Discover WSU
Discover Wichita State University will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Best Western Hospitality House Flint Hills Room, 3021 W. Highway 50. Dinner for each student and one guest is free; additional guests are $10 each. Reservations are required by Tuesday. Space is limited, so online reservations are required at www.admissions.wichita.edu. A $1,000 scholarship for the 2009-2010 school year will be awarded at the dinner. In order to be eligible, the student must either be admitted to WSU or apply at the event. For more information, call (316) 978-3085 or (800) 362-2594.
Garden tour
K-State Research and Extension Master Gardeners in Lyon County are hosting a Twilight Tour of their Demonstration Gardens at 7 p.m. Thursday. The first tour site will be the garden at the Lyon County Fairgrounds on the southwest side of the grandstands. This garden features Prairie Star and Prairie Bloom flower beds and an ornamental grass collection. The second site is the William Allen White House State Historic Site landscape which features perennial gardens and a water garden. A demonstration about dividing iris and daylilies will take place, as well as a tomato and pepper tasting. Master Gardener volunteers will be available to answer gardening questions. There is no charge for this event. For more information, call 341-2200.
Mentors needed
Volunteers are needed for the LNIS MASTER Program (Mentors and Students Together Embracing Reading). According to the news release, the MASTER Program “is a structured mentoring reading program for 6th grade students. It is designed to provide students with the opportunity to improve their reading, vocabulary and comprehension skills by pairing students with dedicated mentors willing to commit to reading one-on-one with a student for 45 minutes a day. All mentors will attend a 30-minute orientation session prior to being paired with a student. The mentor will assist the student with word pronunciation, as well as word and story comprehension and retell. The mentor also helps instill and reinforce confidence in the student as he or she reads. If interested, call Lorie Rogan, MASTER program coordinator at Lowther North 6th grade, at 341-2350 or lrogan@usd253.org.
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