Education notes News-Chronicle Out of more than 400 entries statewide, Megan Gahlman and Kaitlyn Holzer of Green Bay were given awards in the first-grade category in Reading Rainbow's 10th annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and the Educational Communications Board. Gahlman won the story award for her story "The Colorful Turkey" and Holzer won the illustration award for her original "What a Snowman." The General Federation of Woman's Club held its Eighth District Spring Convention on May 1 in Oconto. The De Pere Woman's Club entered the convention's Helen Mear Art Contest with painting and sculpture entries from seventh and eighth students from West De Pere, De Pere, Our Lady of Lourds and Notre Dame middle schools. Winners were: Class A (schools with an art teacher) Painting - 1st - Hannah DeByl- "Abstraction" - 2nd - Chad Vigeland - "Eagle in the Mountain" Sculpture - 1st - Clay Counihan - "The Big 2" - 2nd - Peter Annen - "Guardian" - 3rd - Allison Hall - "But I Can Make Those Balloon Hats" Class B (schools without an art teacher) Painting - 1st - Jacob Pleshe - "Black on White" - 2nd - Brett Junio - "A Desert Day" - 3rd - Logan Boltz - "Tainted" The first three places in each catagory will compete at the state competition to be held Saturday in Oshkosh. The state artwork will be displayed at the Oshkosh Museum for the spring/summer exhibit. Alexandra Loch, Jacob Willems and Matt Hettman of West De Pere competed in the State DECA competiton held March 16-18 in Lake Geneva. Loch won sixth place in the Apparel & Accessories Marketing. She will advance to the National DECA Career Development Contest to be held May 1-5 in Nashville, Tenn. Willems was a medal winner for his written contest. Karen Schrock, daughter of Charlie and Liz Schrock, will receive two degrees from the University of Southern California May 14. She will graduate magna cum laude with a B.A. in music and cum laude with a B.S. in astronomy. She is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. Schrock is a salaried member of the Pacific Choral, and will live in California before choosing a graduate school program. Kristen Graves, Kathryn O'Brien and Nathan Smits, all of Green Bay, were among more than 1,500 St. Olaf College students to be recognized for academic achievement at the college's annual Honors Day held on May 7. Graves is a senior, O'Brien is a first-year student and Smits is a junior. Patrick Bukouricz, Katherine Burbey, Jeffrey Eilers, Shannon Klein, Carrie Lindgren, all of Green Bay, and Renee Burkel of Pulaski, will graduate May 14 from Concordia University, Mequon. President George W. Bush will serve as the honored commencement speaker in the R. John Buuck Field House. Vickie Young, a student and President of the Senate at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, earned honorable mention for her "Bulletin Board" presentation at the National Association for Campus Activities Northern Plains Conference held April 1-4 in St. Paul, Minn. She was one of nine NWTC senate members who attended the conference. Other members were Chris Race, Kate Sobeck, Phillip Peters, Michelle Schleis, Christine Bekyir, Jennifer Pope, Shelly Klapste and senate advisor, Mike Rusboldt. There were a total of 965 students from other states and Canadian provinces who attended the conference. The conference rewards participating students with leadership certificates after a variety of sessions, but also allows competitive students to enter events such as t-shirt and poster designing contests. A bulletin board is a website that lists future events and offers easy access to other offices or programs within a certain instituition or business. Nicholas Arnoldi of Green Bay has been placed on the Dean's List for work in the Bachelor of Science degree for the Media Arts & Animation during the 2004 winter quarter at the Art Institutes International Minnesota, a visual and culinary arts college located in downtown Minneapolis. Rebecca Kittell, daughter of Steve and Carol Kittell of Green Bay, received a 2004 Norbertine Leadership and Service Award on April 24 at St. Norbert College. The award recognizes exceptional campus leadership and community service work. Kittell is a junior secondary education and religous studies major at St. Norbert. Kenneth Melotte, son of Kenneth and Marianna Melotte of Green Bay, is serving this semester as the treasurer of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind. The fraternity is dedicated to the highest ideals of manhood and brotherhood, the development of good personal characteristics and social poise, and to loyalty and service to college, community, country and fraternity. Melotte is a junior majoring in management. Kathleen Fulton of Algoma will be commissioned as an officer in the United States Army during a 10 a.m. May 15 ceremony to be held in the Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center at St. Norbert College. Jennifer Luchs, Ashwaubenon High School, Anthony Marcuccio, Southwest High School and Colin Mc Cambridge, Bay Port High School, were National Merit $2500 Scholarship Winners. They were three of the 2,500 high school seniors who were chosen from a group of approximately 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2004 National Merit Scholarship Program. Professors Andrew Kersten and Dean VonDras have won Creative Approaches to Teaching Awards for the spring semester at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Leah Yates of Green Bay has been selected as a member of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panther Dance Team for the 2004-05 academic year. The team is a nationally recognized dance squad, currently National Champion in Hip Hop and ranked 11th in Jazz for division I schools by the Universal Dance Association. The team has done better in national competition than any other UWM spirit squad. Lauren Schuster of Oneida was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, an international honor society for juniors and seniors, at Northern Illinois University's Honors Day banquet held in April.