PPS Attendance matters, plus Senior night at pool. H2O = Hail 2 Obama!

Hi Friends,

With all the noise about attendance at PPS in the media, it is good to know of a bright spot. See below as we honor 14, devoted senior swimmers.

Plus at 6 AM swims practice this week we had 20, 17 and 12 each on M, T and W.

FYI, three boys in Summer Dreamers Swim and Waterpolo Camps in past years are on the Varsity Swim Team now. Six more worked as staffers.

One other tidbit on attendance, our biggest trouble point in Summer Dreamers Swim and Waterpolo Camp was guarding the door to prevent kids from sneaking into our sessions. We had waiting lists. We got scolded for recruiting, but really so many were having fun and learning they told their friends. PPS record showed Waterpolo at 95% attendance in 2012, and that included the need for all kids to run 1 mile over and back to the pools in The Hill.

I really wish we were offering, robust year round, "Dreamers" at PPS with Swim and Waterpolo so our kids could get invested in their teams, fitness, schools and academics. Let's all replicated and empowered what is proving to really work wonders in our community and hooked to athletics.

Go, go, go!

H2O

Coach Mark Rauterkus
412-298-3432

PS: Heard that high school students in National Honors Society have been asked, because of funding issues, to tutor middle school kids now. Rather, let's get those senior and smart students, our swim team really, to teach swimming and play waterpolo with the kids. Then greatness can happen with self esteem, relationships, mentoring, sportsmanship and rule following. Then the academics can flow for the individuals and institutions.

PSS: Friday's visit with USA Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer, Cullen Jones, with black history month, has the potentials to be special. He is at Obama at noon and UPrep at 2 pm. FYI, in April, three other USA Olympians, Waterpolo players, visit Pitt for a weekend clinic with Tiger Waterpolo (community, club program that supports our Summer Dreamers), and we will get our kids and the media to interact as well.

Footnote: Sam's fist season of swimming this year, as a senior, happens as he is registered and training for the May 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon, his first.

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From: "Mark Rauterkus" for Morning Announcements
Date: Feb 6, 2013 7:01 AM
Subject: Senior night

The last home meet for the swim team is tomorrow, Thursday, at 6 pm against Bishop Canevin. This is our senior night and we honor our greatest class of seniors ever in the city swim scene.

The team as 14 seniors including three time PIAA swimmer Erik. Plus:

Annie
Hannah
Wendy
Nicole
Rene

Jonah
Tobias
Max
Mat
Demetri

Daniel
Ben

And, Sam Lapp who will compete in his first ever swim event on Thursday.

Win the section.

Go Seniors!

Swimmers have AM swim on Thursday and should be at the meet by 5 pm.

Fwd: Invitation: Briefing Call on Gov. Corbett's Proposed Education Budget - Feb. 6, 11 a.m.

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Date: Feb 4, 2013 4:26 PM
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To: <rauterkus@rauterkus.com>
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You are invited to join EPLC's briefing on Governor Corbett's proposed education budget for 2013-2014.   On Wednesday, February 6, at 11:00 a.m., The Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) will host a statewide conference call for members of the PA Education Advocacy Network, the PA School Funding Campaign, the PA Arts Education Network, and others to discuss the Pennsylvania education budget proposed by Governor Corbett this week   To participate in this conference call, please use the following toll-free call-in information:    The toll-free call-in number is 1-866-843-8301 The pass code (conference number) is 5920751287 Thanks. Ron Cowell

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Doctor Rubin from Expressive Media pipes in to pitch Expressive Arts Therapies As Medicine Training

From Judy:

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

I'm writing to you to let you know about two exciting training events that Expressive Media (EMI, my nonprofit), is co-sponsoring in Alexandria, Virginia, (minutes from Washington, DC) on April 12-14, 2013. EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPIES AS MEDICINE: Creativity, Health & Healing, the EMI Spring Institute, and the First Annual Mid-Atlantic PLAY THERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE: Creative, Integrated Treatment of Traumatized Children & Families, organized by Eliana Gil's organization. Both are slated in the same hotel, on the same weekend, and with the same registration fees. Attendees can create their own schedule by mixing and matching sessions from both events. NBCC, ASWB, and APT Continuing Education credits available.

