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Boy Scouts of America Names New President (Popularity:  )
http://www.scouting.org
The Boy Scouts of America has selected John Gottschalk, chairman of the Omaha World-Herald Company, as president at the organization's National Annual Meeting in San Diego on May 23. During his two-year term as the BSA's top volunteer, Gottschalk will direct the National Executive Board, which guides the national youth-service organization. One of his top priorities will be to assist Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca in moving the organization toward ...
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Kimberly-Clark Rocks Back-to-School (Popularity: )
http://www.kimberly-clark.com
Though summer vacation just started, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) is already focusing on how to bring some fun -- and extra resources -- back to school this fall. To celebrate its partnership with the Box Tops for Education(R) program, Kimberly-Clark is launching the Rock Your School Sweepstakes to offer parents a chance to win 100,000 Bonus Box Tops, plus an exclusive concert featuring Radio Disney star and Hollywood Records artist ...
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Schools Find That Streamlining Communications with Parents Improves Attendance, Safety, and Security (Popularity: )
http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems® highlighted a new product today that enables schools to communicate important information to parents more quickly and efficiently. A school district in Utah, one in Washington, and another in Illinois are using an advanced automatic communication technology called the SchoolMessenger for Cisco® Unified Communications solution. SchoolMessenger, the leading U.S. parental notification company, has integrated its system with the Cisco telephony solution, which is based on Internet Protocol (IP). ...
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Kids at Risk: Assessing Diet and Exercise Behaviors in Adolescents (Popularity: )
http://www.elsevier.com
Do adolescents get enough exercise and eat the right foods? Is there too much fat in their diets? In a study published in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers analyzed the behavior of almost 900 11-to-15 year-olds and found that nearly 80% had multiple physical activity and dietary risk behaviors, almost half had at least three risk behaviors, and only 2% met all four ...
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Study Findings Show Infection Control Intervention Helps Keep Kids in School (Popularity: )
http://www.childrenshospital.org
A study from researchers at Children's Hospital Boston published in Pediatrics found that a simple infection control intervention in elementary schools -- disinfecting frequently-touched surfaces and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers -- helped reduce illness-related student absenteeism. Illnesses caused by bacteria and viruses account for millions of lost school days each year.(1) According to Thomas Sandora, MD, MPH, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Children's Hospital Boston, "The best ways to ...
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Veteran Educator Wins Baby Abuelita National Song Contest (Popularity: )
http://www.babyabuelita.com
Maria de la Luz Huizar sits in the library waiting for the start of her monthly faculty meeting at Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas; unknowingly she will be surprised by family members, dear friends and the Grand Prize in the Baby Abuelita national contest, Sing Abuelita Sing.As she thanks everyone, overjoyed family members and teachers chant "sing, sing, sing," and Maria and her brother fill the library with ...
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Children's Media Expert to Report on Research for Fred Rogers Center (Popularity: )
http://www.stvincent.edu
Internationally-recognized children's media expert, Dr. Ellen A. Wartella, Senior Fellow of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College, will report on her recent research regarding how media can be used to further young children's healthy development at 4:30 p.m. Monday, December 4 at the Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh. Dr. Wartella's extensive research has studied such questions as the effects of early ...
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Paramount Agricultural Companies Open One of the Country's First Environmentally Friendly Pre-Schools in San Joaquin Valley (Popularity: )
http://www.cclc.com
To ensure the children of families employed by the Paramount Agricultural Companies are ready for school, the Paramount Agricultural Companies in collaboration with Childrens' Creative Learning Centers (CCLC) opens the Paramount Child Development Center. Operated by CCLC. The Center is staffed with qualified teachers, providing a rich learning environment, clearly-defined standards and outcomes that put attending children on track for success in school and in life.Studies indicate that the quality ...
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Cullen Elected to Chairman of YMCA of Metro Detroit - the City's Oldest Not-for-Profit (Popularity: )
Rock Enterprises President and Chief Operating Officer Matthew P. Cullen, 52, has been elected chairman of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. Cullen succeeds Bill Baer, president and chief executive officer of The Crown Group. "I am proud of the work the YMCA does throughout the Metro Detroit region- building strong kids, strong families and strong communities," Cullen said. "The YMCA has been a vital part of our great city for ...
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Teachers: Are Your Kids Stuttering? (Popularity: )
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
It's the first day of school and one of your pupils stutters. If you're the teacher, what should you do? Kids aren't the only ones who are apprehensive on the first day of school. Teachers are too. If a student stutters, should you call on him in class, or will that make it worse? Do you talk with him about his stuttering, or ignore it hoping it goes away? Does ...
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