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June 2 - 15, 2007 A+13
Chamber names New camp for young “professors”
scholarship recipients
There’s a new camp in town for kindergarten through sixth-grade students that
teaches them about science while entertaining with goop, rockets and pharaohs.
The three recipients of Chandler Chamber of Commerce’s annual Chandler
The camp is called Science Adventures, and sessions run June 11 through July 23
Chamber Community Foundation scholarships were announced, and scholarships
at Erie Elementary School, 1150 W. Erie St. in Chandler.
will be presented to the winners at the Chandler Chamber Annual Awards Dinner
Themed programs are scheduled as follows:
at 5:30 p.m. Thu., June 7 at the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort.
Go Wild: Students leap into the wild to investigate extreme plants and animals
This year’s scholarship recipients are Gina Comma, Terah Houser and
the week of June 11.
Brian Maldonado. All are Chandler residents, and each was awarded a $1,500
Gizmos, Gadgets and Goop: Campers invent with electronics in a secret lab
scholarship.
where science and imagination mix to create amazing contraptions during the
The students qualifi ed for the scholarship by holding a grade point average of
weeks of June 18 and July 23.
3.0 or higher and studying a business related fi eld. All three are also attending
Mystery of the Pharaoh’s Treasure: Youths journey to the land of pharaohs to
and will use their scholarships at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, another
solve an Egyptian mystery and hunt for two long-forgotten treasures in the week
requirement of the scholarship.
beginning June 25.
The awards presentation will also include the Education Scholarship Awards
Space and Rocketry ’07: Students launch the razor rocket to take a mission
and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Workplace Flexibility, which have not been
through space and a journey to the stars during the week of July 9.
named yet.
Science Adventures summer camps are administered by Knowledge Learning
A limited number of $50 seats are still available for the event. For information,
Corporation School Partnerships in conjunction with local schools and community
call 480-963-4571 or register online at www.chandlerchamber.com and click
organizations. A full-day session, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., costs $269, and half days, 9
events calendar.
a.m. to noon, are $169 until June 22.
To register, call 800-4-SCIENCE or visit www.scienceadventures.com.
Preschool playground goes “green”
Chandler teacher speaks
at Houston forum
Chandler High School teacher Michael Gray was invited to present information
about Link Crew, a Coalition for Chandler Youth (CCY) program that helps
incoming freshmen adjust to high school by pairing them with upperclassmen, at
the June 14 through 15 America’s Promise Regional Forum in Houston.
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The Coalition for Chandler Youth is a 17-member group of organizations serving
TIME TO PLAY: A new tile mural on the preschool playground was unveiled at a ribbon
the youth of Chandler, including the Chandler Unifi ed School District. Link Crew
cutting ceremony at the Summit School of Ahwatukee, marking the beginning of the
runs Freshmen Orientation and sponsors several social events throughout the fi rst
preschool’s long awaited playground renovation. Each child in the preschool, which serves
Chandler, Tempe, Ahwatukee and the East Valley, painted a tile to commemorate Summit’s
semester including a tailgate party for the fi rst home football game, the Freshman
Week of the Young Child. Using environmentally friendly materials, the preschool is making
Friday popsicle event, helping guide parents for Open House and Road trips for
a “green statement” with recycled rubber mulch, raised fl ower and vegetable gardens, a
attending away athletic events.
boulder mountain and a composting station.
“SELL YOUR HOME FAST
AND FOR TOP DOLLAR”
MIKE FOLEY
(480) 216-7878
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