Herb Engdahl was a lucky drawing winner, along with Lloyd Meyer.
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Wellness Report - Lou Snodgrass reported that Mrs. David Shirey and Mrs. Bob Hesselgesser both are having some medical issues, as is Martha Keith.
Former member John Goslin is in a nursing home. He enjoys getting cards. If you would like to mail him one, send it to P. O. Box 6085; Carefree, AZ 85377 - 6085. His wife will take it to him, read it and show it. It will help brighten his day.
If you know of a member who is ill and would enjoy getting a card, our thoughts and best wishes - please contact Lou Snodgrass at 575-7018 with the information.
Hosts and Guests – Herb Hayde hosted Jim and Cindy Keller, Conrad Christensen introduced Robert Barnett, and Jana Miller brought Nancy Platt and Cara Herkamp. Jordan Jobe was the guest of Nancy Carpenter and George Hofer brought his wife Joan.
New Members – Lennie Brown inducted two new members. Donna Lewis is Principal of Cactus Shadows High School and thanked the membership for the many ways our Club positively impacts her students. The second new member is Don Burton, who is a former Key Clubber and presently Branch Manager of LPL Financial.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pancake Breakfast – Come this Saturday to eat pancakes with personality. Brian Kunkel is still in need of some helpers for setup, dish washing and cleanup. An Easter egg hunt will take place, also this Saturday, near the Sundial at 10:00.
Western Night – Ted Dimon reminded us that this weekend is the cutoff for reserving a spot at Western Night, which is April 18th.
Yearbook – Ted announced updated yearbooks are available from him after our Wednesday meetings.
Key Club – Kathy Haugner commented on some of the positive effects that she has observed from children participating in Key Club. She also showed a spiffy new T shirt promoting Key Club, which Manny is selling for $15.
Awards – Herb Hayde was presented a Distinguished Service Award for all his efforts coordinating payments to our Club from the Rudy Beckwar Charitable Trust.
Manny Gonzales and wife Peggy received two District Governor Awards for their leadership on many District and Key Club activities.
PROGRAM
Our speaker was James Middleton, a Professor at ASU, who spoke on the subject:
Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education in Arizona.
Mr. Middleton outlined several problems in Arizona, including underachieving students, a general anti-intellectual bias coupled with excessive glorification of athletic skills, high drop out rates and shortage of teachers. Annual STEM teacher shortages in our state are 400 high school math teachers and 250 science teachers. He advocates incentives to counteract this shortage, such as student loan forgiveness and tax credits to businesses that support employees changing their career to teaching. Our speaker reminded us that investing in education will pay dividends on many fronts.
Other innovations possible are distance learning, where students are transported to learn from the best teachers and using technology to transmit teaching to more remote school districts. Our speaker is big on trying to get STEM savvy non teachers involved as tutors. Such tutoring should be a part of the curriculum rather than just for students having learning problems. Perhaps companies could partner with school districts and use job sharing, where an employee spends a portion of their time teaching STEM subjects.
Mr. Middleton indicated that ASU is working on ways to make money from use of the resources of the University system rather than depending only on the State educational budget and tuition. One example mentioned was partnering with Elderhostel to use facilities of the University.
Next Meeting – The program will be Kent Frizon speaking about the effect of AZ state budget cuts on CCUSD.
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