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CONTRIBUTED ThestudentsatElkinsSERRFarestudyinganimalhabitatsasanenrichmentprojectthisspring.Theyareinthe process of reading "Beavers," by Gail Gibbons, which tells how beavers build dams using their tails and live in families in a lodge of mud and tree branches. The facilitator is having the students read the text and use animal hand puppets, which include a beaver, seal, rabbit, raccoon and bear. Pictured, from le , are Parker Morton, Da- koda Weston, Landon Weston, Lawrence Willman, Freya Willman and Rhiannon Talley. ELKINS SERRF STUDENTS STUDY ANIMAL HABITATS CONTRIBUTED SERRF students countywide showed off just how much "Learning Rocks" at the SERRF Expanded Learning Program Highlights Show March 17 at the Tehama District Fairground. Pictured here, Berrendos SERRF leadership students help run a photo booth at the school's display. BERRENDOS CONTRIBUTED Bidwell SERRF Expanded Learning Program liaison Raquel Melgoza, along with student helper Josiah Vi- cuna, assist student Carter Watkins as he prepares to launch his "Kidz Science Falling and Flying" rocket. Kidz Science engages students through hands-on activities so they learn how to explore and investigate like a scientist, become familiar with key science con- cepts and develop cooperative social skills. Students participating in the "Falling and Flying" curriculum kit learned how to design, build and test things that fall or fly through the air, such as, rockets and para- chutes. Watkins had fun learning about air resistance as his rocket blasted off into the air. BIDWELL ShyanneAo'laniRiberal- Norton of Red Bluff has re- cently accepted her mem- bership as part of the Na t ion a l Society of Collegiate Scholars. Riberal- Norton is a 2015 Mercy HighSchool graduate at- tending California State University,LongBeach.She is the daughter of Mike and Sharon Riberal-Norton. "NSCSismorethanjusta symbolofacademicachieve- ment," said Stephen Loflin, founder and CEO. "Mem- bership gives students ac- cess to a number of amaz- ingbenefitsincludingcareer and networking resources, scholarships, travel and ser- vice projects both on cam- pus and in the community." NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation's only interdisciplin- ary honors organization for the first-year and second- year college students. Membership is by invi- tation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has more than1millionlifetimemem- bers and 300 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Co- lumbia and Puerto Rico. HONORS Riberal-Norton joins scholastic society Norton The Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO A class- room aide who was just feet away during the fa- tal shootings of a teacher and a student at a San Ber- nardino elementary school said she believes the gun- man was "out for blood." Jennifer Downing said she thinks the shooter, Ce- dric Anderson, would have killed others if he hadn't run out of bullets and stopped to reload Monday. Anderson fatally shot himself after killing his estranged wife, teacher Karen Elaine Smith, and an 8-year-old boy, Jona- than Martinez, in a spe- cial-education classroom at North Park Elementary. Another student, 9-year- old Nolan Brandy, was shot and is recovering and in good spirits, his family said Wednesday. "I don't feel like he was just out for (Karen) Smith," Downing, an instructional assistant told the Riverside Press-Enterprise. "I feel like he was out for blood." Downing said she had only worked with Smith for a short time. She told the newspaper that the teacher almost never talked about her personal life but once mentioned that she was stressed because of a di- vorce. "She's the most private person I've ever worked with," she said of Smith. Downing had never seen Anderson, 53, before he showed up at the class- room and opened fire with- out saying a word. Earlier this year, just a month into their marriage, Anderson accused his wife of infidelity — though po- lice have said there is no evidence of that. When he failed to win her back, he shot and killed her, police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. Smith told family mem- bers that Anderson had threatened her after she moved out, but she didn't take him seriously and thought he was just seek- ing attention, Burguan said. At the time of the shoot- ing, Smith, Downing and another aide were work- ing with tables of four to five students. Downing said she had no idea Anderson was in the room until she heard the first shot. Anderson kept firing in the seconds it took for Downing to process what was happening. She saw Smith, 53, slumped over at the desk where she had been sitting with her group. Downing said she saw the 9-year-old get shot. "So in my mind, I'm thinking 'He's shooting anybody and everybody,'" she said. At some point Anderson "stopped, and messed with his gun" and that's when she fled with two students. Later, Downing would find out from the other aide that Anderson tried to fire on other targets after Smith. "She said he raised the gun to her — and it clicked. He was out" of bullets, Downing said. According to the San Bernardino Police Depart- ment, Anderson fired 10 shots, stopping to reload his six-shot revolver mid- way through. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Aide says San Bernardino shooter was 'out for blood' REED SAXON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lena Hammerling and her daughters Melissa, le , and Maci, right, and an unidentified child look at a sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino on Tuesday. By Carolyn Thompson The Associated Press Miss Kindergarten is in the million-dollar club. So are Lovin Lit, the Moffatt Girls and about a dozen other teacher-entrepre- neurs who are spinning reading, math, science and social studies into gold by selling their les- son plans online to fel- low teachers around the world. Despite worries from some educators, such on- line marketplaces are booming, driven by rising standards and the will- ingness of teachers to pay out of their own pockets for classroom-tested ma- terials. "I am so thankful and blessed that it came into my life and that my pas- sion and career can kind of mesh into one," says Miss Kindergarten, aka 32-year-old Hadar Hart- stein, of Lake Forest. 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