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El Paso Times from El Paso, Texas • 15

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El Paso Timesi
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El Paso, Texas
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El Paso Times Wednesday, August 1, 1990 0 Ucstf- Public school registration begins Aug. 14 r. and those with last names M-Z should register in the afternoon. Eighth-graders in middle schools should register Aug. 14.

Those with last names A-L should register in the morning and those with last names M-Z should register in the afternoon. Late registration and registration for students who are new to the district will be Aug. 17, 21 and 27 in both the morning and afternoon. Junior high seventh- and eighth-graders should register Aug. 16.

Those with last names A-L should register in the morning and those with last names M-Z should register in the afternoon. Junior high ninth-graders should register Aug. 14. Those with last names A-L should register in the morning and those with last names M-Z; should register in the afternoon. Late registration and registration for new junior-high students will be Aug.

17, 20 and 21, At the high-school level, freshmen should register Aug. 17, sophomores Aug. 16, JuJ niors Aug. 15 and seniors Aug. 14.

Late high-school registration is Aug. 20 and 21. Registration for evening school is Sept. 5, 6 and 7 from 5 p.m.-9 Late registration for evening school is Sept. 11 and 12.

attend. To register, go to the school. The registration schedule is divided into morning and afternoon sessions. Morning registration will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and afternoon registration will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

New and transfer students in prekindergarten, kindergar-. ten and grade 1 should register Aug. 21 and 22 during either the morning or afternoon hours. New and transfer students in grades 2-6 should register Aug. 23 during either the morning or afternoon hours.

All seventh-graders in elementary-intermediate schools whose names begin with letters A-L should register during the morning session Aug. 27. Those with names beginning with letters M-Z should register during the afternoon session. All eighth graders in elementary-intermediate schools whose last names start with letters A-L should register during the morning session Aug. 24.

Those with names starting with M-Z should register during the afternoon session Aug. 24. Sixth-graders in middle schools should register Aug. 16. Those with last names A-L should register in the morning and those with last names M-Z should register in the afternoon.

Seventh-graders in middle schools should register Aug 15. Those with last names A-L should register in the morning Registration for the 1990-91 schooj year in the El Paso Independent School District will begin Tuesday, Aug. 14 and continue through Tuesday, Aug. 28. School starts Aug.

28. All pupils who are new to their elementary school must register and all intermediate, middle, junior high and high school students must also register. Students must reside in the district or be legally transferred into the district in which they are registering. Transfer students are charged a monthly tuition and assigned to schools where room is available. Students coming into the district for the first time will be asked to show a birth certificate or similar record of birth date, immunization record and report card from the last school attended.

Out-of-state tuition students will be required to show proof of a tuberculosis examination taken within 120 days prior to enrollment in school. The district offers voluntary half-day prekindergarten and kindergarten. Prekindergarten is open to children who will be four ycTS cf on or hpfore Sept. 1 of the current year and who are limited in English proficiency andor qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Kindergarten is open to children wno will be five years of age on or before Sept.

1 of the current year. Neither program accepts underage children. Students who need additional registration information are asked to call the school they will Donna Weeks El Paso Times "Plnocchlo" players, from left, Seema Varna, Becky Brooks, Ashley Nelson and Dana Cox practice on a makeshift stage at West Side Branch Library. West Side library becomes stage for young drama group "The girl In the story pretended that the audience was a bunch of stuffed animals, so I'm going to pretend I'm acting in front of stuffed animais." Ashley Nelson By Donna Weeks El Paso Times Two summers ago, eight-year-old Emily Jacobs briefly transformed into a first-grade boy. Last year, she became a dwarf, and this summer she's a clown.

'She is one of 23 children who will perform "Pinocchio" at' 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 4 at the West Side Branch Library, 125 Belvidere as part of the summer reading program. drama group for the past three years has provided the entertainment for the library's awards party.

is the only returning member of the troupe who has experience playing such a wide range of characters. my mom helps me. She reads the part before me' and I have to recite my part," she said. "The hardest Eart I ever played was when I ad to play a "Stage fright is the biggest obstacle she has to overcome, she said. And other cast members, ages 7 to 12, say she is not alone.

"I checked a book out of the library titled 'What do you painting sets and practicing their parts in the play," Casavantes said. "All I've done is provide the stuff they did everything else." Assistant director, 14-year-old Tige Stading has worked on the stage blocking and choreography. His mother, Tycha Stading directed the program last year. Casavantes and Stading are friends, and when Stading said she didn't have time to direct the play this year, Casavantes volunteered. "I don't have any children of my own," said Casavantes, who teaches gifted fourth graders at Coldwell Elementary.

Names for the drama club are drawn randomly each summer from a list of reading club participants, she said. The director selects the play to be performed. do when your mouth won't said Ashley Nelson, 10. The girl in the story pretended that the audience was a bunch of stuffed animals, so I'm going to pretend I'm acting in front of stuffed Nelson said she prefers reading to acting. "I read a lot and I pick up a lot of words," she said.

"It helps me describe my feelings to my teachers in school. A good vocabulary goes a lot further than acting." Hugo Andrade, 8, prefers reading to acting too. "My favorite book is 'The Assassination of John F. Kennedy," Andrade said. "It makes me giggle when I talk to adults who ve never read if Reading club director Lucy Casavantes said the children make her job easy.

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