Greenville News - 02/24/11

1. Sante Jose Sharks beat the Penguins in overtime. By: Tyler
2. Denver Nuggets beat Boston Celtics by 14 points! By: Corey
3. Fourth, fifth and sixth grade students competed in academic games at Slippery Rock University. They placed first! By: Canyon
4. Kids are getting caught doing "fake weed" in school at Keystone Charter School. It's not illegal, but administrators say it is bad for you. By: Lexi
5. Organized labor leaders vowed Wednesday to bury any "right to work" ban on mandatory union membership in Pennsylvania. By: Jayda
6. Freezing rain called for Friday (today!) and it really is!!!!! By Hayli
7. Nets acquire Williams in trade. They traded Derrick Favors for Deron Williams. By: Deacon
8. On Wednesday, the Commodore Perry school board approved the calendar for the 2011-2012 school year by a 6-0 margin. By: Jayda
9. Kenny Surano got the hustle award and Garrett Blaschak got the MVP for basketball. Also, Corbin Kalchthaler got the unsung hero award at their banquet. By Jamin
10. Houston Rockets beat the Cavaliers, 124-119. By Michael
11. Cody Copeland, a wrestler for Greenville, took first in his weight. By: Jamin
12. During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama pledged $5 billion over 10 years to help restore Lakes Erie, Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Ontario. It was to clean up industrial toxins. He kept his word the first year, but the amount he is giving keeps slipping. By: Sabrina
13. The Penguins, Brooks Orpik, has an injured hand from blocking a shot. By: Carter
14. Andrew Johnson was the only US senator from a Southern state to remain loyal to the Union during the Civil War.

Glogster Rocks!

Mrs. Abernethy went to Hershey to present "21st Century Learning with the Creative Cougars" at the Discovery Education Preconference Day of Discovery. Some of the creative cougars skyped in to answer questions from the audience. They were so excited to meet "Glogster Guy" and he enjoyed meeting them, too. He even sent these awesome shirts home! The Creative Cougars love Glogster even more now!

Yoostar!!!

Mrs. Abernethy won this cool green screening system called Yoostar from Discovery Education in Hershey. Creative Cougars were busy putting it all together and figuring out how to use it this morning. Stay tuned for some awesome videos!!!!!

21st Century Learning with the Creative Cougars

21st Century Learning with the Creative Cougars

These are links to the presentation Mrs. Abernethy gave at the DEN PreConference at PETE & C. She skyped in some of the Creative Cougars, so the people in Hershey could meet them. See their pictures below.