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Did You Know that you can receive amber alerts in your area on your cell phone?
You
can help save a child and can chose up to 5 zip codes near you!
Visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org
Did You Know that the lead in artificial turf at stadiums, schools, and parks may pose a health hazard to students and athletes?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has launched an investigation after two fields in New Jersey were closed because
of high levels of lead in the turf. The agency is looking into the possible health hazards
of lead in artificial turf installed at schools, parks, and stadiums across the country. The two
fields in New Jersey were closed after state health officials detected what they said were unexpectedly high levels of
lead in the synthetic turf and raised fears that athletes could swallow or inhale fibers or dust from the playing surface.
Lead poisoning causes severe damage to a child's brain and neurological system. Contact your school district
to test these items at your children's schools. News from the
Associated Press, April 18, 2008.
Did You Know that nationally,
only about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma? For Hispanic and black students, the proportion
drops to about half. The fact that kids are entering high schools with such poor literacy skills raises questions about how
much catch-up work high schools can be expected to do and whether more pressure should be placed on middle schools and even
elementary schools, say some high-school principals. Visit www.EducationNews.org or
Did
you know that lead poisoning in children can cause significant neurological damage and ADHD? It can also cause
significant learning deficits and even cause death at high levels. Did you also know that the USA is the world's third
largest producer of lead? The USA generates 445,000 tons per year? www.leadsafe.org.
Did you
know that meningococcal disease, including meningitis, is a rare but potentially fatal illness
that can strike at any time? About 3000 people in the United States get
this disease each year, and 1 in 10 of them die from it. Research has shown
that teens and young adults are at increased risk. Meningococcal disease, while rare, can potentially kill an otherwise healthy teen in 48 hours or less.
Talk to your child’s doctor or health-care professional about how to protect your child and students. Visit www.fightmeningitis.com for more info.
Did you know
that undetected vision disorders can cause serious problems in a child's mental and social development? According
to the Vision Council of America, it is estimated that over 50% of children with a learning disability have an undetected
vision problem. Many children seen as unmotivated or not trying hard enough had problems with eye teaming, eye movement, and
visual perception problems. These children can pass eye examinations and have 20/20 vision. 70% of juvenile delinquents
tested in a California Youth Center had vision problems interfering with their ability to learn. Visit www.visionhelp.com and www.visiontherapysuccess.com for more info.
Did you know a new study found a link between children who have ADHD (attention
deficit/ hyperactivity disorder) and prenatal smoking and postnatal lead poisoning? Read more...
Did you
know that the children who are successful in kindergarten and reading fluently by first grade were read to between
5000 and 6000 times from infancy to age five?
Did you know that by age three years
old, children should be talking in full 3-4 word sentences, asking a lot of questions like 'why,' following simple
two-step directions, identifying a few colors, and learning new words everyday?
Did You Know that every year 23 children die
in school bus related accidents? Approximately 6 children die during transportation to or from school. The others, 17, die as pedestrians. The NHTSA (National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration), states in a May, 2006 report, that most children do not have seat belts to use on large buses because most
deaths occur as pedestrians and passenger deaths occur mostly in frontal crashes that would not have been prevented by a seat
belt. Check out their website for tips about school bus safety and how to protect your children! www.nhtsa.dot.gov.
Did you know that across the USA, African-American and Hispanic students, on average, leave
high school reading
on a 7th grade level in comparison to their white
peers who read at the 12th grade level or above? Did you know that an estimated 4.5 million girls between the ages of 12- 17 consumed
alcohol this past year?
Did you know
that there is now a longlasting patch available for children who have ADHD? The patch is waterproof
and provides medicine throughout the day. The effective medicine is the same as the
medicine found in ritalin.
Did you know that a preliminary study in Israel found
that men who
fathered children after age 40, were more likely to have a child with Autism?
The mother's age didn't appear to be a significant factor!
Parents? Does your child eat the school lunch you pay for every week? You would
be surprised how many children throw the whole tray away. If your child does not eat lunch on a regular basis, he/she
is hungry and distracted by the afternoon and is therefore not learning. Try to send in healthy snacks that you
know your child likes, so if the school lunch is icky that day, he/she has something to keep him/her until he/she gets
home.
 
 
 
 
Don't forget to send any tidbits of your own!!
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