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more to learn across the state
NJAHPERD convention to address
healthy, active lifestyles
The N.J. Association for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (NJAH-
PERD) will hold its annual convention,
themed “Promoting Healthy, Active Lifestyles,”
Feb. 21-23, at Ocean Place Resort
and Spa, Long Branch.
Sessions are planned to focus on lifetime
sports and activities, fitness education,
technology, dance, health, inclusion, assessment
and many other topics to provide
teachers with varied and valuable resources.
The national, eastern district and NJAH-
PERD teachers of the year from elementary,
middle and high school levels will share
their expertise and motivate attendees to
return to their students with new ideas to
promote lifetime wellness.
The preconvention offerings on Sunday
include FitnessGram training, a curriculum,
instruction, and assessment workshop
(gr. 6-12), and a SPARK NEW’s for Elementary
workshop. Preconvention workshops
are free to NJAHPERD members.
To register or for more information
on fees, schedule and hotel, visit www.
njahperd.org and click on the “annual
convention tab” or contact Jackie Malaska,
NJAHPERD executive director, at njahperd@verizon.net
or 732-918-9999.
Registration open for free spring mock
trial programs
Students and teachers in grades 3-8 will
serve as jurors in mock trials at the New Jersey
Law Center in New Brunswick in May
at a program sponsored by the New Jersey
State Bar Foundation.
Registration is now open for the Law Fair
(grades 3-6) and Law Adventure (grades
7-8) interactive programs where students
and teachers will hear original, winning
mock trial cases presented by their peers
and will render verdicts. Judges and lawyers
will preside over the trials.
Programs for grades 3-6 will be held May
23-26, and for grades 7-8 on May 16-19. All
programs are free of charge.
To register visit www.njsbf.org. For more
information contact Sheila Boro, director
of mock trial programs, at 732-937-7519 or
sboro@njsbf.org.
WPU presents “Mixed-Race Mixtape” and
Theater for Children with Autism
William Paterson University (WPU) will
present “Mixed-Race Mixtape” on Thursday,
Feb. 25. The performance will run from
12:30-2 p.m. at the Shea Center for Performing
Arts in Wayne. Tickets cost $5.
“Mixed-Race Mixtape” is an interactive
performance that focuses on complex
issues, such as race, class and identity
by melding rap, monologues, and instrumentals
into a powerful theater show. The
production concludes with a post-show
discussion. Note: this show contains some
strong language. Reserve tickets by Feb. 1.
Also at WPU, the Theater for Children
with Autism and Theatreworks USA present
“Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to
School” on Friday, March 18, at 10:30 a.m.
Tickets are $8.
This sensory-friendly musical is open to
classes and families with children on the
autism spectrum. Reserve tickets by Feb. 26.
The Theater for Children with Autism
and Theatreworks USA will also present
“Seussical,” another sensory-friendly musical
open to classes and families with children
on the autism spectrum. Tickets are
$8; reserve by March 31.
For tickets, call 973-720-3178 or email
Lavene GassYoumans at gassyoumansl@
wpunj.edu.
Math workshops offered at Rutgers
The Rutgers Department of Mathematics
and the university’s Center for Discrete
Mathematics and Theoretical Computer
Science (DIMACS) are offering math workshops
for elementary, middle, and high
school teachers. The workshops are held on
Rutgers’ Busch Campus and run from 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m.
The following workshops will be offered
in March; workshops given in January, February,
and April (and the summer) can be
found on the websites below.
High school topics include: Instructional
Strategies to Meet the New Math Standards
for Middle and High School Mathematics
(March 3); Mathematical Forensics: Solving
Crimes Using Mathematics, Grades
10-12 (March 4); How to Break into the
World of (Mathematical) Modeling, Grades
8-11 (March 11); 30th Annual Precalculus
Conference (March 18; see dimacs.rutgers.
edu/precalc-conf for details); and Thinking
about Calculus before “Calculus,” Grades
9-12 (March 25).
Middle school topics include: Methods
for Engaging Middle School Math Students
with Technology, Grades 6-8 (March
2); Instructional Strategies to Meet the
New Math Standards for Middle and High
School Mathematics (March 3); How to
Break into the World of (Mathematical)
Modeling, Grades 8-11 (March 11); and
Mathematical Expeditions in the Middle
School, Grades 6-8 (March 14).
Elementary school topics include: Activities
and Games to Enhance Mastery of the
Measurement, Geometry and Data Standards
in Grades 3-5 (March 10).
To register for or obtain more information
about these and other workshops, go to
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/k12-prof-dev/.
Mini-courses look at nutrition and fitness,
opera and the Hitler phenomenon
The Camden County College Center for
Civic Leadership and Responsibility (CCLR)
is sponsoring five-week mini-courses starting
in January. The cost is $25 per course or
$50 for unlimited courses through August
2016.
The following evening courses will be
held on the Blackwood campus:
• The Hitler Phenomenon (Tuesdays, Jan. 23-
Feb. 23)
• One Percent Better: An Introduction to
Nutrition and Fitness Basics (Tuesdays, Jan.
23-Feb. 23)
These courses will be held at the Rohrer
Center in Cherry Hill:
• Marching Through Old Dominion: Battleground
Virginia (Mondays, Jan. 25-Feb. 22)
• Opera - Passion, Politics, and Power (Thursdays,
Jan. 21-Feb. 18)
• Discovering New Worlds (Fridays, Jan. 22-
Feb. 19)
Don’t miss the free lecture on Thursday,
Feb. 11, titled “Return to Iwo Jima.” CCLR is
also sponsoring a free 15-week course, titled
“Topics in History: America and the Middle
East.” It will run on Wednesdays from Jan.
20 through May 4.
Visit www.camdencc.edu/civiccenter or call
856-227-7200, ext. 4333, for further details.
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