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"Education
would be so much more effective if
its purpose
were to ensure that by the time they
leave school every boy and girl should know how
much they don't know,
and be imbued with a
lifelong desire to know it."
Sir William
Haley
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This site is dedicated to those who
train and teach our most precious
jewels, our children.Teachers, administrators,
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and counselors,
will be able to visit this site and gain
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PURPOSE:
The purpose of this website is to
provide
a variety
of tools and information to teachers, parents, and students to facilitate
learning for all children.
Visitors will be able
to visit often
and view new announcements,
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and new topics to discuss! Don't forget to
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American Education Week 2008November
16–22Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility
NEA's 87th annual American Education Week (AEW) spotlights the importance of providing every child in America with
a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great. Great Public Schools: A Basic
Right and Our Responsibility reflects the Association's calling upon America to provide students with quality
public schools so that they can grow, prosper, and achieve in the 21st century.
www.pta.org
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IMPORTANT SUMMER SAFETY TIPS!
Many deadly
fires are the direct result of children playing with matches and lighters.
Children do not understand the dangers of
fire and are fascinated by it. Fire is the second leading cause of accidental death in the home. Each
year an estimated 4,000 people die in fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Children
younger than 5 playing with lighters cause more than 5,000 residential fires a year, resulting in an estimated 150 deaths
and more than 1,000 injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Safety tips
to parents include:
1. Purchase and use child-resistant
lighters.
2. Keep matches and lighters out of the reach of children. 3. Never use a lighter as a source of amusement. 4. Teach
children to tell an adult if they find matches or lighters.
Informations
gathered from the South Carolina Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation website.
Click on the
link below for water safety tips and others!  Click here for important summer safety tips!
  
 
 
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Lead poisoning is the number one environmental hazard threatening children throughout
the United States, affecting an estimated 310,000 children under the age of six. Children under 6 and pregnant women are at
the greatest risk for lead poisoning because lead inhibits the proper physical and cognitive development in children
and infants. Even low levels of lead poisoning can cause hyperactivity, aggressive behavior, learning disabilities, lowered
IQ, speech delay and hearing impairment. High levels of lead can cause severe mental disabilities, convulsions, coma, or even
death. More info contact www.leadsafe.org or www.alphalead.org.
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 In the complex and fast paced society in which we live, it becomes difficult for
parents to really know what is going on with their teens. In the United States, the average daily time parents spend with
their teens is about 15 minute s a day. Your teen can start heading down the wrong path without you knowing, until you
can see a need for serious help. This ad is posted for your information
and exploration and is not an endorsement of this program! Visit www.troubled-teen-advisor.com for more information.
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Children are like Tender Seedlings!
Directions! a. Put in a classroom with bright, warm encouragement like
the sun, rather than clouds of ridicule. b.
Cover with soil of wonderment and curiosity. c. Water
with patience, empathy, and high expectations. d. Visit
seedlings at least once a day for one to one time. e. Sit
back and watch them soar! By
Lisa-Anne Ray-Byers **********************************************************************
This is not an endorsement of this program! *********************************************************************
Mission
The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to advance
cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision
of our Founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay. To make
a donation call 1-800-4stjude.
What is ExploraVision? Now in its
16th year, ExploraVision encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels to create and explore a vision
of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from
creative thinking and problem solving. ExploraVision offers a ready-made tool to put into practice many of the National
Science Education Standards — particularly in the areas of "science and technology" and "science in personal
and social perspectives." The competition is also an excellent way for students to learn how to work in collaborative
learning groups on an interdisciplinary project. Visit www.exploravision.org.
 
 
 
CheckouttheseBestSellingCDs,DVDs,andBooksatShopPBS.org
AcademicONE
Live e-tutoring! AcademicONE, a Tec-Masters Incorporated company, is an online education service that provides tutoring in math and science courses
through a secured web site. Whether from home, school, library, or after-school program, AcademicONE allows students to receive
assistance with difficult homework problems from a live tutor. Wherever there is Internet access, help is just a few clicks
away. Visit: www.itutorlive.com.
 
