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READER SUBMITTED: Global Youth Service Day At Wheeler
PlainvilleGlobal Youth Service Day, an international event which promotes service projects, was celebrated at Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School on April 25. It is not only the largest service event in the world but is also the only service day dedicated to...Tags: Education, Schools
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FCAT writing scores rise, third-grade reading marks up slightly from 2012
Florida students wrote better essays on this year's FCAT than in 2012 and third-graders posted slightly higher marks on the state's key reading exam, scores released Friday show. The scores are the first wave of results from the 2013 administration of...
Tags: Students, Orange County (Florida), Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Seminole County, Science and Technology
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Institute urges more physical activity, in and out of school
It’s common knowledge that Americans don’t get enough exercise – young Americans too. And the Institute of Medicine issued a report on Thursday calling on schools and government at all levels to make sure that all students get an hour...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Department of Education, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Education, Dwayne Johnson
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Loyola's Crane, Towson High's Skinner named Unsung Hero Award winners
The One Love Foundation announced Thursday that North Carolina’s Zoe Skinner (Towson High) and Loyola’s Jason Crane (Chesapeake-Anne Arundel) have been selected as the 2013 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award winners. Now in its third...
Tags: Students, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Loyola Greyhounds, Virginia Cavaliers, Awards and Prizes
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Ruth Ann Monroe Primary School program is growing gardeners
holly.shok@herald-mail.comRosa Parada-Reidy knows exactly what she and her 8-year-old daughter Catherine will be doing when school gets out this year — gardening. The mother-daughter duo already has spent time tending to their bamboo, lilac hydrangea and sweet pea plants,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Nutrition, Education, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Schools
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Our Laguna: D.A.R. hands out youth awards
The Patriots Day Parade was a gift to the city from Laguna Beach Daughters of the American Revolution, and the chapter continues to reward the youth of our city who demonstrate their love of country and service to the community. Throughout the years,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Students honored for outstanding citizenship
The 26th annual Elementary Principal’s Citizenship Award Program was held May 16 at Williamsport High School. Students eligible for the award are selected by the principal of each elementary school or a committee appointed by the principal. Each...Tags: Students, Greenbrier, Education, Teaching and Learning, Schools
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Findings of Baltimore City schools spending audit
Among the expenditures by the city school system that U.S. Department of Education auditors found inappropriate: - $4,352 spent by two elementary schools for dinner cruises at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor - $2,413 spent on fried chicken, potato...
Tags: Salads, PTA, Inner Harbor, Foods and Beverages, U.S. Department of Education
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More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says
More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations, Obesity, Science and Technology, Overweight
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After devastating Oklahoma tornado, a desperate search for friend
A few hours after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area, ravaging neighborhoods and an elementary school in the suburb of Moore, Edie Cordray sent an urgent message to members of her church in nearby Norman. "Please pray for my best...
Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters, Schools
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Farmington High Student Named US Presidential Scholar
The Hartford CourantA Farmington High School student is among the elite high school students chosen as a U.S. Presidential Scholar for 2013. Only 141 students from across the country are chosen for this distinction, and Farmington High School senior Tyler Hoffmann is among...Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Princeton University, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), High School Sports
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