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Educational Services January 2007 Newsletter

We’re celebrating! KEDT-FM is 25.

A lot has changed since we went on the air on March 2, 1982.

KEDT-FM Facts:

· KEDT-FM is 25-years-old

· Community owned

· South Texas' only classical, NPR, and Jazz station

· Great programs: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk, Musica Suave, and Blues Cafe

Factoids of the 80’s: Binge buying and credit became a way of life, minimum wage-$3.10, the population was 226,546,000, average salary-$15,757, the Berlin Wall was torn down, Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson was the first black candidate. Rubik’s Cube and Barbies were popular. New were lite foods, aerobics, minivans, and talkshows. Cable was born.

KEDT would like to invite your K-3^rd grade classes to participate in the Reading Rainbow Writers and Illustrators’ Contest 2007. Each participant will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by LeVar! Rules and entry forms are available on our website, www.kedt.org. Deadline for submitting stories is March 9, 2007. What a great way to incorporate the Writing TEKS!

K Writing composition – 15. A-E

1^st Writing/purposes- 1.18 F, 1.19 A-F

2^nd Writing/purposes 2.14, 2.18 A-F

3^rdWriting/purposes 3.14 A-D, 3.18 A-F

Academic Tournament Mondays at 7PM

Encore on Sat. 6:30 PM

The academic battle continues, as 24 local area high-school teams attempt to become 2007 Challenge Champions and win the CorpusBeat.org Challenge Cup. High schools advancing to the second round thus far:

Kenedy Memorial Foundation Bracket- Tuloso Midway vs. Moody, CCISD

H-E-B Bracket-Gregory Portland

Earl C. Sams Foundation Bracket- Sinton vs. Richard King, CCISD

Citgo Bracket- Rockport-Fulton vs. Ray, CCISD

This month’s Challenge teams are:

Jan 8 John Paul II vs. Odem

Jan 15 West Oso vs. Miller

Jan 22 Flour Bluff vs. Calallen

Funding by CorpusBeat.org makes this program possible. Team Bracket sponsors are Citgo,

H-E-B, Navy Army Federal Credit Union, TAMUCC, John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, and Earl C. Sams Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Trull Foundation, King Ranch Family Trust, B. C. and Addie Brookshire Foundation and Stein Mart.

Visit Great Ideas for January

For great ideas about World Peace, Martin Luther King, Presidents and other Historical Figures, visit http://www.kedt.org/Ed/GreatIdeas

Don’t forget to also use the above keywords in Chalkwaves to access programs for this season.

Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer

This series of documentaries is shot in high-definition and explores China through Chinese eyes to see how their history has shaped them — and where their present is taking them.

This documentary exposes the painful, rarely seen human side of illegal immigration - including the growing black market trade in human beings.

The first television series to fully profile the inner workings of the court, the series explores the history, impact and drama of America’s highest court.