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Save The Bay February Vacation Camp Registration Open

Get Kids Outdoors And Up Close With Nature During Winter Break

PROVIDENCE, RI – During the February break next month, February 15-19, Save The Bay is offering a week-long February Vacation Camp for students in second-through fourth-grades. Registration is now open at www.savebay.org/baycamps.

“February Camp gives kids a great opportunity to get outside during the season when it’s easy to get stuck inside. They get a fresh view of Narragansett Bay from the water in our education vessels and the chance to see harbor seals in their natural environment, rather than at a zoo or aquarium,” said Save The Bay Camp Director Dan Blount.

Harrison Quilliam, 10, attended February Vacation Camp with Save The Bay for the past two years, and when his school district voted on whether or not to eliminate February vacation, “my son voted not to eliminate it because he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to go to Bay Camp,” said his mother, Daniela Quilliam. “He learned so much and had so much fun. Many of the activities were to creative, too,” Quilliam said. “His favorite parts were dissecting squid and the boat ride to see seals in the harbor.”

February camp is headquartered at Save The Bay’s “green” Bay Center in Providence, but the classrooms are anything but typical. “Touch tanks allow children to get up close and personal with a variety of crab species, sea urchins, and snails. In the plankton lab, campers will view live microscopic plankton on iPads as they learn about the foundations of the Bay’s ecosystem. Hikes along the shoreline, winter bird watching, and seal tours are just a few more examples of the hands-on marine science learning kids can expect at Save The Bay February Vacation Camp,” Blount said.

Save The Bay’s February Vacation Camp will be held February 15-19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $250 for Save The Bay members, and $275 for non-members. More information about all of Save The Bay’s camp programs, including summer camp, as well as registration, can be found at www.savebay.org/baycamps.

Dean’s List Students at New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, RI – Dr. Douglas H. Sherman, Jr., Senior Vice President and Provost at New England Institute of Technology, is pleased to announce the following student(s) who have achieved Dean’s List status for the quarter ending December 19, 2015. Students must achieve a GPA of 3.6 or higher on a maximum scale of 4.0 to qualify.

Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Institute of Technology is a private, non-profit technical college with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students. Founded in 1940, the college offers over 50 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and on-line degree programs, and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. For more information, call 800-736-7744, email NEITAdmissions@neit.edu, or visit www.neit.edu. Follow news of the college on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr and the New England Tech Blog.

Cranston, RI

Mouayad Alkabouni, Kelly Athaide, Anthony Badessa, Caleb Bradford, Jose Bustillo, Alphonse Cardi IV, Trent Clarke, Kaitlyn Costa, Matthew Cote, Alberto Diaz, Arlene Dihal, Shannon Fogarty, Arlington Forbes, Eli Ghali, Ronald Gomes, Amanda Handfield, David Jimenez, David Landi, Tiana Lonardo, Michael Louro, Bernard McCreary, Jennifer North, Deanne O’Brien, John Perry, David Peterson, Luis Rosario, Naiem Sayegh, Romero Silvestre, Ivan Tejada, Kevin Tetreault, Austin Torigian, Christopher Uth, Michael Velino

East Greenwich RI

Kristy Cartwright, Max Couto, Joseph Fox, Beau Guidry, Vikram Murthy, Michael Napoleoni, Nicholas Ricci, Francis Smith

East Providence RI

Nicole Almeida, Kevin Botelho, Shannon Francis, Marvin Lima

Johnston RI

Joselyn Barillas, Ashley Flowers, Natalie Fuller, Adam Homerston, Austin Lynch, Julia Melidossian, George Melidossian Jr, Luis Natareno, John Pesce, Erika Sinesi, Nathalie Soukamneuth, Savannah Sousa

Providence RI

Jennifer Attalla, Gilbert Augustave, Emma Bonitati, Travis Bradley, Nathan Brathwaite, Christopher Carrasco, Anthony Chhim, Christopher Corazzini, Melissa Costa, Naomi Denesha, Leonardo Diaz, Quentin Doyonnas, Kyle Fontaine, Vishnu Harnarine, Shaun Hazard, Randy Hopper, Chadric Johnson, Ane Loevseth, Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, Ernesto Murillo, Paula Noriega, Darlington Nwachukwu, Hyun Jun Park, Kerri Reed, Rupertico Severino Salas, Omosanya Sobowale, Carlos Sosa, Justin Sowell, Tianying Sun, Adaly Villa, Franklyn Xon, Jensen Yip

