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Although it’s not uncommon for students to attend intense training camps to hone their skills, these are typically geared toward extracurriculars, including band, sports and speech. But now, even aspiring middle school writers have the opportunity to attend camp.

Southard Middle School hosted its first-ever writing camp for students who were interested in improving their writing, and more than 60 students spent a Saturday focused strategies, tips and tricks to become better at one of the most basic forms of communication.

“I got the idea for a writing camp during the teacher proposal process while speaking with one of my mentors, Monica Washington,” Southard 6th-grade ELAR teacher Raven Morris said. “I wanted to apply for a grant through the district, and writing camp seemed to be my most impactful and practical option.”

For this camp, Morris drew on her experiences with band camp, both as a band student and band director.

“I wanted to duplicate those experiences for our students,” she said as she explained her reasoning behind offering a writing camp.

“Writing is a task that can feel intimidating for students, so I wanted them to have the opportunity to practice this skill in a low-pressure setting,” she said. “When I was in fourth grade, I attended writing camp and was asked to present my writing in front of my peers and their families. My experience inspired me to continue writing and gave me the confidence I needed to share my writing with others.”

According to Ms. Morris, camp is beneficial for students who need to transform their verbal skills.

“My students often experience uncertainty concerning the writing process but are very successful at telling stories verbally,” she said. “I wanted to use writing camp as an opportunity to show students that writing a story and telling a story are not completely separate skills.”

Administrators and teachers alike are singing the praises of the camp, as well as the facilitators brought in to lead the sessions.

“The secret to success for this camp was to invite excellent facilitators,” Ms. Morris said. “The facilitators delivered engaging, relevant writing lessons, so the students were willing to work hard.”

These session leaders included Dawn Rice and Vickery Skinner with WriteOn! Frisco and UTD professor Dr. Maurine Ogbaa, as well as PISD educators Amanda Davidson, Sally Hooks, Trey King and Nakenya Sneed.

It didn’t hurt that the camp catered to the students by offering middle schooler motivation in the form of Takis, pizza and PopTarts, which helped the students engage.

“The students who attended camp had amazing stories to tell,” Morris said. “They wrote with feeling, variety and creativity, which is what the camp aimed to highlight.”

The writing camp included breakfast, a journal-decorating session and writing workshops on several topics, including of fiction, personal narrative, poetry and introductions/conclusions. The students also enjoyed a free lunch and bingo sessions.

The poetry workshop led by Amanda Davidson was a fan favorite.

“Writing poetry was my favorite thing because I have been writing poetry for a while, and I like to express myself through it,” Southard 6th-grader Brielle Miles said.Southard 7th-grader Alyaan Nayyar agreed.

“I liked all of the writing sessions, and the poetry session with Mrs. Davidson was my favorite,” Alyaan said.

But the workshop did not forget about the basics. Both Alyaan and Brielle say their writing benefitted.

“The camp helped me to write better introductions,” Alyaan said.

Brielle also got help with introductions.

“Camp helped me realize how to better start a story, and it helped me to learn new forms of writing,” she said.

From all the feedback, it sounds like writing camp is here to stay.

“The students loved the camp,” Morris said. “They were excited to share their writing, and many students who are usually shy or soft spoken at school eagerly shared, as well. The facilitators reported that several students asked about having another writing camp next year, which was exactly the response I hoped to receive.”

On TapDate Time Opponent Location TV/Video 1/13 5 p.m. Princeton Austin, Texas FloWrestling 1/15 11 a.m. Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock All-Access

Oregon State Probable Lineup

Wt. Wrestler Year 125 #19 Brandon Kaylor RSo. 133 #18 Jason Shaner RSr. 141 #26 Cleveland Belton RJr. -or- Nathan Aguilar So. 149 Riley Gurr RJr. -or- Noah Tolentino Fr. 157 Isaiah Crosby Sr. -or- Graham Gambrall So. 165 #21 Matthew Olguin RSo. 174 #29 Aaron "Mateo" Olmos RSr. -or- Mason Reiniche So. 184 #11 Trey Munoz RSo. -or- Jackson McKinney RJr. 197 #18 Tanner Harvey Gr. HWT J.J. Dixon RJr. -or- Charley Hastriter So. Rankings are from Intermat

This Weekend's Slate • #28 Oregon State will take on Princeton in the FloWrestling Showcase in Austin, Texas before their Pac-12 opener at Little Rock. • The Beavs have won the only prior meeting - a 47-4 romp in 2009 - against Princeton. • OSU holds a 3-0 lead over Little Rock, with every meeting coming since the 2020 season.

Mateo Honored by the Pac-12 • Following Mateo Olmos' performance on Sunday, he was honored with the Wrestler of the Week distinction by the Pac-12. • Olmos defeated the fourth-ranked wrestler in the 174-lb. weight class. • OSU has now had three named the top wrestler in the Pac-12: Olmos, Trey Munoz and Cleveland Belton.

