Otsego meeting is Monday
TONTOGANY – Due to a scheduling conflict, the regular Otsego Board of Education meeting has been changed
to Monday at 7 p.m. in the junior high school gymnasium.
PHS plans Dialogue Night
PERRYSBURG – Underage drinking is just one of the topics that will be discussed during Dialogue Night at
Perrysburg High School.
The event, set for Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., is sponsored by the Wood County Educational Service Center.
It is an evening of conversation between parents and youth with the specific goal of increasing
communication between generations. The evening is open to all adults in the community and high school
students, and both will be able to participate in conversation in a non-judgmental environment. Parents
will speak in one group, and their children will hold their discussion in another group. Dialogue will
take place on pre-determined topics.
Owens hosts Rapid Registration Week
Anyone interested in taking college classes this spring are invited to attend Rapid Registration Week at
Owens Community College, Monday through Dec. 5.
Spring Semester classes begin on Jan. 7.
The college will be open extra hours for Rapid Registration Week from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through
Thursday. Additionally, students may register from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, and from 8 a.m. until
noon on Dec. 5.
For more registration information or to obtain a schedule of courses for the spring term, contact
Enrollment Services at (567) 661-7777 or (800) GO-OWENS, ext. 7777, or access the college’s Web site at
www.owens.edu.
Otsego Junior High book fair
TONTOGANY – The Otsego Junior High will have a Scholastic Book Fair during school hours, running Monday
through Friday. The book fair will be open until 6 p.m. on Thursday during the junior high girls’ home
basketball game.
Academy give placement test
TOLEDO – St. Ursula Academy will be giving the High School Placement Test on Dec. 5th from 8:10 a.m. to
12:15 p.m.
Students who score in the 98th or 99th percentile on the placement test receive a $3,000 scholarship.
Students who score in the 90th to 97th percentile on the test earn scholarship monies ranging from $500
to $2,000 per year. Academic scholarships are renewable each year. Other opportunities for financial
assistance are available.
St. Ursula uses the results of this test to help with admission decisions and determine eligibility for
academic scholarships.
The High School Placement Test is required for any eighth-grader interested in attending St. Ursula
Academy in the fall of 2010. No reservation is required. There is a $20 test fee payable that day.
For more information about the testing and scholarship opportunities, go to www.toledosua.org or call
(419) 329-2210.
Student from Luckey attends plastics technology conference
Five Terra Community College students recently were guests of a national professional organization at its
annual convention in Savannah, Ga.
The Society of Plastics Engineers, Color and Appearance Division, picked up the tab for the five who are
all students in the plastics technology program at Terra. Jamie Przybylski, of Pemberville and professor
in the Terra program, accompanied the students to the convention.
Among the students representing Terra was Todd Kaczorowski of Luckey.
Owens Foundation re-elects directors, including Carter
James Carter, of Grand Rapids, was re-elected to the Owens Community College Foundation Board of
Directors.
A Wood County Commissioner, Carter will serve another three-year term.
The board’s annual meeting and election was held Nov. 11.
Host families needed
Foreign Exchange Students International Fellowship, a non-profit exchange student program in business for
over 50 years, is looking for volunteer families or individuals to host foreign exchange students during
the coming school year. These high school students from abroad will be here for a full academic year or
for a semester. Students have their own spending money and are covered by health and accident insurance.

For more information, call (800) 647-8839, e-mail to [email protected] or visit
www.internationalfellowship.org.
Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) – Cell phones, the subject of tugs of war between parents, teachers and students
across the nation, are taking on a new role in the classroom: learning tool.
Tech savvy teachers are asking students to use their phones to record foreign language assignments, take
photographs for projects and do mini-Internet searches if they have a Web browser.
That’s a stark contrast to the emphasis that has been placed on prohibiting their use, often out of fear
students will cheat or take inappropriate pictures then passed on to friends.
A majority of teens have a cell phone today, and with many schools unable to afford a computer for every
student, teachers are starting to see them as a helpful learning device instead.