May 29, 2012 I love videos like this! Meet Matt. He has cerebral palsy and, although he could have opted out of 'field day,' he chose to run in the race.
May 7, 2012 This week is teacher appreciation week which was perfect timing for me to run into one of my favorite teachers when I went to Nob Hill elementary school, Mrs. Shaw.
13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick got to drive, something most kids his age only dream about doing. However, the circumstances in which the seventh-grader took the wheel were far from ideal.
When the ‘Harry Potter‘ franchise was all the rage, some students brought the fictional game of Quidditch to life, even giving the sport a league of its own. With the impending release of the next big teen franchise, ‘The Hunger Games,’ a high school in Connecticut has created a real life version of the game — minus the ‘battle-to-your-death’ part. And would you believe it’s being hosted by the school’s library?
March 9, 2012 Eisenhower high school was recently let out 10 minutes early for what kind of threat?
February 29, 2012 Just curious to know which school you went to? Or are currently attending?
February 7, 2012 The greatest school lunch day that you plan in advance for, the one you wait patiently all month long is the day they serve 'cheese zombies.' There's something so simple about a cheese sandwich that's basically nothing more than two doughy pieces of bread with nothing but cheese in the middle, served cafeteria-style. Times have changed and now the cheese zombies are individually wrapped and look like they're whole wheat or something. That's completely soulless! Fortunately for all of us, my friend, Becky Andreas (or whatever her new last name is now that she's married) held on to the original recipe for 'cheese zombies' that they used to serve at St. Paul Cathedral School as her mom used to work there. Posted via her permission, she presents you the recipe on how to make your own cheese zombies at home.
January 19, 2012 As you wake up with a fresh blanket of snow on the ground, eating your Lucky Charms, hovering over your radio or frantically checking your Facebook for updates on whether or not your school is closed, you hear the news that makes your kids as giddy as your white trash uncle winning on a scratch ticket
January 18, 2012 The Yakima Public Schools will have a 2 hour delay on Thursday, January 19th due to snow and possible ice tomorrow morning. There will be no morning pre-school for special education.
December 13, 2011 Most ring in the new year with resolutions; the breaking of bad habits or trying to obtain new goals for a new you. Of course this can be difficult as they're usually broken within the first month. Her
Nothing like the holiday school choir bringing you good entertainment.
In an effort to accommodate students with varying levels of advancement and in reaction to state budgetary cuts, at least 30 states in the US now let elementary and high school students take all their courses online.
According to Evergreen Education Group, a consulting firm that works with online schools, an estimated 250,000 students nationwide are enrolled in full-time virtual schools, a 40 percent increase in the last three years. And the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, a trade group, says two million kids take at least one class online.
