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Tampa:
Sickles High School, best place to teach - hands down, lost last night's football game to Gaither. Close friends who educate Sickles' students are so stressed and overworked, due to faulty district policies, that none of them even mentioned to me how great Sickles' football team had been doing. The game last night was sold out. And while I enjoyed a few glasses of wine down the street during happy hour, students held signs encouraging a Gryphon win. Nice to see.
Almost makes me want to drop by for a visit next week.
But not really.
In other Tampa-related news, Mayor Pam Iorio is trying to persuade Jim Davis to run for mayor. It'd be nice to see Jim get back into politics. He'd do a great job for this city.
Boston:
Courtesy of Jenn, this *is* one of the best Fenway moments I've seen. An autistic man is chosen to sing the national anthem and does a better job than Roseanne. Go figure.
Colorado Springs:
Every Christmas, Jewish volunteers offer to work in different places so that Christian staff can go celebrate the birth of the Lord.
Makes it harder for them to hate us the rest of the year.
Here are some ideas for December 25, 2007 -
Memorial Hospitals: Requires an application, written reference, background check, interview, and training. Give yourself plenty of time for this one! Contact Bonnie Nixon ASAP at Memorial at 365-5298 to request application materials. If you cannot meet all their requirements by 12/25, please consider one of the other options below.
HEALTHSOUTH: Come visit people who are rehabilitating from various injuries. They need people to visit, possibly help serve food/drinks, and/or participate in a craft activity from about 11am to 1pm. Adults and children age 10 and over (with parental supervision) are welcome. RSVP to Robyn Brown at 578-0821.
Salvation Army: They need volunteers on 12/24 at 6pm to set up for dinner the following day, and on 12/25 to greet people and serve food (time frame generally from 10am-2pm). No age limit – families are encouraged to participate. Children need to be supervised. RSVP to Leslie Hickey at 574-6835.
Senior Living Centers: Come visit people who are alone and could use the company. There are a variety of locations. Time of day is TBD. No age limit – families are encouraged to participate. Children need to be supervised. RSVP to Leslie Hickey at 574-6835.
Christmas Unlimited: They need just a few volunteers on Christmas Eve (12/24) from 9am-3:30pm to help distribute toys. Adults and children 12 and up are welcome. RSVP to Michelle Weiss-Persons at 559-8522.
Humane Society: They need 8-16 volunteers, adults and teens over age 14 are welcome; those under 18 should come with a parent. Help with various duties – nothing too heavy though. To RSVP, contact Vivian Weinstein at (210) 823-0033.
If any of these places allow rum and egg nog - I'm in.
posted by kate @ 11:25 AM
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>>Sickles High School, lost last night's football game to Gaither.<<
And I see they play Chamberlain next. When the heck did CHS ever get a football team? When I was there, I don't think they could have beaten Adams Jr. High.
CHS got a good team when they became an inner city school.
The inner city thing might have worked except for the fact that when I was there the inner city was bussed in, so the inner city was already there.
I see Plant HS seems to still have the better team in town which was true when I was there. All those wealthy people along Bayshore Blvd., in Hyde Park and Palma Ceia could afford to feed their sons Rib-Eye Steaks 3 times a day and beef them up to knock the other team's players heads off.
As a former teacher from the area, I will tell you the truth.
CHS is a completely different high school from when we went there. The surrounding middle class areas are poor and run down. Sickles High was built, which draws from Carrollwood. So CHS *has* turned into a primarily inner city school.
Plant has a lot of money and also recruits athletes from other areas. Of course, they get them early so that when the kids have to sit out a while after transferring, it doesn't hurt. And the kids get a quality education in one of the best high schools in the district. Just shows you what money and involved parents can do for a school.
I'm not sure I would call the Forest Hills section poor and run down, but it is definately an older neighborhood.
I lived on Lake Magdalene, so where I was is probably Gaither section by now, as is most of Lutz I imagine. Hey, at least at Sickles you got the Citrus Park mall right there, that's a bonus. I'm guessing Sickles probably cut into what used to go to Leto, too.
Ah, too much to keep up with for what it's worth. CHS will probably choke in a game or two. Some things never change.
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