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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Interested in Working with Environmental Education?

A volunteer opportunity:


Forwarded conversation
Subject: Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
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From: Windjue, Sara <Sara.Windjue@uwsp.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:31 AM
To: "Santha.Bickford@gmail.com" <Santha.Bickford@gmail.com>

Hi Santha,
I am reaching out to you to get more information about the Stevens Point Area Retired Teachers’ Association. I work in the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education on the campus of UWSP. We are a statewide program providing services and resources to teachers and school with the goal of increasing environmental literacy at the K-12 level. 

We offer a variety of PD throughout the state and will be offering four after-school workshops in April in Stevens Point with the goal of providing place-based resources to support literacy in the elementary classroom. We will also be providing a series of nine day-long workshops in the summer focused on various topics such as 3D Learning with Project Learning Tree, Bird Education, Invasive Species, and Renewable Energy. 

I’m wondering if you connect with current classroom teachers in the Stevens Point area? Are there ways you can help promote our PD and resources to area teachers (or teachers state-wide for that matter)? Or, are you strictly focused on retired teachers?

I’d like to learn more about what you do and if there are ways we can work together in the future to continue to improve environmental literacy in our students. (My daughter is currently enrolled in McDill)

I will also be participating in the Stevens Point Area School District Strategic Planning…will you or another retired educator be part of that process?

Thank you! I look forward to hearing from you.
Sara Windjue


Sara K. Windjue – Senior Outreach Specialist
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE)
1108 Fremont St., 201 SSC
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
ph: 715-346-4163 - fax: 715-346-4698
swindjue@uwsp.edu - www.uwsp.edu/keep
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From: Santha Bickford <santha.bickford@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:51 PM
To: "Windjue, Sara" <Sara.Windjue@uwsp.edu>

Sara, our focus is retired educators. We have little contact with current teachers except to support  them and their students by attending Board meetings and attempting to keep current with legislation effecting our schools. I'll be glad to share your project and activities as a "news item" on our website if you like. Good luck with your work for the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education!. 

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From: Windjue, Sara <Sara.Windjue@uwsp.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:59 AM
To: Santha Bickford <santha.bickford@gmail.com>

Thanks for responding so quickly.

Do retired educators ever look to become volunteer with organizations? In the near future, we may have a need for volunteer educators to help us deliver professional development to current teachers. If you think there would be interest in that, I’d be happy to provide additional information, or maybe that could be the “news item” to find out if there is interest. 

Please share our website if you’re able: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/wcee/Pages/default.aspx

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend,
Sara



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Thank You

We're received thank you notes from some of our grant and stipend recipients.

From Gene Jacobs:

Hi Jan,
I want to thank you and SPARTA for the generous donation towards our research, it’s greatly appreciated.  Lorraine and I enjoyed the luncheon and visiting with some young friends.

Thank you,
Gene and Lorraine

Eugene Jacobs
Raptor Services, LLC
1601 Brown Deer Lane
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-347-7998
Email: gjacobs@uwsp.edu
           gene@RaptorResearch.com

Website: 
http://raptorservices.rezgo.com  
Visit us on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/LinwoodSpringsResearchStation

Announcement:  Announcement:  We are offering four  5-day Raptor Workshops in 2017: "Introduction to Raptor Field Techniques" can be taken for credit through UW- Stevens Point. Two summer session:  5-9 June  2017.  Fall session: 2-6 October, 2017.  Visit http://raptorservices.rezgo.com  for details.

From the Portage County Historical Society:






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Sunday, March 26, 2017

The Last One, I Promise

This is the last in the series of "What's Wrong with this Picture?"  I couldn't help myself.  Found this from Digby at Hullabaloo:


Justin Shanes‏ @justinshanes
Meanwhile, at today's meeting on feline healthcare...
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Friday, March 24, 2017

More T-shirts for Sale

Our t-shirts were such a hit, we had a demand for another order.  We have sizes small, medium, large, ex-large, 2X, 3X, and 4X.  Copy the form listed in the sidebar and return it with your payment before April 14.  The cost is $13 per shirt.

Send form and check (made out to SPARTA) to:
Jan Langton
2010 Aspen Lane
Plover, WI 54467

Your order
will be available for pick-up at the Book Sale on May 2-6 and at the May 8 meeting at the Golden Corral.

Questions? Call Jan or Santha.
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Scary Bedtime Reading


From alternet.org (Click on link, go to this headline):

NEWS & POLITICS

Is Wisconsin the Pin in the Hand Grenade for a Billionaire-and Corporate-Funded Coup to Rewrite the Constitution?


The Wisconsin GOP is calling for a constitutional convention.  They need just five
more states to make it happen.
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March 13 Meeting

Gene Jacobs with a great horned owl, Sassy.

Thanks to Gene Jacobs for sharing his research into saw-whet owls and merlins.




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What's Wrong with this Picture, Part 2

From the website Hullabaloo:

Can you see what's wrong with this picture?
by digby
There were a lot of complaints from the Freedom Caucus about men having to pay for any insurance policy that includes maternity benefits or mammograms. They met with Trump earlier today to try to hammer out a deal:

Vice President Pence‏Verified account @VP
Appreciated joining @POTUS for meeting with the Freedom Caucus again today. This is it. #PassTheBill
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Friday, March 17, 2017

The Numbers Speak for Themselves

The new budget:


After school programs that feed kids: "No evidence they improve performance."

Meals on Wheels, eliminated: "Sounds great," but one of those programs "not showing any results."

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:  $250 million in grants eliminated

National Institute for Health: $6 billion in funds slashed

Habitat for Humanity: eliminates federal funding

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: eliminated

National Endowment for the Arts: eliminated

National Endowment for the Humanities: eliminated


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Thursday, March 16, 2017

What's Wrong with this Picture?

This from the Washington Post:

Saudi Arabia Creates Girls' Council to Empower Women
Let's see, what does that remind me of....?

The panel for this morning’s House Oversight and Government Reform committee hearing on birth control access. (Feb. 16, 2012)

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

March 13 General Meeting: Meet the World's Official Cutest Critters


 Come and spend some time with Gene Jacobs and get to know about his work with owls.  He'll share his experiences interacting with these amazing animals. 

Call in your reservations to Sherri Wallerman at 715-344-0031 by noon on Thursday, March 9.

You can download the agenda, notes, and minutes by selecting them under the "News and Notes" section on the right sidebar. 





Shown in these pictures: Northern Saw Whet Owl. (Unless Gene tells me otherwise.)


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