 
 Challenge Air!
Challenge Air for Kids and Friends, a not-for-profit organization, offers motivational,inspirational
and life-changing experiences to physically challenged children and youth through aviation.
Visit www.challengeair.org for details and schedules!!
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Founded in 1988, Give the Gift of Sight is a family of charitable programs providing free vision care
and eyewear to underprivileged individuals in North America and in developing countries around the world. Sponsored by Give
the Gift of Sight Foundation and Luxottica Group, these programs have helped five million people on five continents and in
hundreds of communities across North America. The program's goal is to help seven million people by 2008. Visit
www.givethegiftofsight.com for more information and how you can help.
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How To Improve Education for African-American Students!
Edited by Sheryl J. Denbo and Lynson Moore BeaulieuForeword by
Vinetta C. Jones, Ph.D.
Dean School of Education, Howard University
Washington, D. C. Publisher: Charles C. Thomas -- Springfield, Illinois, 2002 
Software Training for
Autistic Students at Your School! 
LaureateLearning.net Computers can be very effective when working with individuals who have Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD). The software in these packages is designed for children in all stages of oral language development from emerging
vocabulary comprehension to basic syntax mastery. You'll learn how these programs train cause and effect, early vocabulary,
syntax, category concepts, auditory discrimination and processing, following directions, and expressive language. Every participant
will receive workshop materials including a demo CD of the software discussed.
To schedule a training or
for
more information,
call Adam at
1-800-562-6801,
ext. 15 or e-mail him.
 
Report: Black, Hispanic
children making gains!
Black
and Hispanic children have made significant gains in health, safety and income over the past two decades, narrowing gaps between
them and white children, according to a pioneering report on child development. They
still fare worse overall than whites, but they're catching up in several areas and are less likely to smoke cigarettes,
drink alcohol, abuse drugs or commit suicide, according to this report. It was sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development,
a philanthropy that funds research on children. Visit USAToday.com
 
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Sink Your Teeth into Teen Read
Week! October
12 - 18, 2008.
The Young Adult Library Services Association
(YALSA) sponsors Teen Read Week each year
to encourage teens to explore and take advantage
of all the great resources libraries have to offer.
This year's Teen Read Week is October 12-18
and the
theme is Books with Bite@your library.
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¡Colorín Colorado
Welcome
to Colorín Colorado, the leading website for teachers and parents of English Language Learners! Here you'll find
lots of articles, resources, and ideas to support ELLs at school and at home. Teachers:
Take a look at our For Educators section (also available in Spanish) to find more information about ELLs, teaching reading and content to ELLs, and classroom
strategies. Also be sure to check our Topics A to Z section for articles on everything from early literacy and assessment to learning disabilties.
Visit
6th Annual Houston Latino Book & Family Festival
Once again the George R. Brown Convention Center will be the venue
as we gather for the 6th annual Houston event.
As part of its tenth anniversary season, Nuestra Palabra: Latino
Writers Having Their Say is proud to once again organize the 6th Annual Edward James Olmos Houston Latino Book and Family
Festival presented by The Houston Chronicle and the University of Houston Clear Lake, September
20 and 21, 2008, 10 am - 5 pm. Admission is free.
Once again the George R. Brown Convention Center will be the venue
as we gather for the 6th annual Houston event.
As part of its tenth anniversary season, Nuestra Palabra: Latino
Writers Having Their Say is proud to once again organize the 6th Annual Edward James Olmos Houston Latino Book and Family
Festival presented by The Houston Chronicle and the University of Houston Clear Lake, September 20 and 21, 2008,
10 am - 5 pm. Admission is free.
 
 
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Inspirational Quote
"The end of all education should surely be service to others."
Ce'sar Chavez
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YourBabyCanReady.Com
  
 
 
 
 
