May 16, 2012Theodore JudahCorrie Pelc, Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
The Science Alive program is lead by its coordinator, Shannon Hardwicke, who is a parent of three current Theodore Judah students. Since the start of the program five years ago, Hardwicke is in charge of coordinating and training the 30 to 40 parent volunteers, or docents, that take the student groups out into the garden each week. She also restocks garden and lab supplies, and coordinates all the activities in the science labs to “make sure they’re all based upon standards and we’re hitting all different grade level activities,” she added.
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So, Vidovich tasked his students with persuading the popular mixed martial arts fighter Urijah Faber to visit the campus.
“It worked,” Faber said Wednesday, moments after signing autographs and posing for dozens of pictures with Hiram Johnson students.
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The Science Alive program is lead by its coordinator, Shannon Hardwicke, who is a parent of three current Theodore Judah students. Since the start of the program five years ago, Hardwicke is in charge of coordinating and training the 30 to 40 parent volunteers, or docents, that take the student groups out into the garden each week. She also restocks garden and lab supplies, and coordinates all the activities in the science labs to “make sure they’re all based upon standards and we’re hitting all different grade level activities,” she added.
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