Keeping busy this summer (York Daily Record)
Libraries, Scout groups and more offer teens lots to do. MULTIMEDIA: After school at Clubhouse A visit to Clubhouse, an after-school program for teens in Dillsburg. The program, one of several across the county, will shift to one evening a week when school is out....more...Montessori milestone (The Daily Telegram)
? St. Joseph Academy marks a trio of anniversaries for an educational philosophy based on self-directed learning....more... Oh the horror: author visits students at Coppell Middle School West (Coppell Gazette)
Darren Shan visited students at Coppell Middle School West on Tuesday. Shan, a young adult horror fiction writer, has sold 10 million books in more than 20 languages in 30 countries, said Rose Brock, librarian at Coppell Middle School West....more... May 30, 2007 (San Francisco Bay View)
Speak up for a child in foster care. SF?s foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info at www.sfcasa.org....more... Saving the Earth is child?s play at Tweedsmuir (Burnaby NewsLeader)
Kayla Ranville and Alicia Heralall play flowers imperilled by environmental dangers like litter, portrayed by Anshara Ali and Shelby Stevenson, in Saving the Earth is Child?s Play, a ?green? play written and performed by students at Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School in New Westminster....more... How to (Really) Leave A Child Behind (La Prensa San Diego)
Editor?s Note: As Congress begins to consider reauthorization of the Bush Administration?s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, The Nation asked Linda Darling-Hammond, a leading education expert, to examine the law, its consequences and prospects for improving the legislation....more... Garden Calendar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Send calendar items four weeks before the event to Northwest Gardens, P.O. Box 1909, Seattle, WA 98111-1909; fax: 206-448-8216, Attn: Northwest Gardens; e-mail: nwgardens@seattlepi.com....more... A sense of place: why restoration matters Dear Editor: (Wiscasset Newspaper)
In a mere week or hours summer will be upon us, and we'll be racing around soaking up every minute of it. We wait all year for these few precious months when we can plant seeds, watch them grow, swim in the lake. Summer is a wonderful time....more... After 15 years, a graduation of sorts for Amberg (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA ? When Urbana High School graduates flip their tassels today, many will wave goodbye to as many as 15 years in the school district. Those kids won't be the only ones taking the next step....more... |