Kennedy, in Senate bid, hasn't shared finances (The Charlotte Observer)

(By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer) At this time last year, Caroline Kennedy was promoting "A Family Christmas," her collection of essays that featured the memory of her father letting her use the White House switchboard to call Santa. This year, after warily stepping into the political free-for-all for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's job, Kennedy's activities during the holiday season ...

Keeping The Morgan School Memories Alive (Harbor News)

By Fay Abrahamsson, Harbor News Senior Staff Writer:     If you graduated from The Morgan School in Clinton, whether it be in 1942 or 1982, then a certain lady named Dorothy C. Washburn has your name on a little index card.     Dottie, as her family and friends call her, has been running the Morgan School Alumni Association for the better part of 50 years.     “Dottie has pretty much ...

Kennedy, in Senate bid, hasn't shared finances (The State)

At this time last year, Caroline Kennedy was promoting "A Family Christmas," her collection of essays that featured the memory of her father letting her use the White House switchboard to call Santa. This year, after warily stepping into the political free-for-all for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's job, Kennedy's activities during the holiday season included fending off requests to disclose ...

Grappler waiting to return to mat after NIAA rules keep him on sidelines (Las Vegas Sun)

As Las Vegas High's wrestling team has cruised through most of its dual meets, one of its best wrestlers has humbly faced his role as a spectator. Sophomore Napoleon Aniciete, a state champion for Bishop Gorman last season at 103 pounds, cannot take the mat in a high school competition until next year because of his transfer from the private school.

Wallenwein's Ready to Reopen After Fire (East Aurora Advertiser)

It could have been much worse: As the welcoming neon signs went back into the front windows along Oakwood Avenue and Wallenwein's prepared to reopen for business as usual a little more than three weeks after the Dec. 1 fire that threatened to destroy the century-old landmark, that thought was on everyone's mind. It could have been much worse.

Students of the Month at Selma High School (The Selma Enterprise)

Selma High School has started a new Student of the Month awards ceremony with three separate distinctions. The awards, started in September, acknowledge the Student of the Month, the Senior of the Month and the Student-Athlete of the Month. At the end of the year, The Selma Enterprise is sponsoring a $500 scholarship for a senior. All of the senior winners will be grouped together and evaluated ...

Little Village, like other neighborhoods, fights for public transit

But more than three years after the campus opened, the nearest real bus stop is seven blocks away. That’s the one students have to use coming to school, or going home if they stay for after-school activities. A seven-block walk to take ...

Madison Children's Museum plans a week of fun, educational activities (Wisconsin State Journal)

You have cleaned up the wrapping paper. You found a proper place for all of the new additions to the house. You even got around to calling your Aunt Mildred and thanking her for that lovely multi-colored sweater made entirely of cat patterns. And although you've been trying to convince them that the buses are coming any minute to take them back to school, you and your kids know that you're stuck ...

Class Acts (Chronicle-Tribune)

Lakeview Christian School oThe musical group, Kids of Praise, is a class act. These students from Lakeview Christian School are selected from grades 1 through 5 for their talent, enthusiasm and desire to praise God through song, Scripture and hand bells. They are dedicated musicians who practice twice a week after school. They perform in churches throughout Grant County, at local celebrations, ...

Schools chief hopes for leniency for booster clubs (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Fayette County School Superintendent Stu Silberman said he hopes that the IRS will eliminate or lessen nearly $100,000 in fines against booster clubs, groups that raise money to pay for students' sports and extracurricular activities in the county. "My concern is for the parents. Nobody had bad intentions in this," Silberman said in an interview. "We would hope that the IRS would drop fines ...

Rhee and Kevin Johnson: Extracurricular Activities? (Washington Post)

Kevin Johnson hugging Michelle Rhee after testifying on her behalf at her confirmation hearing last year. (Dayna Smith) She sat on the board of his charter school. He testified at her confirmation hearing. It's well known that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee and NBA star turned Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson are close allies on education reform ..... but are they more than that? It seems the ...

PHOTOS: Collier school district changes program to help non-English speakers excel (Naples Daily News)

Angela Torres looks at first-grader Carlito Ramos and she sees a risk taker. She sees a child who came from Cuba with his family to Naples. She sees a child who, though a first-grader at Vineyards Elementary School, had never been to school and only knew colors, shapes and numbers in his native Spanish.

