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<p>WSTA Region 7 update<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 11/6/09 Greetings! Please share this information with any interested colleagues. WSTA is providing a PD workshop towards the EARTH/SPACE Sciences Standards in six locations across the State. Our Region 7 (ESD 113) is being encouraged to choose to attend one of the others. I will be presenting with Brian Hawkins of NASA ASEP with Region 8 (ESD 112) in Vancouver on 1 Dec. 2009. This workshop is being sponsored with a grant from NASA. Registration cost is zero. The flyer is attached. Register with ESD 112 course # 27905. The West-side choices: Region 6 (Pierce County) with Region 10 (King County); Puget Sound (ESD 121); Region 5 (ESD 189) with Region 9 (ESD 114); Check for dates and locations. National Science Decathlon has the Conference level tournament scheduled for 24 April 2010 at Hudson’s Bay HS in Vancouver, Wa. The National level will be at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wa on 29th May, 2010. The Decathlon committee is still looking for a host(s) for the State level, and/or Regional levels. Please contact me for any information/questions. Remember to mark your calendars for the WSTA Conference in Mill Creek at Jackson HS on the 12, 13, 14th March 2010. Visit the WSTA website for information. Some of us have memberships to renew. Please do so. Thank you. Michael Holst, WSTA Region 7 Representative michaelarthur4@comcast.net www.wsta.net</p>
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