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~1i$l1"" .. ('I III * "....,..........,...,.,........... Top I 0 Teachers in Minnesota Include One From Centennial Hi. School CcrIIIp w,JcrnrI. CcImmunIlf SeIYlces DInlcrM MarIee Eret has gone over twO hurdles in the race to become Minne- sota Teacher of the Year. Eret made the top 10 list of Honor RoD Teachers after being selected one of 29 Teach- ers of Excellence. The Initial pool of 98 nominees come from statewide teachers orpnIzations. Eret was n0mi- nated by the Centel..... Education As- sociation. The selection panel wiD meet in October to conduct individual inter- views with the 10 Honor Roll Teach- ers and cast their voteS for the 2000 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. The seleCtion will be announced at a lunch- eon on Sunday, October 8. .Many students strugIe with school and want to give up. But the system can't give up on them.. she said. " the school system can help them start to be suc:cessfuI. that suc- - cess will be self-perpetuating. I've de- .-roted my career to helping strugIing . - -' students.. &et adeled. Eret earned her Bachelors at St. Ooud State and Masters at St. Th0- mas University. ~~ __~ ; -f>~ -H__ - -"'lII:::IL I, l ,IJ Her extra curricular ac:dvIdes In- clude the Coupr Read Propm. and II summers of teachIns at the Sum- mer Ac:acIemy for Gifted and Talented Youth. -n.. Teacher of the Year pr0- gram Is an attempt to pe recognIdon to the t.eaehing pi ofassional and all the hard work teachers do.. said Eret. "Politicians and society place IiaIe value on the teachIns profession. A teacher's job Is trying to maximize the pOtential and ClIents of others. not themselves. Anyone who devotes his or her life to teaching Is the teacher of the year.. Centennial's Teacher of the Year Is selected from nominations received by staff, students and community members. Other candidates this year were Candy Boser, Jan Drake. Demis Gable. janice -Kegley, Colleen landin. Rachel - Leafblad. Brian Marquardt. Chris Manning, Da'Itd MundaIe. KIm Olson. Mary Roden. Cyrena Schroe. der and Della Stevens. Help Your Child Succeed... . Set good routines right from the beginning. . Take time to make time. . FoDow a schedule. Children need a schedule they can depend on - one that includes definite times for homework. meals and sleep. Then they can work around those times to include the extra's. . React read. read. Share reading with children. even after they can read them- selves. For variety, try reading newspapers. magazines even comic scrips. You'D send the message that reading Is Imponant.. . Check Into It. Look at what 'your chDcI brinp home from school. Talk about the schoolwork together. this shows that you care about the lftinp your child spends most of the day doIng.. ' . ProbIeml Try the team approach. What can you do f you dOn't aaree with how a teacher Is hancIIin& a probIeml There may be another'- side of the story you haven't heard. It's best to avoid putdna down the t.eadw In front of your child. Whyl Beause your . \ child may develop a r.egatJve attitude toward school. Instead. i you can teach respect by supportIna the teacher - even f you don:t .. with the decision. ,.31 . Centennial . if) Mlclcle School , A Coinmun1ty ofLemners CenteI..da1 Middle School. located In Uno Lakes. Is the r.- school in the CentennIal School DIscrIct. Cnen- nIaI . opened In 1997, and CUI'I'8IIt,Iy houses over IJOG studenu. ..... .... Middle school ... numbers 200 Indud- ing teachers. administrators. and sup- port staff. ~ Please Dbe, Crossing Patrols in scbool area's. 15 to '7 - any time between II pm Be 5 am on Sun.. Men.. Tue.. Wed. Thurs.; and 12..01 am - 5 am on Sat. Be . Please stop into Or, Hall for compIere details regarding this ordinance. Help keep Centerville a Safe CODlDlPDity Report any and an_1SpIcIous actIvItr by calling 911 The CentennIal Lake Poke Department wID pnwlde Inforntadon on how you can protIlCt your p;open.y and yourself. Please caB the non-emeIpnq raanber (763) 784-2501 for cIeIaIIs.