Archive for Thursday, February 6, 2003  Some reading,
‘rithmetic, and recreation  After school program boosts academic
skills through games  February 6, 2003  Walking through the
Nottingham Elementary library after school Monday afternoon,
second- grade teacher Jennifer Adams teases a group of about 20
students, telling them they're having too much fun for an after-
school program.  Even though they're practicing addition
problems on flashcards, the second- and third-graders are giggly
and excited. But maybe that's because after they answer their
math problems they earn a chance at shooting a small basketball
into a makeshift goal.  Whereas the district's other schools
offer after school programs that are homework and academic based
for older children, the Nottingham program, now in its second
year, uses games to teach the younger students the skills in
which they need a boost.  Consolidated plan director Janell
Barnow said she and two other teachers led three groups of
learning games, letting the children tak