, Mark Cooper, Abigail Cordia, James Daugherty,
Michael Dunbar, Jr., Aaron East, Alexe Eye, Tyler Faulkner,
Brittany Golden, Lisa Griffith, Nicole Harbison, Lindsey
Harmon, Jacob Huey, Annie Johnson, Morgan Kirby,
Andrea Kladis, Britney LaChance, Amanda Lands,
Felicia Lands, Justin Lato, Christopher Lee,
Addrianne Maness, Joshua Marcum, Alyssa McNeary,
Adam Milan, Kyle Miller, Contessa Moyers, Rebecca Narx, Hannah Nash, Sara
Nash, Katherine Nole, Stephen Ogden, Chris Parks, Devin Parks, Holly Parks,
Beth Parson, Sarah Peery, Susie Peery, Donna Pratt, Austin Rea, Korra Roux,
Shawnee Rulo, Aimee Smith, Emily Smith, Demitry Strodtman, Grant Watson,
Levi Welker, Stephanie Whitney, Shyann Woods, Tylar Wuesthoff
December
Chelsea Adams, Robert Albertson, Lauren Banks, Abbigail
Beach, Corrina Berry, Nickie Bishop, Vickie Bishop, Tyler
Bone, Dennis Booker Jr., Heather Bounds, Whitney
Bounds, Kaylee Bowles, Dillion Brannum, Brittney
Brawley, Adam Brewer, Emily Bullock, Brittany
Buntion, Amanda Cain, Lauren Cash, Kassandra
January
17 St. Louis Science Center
February
21 TRIO Day at Mineral Area College
March
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7th & 8th
14 Challenger Learning Center
April
YMCA of the Ozarks
6th
financial aid assistance awards equal or
exceed the cost of tuition.
9th & 10th
Washington University has a long history in
St. Louis. It was founded in 1853. The
Danforth Campus is located across from
Forest Park. The University’s School of
Medicine and the affiliated hospitals and
clinics of the
Washington
University Medical
Center is located at
the eastern end of
the park. Wash U
provides a learning
environment that
offers challenging
courses. Their
belief is that “you’ll
get where you want
to be by becoming an analytical thinker, a
problem-solver, and an effective
communicator.”
Wash U offers a program that seeks to eliminate
need-based loans as part of its undergraduate
financial assistance awards to their students from
low- to middle- income families. Students who
receive financial
assistance come from
a broad range of
economic
backgrounds. Parents
can also choose to
spread their share of
the costs over
time using an interestfree payment plan, or a
competitive fixed
interest rate borrowing
option taking up to 10 years to repay and
freezing four years of costs at the entering-year
rate.
Wash U has an enrollment of approximately
6,000 full time undergraduates. The faculty
to student ratio is 7:1. Class sizes range from
1-24 students. The average class size is 18.
Additionally, half of the undergraduate
courses have fewer than 10 students. There
are nearly 200 student organizations, varsity
and intramural sports.
The five undergraduate divisions sponsor
scholarships and fellowships for exceptional
students. Scholarship and fellowship recipients
generally score in the top ranges on the SAT or
ACT. Most are in the top 10 percent of their
class and have followed an academically
rigorous curriculum in high school. These
awards range from annual awards of $2,500 to
half-tuition scholarships to full-tuition
The cost per year at Wash U is
scholarships with annual stipends. Wash U
approximately $48,884 (including fees, room awarded nearly $65 million in scholarships and
and board). While this cost is high, there are grants in the 2007-2008 academic year to
many financial aid options available. Many undergraduate students.
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For information about Washington University,
check out their website at www.wustl.edu.
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Since 1982 more than 15 million people have
passed through the brass doors of The Fox
Theatre. On November 1st ETS II students had
the opportunity to pass through the doors to
watch a performance of “The Color Purple.”
Many students were visiting the Fox for the first
time.
