AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Gourgaud seeking student artists

AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Annual celebrations, community programs, and the Christopher family of Highstown are mentioned.

   The Windsor Area Taiwanese American Association (WATAA) of New Jersey is hosting its annual year-end party tomorrow evening, Saturday, Dec. 31, from 5 to 10:30 p.m. in the Carl A. Fields Center at Princeton University.
   A congregation of Taiwanese Americans residing in the Windsors and the vicinity, the association is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian organization.
   Everyone in the local community is welcome to join the party and learn more about WATAA.
   More information about the year-end party can be found at WATAA’s Web site, www.wataa.org.

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   The Cranbury School District is offering an Integrated Preschool Program for the 2006-2007 school year.
   The Cranbuddies Preschool Program is welcoming typically developing 4 year olds to join the class. The integrated class consists of approximately 16 students, several of whom require special education services.
   This integrated preschool program is taught by one certified preschool/special education teacher, one certified early childhood/general education teacher and one teacher assistant.
   Tuition is $2,500 for the year. If you are a Cranbury resident with a typically developing 4-year-old child who will be eligible for kindergarten in September 2007, and are interested in finding out more about this program, please pick up the Cranbuddies Preschool Program flyer and Integrated Preschool Registration form in the Child Study Team office of the Cranbury School.
   Applications should be submitted to the Child Study Team office along with a $100 deposit no later than Jan. 17, 2006.

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   Student artists in grades three through 12 are encouraged to submit a piece of art for consideration for the Gourgaud Gallery’s annual student exhibit, "Young at Art IV."
   This is a juried exhibit, so the art must be mature in nature, and professional enough to hang in the Gourgaud Gallery.
   "Young at Art IV" is scheduled to be exhibited in the Gallery during February 2006. Applications are available online at www.cranburytownship.org/gourgaud_gallery.html.
   Completed pieces must be submitted for judging in the Gallery, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, between 5 and 7 p.m.

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   Beginning in January, Pajama Story Hour at the Library will meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
   Children are invited to come in their PJ’s, and bring their blankies and favorite stuffed animal to hear bedtime stories told by Library Director Howard Zogott in the Library’s Meeting Room, although street clothes are also a perfectly acceptable form of attire for this storytime!
   The next three PJ story hours are: Jan. 3, Feb. 7 and March 7, 2006. The next time you’re in the library stop by the circulation desk and get the Pajamas Story Hour flyer listing all the dates for 2006.

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   The next World Culture Day hosted by the Student Library Council will take place on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m.
   The program will explore the culture of Egypt. Later in January, on the 27th, the library will host an exploration of Peru with Pari Stave.

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   Just an average American family, looking to save money. That’s how the Christopher family of Highstown is being billed by the CBS Morning Show. The family, Rob, Heather and twins Kayla and Hannah were interviewed for a New Year’s resolution segment that will air on Jan. 4 between 7 and 9 a.m. Heather (Garland) grew up right here in Cranbury.
Residents can reach Ms. Sedor by phone at (609) 655-3386, by e-mail at [email protected] and by mail at 32 Evans Drive, Cranbury, N.J. 08512.