Young minds, big hearts (The Marion Sentinel)

Sara Mercer-Medeiros decided to read preschool, kindergarten and first grade students her favorite book, Give a Goat one afternoon a few weeks ago. The co-director of the After School Program at Friends Academy hoped her young listeners liked the story and she planned on doing many other activities that day. But that didn’t happen.

Lesson 24: School is cool...if you make it.

Kids need a lot of sleep and often high school kids don't get home from after school activities or work until late. The point here is that even if I hated getting up at 5:30 am for school or had pulled an all-nighter in college I pretty ...

The day I took a Seahawk to school (Issaquah Press)

Andy Co (left) and Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck emerge from the limousine. Michelle Fowler (below) jumps rope in a physical education class with Hasselbeck. Devin Turner (below right) turns out in blue hair and facepaint decals to see Hasselbeck at the school assembly. Photo by Greg Farrar   On Dec. 2, I met the starting quarterback [...]

School Busing and Schedule Changes Ahead (East Aurora Advertiser)

Parents and students in the East Aurora School District will see several changes in the 2009-2010 school year. In addition to the shifting of grades that will come with the completion of the Parkdale Elementary expansion, there will be changes in busing eligibility and in the start and end times of the school day. At the East Aurora School Board's Dec. 10 meeting, a majority of trustees ...

High school district starts eyeing budget cuts (The Bakersfield Californian)

Kern High School District trustees started tossing out ideas Monday for what to cut and not cut if the state slashes education funding because of its ballooning deficit. Board President Joel Heinrichs summed up the top priorities if cuts are needed: protecting classroom teachers and instructional programs. Trustees' ideas for saving money included implementing online courses; streamlining bus ...

Rock Hill after-school program shifting sites (The Charlotte Observer)

Parents learned Tuesday that this is the last week their children will attend an after-school program housed in Rock Hill's Emmett Scott Recreation Center. The Boys & Girls Clubs of York County, citing cuts in state funding and a decline in donations, announced plans to close the club and shift activities two miles away to the group's Northside Center site. All Emmett Scott club staff members, ...

School Notes (Issaquah Press)

Does your student want to get involved at his or her school? Try one of the many clubs and activities that begin meeting again after winter break.    Elementary schools Apollo  Eastside Enrichment is a private organization that offers classes like karate, guided drawing and Spanish after school. Call 837-7500.    Briarwood International choir, book, chess, homework and running clubs and Eastside ...

Audits trouble boosters (Lexington Herald-Leader)

The IRS has fined the Bryan Station High School baseball booster group $61,000. It is the latest in a series of tax audits aimed at Fayette County parents who raise money for extracurricular activities. With a 2008-2009 budget of $44,000, it is money the Bryan Station baseball group doesn't have, said club vice president Jimmy Boling: "It's a travesty." The Henry Clay band boosters paid ...

After-school cuts stir fears of kids home alone (The Charlotte Observer)

(By SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press Writer) Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donations shrink. Seven Boys & Girls Clubs serving more than 600 children ages 6 to 18 in poor neighborhoods of coastal South Carolina announced plans to ...

Entertainment on tap throughout the afternoon for Hometown Christmas at the Depot in Magnolia (The Potpourri)

On Saturday, Dec. 13, after the Magnolia Christmas Parade, there will be live music and entertainment when the Magnolia Historical Society offers its Hometown Christmas at the Depot, open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. The children’s choir from Magnolia Elementary School will kick things off at noon followed by a drama presented by students from Magnolia Junior High School.

Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo public schools cancel classes for Monday (Fargo Forum)

No classes will be held Monday in Fargo, West Fargo or Moorhead, public school officials announced Sunday. After-school activities in Moorhead and Fargo are also canceled. A decision is to be made later regarding after-school activities in West Fargo. Check back to Inforum.com for updates. Advertisement: JobsHQ Looking for some good employees? Contact info@jobsHQ.com and learn how ...

Suit details girl's torment at exclusive school (The Charlotte Observer)

(By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer) The bullying came at school dances and in class, on Facebook and back at the dorm by girls who called themselves "Oprichniki," a Russian attack squad notorious for torturing suspected enemies of a 16th-century czar. The cruel clique at the exclusive Miss Porter's School allegedly harassed Tatum Bass for months, until two doctors advised her to take a ...