 
***************************** WOW!
This
poem is so reflective of how it is and feels to have ADHD.
You must read! Thanks Garret!
A
Poem for Everyone Who Has ADHD! You are amazing. But many don't understand your ADHD mind.
So you can tell them ...
The ADHD mind is no more than this:
A heroic soul born desperately in need
of sensation.
To you ... a moment is an eternity, a rule is a tyranny,
a process is a purgatory, a joy is
an ecstasy, a daydream is a vision,
a hazard is a playground, silence is suffocation, and completion is
death.
Add to this brutally expansive spirit the overwhelming need to risk,
create, and express --
so that
without the creating of music or poetry or books or businesses
or buildings
or something of meaning, your very
breath is cut off ...
You must create, must pour out your entire being in creation.
By some strange, unknown,
inward urgency you do not feel alive
unless you are intimately involved in the risk of self-expression.
Thank
you for having the courage to create.
For without your creations
the world would grow dull and listless
And
the rest of us who are like you
would not have your courageous act to lean on
to inspire our own.
Rock
on,
Garret LoPorto
Author of The DaVinci Method
http://www.DaVinciMethod.com
The above message by Garret LoPorto is partially inspired by a poem
by Pearl Buck.
This poem is not an endorsement of the DaVinci Method!
 
 
 
TeenScreen is
a national mental health and suicide risk screening program for students and adolescents. For more information
on teen depression and suicide: View a Fact Sheet on teen depression and suicide Visit Teenscreen.org.
 
 
Free
shipping with $50 order at Hanes.com!
 
 
 
September
is Library Card Sign-up Month - a time to remind parents and kids that a library card is the most important school supply
of all.
US Immigration Newspaper!
************************************************* NEA's Books Across America Goes National!After a successful
launch with a Cat-A-Van tour of the Gulf Coast and a concentration on school libraries in the ravaged Gulf Coast region in
2006, NEA's Books Across America is going national, raising funds for school libraries in need around the country. NEA's
Books Across America and The NEA Foundation will announce the recipients of $5,000 awards to libraries affected by Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma during Read Across America week, the official launch of the 2007 national program. From
the moment NEA launched NEA's Books Across America along the Gulf Coast, N EA members and partners have risen
to the challenge of helping their peers along the Gulf Coast region. In 2006, NEA members contributed 350,000 books and raised
$125,000 for school libraries. More than 500 NEA member schools from 47 states "adopted" schools or classrooms in
the Gulf Coast region, raising funds and gathering books. What can you do?
 Visit NEA.org for more information!
Visit BrainConnection.com! ....................................................................... 
Resources for Kids With Disabilities! .........................................................................................  
Attention Magazine The arrival of
August means summer vacation is nearly over. Attention’s annual education issue provides tips for academic success at
any age. Two homeschooling mothers share strategies for learning activities in any educational setting. More teens and adults
with disabilities are seeking higher education—how do they obtain appropriate educational accommodations? Part one in
a series of articles on denial and AD/HD raises the possibility that denial is a brain-based inability rather than a defensive
refusal to perceive symptoms. Learn More...20 Annual CHADD International ConferenceNovember 12 - 15 2008 Anaheim, CA
777 Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802
Telephone: 1-800-445-8667
or 1-800-HILTONS Visit CHADD.org | |
********************************************************************** Girls with ADHD: Overlooked, Underdiagnosed,
and Underserved
by Anita
Gurian, Ph.D 
What happens to
the girls? Because they don't disrupt the rest of the class, it may take longer for girls to get a diagnosis
of ADHD and to get the help they need. Most of the research has been done with boys, and as many as 50 to 75% of girls with
ADHD are missed. Those girls who do get identified are diagnosed on average five years later than boys (boys generally diagnosed
at age 7 and girls at age 12). Thus, they lose five critical years during which they could have been getting help. Here's
the good news: Educators, mental health researchers, and parents are now becoming aware of the unique needs of girls with
ADHD.
How Teachers Can Help—Spotting the Signs in Class Teachers
should be alert to the specific symptoms of ADHD in girls, such as poor concentration, easy distractibility, difficulty focusing,
disorganization (messy backpack, loss of schedules and homework), and forgetfulness (forgetting to hand in papers, take assignments
home). Other possible clues include nonstop talking, bossiness, interrupting others, slow to pick up social cues, and difficulty
paying attention to multi-step directions. The Sensitive Teacher Can Use Strategies Such As: - seat girl in front of room to make
sure her attention is not drifting
- give her a task to help her refocus
- have her buddy share
- teach
social conventions explicitly (how to join a group, give a compliment)
To
help her organize: For more info visit: http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/adhd_girls.html
 
 
 
 
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