Casey adds star power – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Just Jared Casey adds star power Pittsburgh Post Gazette She ran through statistics on the benefits of early childhood education . “You were able to sit in a circle when you got to kindergarten — that is kindergarten readiness,” she said.

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26 Years Ago: The Challenger

From last year’s post: When I was five, I remember with excitement – along with all my other Kindergarten classmates – preparing to watch the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, fly into space aboard the shuttle Challenger. Schools across the country gathered their students, turned on the television t …

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2012 – Third Quarter

Wow, we are already in the third quarter! This school season is passing very quickly and I’m already excited about next year’s curriculum. I need to temper my future thinking a bit and keep to the present while we finish out this year. So, let’s take a quick look at where we’ve been and where we are ..

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Transitions

The xylophones have been moved back to the music room. The boxes of scarves, drums and puili sticks are shoved off to the side and will be put away soon. The songs and poems from the big performance are tucked neatly away in a folder marked, Winter Performance 2012

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Seventeen-year-old suspended for growing out hair to donate

Photo courtesy of Midiman/Flickr A student in Michigan has recently been suspended for not pertaining to the dress code policy regarding hair for boys. Seventeen-year-old J.T. Gaskins was suspended from Madison Academy in Burton, Michigan, after refusing to cut his hair

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Finally!

Well, we’ve finally done it! We have made a decision and a plan and we are going forward with it. Siu has struggled in school and with school since she started kindergarten.

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Links and a Deleted Scene

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Decision nears on $133 million school plan – TheDay.com

Decision nears on $133 million school plan TheDay.com Supporters of the plan have touted it as an opportunity to add more full-day kindergarten and early childhood education , add new and upgraded facilities and address federal racial balance requirements. All this could be accomplished, they say, ..

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fun {and easy} way to use technology.

I found cookie this morning and have to admit I’ve spent the last half hour playing games! This is a fantastic website that I’m going to start using on Monday! They all have audio directions in case you want your kids to work independently and when one game ends, another one pops up to play again …

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The Challenger Revisited

January 28, 1986 was a snow day for most children in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For me, a full-day Kindergarten student at R.W. Clark Elementary School, a snow day was a new experience because there would be no circle time, no “P

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