Please notify your friends and colleagues, whether or not you can attend. We'll happily supply you with digital flyers for distribution! Proceeds will allow our very small nonprofit to continue its mission to promote all of the arts in healing through filmmaking and training.

Please visit http://institute.expressivemedia.org/ or http://www.playtherapytraining.org to learn more about and register for these events. Early Bird Rates through March 3.

Questions? Email institute@expressivemedia.org

~Judy

Fwd: Upcoming Event: EVERYTHING AFTERSCHOOL!

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From: "Everything Afterschool!" <wester@neighborhoodlearning.org>
Date: Feb 1, 2013 4:50 PM
Subject: Upcoming Event: EVERYTHING AFTERSCHOOL!
To: "Mark" <Mark@rauterkus.com>
Cc:

A FREE Out-Of-School-Time Enrichment Fair! View this email in your browser Thursday, March 28 9:00AM-12:00PM Union Project, Great Hall 801 N. Negley Ave, Highland Park Everything Afterschool! is an Out-Of-School-Time Enrichment Fair!  It is free to attend and free to present information.  At this event, representatives of out-of-school-time programs and organizations who provide enrichment and resources can share information about their services and meet one another. These connections will help to create stronger and more engaging out-of-school-time programs for Pittsburgh youth! Attendee registration will be from 8:30-9:00AM.  Breakfast will be provided. There will be plenty of time for out-of-school-time staff to approach resource providers on their own, in addition to two interactive networking activities.  At the end of the event, Everything Afterschool will raffle off prizes including gift certificates to local cafes so you can continue your conversations over a cup of coffee! We realize that many organizations who provide enrichment opportunities also offer programs, so please feel free to register enough staff to table and peruse the fair! If you are a... Resource and Enrichment Provider REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR RESOURCE AND ENRICHMENT PROVIDERS IS FEBRUARY 28. Click here to register your organization! Through the registration process, Everything Afterschool will reserve 3ft-6ft of table space for your organization for free. Feel free to bring promotional items from your organization to share.  If you are interested in providing a raffle prize that shows off your services, please contact Penny Lang at pkl5@pitt.edu Please be prepared to deliver a 5 minute presentation/talkabout the services you provide in preparation for a small activity that will highlight our participating resource providers. If you are a... Out-Of-School-Time Program Provider Registration for out-of-school-time program providers (attendees) will be accepted on a rolling basis. You do not have to pre-register to attend. Click here to register your attendance! Feel free to bring any promotional materials about your programs that you might have!  Enrichment providers will want to learn about your programs as much as you will want to learn about theirs! This fair will be useful to staff at all levels- from the program staff who offer direct care to students, to program coordinators and managers, to the executive staff of organizations who provide youth programs.  Feel free to pass on information about this event to anyone you think might be interested! Everything Afterschool is brought to you by... Neighborhood Learning Alliance is improving the education and opportunities of African-American and lower income families through strategic partnerships with community and faith-based organizations.   The Office of Child Development is a university-community partnership dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and families. Through interdisciplinary collaborations across research, practice, and policy, we strive to turn knowledge into action and respond creatively and collaboratively to challenges facing children in Pittsburgh and around the world. This project supported in part by a Spark Award from The Sprout Fund. The Sprout Fund enriches the Pittsburgh region's vitality by engaging citizens, amplifying voices, supporting creativity and innovation, and cultivating connected communities.  Founded in 2001, Sprout facilitates community-led solutions to regional challenges and supports efforts to create a thriving, progressive, and culturally diverse region. With strong working relationships to many community organizations and regional stakeholders, The Sprout Fund is one of Southwestern Pennsylvania's leading agencies on issues related to civic engagement, talent attraction and retention, public art, and catalytic small-scale funding. Copyright © 2013 Neighborhood Learning Alliance, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a partner organization or an attendee of a Neighborhood Learning Alliance event. Our mailing address is: Neighborhood Learning Alliance 5429 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Dave, our friend!

Kickstarter and LiveCode

Go LiveCode

Fwd: Help Us Take LiveCode Open Source

The best bit of news in a decade. No joke.

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Date: Jan 29, 2013 5:01 AM
Subject: Help Us Take LiveCode Open Source
To:
Cc:

The following is an e-mail sent to you by an administrator of "LiveCode
Forums". If this message is spam, contains abusive or other comments you
find offensive please contact the webmaster of the board at the following
address:

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Include this full e-mail (particularly the headers).