Last Time Out • Oregon State battled #12 Oklahoma State in front of a record 6,764 fans in a raucous Gill Coliseum on Jan. 8. • A quartet of Beavs - Matthew Olguin, Mateo Olmos, Trey Munoz and Tanner Harvey - registered ranked wins on Sunday. • Olmos' win came at the hands of Dustin Plott, the fourth-ranked wrestler in the country and a regining All-American.

Neutral Ground • The meeting with Princeton marks the fourth neutral match of the season and is the only one left in the 2022-23 slate.

Third Time's the Charm • Princeton will be the third opponent - all away from home - from the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association on the Beavs' schedule. • OSU faced Lehigh in the opener on the road and Cornell at the National Duals in New Orleans.

Pac-12 Openers Under Pendleton • OSU will look to win its third consecutive conference opener in the Pendleton era. • 2023 marks the second consecutive opener with Little Rock.

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While it will come as little surprise to the city’s Horned Frogs, last week, the Princeton Review recognized TCU as one of the 388 best colleges in the country.

In addition to being recognized one of the best colleges in the western region — one of Princeton Review’s five geographical regions — TCU received 20 additional designations (11 of which in the top 10), including best-run college (No. 3, which represents an increase from No. 5 in 2021), best college dorms (No. 2), highest quality of life (No. 3), and happiest students (No. 5).

“These data reveal that TCU excels in some of the most important criteria prospective students use in evaluating colleges,” TCU dean of admission Heath Einstein says. “TCU’s ability to create a community in which students meaningfully connect and effectively prepare for a lifetime of personal and professional success aids in the recruitment of future Horned Frogs.”

The Princeton Review described TCU as having a “small school atmosphere with the resources of a large university,” which allows the school to offer world-class resources while fostering a tight-knit community.

“TCU remains or returns to highly ranked positions in multiple career-related categories. We are ensuring access to excellent internship, job search, networking, and career advising programs and resources to prepare our students for success after graduation,” Mike Caldwell, executive director of the BNSF Center for Career & Professional Development, emphasizes. “Our employer partners also value the skills and experiences that TCU alumni bring to their organizations. Faculty and staff across campus are invested in preparing TCU students for the workplace – which brings outstanding employers to campus to recruit our graduates.”

“The vibe on Texas Christian University's campus can be summed up with the phrase ‘southern hospitality,’” reads the 2023 Princeton Review. “TCU undergrads typically ’have a lot of school spirit and love to support the university’ and are ’friendly and personable.’ One student shares, ‘People tend to remember you just from a few interactions and never shy [away] from saying 'hi' whenever they see you on campus.’"

Each year, the Princeton Review chooses schools and awards them ratings from data on the institution, including campus life, academics, student body, and financial costs.

“Our selection of the colleges in this book is based on our opinion of their academic offerings,” Rob Franek, editor-in-chief of The Princeton Review, says. “We recommend each one as an academically outstanding choice for an applicant. Our ranking lists, however, are not based on our opinions of the colleges. They’re entirely based on what the schools’ own students have told us about their experiences.”

To see how TCU stacks up, click here.

BORDENTOWN, N.J., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Princeton NuEnergy Inc. (PNE), a U.S.-based innovative clean-tech company focused on recycling, repurposing, and commercializing lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) materials from electric vehicles (EVs), consumer electronics, manufacturing scrap, and energy storage batteries, is delighted to announce the grand opening today of its Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) Direct Recycling 500-ton pilot production line with Wistron GreenTech, a subsidiary of Wistron Corporation, in McKinney, Texas.

The joint pilot line hosts a full range of capabilities including state-of-the-art plasma equipment. As the first end-to-end, production-scale direct recycling line in the U.S., Princeton NuEnergy (PNE)'s proprietary technology directly processes LIB's ranging from consumer electronics to full EV battery packs. This highly modular facility has capacity to process up to 500 tons per year of LIB manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries.

Texas presents a significant opportunity for recycling because of the region's massive growth in all aspects of the emerging LIB supply chain. Texas leads in the design and manufacturing of advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics and world-class EVs. As a result, it is only logical that Texas would play a major role in bringing end-of-life batteries back into this vibrant ecosystem economically, safely, and at an industrial scale. Texas is an energizer for virtually all aspects of today's high-tech manufacturing and energy economy.

This plant is an important part of PNE's commitment to accelerating sustainable battery technology Direct Recycling Technology is here today. Based on a unique, patented low-temperature plasma-assisted process (LPAS™), PNE reclaims and repairs cathode material from LIBs at half the cost with significantly lower waste versus traditional recycling processes according to analysis by Argonne National Labs. Direct Recycling can be a fundamental building block in the US goal of retaining control over critical materials – a strategic problem as foreign entities control more and more of the technology supply chain.

Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, remarked, "Texas is a global leader in technology development and manufacturing, and we are excited to welcome Princeton NuEnergy's new lithium-ion battery recycling factory to McKinney. This new battery recycling facility will bring good-paying jobs and continued economic growth to North Texas and help our state further strengthen America's technology supply chain. The future of technology is in Texas, and I look forward to working with Princeton NuEnergy on their continuing success in our state."

