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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 25, 1998

 Contact: Michael E. Newman
(301) 975-3025
 

MA 98-07
 

Media Advisory

 

REPORTERS INVITED TO SHOWS ABOUT THE METRIC SYSTEM
FOR CHILDREN ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, 1998

 
Event: Four local elementary schools will be treated to interactive performances of Metrics Can Be Fun! by a touring theater company from Michigan State University. The educational show, written by MSU Theatre Professor Emeritus John Baldwin, features dramatized classic children’s stories, rhymes and fables to interest children in the metric system.

The Washington-area tour is sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of its effort to accelerate the national transition to the metric system of measurement.

 
Schedule: Tuesday, March 31, 9:45 a.m.
Waynewood Elementary School, 1205 Waynewood Blvd.
Alexandria, Va. (Fairfax County)
School Contact: Chris Lamb, (703) 360-4020

Tuesday, March 31, 1:45 p.m.
Kenilworth Elementary School, 12520 Kembridge Dr.
Bowie Md. (Prince George’s County)
School Contact: Cindy Ousley, (301) 805-6600

Wednesday, April 1, 9:45 a.m.
Woodlin Elementary School, 2101 Luzerne Ave.
Silver Spring, Md. (Montgomery County)
School Contact: Emily Kesser, (301) 650-6440

Wednesday, April 1, 1:45 p.m.
Phelps Luck Elementary School, 5370 Old Stone Court
Columbia, Md. (Howard County)
School Contact: Jan Brudzinski, (410) 313-6886

 
Note: Reporters interested in attending any of the performances should contact the schools.

 

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