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Dear forum members,

We  are hugely excited to be launching this project today:


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode

Join our campaign to make a full version of LiveCode that is free and open
for everybody to use. We are doing this via a Kickstarter fundraiser, and
we need your help. If we are successful, between us we can change the face
of programming forever.

Open Source LiveCode means

- Free access for teachers
- Free access for students
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We are aiming to bring LiveCode to hundreds of thousands of new users,
removing the price barrier and making easy access programming available to
everyone.

Visit our Kickstarter page to learn all about the project:


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Please, if you want to see programming become the new literacy, get behind
this project! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your business
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Make your pledge today and help us to take LiveCode Open Source!


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Red Cross Lifeguarding Class at Baldwin

The Baldwin Varsity Swim Boosters is hosting an American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification with CPR/AED & First Aid Training in March 2013.

This is a 31-hour program spanning two weekends in March 2013.

They are Friday, March 8th through Saturday/Sunday, March 9/10 and The following  Friday, March 15th through Saturday/Sunday, March 16/17.

Lunch is provided on the weekend days.

This program is in its 8th year with Red Cross Certified Instructor Raylene Klinger and is open to anyone age 15 years or older who can pass a skills test given the first nightof the program.

Class size is limited/early registration is recommended.  Click here for the Flyer..

The Program, held at Baldwin High School, has included students from Baldwin, Brentwood, South Park, Bethel Park, Penn State, Duquesne University, Edinboro University, Slippery Rock, West Mifflin, Seton LaSalle, Central Catholic, Carrick High School, Brashear High School, Mt. Lebanon, Montour, Gateway, Canon MacMillan, Shadyside Academy, Thomas Jefferson, Community College of Allegheny County and Thomas Jefferson. Also offered is CPR/AED Recertification.

If you have any questions please contact:

Patricia Ward
Program Coordinator
Lifeguard Certification
412-260-0207

Fwd: Getting a job with a Criminal Background---also big UPMC recruiting event

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TWO BIG EVENTS--- Flyers below and attached

 

1) Getting a job with your Criminal Background

2) Getting a job at UPMC

___________________________________________________________________

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Getting hired at UPMC--

 

 

