Dear all,, I would like to publicly thank my English staff at Beit Yerach for all their hard work organizing the mini- ETAI conference which was held February 17th at the Beit Yerach High School on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. AND I would like to thank ECB for providing us with bags, Richard Steinitz from Pearson for the pens, Wiz kids for the stickers and of course UPP for providing tasty refreshments ! The 3 and half hour event was of course a learning experience enhanced by Ann Shlapobersky , Shelly Ganiel and Sara Cove who presented interesting talks . The feedback for the whole conference was very positive and I am proud to have a staff who put in the effort to make it such a pleasant and successful afternoon. AND finally , wishing a speedy recovery to Fran Sokel who at the last minute was unable to come due to a small accident . We missed you but will see you at Yagur !. AND I am looking forward to seeing you all at the ETAI Spring conference in Carmel - Zvulan High School at Kibbutz Yagur, MARCH 25th, 2010 . It will be a full day of workshops, talks, book publishers and sharing of ideas. So mark it on your calender and don't forget ! Best, Aviva Shapiro "It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts?it is to teach them to think.? Robert M. Hutchins Aviva Shapiro- 052-4501830 ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------