When the morning bell rings at General Brown Junior- Senior High School next Thursday, 13 students and a teacher will be out of the country.That day, teacher Melinda J. Bechaz will take several of her upper- level Spanish Club students on a $20,800 trip to Costa Rica, where they'll test their knowledge of the language and study the country's endangered species, such as squirrel monkeys and sea turtles. From spending two nights at the active, rumbling Arenal Volcano...
Many residents of Lower Burrell will stay home this afternoon to greet students they may not know but have come to respect.About 150 members of the Spanish club at Burrell High School will knock on doors today asking for food to help the food bank at St. Margaret Mary's Roman Catholic Church. They will try to reach every home. Last year, students collected more than 5,000 containers of food, said Spanish teacher Michele Corey. She organized the drive seven years ago with...
Michael Owen is on the verge of becoming a Real Madrid player, with Liverpool having reached an agreement with the Spanish club last night over his transfer to La Liga. But while the England striker is destined for the Bernabeu, Real's move for Patrick Vieira was deadlocked over Arsenal's demand for an extra pounds 1.25m to pay a sell-on fee due to Cannes, Vieira's first club.Real have sanctioned the inclusion of the 25-year-old right-sided midfielder...