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Parish Episcopal Teacher WIns Class-In-A-Box
July 22, 2008 - Austin, Texas
From a pool of thousands of educators, Parish Episcopal School teacher has won a new, state-of-the-art, physical education curriculum. Kimberly Self, head Parish Episcopal High School golf coach, won the curriculum in a drawing at the Annual TAHPERD Convention in Corpus Christi, beating out thousands of other conference attendees.
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Austin-Based Children’s Author/Illustrator Trevor Romain to Embark on His Fifth USO Tour
July 22, 2008 - ARLINGTON, Virginia
Best-selling children’s author and television personality Trevor Romain will travel to the United Kingdom and Germany to visit military schoolchildren and service members as part of his fifth USO entertainment tour July 22-30. Visiting the region to spend quality time with military children and talk one-on-one with service members, Romain will perform stand-up, visit summer camps and serve as guest speaker at the European Keystone Teen Leadership Conference at Volgelweh Air Base. Upcoming tour dates, locations and show times are:
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Trevor Romain Inspires Teachers at New Jersey Summer Institute
June 23, 2008 - Simmons Elementary School, Clayton, New Jersey
Award winning children’s author and entertainer, Trevor Romain delivered the keynote speech to about 100 people at the New Jersey Summer Institute for teachers and counselors. This Annual summer workshop provides information and inspiration for school staff. The theme of the conference was: “Reaching One Student at a Time: Addressing Social, Emotional, and Cultural Needs”. Trevor Romain was the perfect person to deliver this speech. He wowed the attendees with some of his amazing stories from working with children around the world. As Romain likes to say many times, “We spend so much of our telling kids what we think they need to hear, instead of listening to what they are asking for”.
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Management and Leadership Academy Series and Educator Workshop Series – Macomb Intermediate School District : Trevor Romain Addresses Conference as Keynote Speaker for the day. Big People’s Guide to the Little People’s World
June 20, 2008 - Clinton, Michigan – Macomb Intermediate School District
Award winning children’s book author and entertainer, was keynote speaker for the day at the Macomb Intermediate School District Management and Leadership Series. Trevor spoke on several topics. Using his own childhood experiences and his twenty plus years of speaking to and listening to school age children, Romain inspired the audience to become better listeners to children.
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Trevor Romain Kicks Off Texas SEA Summit Agenda
June 8, 2008 - Secondary and Elementary Administrators HPERD
Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, South Padre Island, Texas
More than 100 physical education administrators of Texas elementary and secondary schools gathered in South Padre Island, Texas to attend the Texas Secondary and Elementary Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Summit. Conference attendees obtained new information and insights about recent legislation pertaining to physical fitness in Texas schools.
Trevor Romain was the keynote speaker for this event. Romain inspired the participants with a motivational key note address that examined the issues of childhood obesity and the need for physical fitness and a life-long commitment to health. Mr. Romain also spoke to the need for teachers to recognize their own needs for maintaining their health and inspired them to keep students positive about physical education in all of its many forms.
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Castle Hill Elementary Welcomes Trevor Romain
May 29, 2008 - Castle Hill Elementary, San Antonio, Texas
Students at Castle Hill Elementary were treated to one fantastic hour of comedy and life skills training by award winning author and entertainer, Trevor Romain. Trevor shared many valuable lessons about bullying, friendship, and compassion. Romain also shared many of his wonderful stories about his travels in Africa. It is hard to keep a group of third, fourth, and fifth grade kids focused for very long but Romain managed to do it. Most kids don’t like to share much information about being bullied or harassed or being left out of groups. However, since Romain has the uncanny ability to speak to kids on their level, students readily share their experience with him.
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Trevor Romain Teams Up with The Worlds Greatest Poet at Iles Elementary Writer’s Conference
April 18, 2008 - Springfield, Illinois
Award winning author and entertainer, Trevor Romain, along with Tony Haynes, the world’s greatest poet, inspired the kids of Iles Elementary. The kids of Iles Elementary had the time of their life when one of their heroes, Trevor Romain came to their school. For the past year, the students have been watching Trevor, and his animated friends, Jack and Skye. Sherry Frachey, a counselor and teacher at Iles, has been using Trevor’s materials to teach kids valuable life lessons. "The students at Iles absolutely love Trevors movies", said Frachey. "Trevor has an incredible ability to speak to kids about difficult topics with out being preachy, which is terribly difficult to do. And his characters, Jack and Skye, are so realistic and easy for the kids to relate to. Our kids just love them:"
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Award Wining Author and Entertainer Trevor Romain Visits Guantanamo Bay on USO Educational Tour
March 29, 2008 - Gauntanamo Bay, Cuba
Not many Americans have been to Cuba, much less on the American military base at Guantanamo Bay. But children’s author and entertainer jumped at the opportunity to visit when asked by the USO to speak to the children of deployed soldiers there. “Most Americans don’t realize we have children of active military living in Cuba. I wanted to let those kids know that we appreciate the sacrifice they are making for our country.”
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Author/Illustrator Trevor Romain to Bring Comic Relief to Military Children in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on USO Educational Tour
March 29, 2008 - Arlington, Virginia
Austin-based children’s author/animator Trevor Romain will bring his unique blend of comedy and self-help messages, also referred to as ‘comical sense,’ to military schoolchildren in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of the USO Celebrity Education Program March 29-April 5. The fourth USO tour for Romain, he will visit with W.T. Sampson Elementary, Middle and High School students, perform stand-up comedy and extend his heartfelt thanks to those with loved ones serving overseas in the U.S. armed forces.
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Trevor Romain Kicks Off National Candlelighters Conference
March 28-29, 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Award winning author and Entertainer, Trevor Romain, opened the National Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Romain told many stories that inspired the audience about the work that they do with children diagnosed with cancer. Romain, who has worked with cancer kids for about 20 years, recalled many of the children that have inspired him to keep giving back to Candlelighters and the kids that they help. “ If you ever want to meet a room full of sad kids, don’t go to the hospital”, says Romain.” These kids wear a bright smile and live for everyday. We all have a lot to learn from kids battling cancer”.
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Trevor Romain Wows Teachers, Parents, and Students at Eagleville Elementary
March 12, 2008 - Eagleville Elementary, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Eagleville Elementary was in for quite a treat when award winning author and entertainer, Trevor Romain, showed up for a complimentary visit. Eagleville was the recipient of a visit from Trevor Romain because of a drawing they won at the American School Counselors Conference last year in Denver. Judy Schmitz, counselor at Eagleville, organized the event. Trevor gave three talks at Eagleville. He greeted the teachers in the morning, spoke to the children during the day, and had a discussion with parents later that evening. It was a terrific day. Trevor inspired the kids a she usually does and the teachers were truly moved as well. Romain told some of his famous stories about bullying, to which all of the children can relate. “I was bullied terribly when I was a child by a boy named Roy”, said Romain. “I use some of my experiences with him to help kids today who are having similar problems. I don’t want any kids to face some of the crazy situations that I had to face as a child.”
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