School notes (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Chelsea Youtz, 17, got a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT. Her dad, a math teacher at Lackawanna Trail High School, ?had just piles of SAT practice books and stuff,? Chelsea said, but she didn?t use them much. She was focusing on the writing and verbal tests, instead....more...School gets garden grant funds (Lassen County News)
Nov. 6, 2007 ? Four Lassen County school districts have received grant money from the California Instructional School Garden Program Grant. The districts will use the funding to help beautify school grounds, improve science classes and provide students with hands-on experience....more... Government Report: School district to discuss corrective actions (Desert Dispatch Online)
BARSTOW ? The Barstow Unified School District will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. to review a report of findings and corrective actions as part of the state monitoring process at Barstow Junior High School....more... North Beach journalists put out school paper (Ballard News-Tribune)
There's no untruth a young journalist won't try to uncover, even if that reporter is still learning multiplication tables and getting rides to school on a yellow bus....more... Reading program helps third graders broaden their horizons (Jefferson City News Tribune)
CALIFORNIA, Mo. - Making the transition from reading picture books to chapter books is a vital part of third grade. The students at California Elementary are not only making that transition, they're showing great signs of improvement....more... Bedford County librarians to revamp book-removal guidelines (The News & Advance)
After two recent incidents that ended with the removal of library books from Bedford County Schools, a committee of librarians agreed Tuesday to compile a list of ways they can choose books more carefully. The group plans to suggest a slight addition to the school system's policy that defines the functions of school libraries, they said at a meeting Tuesday. They also plan to recommend adding an ......more... Lower Shore schools celebrate American Education Week (The Daily Times)
SALISBURY -- Parents wanting a sneak-peak into their child's school day will have their chance. "It's important to allow parents and relatives to see what we are doing on daily basis," said Kirby Bryson, Northwestern Elementary School principal....more... Libraries of Love Enriching Lives in Uganda with Donated Books (U.S. Department of State)
Libraries of Love, a nongovernmental organization based in Austin, Texas, continues to expand its work with public schools in Uganda, opening four libraries this summer and establishing a support group of Ugandan school librarians. The nonprofit group ships books prepared with cards for library checkout to Uganda each January. In 2007, about 20,700 books were shipped....more... Class of '08 to graduate from an accredited school (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
*Use of school-wide rubrics based on the Maine Learning Results to assess student progress in achieving academic expectations....more... |