Fwd: [New post] Salt in Schenley’s Wounds

From: Yinzercation <comment-reply@wordpress.com>

YinzerThing posted: "Is Pittsburgh seriously going to consider handing over the beautiful old Schenley High School to a charter school operator? Closing that building back in 2008 raised many concerns in the community about dismantling a thriving urban high school. More recen" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Yinzercation Salt in Schenley's Wounds by YinzerThing Is Pittsburgh seriously going to consider handing over the beautiful old Schenley High School to a charter school operator? Closing that building back in 2008 raised many concerns in the community about dismantling a thriving urban high school. More recently, Schenley alumns and supporters have raised serious questions about the rationale for the closing, which was based in large part on the estimated costs of asbestos remediation. It now appears those costs may have been vastly overstated and that the School Board may not have had important data on which to base their decision. Protestors have gathered over 1,000 signatures on a petition these past couple of weeks asking the School Board to take its time and investigate these significant charges. [Concerned Citizens Petition] Meanwhile, however, the School Board has received proposals from four groups wishing to purchase the historic Schenley building in Oakland. And two of them would turn the space back into a school. Most heart wrenching to me is the proposal from a group of Schenley alumns who are trying to raise money to create a private school for visual and performing arts named after a fellow alumnus, Andy Warhol. Here I have to agree with Post-Gazette letter writer Anna Watt-Morse, who said that this plan strikes her "as out of touch with the current realities of our city and its schools." She reminds us that "Pittsburgh already has a wonderful school for the arts, CAPA … that has had to cut art departments and eliminate vital private music lessons because of reduced funding" and that "arts education at other city schools … is drastically underfunded." What's more, "A new, tuition-based Schenley would … benefit only the students who can afford private education." Watt-Morse concludes, "A gift in the name of Andy Warhol should provide opportunity for all students of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, not a select few." [Post-Gazette, 1-17-13] The second proposal the School Board is considering that would turn the building into a school would actually mean handing it over to a charter school operator. Kossman Development Co. plans to convert the space into housing for college students and young professionals as well as the Provident Charter School for dyslexic children. [Post-Gazette, 1-23-13] If students are not having their learning needs met in their neighborhood schools, this is a serious equity issue that we must address. But I am not a big fan of creating segregated learning ghettos, especially since this model does not address the needs of all our students, just those who might gain access to the school. And the last thing we need is another charter school draining resources from our already struggling public schools. Among other things, the Kossman/Provident Charter School proposal depends on $5.2 million in federal and state tax credits – those are our public dollars that will not be available for other public needs, including public education. Last week the Tribune Review reported that public schools are now having to spend thousands of dollars on advertising campaigns to "compete" with charter schools. Penn Hills school district will spend $84,000 over the next two years and Woodland Hills just awarded a $13,000 contract to develop infomercials. [Tribune Review, 1-17-13] Corporate-style-reformers love to talk about the benefits of "competition" – but what a great example of the waste this creates. As taxpayers and parents we ought to be incensed that our public schools are now forced to spend valuable resources on TV spots when students are losing art, music, and history. My 6th grader is sitting in a math class with 39 students because of budget cuts. The last thing I want is my school district spending money on internet pop-up ads. But that is just what districts across the state are being forced to do as charter schools take painful bites out of dwindling resources. The Tribune Review recently surveyed 50 school districts in our area and found that some have seen their student enrollment in charters double, or even quadruple in the past four years. Others have stemmed the tide, and are seeing a reverse flow, with fewer students enrolled in charters than four years ago. Most of those districts surveyed had between 1-3% of their students enrolled in charters; but eight schools have more than 10% attending charters this year. These include 37.5% of all students in Duquesne; 35% in Wilkinsburg; 29% in Woodland Hills; almost 23% in Sto-Rox; and nearly 20% in Penn Hills. [These are my calculations based on the Trib's report: see all the data here.] Notice anything? These are districts with high poverty rates, some suffering from the worst effects of post-industrial decline. They are also districts with large African American populations. The state-imposed recovery officer in Duquesne is talking about closing the elementary school there, which would essentially dismantle the entire school district. Something is seriously wrong with our funding mechanisms when a community can no longer educate its own children. This year, the 49 school districts that responded to the Trib's survey will spend a whopping $118 million on charter school reimbursements. And that's only 49 districts out of the 125 here in Southwest Pennsylvania. $118 million. For all that money, we ought to be getting a great return. But the fact is that while some charter schools perform well, the majority do not. The Corbett administration tried to mislead the public last fall by using different criteria to judge charter school performance on standardized tests than for traditional public schools. [See "A Liar and a Cheat"] The Lehigh Valley's Morning Call published an investigation today revealing that, "The number of charter schools hitting testing benchmarks plummeted after the federal government said the state Education Department graded them too leniently." [The Morning Call, 1-23-13] Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis initially claimed that almost half of charter schools had made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under federal guidelines, but that number dropped to only 28% of the state's 156 charter schools. By comparison, 49% of the state's public schools made AYP. The report found that "Tomalis initiated [the new grading system] without federal approval and at the behest of a charter school lobbying group." He made it "easier for charter schools to reach federal standards" by classifying "charters, no matter their size, as school districts, which are measured on a broader scale than individual schools." Again, to compare: 61% of Pennsylvania's 499 school districts made AYP. [The Morning Call, 1-23-13] This deception matters on another level, too: besides misleading us about the success of charter schools, Governor Corbett and Secretary Tomalis would now have us treat charter schools as their own school districts. This is a new development, since brick and mortar charter schools have always claimed to be public schools operating under the auspices of local districts and their democratically elected school boards. (Cyber charter schools are already chartered by and operating only under the supervision of the state, which poses other issues of centralizing power with political appointees.) If charter schools are in fact districts, where are their locally elected school directors who answer to the public that put them in office? This feels like another way of taking the public out of public education. It's time to put the brakes on authorizing yet more charter schools. The Pittsburgh school board needs to take a close look at the money it is being forced to spend on charter school tuition – $52 million this year alone – before it sells Schenley to another charter operator. That would be like rubbing salt in the deep wounds of a community already reeling from the effects of a painful and disruptive school closure. YinzerThing | January 23, 2013 at 1:11 pm | Categories: charter schools, competition, cyber charters, Duquesne school district, Public Education, Sto-Rox school district | URL: http://wp.me/p288Ox-op Comment    See all comments    Like Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://yinzercation.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/salt-in-schenleys-wounds/