Warwick RI

Joshua Andrade, Rebecca Banach, Jon-Michael Baribault, Corey Beagan, Courtney Boyd, Crystal Bravo, Roger Brounell, Jonathan Campbell, Francois Candela, Brett Casale, Miguel Casillas Jr, Capri Catanzaro, Gerald Chanco, Michael Chibante, Andrew Colannino, Eileen Collado, Christopher Collins, Luiz DaSilva Jr, Vincent DeVito III, Heather-Jo Didrichsen, Amanda Dohoney, Erica Drowne, Anthony Fiori III, Dheja Fonseca, Logan Gabrielsen, Michael Gagne II, Brooke Garland, Joshua Grizzel, Alexander Harrop, Gianna Johnson, Joseph Kelly III, Meaghan Layden, Jacob Maloney, Jenna Maloof, Brianna Marcille, Meagan Marcoux, Rachel Masterson, Thomas McGowan, Douglas Micke, Kory Morash, Andrew Newell, Angela Oakley, Stephen Octeau, Alexis Pacheco, Naitik Patel, Michael Petrarca, Anthony Pirolli, Alexis Rapoza, Tyler Rapson, William Robinson, Rebecca Rogers, Douglas Roth, Alison Silveira, John Silvia IV, Yonas Sima, Anthony Souza, Michael Stahl, Emily Stansfield, Jodi Sylvia, Megan Therrien, Karen Vanterpool, Saskiah Vargas-Walton, Ryan Wade, Rowan Wheatley II, Kyle Whiteside, Quincy Williams, Danyal Youngbar

Hire Image Earns Preferred Provider Status From Society of Human Resource Management

JOHNSTON, RI – Hire Image LLC, a nationwide background screening, drug testing and verification services company headquartered in Rhode Island with regional offices throughout the U.S., announces it is now recognized as a Preferred Provider by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest HR membership organization devoted to human resource management.

SHRM grants this status to organizations that offer HR-related courses and training, and meet SHRM’s Preferred Provider program guidelines. With this new status, Hire Image is able to offer courses and award recertification PDCs for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP credential holders, without pre-approval from SHRM, over a 2-year period. Hire Image regularly hosts webinars and other training events that align with the SHRM Body of Competency and Knowledge, providing HR practitioners with valuable information to support their professional growth as well as an opportunity to earn credit toward maintaining their certifications.

“At a time when hiring managers and HR departments are stretched thin, and regulations that affect their industry change frequently, Hire Image and Society for Human Resources Management are working to keep HR professionals up to speed on all aspects of their jobs, including screening and verifying workers,” states Hire Image CEO Christine M. Cunneen, a SHRM member who is immediate past chair of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners. “Employees are an investment of organizational resources, and knowing who you are hiring is a large responsibility. Knowledge is a key component in remaining compliant with laws and regulations and how to properly use results of a background screening or drug test, for example. We are happy to partner with all HR personnel who are committed to their ongoing professional development.“

Providence School Teachers & Students Showcase Marine Science and Environmental Education Partnership With Save The Bay

PROVIDENCE, RI – On Monday, February 1, from 5-7 p.m., Save The Bay will host the final Teachers in Action Showcase in its three-year partnership with Providence Public Schools. The showcase is a science-fair style exhibition, put together by 20 teachers and their students, demonstrating how their classrooms have applied marine science and environmental education they received with Save The Bay’s Project Narragansett Program throughout the year. Featured teacher-speaker Teresa Sangermano, of Smithfield and a fourth-grade teacher at F.D. Spaziano Elementary School, will kick off the event, to be held at Save The Bay’s Bay Center, 100 Save The Bay Drive in Providence.

Funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Bay Watershed Education Training program, Project Narragansett Providence Schools Edition has been a three-year partnership with Providence Public Schools. Each year, teachers from Providence Public Schools participate with Save The Bay educators in four days of Bay-based professional development that ties directly into the Next Generation Science Standards and expectations for classroom teaching. Then during the academic year, the teachers bring their students to Save The Bay for marine science programming, including boat-based experiences aboard one of Save The Bay’s education vessels and two land-based units focused on such topics as climate interpretation, watershed education, live animal encounters, water quality and habitat.

The Teachers In Action Showcase is the opportunity for teachers and students to show parents and other community members what they have learned and how they have applied it in the classroom. Participating schools are Lillian Feinstein, Fogarty, Veazie, Pleasant View, William D’Abate, George J. West, Carl Lauro, Vartan Gregorian, Spaziano, and Young-Woods elementary schools, as well as Nathaniel Green Middle School and Mt. Pleasant High School.

Last year, exhibits made and presented by schoolchildren included a working watershed model that shows how runoff collects pollutants along the way to our waterways, a presentation comparing the trash created from individual versus bulk food packaging, and a display of artwork and storytelling centered around marine science and environmental education.

Save The Bay has been running Project Narragansett since 2002, in partnership with school districts throughout R.I. and Mass.  It has been so successful and well-received by Providence Public Schools that the district has applied for funding to continue the program with Save The Bay beyond the current three-year partnership. Save The Bay has begun a similar program with Warwick Public Schools.