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2C Daily News – Friday, September 27, 2013 Education in Tehama County Lincoln Street School Art Club KEEP ON LEARNING National Merit Scholar Commendation Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Red Bluff Union High School Principal Ron Fisher presents senior Kayla Barriga Ashhurst a letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholar Corporation. About 34,000 students nation wide are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise for having placed among the top 5 percent of the 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition. Thanks to a generous grant from the Tehama County Arts Council and the California Arts Council's "Arts Plate" program, Lincoln Street School is able to provide "Master Kitz" for students to learn about master artists in a way that is hands-on, creative, and structured. Lincoln Street School currently offers a 6-week program called Meet the Masters; the kits will be used as a supplement to that program, allowing families to continue the learning at home. With the kits, students are able to learn about the works of master painters with easy to understand learning materials. They learn the story behind each painting and why it has a special place in the history of art. Additionally, the kits allow students to create their own interpretation of a great masterpiece using their imagination and some simple tools to guide them in the creative process. The kits provide a fun, fail-proof way to introduce students to the joy of art. "At Lincoln Street School, we believe in a well-rounded educational experience that maintains a strong academic core, collaborative work that includes students, families and teachers, and extracurricular activities such as art clubs, PE clubs and more," said Chris Byrd, lead teacher at the school. For information on Lincoln Street School, visit www.lincolnstreetschool.org. Seaman named Student of the Month Courtesy photo Students learn graphing Red Bluff Rotary Student of the Month Kaitlyn Seaman from Los Molinos High School is pictured, from left, with Chas Konopka, Kaitlyn's father, and Rotary President Rick Crabtree. Exchange names students of September Courtesy photo Jackson Heights SERRF students are learning that graphing can be fun. They participated in activities like edible graphing, graphing their height and flavor tasters. They were excited to see the results of their work. Stanford historian to deliver lecture at Chico State Is the United States an aggressive empire or a peaceful republic? Do we primarily model ourselves after ancient Rome or ancient Greece? Those are questions Americans have asked themselves since the founding generation, according to Professor Caroline Winterer of Stanford University. Professor Winterer will address those questions as the speaker at the 13th Annual Joanna Dunlap Cowden Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Chico State History Department, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall (Performing Arts Center 134) on the Chico State campus. The talk is free and open to the public. "Americans have always compared themselves to ancient Greece and Rome," said Winterer. Her lecture will explore some of the major reasons why Americans since the days of the American Revolution have found the ancient world to be relevant for modern questions, and why they continue to do so today, especially after 9/11. Professor Winterer, who teaches history and heads the Stanford Humanities Center, has written numerous scholarly articles and won prestigious awards. She is also the author of The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 17801910 and The Mirror of Antiquity: American Women and the Classical Tradition, 1750-1900. The Joanna Dunlap Cowden Memorial Lecture was established by family, friends, colleagues, and students to honor the memory of Joanna Dunlap Cowden. During her 25-year career at California State University, Chico, Cowden specialized in the antebellum and Civil War history of the United States. She served on numerous faculty committees and as Chair of the History Department. She was known for her dedication to advancing the life of the mind and high quality teaching. Shortly before her death in 2001, her book, Heaven Will Frown on Such a Cause as This: Six Democrats Who Opposed Lincoln's War, was published. Courtesy photo Pictured, from left, are senior Makayla Vigil, Centennial High School, and teacher Teresa Lamb; senior Evan McFadden, Corning High School, and teacher Mr. Buran; eighth-grader Idelle Walters, Maywood Middle School, and teacher Mrs. Whitley. On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Corning Exchange Club presented certificates and pen and pencil sets to the following Students of the Month for September. Senior Makayla Vigil was recognized as Centennial High School's Student of the Month by school administrators and staff. Makayla is active in student leadership and government, enjoys singing and football, and plans to attend junior college before enrolling in the Butte Police Academy in preparation for a career in law enforcement. Senior Evan McFadden was selected as Corning High School's Student of the month. Evan is a member of the Associated Student Body governing board, and plays Cardinal football, baseball, and wrestling, and enjoys spending time with friends, fishing, hunting and lifting weights. He is planning to attend Oregon State University, and jokes that he intends to play Rugby as his major. Eighth-grader Idelle Walters is September's student of the month from Maywood Middle School. She is active in the Science Club, CA Junior Scholarship Federation. Idelle enjoys ballet dancing, sewing, learning a new language, and basketball. Her goals are focused on maintaining good grades all through high school so she can attend a good four year college. The Corning Exchange Club also recognized and praised parents and teachers for their involvement in the life's of outstanding students. President Dean Cofer said, "...without caring and mentoring even even the brightest students would probably fail to live up to their potentials."