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    <title>Recent News Articles for Pomperaug Regional School District 15</title>
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    <title>Instrument Recruitment Night - May 28</title>
    <link>http://www.region15.org/subsite/ges/news/2013/05/21/instrument-recruitment-night-may-28-17131</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;The Region 15 Band and Orchestra Teachers invite fourth graders and parents to a Districtwide Instrument Recruitment Night. The program will be held on &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #ffcc99;&quot;&gt;Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 6:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt; at the &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #ffcc99;&quot;&gt;Pomperaug High School Auditorium&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: right; margin: 8px; border: 1px solid black;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.region15.org/file/10287/download&quot; alt=&quot;instrumentnightsm.JPG&quot; title=&quot;instrumentnightsm.JPG&quot; width=&quot;314&quot; height=&quot;181&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino;&quot;&gt;Links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.region15.org/subsite/dist/page/band-orchestra-gr-5-17140&quot;&gt;Instrumental Music Sign-up, Lessons and Rentals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/a/region15.org/forms/d/1OQ0W_j_qo_dX7vebK_grxQ2HgtPr_HDt5OofXMKQSpc/viewform&quot;&gt;Online Registration Form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(direct link)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;This is the best opportunity to register for the 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt; Grade Band or Orchestra program; there will not be a recruitment night in the fall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Music teachers will share information with students and parents about joining Band or Orchestra and members of the Pomperaug High School Tri-M, the international music honor society, will showcase their instruments in a hands-on way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;“Participating in the 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino;&quot;&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Grade Band or Orchestra gives students the opportunity to learn musical skills that will benefit them for a lifetime, including self-discipline, creativity and teamwork,” said Miss Elizabeth Del Vecchio, fifth grade band teacher.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schedule of Events&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;6:30 p.m. Presentation in PHS Auditorium: Brief introduction to the Band and Orchestra program, and performances by PHS Tri-M Honor Society musicians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;6:45 p.m. Visit the Instrument Stations: Instruments offered in our Band and Orchestra program will be available to hold and play.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;padding-left: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;8:45 p.m. &amp;nbsp;Event concludes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Fifth-Grade Band/Orchestra Teachers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:hbishop@region15.org&quot;&gt;Holly Bishop&lt;/a&gt;, Orchestra Teacher: MES, LMES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:dkean@region15.org&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;David Kean&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;, Orchestra Teacher: GES, PES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:edelvecchio@region15.org&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Elizabeth Del Vecchio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;, Band Teacher: LMES, PES, GES, MES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Region 15 District Teacher of the Year</title>
    <link>http://www.region15.org/subsite/dist/news/2013/05/23/region-15-district-teacher-year-17136</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Mrs. Joann Kloss,&amp;nbsp;first grade teacher at Pomperaug Elementary School, was selected as Region 15&#039;s &amp;nbsp;2014 Teacher of the Year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;img style=&quot;float: right; margin: 9px; border: 1px solid black;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.region15.org/file/17137/download&quot; alt=&quot;variousveterans 107sssm.jpg&quot; title=&quot;variousveterans 107sssm.jpg&quot; width=&quot;235&quot; height=&quot;287&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Mrs. Kloss&amp;nbsp;is not only a very fine person but also a&amp;nbsp;consummate&amp;nbsp;professional educator. Mrs. Kloss gives much of herself to the children and the community she serves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;The nomination committee made an&amp;nbsp;outstanding&amp;nbsp;selection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Congratulations to Mrs. Joann Kloss, Region 15&#039;s 2014 Teacher of the Year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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