Suit details girl's torment at exclusive school (The State)

The bullying came at school dances and in class, on Facebook and back at the dorm by girls who called themselves "Oprichniki," a Russian attack squad notorious for torturing suspected enemies of a 16th-century czar. The cruel clique at the exclusive Miss Porter's School allegedly harassed Tatum Bass for months, until two doctors advised her to take a break. That's when her tormentors put a "For ...

RNE school ‘family’ mourns Terry McCoy (The State)

He was a towering bear of a man, a hugger with a booming bass voice that resonated across the campus of Richland Northeast High School. For 30 years, Terry A. McCoy’s office of student activities served as a bustling crossroads of kids and clamor at the Richland 2 school, with McCoy serving as the resident gentle cop. His voice is silent now, but the longtime educator, who died Sunday of liver ...

NEWS UPDATE: School district cancels after school activities today (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)

The Sauk Prairie School District has canceled all after school activities today due to inclement weather. This includes all events and practices.Programming at the district's Kids Club was expected to continue as normal, according to the district's Web site.The district also canceled its regular school board meeting  scheduled for Monday night.As of 6 p.m. Monday, the district planned to hold ...

Parents' anxieties ignored over age summer-born pupils start school (Guardian Unlimited)

Children who are born in the summer months should not be allowed to defer starting primary school, although they should have the option to begin part-time, a major report has concluded. It follows concerns among parents, academics and ministers that allowing children to start school too young has far-reaching effects on confidence and learning. Former Ofsted chief Sir Jim Rose was ...

Tranquillity-Orange Cove game on

Tranquillity has a policy that says if students aren't bused to school, they can't be bused to after-school activities, either. The team, instead, has arranged a charter bus to the game. But there's a snag: The school had scheduled ...

The hidden cost of after-school activities

Trent at the Simple Dollar has this post - Cutting down on the hidden cost of after-school activities. A snippet:. On your way out the door, fill a thermos with soup and pack a sandwich and a piece of fruit or a granola bar for your ...

Chemical Reaction Prompts Evacuation of High School (FOX News Chicago)

A hazardous materials spill caused a minor explosion in a science lab Thursday afternoon, prompting a brief evacuation of a northwest suburban high school. About 12:50 p.m., students and faculty at Hoffman Estates High at 1100 W. Higgins Rd. were sent outside in response to a fire alarm prompted by a chemical reaction, according to an alert on the school Web site. Students were later transferred ...

Sayonara Kim-san!

and also the Friday night parties and other after-school events. We're very sad to see her go. On a happier note, Kim's replacement, Makiko, is settling in nicely to her new job, and has big plans for future school activities. ...

Parkland HS Basketball Player Collapses, in Critical Condition (WGHP Greensboro)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) -- A 15-year-old Parkland High School basketball player is in critical condition after he collapsed during a junior varsity game Tuesday evening. At the beginning of the second quarter, starting point guard Khalid Prince hit a three-pointer and as the team was setting up its defense, coach Keith McInnis noticed something was wrong.

High School Was Awesome

You wake up early, take a bus, walk or drive to school, gossip and talk about music, politics, parties, and plan for the weekend, go to classes where you like or dislike particular teachers, get involved in after-school activities like ...

The stakes are high

Kia is now in the 8th grade, but she was in our After-School Academy for about four years--first as a student, then as a volunteer. She has a mom who strongly encouraged academics and did everything she could to keep her children ...

interference with relationship/non-fostering

She then convinced the school she was the sole custodian of the said children and I was not allowed or given any information as to how they were doing or what they were doing. I was never allowed to attend any after school activities. ...

School news (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)

A fund-raiser to benefit MADRE, a human rights organization working to prevent child soldiers in Colombia, will be held on Friday, December 12, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the Ross School’s Center for Well Being Cafe. Organized by Ross School 12th-grader Ingrid Cardona as her senior project, the evening will feature a dinner with ethnic food from Colombia, music by deejay Double S (Samuel Santiago), ...

A good deal for OSSAA: Pickens Stadium to host high school playoff game after OSU lowers rent (The Oklahoman)

As late as two weeks ago, officials at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Activities Association ruled out using Oklahoma State’s Boone Pickens Stadium for the football playoffs.OSU had made the facility available, but the rate they quoted the OSSAA made using it not an option.Until this week.Recently, the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce called the OSSAA and inquired as to why the stadium â€" ...