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Disney honors 16 Central Florida students as Dreamers & Doers Shining Stars
Sentinel School ZoneDisney has named 16 Central Florida students who have helped their communities and excelled academically as the 2013 Dreamers & Doers Shining Stars. The group of students named Shining Stars include a third grader who organized food collection drives; a...Tags: Students, Schools, St. Cloud, High Schools, Education
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Sweet business: A girl's wish evolves into a candy store
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.All 9-year-old Elasya Jessup wanted last fall was an American Girl doll. "It was a $100 doll," Elasya said. When her parents told her they would buy it but she needed to earn the money, she sold candy apples door to door in her neighborhood in High...Tags: Schools, Apple iPhone, Apples, Dwayne Johnson
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The Virginian-Pilot Kerry Dougherty column
The Virginian-PilotLive long enough and you learn to cringe when public schools leap into the latest fad in education. Remember new math? Open classrooms? Whole language? Many of us were guinea pigs in these educational disasters. Now this. Some call them "baby"...Tags: Schools, Education, Public Schools
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Forging friendships
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind.A group of 30 Chinese citizens -- students, teachers and an education delegate -- stayed with families and toured elementary schools in Logansport this week where they observed classes, learned about one another and forged friendships through a recently...Tags: Students, Teachers, Schools, The Happiest News!, Indiana University
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Outgoing Bibb principal receives national award
The Macon TelegraphAmy Duke, principal of Bibb County's Springdale Elementary School, knew something was up when someone else called a staff meeting at her school Wednesday. However, Duke, who's leaving Bibb schools for a job in Dudley, was surprised Wednesday when she...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Schools, Government, Executive Branch
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Magic can't make trash disappear, but it entertains top recyclers
The Frederick News-Post, Md.A magician who made pretend trash disappear this week delighted elementary school students who have been recycling their homework. Old homework papers, juice boxes, milk cartons, and plastic forks and knives added up to 353 tons of recyclable material...Tags: Students, Coca-Cola Co., Schools, Waste Management Incorporated, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Soldier surprises kids with return
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.There's nothing Kaben and Morgan Skold wanted more than for their dad to get home from Afghanistan. Luckily, the two Hilldale Elementary School students didn't have to wait as long as they thought they would. Warrant Officer John Skold, who was...Tags: Skype, Schools, Afghanistan
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Londonderry school officials pick new principal
The Derry News, N.H.Matthew Thornton Elementary is getting a new leader. The Londonderry School Board has named Sharon Putney as the new principal of Matthew Thornton Elementary School. She will take over July 1 and replace retiring Matthew Thornton principal Carol Mack....Tags: Schools, Education
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Monte Cassino youngsters hold coin drive for disorder affecting classmates
Tulsa WorldStudents from Monte Cassino's early childhood learning center and elementary school took turns emptying bags and jars full of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters into a counting machine Wednesday at the private Catholic school. Reading the machine's...Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Medical Research, Schools, Genetic Condition, Muscular Dystrophy
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York gearing up for 'Safety Town' program
Want to teach children about safety with fun hands-on activities? York County is seeking volunteers for its annual "Safety Town" program for pre-kindergarten age children. Four week-long sessions will be held from July 8-Aug. 2, including three at Mt....Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), Schools, FEMA, York County (Virginia), Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia)
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Touchstone gives young playwrights a stage
Touchstone Theatre Ensemble member Emma Chong has been a part of the company's Young Playwrights Festival for more than four years. Chong says she still gets excited when she sees the faces of those elementary and middle school children come alive as they...Tags: Students, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Middle Schools, Charter Schools, Fiction
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Va. Beach elementary schools phase out letter grades
The Virginian-PilotSay goodbye to A, B and C grades. For the city's elementary school students, a new grading system is on its way. It looks a lot different from the grades their parents got in school. But leaders promise it will convey more information and encourage...Tags: Students, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Science and Technology, Report Cards, Teachers
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