\TA 1bOO .PI P4 11~8/'6 The Long Hot Summer By Barbara Ingram, PeachStar Marketing Coordinator As autumn days turn quickly to nights and the school year settles down to a reasonably manageable routine, PeachStar pauses to reflect on our accomplishments this past summer. Our most profound memory is.. .a blur! While summer is for many a time to enjoy well deserved vacations, it's the busiest time of the year for the staff of PeachStar Education Services. This summer was no different as our days and weeks flew by feverishly. Our preparations for the first day of school set our pace at nothing less than warpspeed as we pushed to meet looming dead lines and stay ahead of drop-dead dates. Our intrepid leader, Joey Baughman, Director of PeachStar Education Services, challenged, "Many schools will start early this year, so we need all hands on deck!" With no time to spare, the countdown began. June ticked by with numerous summer-long projects already underway. Stephanie prepared to offer schools another year of TEAMS and MATHLINE and began revising PeachStar's increasingly popular web site. With a slate of new programs lined up for the fall, Sharon proceeded to update the PeachStar Program Guide for publication and distribution to every Georgia school. Wagers revised and expanded the Pipeline format and began preparations for a huge back-to-school issue. Bix supervised an ever-changing intern and temporary staff, kept all office activities organized and managed everyone's technical support needs. Barbara continued registration and enrollment of a record number of Irasshai students, and developed packaging of Irasshai Explorer. The SALSA production and curriculum teams began laying plans for 12 new episodes and revision of the SALSA Activity Guide. Liz continued editing the Explorer Teacher Resource Guide and Student Activity Guide while working with Kathy to train new Audio Interaction teachers for Japanese I & II. Joe and Rosemary began the task of planning and scheduling the fall broadcast schedule for PeachStar channels 410 and 430 as well as PeachStar's line- up on GPTV. Marcelle marshaled the administrative support staff and kept the accounting functions flowing. With the arduous task of managing the entire body of work and countless other special projects, Joey, Janie and Mike were faced with close-out of the fiscal year and annual performance evaluations for all staff members. June down and only two months to go! "No more meetings!" was the battle cry in July. New projects were launched with the implementation of a "teams" project management concept designed to capitalize on the strengths of all staff members. Organizing for this new approach required endless hours of planning and coordination. We developed several ambitious but do-able goals. The Creative and Production teams joined forces to create a catchy new look for PeachStar's time slot on GPTV. (Check out the cool, new "School's On" graphics, Mon. - Fri.,1-3 PM.) The Public Relations team began development of a statewide back-toschool PeachStar awareness campaign. The Customer Service team organized to redefine customer service systems, activate new technologies and develop more efficient response tools. By August the dust began to clear. Pipeline and the Program Guide were in the mail. Joey, Janie, Liz and Stephanie were featured on several radio and television talk shows, "telling the world" about PeachStar. Irasshai Explorer packages were shipped on time. Irasshai classes were staffed, scheduled and ready. SALSA began production. All other projects were on target and everyone on task. As schools prepared to open their doors once again, PeachStar was ready to serve educators and students across the state, offering the best instructional programming and other support services available. As of this writing, it is early fall, and we are six weeks into the 1998-99 school year. Based on the feedback we have received from educators, our backto-school preparations are much appreciated. We hope you continue to experience positive results from all our hard work during the long, hot summer. November 1998 PeachStar Pipeline Pipeline Table of Contents Media Center ...................................Front Cover Copyright Info ......................................Page 2 Table of Contents ........................................2 Channel410 Listings Early Childhood and Elementary School ..................3-6 Middle and High School ..............................6-7 Staff Development ................................... 