"We are thrilled to announce that our joint pilot production line is now operational," said Dr. Yan Chao, Founder and CEO of PNE. "This fully-equipped facility is a powerful next step in our vision for covering a nationwide LIB close-loop recycling supply chain. We intend to be a major player in meeting the recycling needs of the US LIB marketplace. Our unique technology drastically reduces the time required for critical materials to re-enter the manufacturing supply chain – a major win for all LIB manufacturers.

"We are excited that PNE and Wistron's innovative battery recycling pilot production line will soon be launched operations," said Jeff Lin, President of Wistron Corporation. "Our joint pilot production line will increase Consumer Electronics, Storage and EV battery recycling capabilities, strengthen Texas's battery and electric vehicle supply chains and achieve our ESG goals."

Princeton NuEnergy works closely with Wistron GreenTech and other key partners to minimize the environmental footprint of the recycling process. PNE and Wistron GreenTech will create many new well-paid jobs with both competitive wages and a bright future. Benefits include company supported, local STEM education to build employee skills. By encouraging domestic materials production and handling and working to build a more capable workforce, both companies will help contribute to American technical superiority in lithium-ion battery direct recycling and critical materials recovery.

About PNE

Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) is a U.S.-based, innovative clean-tech company founded out of Princeton University in 2019, launching commercial production in 2022. PNE is quickly revolutionizing the critical materials supply chain with its patented direct recycling technology for lithium-ion batteries.

Using a novel low-temperature plasma process (LPAS™), PNE successfully reclaims high-value materials, including rejuvenated cathode and anode materials suitable for direct reintroduction into cell manufacturing. Compared to conventional methods, PNE's process offers lower cost, low carbon footprint, and low hazardous emissions – all at a high recycling efficiency rate.

To learn more about PNE, please visit: www.pnecycle.com.

About Wistron GreenTech

Headquartered in McKinney, TX, Wistron GreenTech provides complete recycling services, including asset recovery and complete recycling of printed circuit boards, displays, plastics, batteries, and metals from various retired electronic devices. As a subsidiary of Wistron Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 member, Wistron GreenTech provides services that maximize the value of clients' assets, preserve the environment and employee health/safety and generate recycled materials that are reused in the production of new products rather than being discarded and land filled as waste.

To learn more about Wistron GreenTech, please visit https://greentx.wistron.com

Media Contact: Tina Liu, info@pnecycle.com

SOURCE Princeton NuEnergy

The Fourth of July holiday weekend is fast approaching and Sachse residents are reminded that it is illegal to set off fireworks in the city limits.

In Collin County, it is legal to discharge fireworks on privately owned property in unincorporated areas.

Violators of the city’s ordinance could face a Class C misdemeanor charge, which is punishable by a fine up to $500 plus any court costs.

However, possession and or discharging fireworks on U.S. Corps of Engineers property is illegal, including most parks and property adjoining Lake Lavon and Lake Ray Hubbard.

The Collin County Fire Marshall’s office advises individuals to always seek permission from landowners prior to discharging fireworks on private property.

National Fire Protection Association reported that fireworks spark an average of 18,500 fires and cause $43 million in property damage per year nationally, as well as cause injuries.

Residents should also be mindful when using sparkers, which are more dangerous than most realize. Sparklers do not explode but burn at close to 2,000 degrees, hot enough to melt some metals. They can quickly ignite clothing and that children have received severe burns from dropping sparklers on their feet.

Data from the National Fire Protection Association shows that sparklers account for nearly 25% of firework-related emergency room visits and nearly half of injuries for children under the age of 5. Residents are urged to sure safer alternatives such as glow sticks, confetti poppers or colored streamers.

According the 2020 Fireworks Annual Report, conducted between June 21, 2020 and July 21, 2020, there were 18 non-occupational fireworks related deaths during the year, 12 of which were associated with misuse of fireworks and one death was associated with fireworks malfunction.

It is estimated that 15,600 fireworks-related injuries occurred in 2020 and roughly 10,300 (or 66%) were treated in a hospital. Of the 10,300 estimated fireworks-related injuries sustained, 71 percent were to males and 29 percent were to females.

In addition to potentially causing injuries or fire, exploding fireworks can trigger Post Traumatic Stress Disorder episodes in combat veterans and can scare pets and livestock.

Young children should never be allowed to handle fireworks. Older children should only use them under adult supervision.

Residents shouldn’t use fireworks while impaired by drugs or alcohol. Hearing and eye protection should also be used when discharging fireworks.

Individuals should never hold lighted fireworks in their hands, point them at another person or discharge them indoors.

Illegal fireworks should be avoided and individuals shouldn’t ignite fireworks in a container.

Spent and unused fireworks should be soaked in water for a few hours before being discarded.

Other safety tips include keeping a bucket of water nearby to fully extinguish fireworks that did not discharge, do not re-light or handle malfunctioning fireworks and only light one device at a time and maintain a safe distance after lighting.