The Fox Theatre is included in the National
Register of Historic Places. It was built by
William Fox and designed by C. Howard Crane
as a movie house. On January 31, 1929, the
doors were opened for the first time. The movie
shown was a silent film.
According to the Fox Theatre Playbill, the ornate
interior could be described as “Siamese
Byzantine”. It features a chandelier that is 12foot in diameter and weighs 2,000 pounds. The
chandelier is made of gilded pot metal, 2,264
pieces of jeweled glass and 160 light bulbs. The
Fox also features a Wurlitzer organ, one of only
five of its type ever constructed.
In 1981 Fox Associates purchased it and began a
one-year, $2 million restoration process. The
doors were re-opened on September 7, 1982.
The opening show was a musical, “Barnum”.
The show was attended by 4,500. Since the
opening of the Fox in 1929 many people have
enjoyed the entertainment offered at the Fox.
While another trip to the Fox is not in the plans
for this year, I’m sure ETS II will again offer the
opportunity for students to visit the Fox in the
years ahead.
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Occupational
Therapist
Occupational therapists (OT’s) are responsible
for helping people improve their ability to
perform tasks in their daily living and working
environments. They work with individuals who
have conditions that are mentally, physically,
developmentally, or emotionally disabling.
OT’s provide services in a variety of
environments such as schools, hospitals, nursing
care facilities and home health facilities.
Beginning in 2007, a master’s degree or higher
is the minimum educational requirement.
Employment is projected to increase much faster
than the average, as rapid growth in the number
of middle-aged and elderly individuals increases
the demand for therapeutic services. Median
annual earnings of occupational therapists were
$54,660 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent
earned between $45,690 and $67,010. The
lowest 10 percent earned less than $37,430, and
the highest 10 percent earned more than
$81,600. Anyone considering this profession
should take high school courses in biology,
chemistry, physics, health, art and the social
sciences.
Information courtesy of Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of
Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook
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4. Acknowledge Your Feelings ( If you feel
overwhelmed, stop and revaluate what is
Life Balance for Teens
happening in your life that is causing you
to be stressed. Then cut back on the
activities.)
5. Take Care of Yourself (Get plenty of
sleep and eat a good balance diet.)
6. Schedule Time for You
Teens can be overwhelmed with life choices.
Some teens hold down jobs while trying to
balance the daily responsibility of school and
life. A survey from Becky Beacom, a health
educational manger from Palo Alto Medical
Foundation, researched 124 adolescents to what
causes them to be stressed. The survey showed
55% of teens stated homework and school was
the most stressful, which included keeping their
GPA up to get into the right college, tests, and
finals week. Parents and family placing high
expectations on teens to be over-achievers
ranked 15%. Teens’ social life, which included
relationships with friends, extracurricular, and
sex ranked 9%. Accounting for 8% was lack of
time. In this category, teens noted such things as
no time, deadlines, keeping up with school work,
lack of sleep, doing two things at once, and too
much going on in the life. Sports ranked last at
4%.
Information taken from Palo Alto Medical Foundation 11/17/2008
http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/stress/whatstress.html
What “Saturday Evening Post” artist
was known for his whimsical pictures of
Santa Claus?
What television event occurred on Dec.
1965?
In what Broadway musical was the
song “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas” introduced?
What family tradition did President
Franklin Roosevelt insist on performing
every Christmas Eve?
In the famous song, how many days of
Christmas are there and what gift was
given to the true love on the second day?
Name the following Christmas songs…
Decorate the entryways
Far off in a haybin
Wanted in December: top forward
incisors
Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
The red-suited pa is due in his burg
That exiguous hamlet south of the city
(Answers on back cover)
Teens if you feel overwhelmed and want
balance in your life, try the next six tips to
reduce stress during difficult times.
1. Set Priorities (Focus on what is important
for the day.)
2. Do Not Be an Over-Achiever (Choose
one or two extracurricular activities to be
involved in at school and home.
3. Set Realistic Goals (Start out with small
weekly goals, then move to monthly and
etc.)
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