7-8 Postsecondary, Adult and Special Interest ..................8 Daily Listings, November 2- December 11 .....................9 Channel430 BLOCKFEED Listings ..........................15 Ready To Learn on GPTV Higlights .........................16 PeachStar on GPTV Listings ...............................17 PeachStar Resources Order Form ...........................18 Where We'll Be .........................................19 Tech Talk .............................................19 PeachStar Theme Packets ................................19 PeachStar Contact Information .....................Back Cover * For an exhaustive listing of program providers, along with contact information, refer to the PeachStar Program Guide. (There should be a current copy in your school Media Center.) The Guide also contains more comprehensive information about copyright guidelines. 2 November 1998 A key to abbreviations used in the following program listings appears on page 2 12/08 12/09 12/10 12/11 207: Arthur's TV-Free Week/Night Fright 208: Arthur vs. The Piano/The Big Blow-Up 209: Lost!/Tiie Short, Quick Summer 210: D.W. Goes to Washington/Arthur's Mystery Envelope The "how-to's" of faxing as a part of the programming interactivity. Airs on dates indicated, 10 AM 11/04 11/05 11/18 11/19 Aft journeys examines rhree maiu themes uf ad: Art About Life (realistic). Art About Art (abstract/non-objective) and Art About Idea (conceptual). Art from different regions of the world is examined. Airs Mon., 1:30PM 11/02 207: A Pilgrimage to the Donald Judd Estate 11/09 208: Green Mountain Foundry: From Melted Metal to a Sharing of Ideas 11/16 209: Imagination as Inspiration 11/23 101: What is Art? 11/30 303: NEW! Family Pictures: Carmen Lomas Garza 12/07 102: Hispanic Masters in Painting lij\~liijtt~~~~~~~~~t[J{~t,;~~~,~f~~~~1Ti i ji Based 011 Matt Brown's best-seiling books about an aardvark named Arthur. Airs Mon-Fri., 7 AM 11/02 118: Arthur's Chicken Pox/Sick As a Dog 11103 119: D.W. Rides Again/Arthur Makes the Team 11/04 120: Arthur's Almost Boring Day/The Half Baked Sale 11/05 121: Sue Ellen Moves In/The Perfect Brother 11/06 122: D.W.'s Snow Mystery/Team Trouble 11/09 123: Bully for Binky/Misfortune Teller 11/10 124: Arthur's Tooth/D.W. Gets Lost 11111 125: D.W. Thinks Big/Arthur Cleans Up 11112 126: My Dad, The Garbage Man/Poor Muffy 11/13 127: D.W.'s Blankie/Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble 11/16 301: NEW! Buster's Back/The Ballad of Baxter 11117 302: NEW! D.W. All Fired Up/l'd Rather Read it Myself 11/18 303: NEW! Arthur Goes/Sue Ellen and the Brainsaurus 11/19 304: NEW! Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids 11/20 305: NEW! The Chips are Down/Revenge of the Chip 11/23 306: NEW! Binky Rules/Meet Binky 11/24 307: NEW! Arthur Rides the Bandwagon/ Dad's Dessert Dilemma 11/25 308: NEW! Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge 11/30 309: NEW! Arthur's Treasure Hunt/The Return of the King 12/01 310: NEW! Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/ D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy 12/02 203: D.W., The Picky Eater/Buster and the Daredevils 12/03 204: Arthur Makes a Movie/Go to Your Room! 12/04 205: Arthur's Underwear/Francine Fresky, Olympic Rider 12/07 206: Buster Baxter, Cat Saver/Play it Again, D.W. Airs Thurs., 8:30 AM 11/05 301: Spiders 11/12 402: Do-It-Yourself Science 11/19 403: Atoms & Molecules 12/03 404: Ocean Exploration 12/10 405: Lakes & Ponds M,;~t~~'f~ll1~~~#)it#j]~~~;f; ~'~0~ ~ Students explore different ecosystems common on the South Georgia coast. Airs Mon., 1 PM 11/02 101: Those Beautiful Barriers 11/09 102: Our Majestic Maritime Forests 11/16 103: Our Endangered Wildlife 11/23 104: Our Marvelous Marshes 11/30 105: Whispering Pines These live electronic field trifs take you back in time to 18th century Colonia Williamsburg. Airs on date indicated, 7:30 PM 11/06 202: Of Kith and Kin Airs on date indicated, 4:30 PM 11/20 202: Of Kith and Kin Airs on date indicated, 11:30 AM 12/07 203: A Day in the Life Helps children and teachers talk about, understand and combat racism. BLOCKFEED Begins, 10 PM 11/10 01: Sticks and Stones 02: Cinderella and Me 03: Long Distance 04: Play Ball 05: The Club 06: Tug of War 07: Proud To Be Me 08: I'm American, Too 09: Words on the Wall TheE Connection im:i:l58S on envitoll!l\