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Some Diving and a Saturday Intertube Race

Fwd: Controller Lamb wants review of decsion to close Schenley building

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From: "Concerned Citizens"

Please give Controller Lamb a thumbs up and ask your county council, city council and school board representatives to join the Controller's request. Press Releases Sent 01/18/2013 @ 2:09 pm PITTSBURGH - As the Pittsburgh Public Schools consider the sale of the former Schenley High School building in Oakland, City Controller Michael Lamb sent an email to Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Linda Lane and members of the School Board, asking for a review of the decision to close the former high school. "I know the Board and staff at PPS have labored over the decision to close Schenley and the prospects for the future of the building," wrote Lamb "I am writing today to join in the suggestion that the Board should not only take its time with this decision, but also review information that has been made available since the decision to close Schenley to determine the cost effectiveness and impact on student achievement of that closure." Bids from potential buyers and developers of the former Schenley building were due into the district today. The Schenley High School building was closed in 2008 due to maintenance concerns and the estimated costs of repair. This message is from Concerned Citizens who started the petition "Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors: Investigate if important information about Schenley was withheld at the time of closing ," which you signed on Change.org. View the petition  |  View and reply to this message online Unsubscribe from updates about this petition

Tips for Teachers

Eventsburgh bites the dust

We are notifying you that Eventsburgh.com is in the process of terminating its current operation. 

Although we have attracted many businesses and major local organizations to utilize our service,  the business model has not been able to generate sustainable revenue for us to continue operating.

We would like to thank your support for the last 2 years and take this opportunity to recommend Pittsburgh business calendar (http://pittsburgh.businesscalendar.org/) for your future event postings. 

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark.Rauterkus@gmail.com    
PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim and Water Polo Camp Head Coach
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

http://Rauterkus.blogspot.com
http://FixPA.wikia.com
http://CLOH.wikia.com
412 298 3432 = cell

Winning

Obama swim team won again in a sectional swim meet o er Northgate. We are looking good. Super inspiration from Hailey in a. EPIC 200 IM. Good efforts  everywhere.
Boys score 97-44 Obama over Northgate.
Girls score 86 to 63 Obama over Northgate.

Monday we go to Brashear at 3:15 meet.

Results to be posted soon thanks to Mary S, a vital volunteers

Thinking about summer employment. Apply here.

Dirty Dozen summary from Danny

2012 Dirty Dozen Results & Summary Article are now up on my website at:

http://www.dannychew.com/dd_12.html

 

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark.Rauterkus@gmail.com    
PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim and Water Polo Camp Head Coach
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

http://Rauterkus.blogspot.com
http://FixPA.wikia.com
http://CLOH.wikia.com
412 298 3432 = cell

Fwd: Standing up for Pennsylvania

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "PA Governor's Office" <gov@pacast.com>
Date: Jan 6, 2013 3:22 PM
Subject: Standing up for Pennsylvania
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Standing up for Pennsylvania Surrounded by Penn State alumni and local business owners, Governor Tom Corbett this week announced that Pennsylvania is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for its sanctions against Penn State University. This historic lawsuit is already being branded "the right call" by Gil Spencer of the Delaware County Daily Times. Here are five things you need to know: 1.   The lawsuit was brought by the Governor on behalf of all the citizens of Pennsylvania, and asserts that the sanctions, unlawfully leveled by the NCAA, will have irreparable effect to the economy of all of Pennsylvania in addition to Centre County. 2.   The suit asserts that the NCAA overstepped their authority by weighing in on the Jerry Sandusky scandal.  The crimes perpetrated by Jerry Sandusky and three other administration officials are a criminal matter and are, and should, be handled by the court system. 3.   The suit asserts that the NCAA did not follow their own due process rules when evaluating and handing down these sanctions.  The normal review processes were ignored and a small group of members made the sanction decisions. 4.   The choice given Penn State wasn't a choice at all. The University had to either accept the sanctions or face the harshest punishment available, a total football blackout, otherwise known as "the death penalty." 5.   The Governor will encourage the Penn State Board of Trustees to keep its commitment of $60 million to help victims of sexual abuse, but to keep that funding in Pennsylvania as opposed to the NCAA who would have it leave the fine leave our commonwealth.  Prefer a visual? Click to the right to see video and pictures from yesterday's press conference.

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