Registration is now underway.
The Current Events Challenge is May 7th, 2008.
If there are any questions in regards to registration, please contact Karen Phillips at (928) 539-6806.
Please keep in mind the following "Challenge"
reminders:
The event is a double-elimination
event with each team getting at least two chances to compete.
The Sun will generate all Current Events questions. Each Thursday
beginning Febraury 8th, you will receive a box containing a newspaper
from each of the previous seven days for your team to practice with. The contest rules can be
found online here. Additional NIE
newspapers are available at a cost of only $.15 each by contacting
the NIE Department at 539-6806. Each school may field only one team. Team members
can be from the fifth and/or sixth grades only.
Winning students and coaches
will receive gift certificates from a local merchant, shirts,
ribbons, and a team banner.
The 2007 participating teams were:
School: Alice Byrne
Coach: Dr. Christopher Ochoa
Principal: Julie Peach
School:G.W. Carver
Coach: Mark De Young
Principal: Deb Drysdale-Elias
School: C.W McGraw
Coach: Jim Gribble
Principal: Chris Clayton
School: Gadsden Elementary
Coach: Michele Hinkle
Principal: Carmelann Barry
School: Rancho Viejo
Coach: Sarah Stewart
Principal: Helen Coffeen
School: Mary A Otondo
Coach: Ginger Turk
Principal: Mike Tatlor
School: Immaculate Conception
Coach: Beth Poor
Prinicpal: Sr. Joellen Kohlmann
School: Pecan Grove
Coach: Sharon Jones
Prinicpal: Danny Garcia
School: San Pasqual Valley Middle
Coach: Suzy Sanchez
Prinicpal: Rauna Fox
School: Palmcroft
Coach: Bill Wachunas
Prinicpal: Patrick Koppinger
School: Harvest Prep Academy
Coach: Robert McGee
Prinicpal: Mario Ybarra
School: Castle Dome Middle
Coach: Robert Butcher
Prinicpal: Harriet Williams
School: Rio Colorado
Coach: Felipe Garibay
Prinicpal: Alyson Bequette
School: Gila Vista Jr. High
Coach: Erika LaVerne
Prinicpal: Rusty Tyndall
School: Desert View Academy
Coach: Alan Baer
Prinicpal: Phyllis Yazzie
School: Woodard Jr High
Coach: Rachael Nickle
Prinicpal: Alan Sulivan
School: Arizona Desert
Coach: Mrs. Hurtado
Prinicpal: Mr. Sanchez
School: James B Rolle
Coach: Michelle Keeling
Prinicpal: LB Gilmer
School: Ron Watson Middle
Coach: Sandi Dreyfuss/Kathy Congrove
Prinicpal: Donna Franklin
School: Mary Elizabeth Post
Coach: Maria Guthrie
Prinicpal: Jorge Zepeda
School: Ronald Reagan
Coach: Jackie Williams
Prinicpal: Mike Wehrer
School: Tierra Del Sol
Coach: Maria Ayala
Prinicpal: Veronica Lopez
School: Ed Pastor
Coach: Deanna Barone-Weiss
Prinicpal: Don Johnson
School: Sunrise
Coach: Mima McCoy
Prinicpal: Tom Wells
School: Desert View
Coach: Traci Hershkowitz
Prinicpal: Jose Urena
School: O.C. Johnson
Coach: Annette Bernal-Coffey
Prinicpal: Jose Cazares
Each team is provided with weekly
study newspapers. These papers are sponsored by Bill Barenholtz.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call or e-mail the NIE
department at 928-539-6806 or kphillips@yumasun.com.