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Some students sat at the edge of the pool, kicking their legs in the water while others immediately jumped into the 4-foot-deep area.
Each swimming instructor at the Helen P. Brown Natatorium approached the beginning of the lesson differently Thursday. Six classes of Holland Elementary School fourth- and fifth-graders traveled to the pool at South Side High School that morning to continue the swimming techniques they had learned in five previous trips.
The noise level was high as the excited students waited to be let into the locker rooms. They then changed into their bathing suits, showered and went into the pool area where they split into five groups.
The instructors then took them into the shallow area where each instructor focused on a different technique. Students dipped their heads under water, swam freestyle across the pool or floated with their arms extended and legs kicking.
“Some kids haven’t ever been in the pool, so just having their face in the water is a big deal,” said Shannon Harris, fourth-grade teacher.
Fifth-graders Jorden Klingenberger, 11, and Fayth Eastes, 11, are two of about 30 students who will put Thursday’s lesson to good use this week. The students are traveling with the Holland staff to Atlantic Beach, N.C., where they will study marine ecology up the coast.
They had snorkeling lessons last week and will use those skills when they actually snorkel this week.
ksoderlund@jg.netRecognitions
•The Bunche/Towles PTA received five awards from the state PTA for maintaining and increasing membership.
•The following Anthis Career Center students received awards at the Health Occupations Students of America State Leadership Conference: Tyler Daniels, third place; Sarah Lindelien and Kimberly Oaks, third place; Alexandria Schott, second place; Breh Sparks, third place; Brittany Delagrange, second place; and Jennifer Kuhn, third place.
•The following Huntington University students received awards: Sara Kessie, of Columbia City, Female Forester of the Year; Chris
Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, department of business award; Andrew Hetrick, of Fort Wayne, department of mathematics and computer science award; Aaron Eberly, of Ligonier, department of music award; Carmen Schlatter, of Fort Wayne, department of psychology award; and Emily Horne, of Columbia City, department of sociology award.
•The following Fort Wayne Community Schools students received awards at the FAME Festival: JT Wenglikowski, Croninger, Landon
Clark, Franke Park; Sylvia Singh, Glenwood Park; Katie Crisler, Towles; Michael Wallace, Holland; Nijah Easley, Levan Scott; Cody
Neadstine and Loren Martinez, Waynedale; Tim Charles,
Dasha White and Skylar Ortiz, all of Kekionga.
•Valparaiso University meteorology student Mark Corchelt of Fort Wayne won second place in WxChallenge, a national weather forecasting contest.
•Middle school teachers, Nick Balmoria of Blackhawk Middle School, Richard Flickinger of Leo Junior-Senior High School, and Bob
Brothers of Canterbury, won an award sponsored by Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science and Indiana Michigan Power at the 2008 Indiana Regional Future City Competition.
•Carolyn Schultz, third-grade teacher at St. Therese Elementary School, was among 100 teachers recognized in this year’s Honeywell Got2BSafe! national safety contest.
•The three essay winners for the American Red Cross Humanitarian Essay Contest are Amanda Sue McBroom, sixth-grader at Blackhawk Middle School; Damon De Jesus, seventh-grader at Blackhawk; and Cecelia Nguyen, eighth-grader at Shawnee Middle School.
•Keystone Schools senior Luke Wiesenberg received the Sertoma Award (an acronym for “service to mankind”) during a ceremony at IPFW.
• Northrop High School photography students Kevin Leigh-Manuell, Ryan Hake and Seth Bauserman won the University of Saint Francis CAP program project Images of The Outdoor Gallery Images of Our City.
•Concordia Lutheran High School student Daniel Sheafer received a Regent scholarship from Concordia University, Nebraska.
•Chad Jones and Seth Jones, both of Hamilton, and Laura Dennis,
Kayla Mitman and Haven Wegesin, all of Angola, received $2,900 as part of the Humanities/Fine Arts Scholarship program.
•High school senior Ronnye Rutledge, of Fort Wayne, received a scholarship of up to $30,000 per year for four years from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Rutledge plans to attend Harvard University.
