School and Business Closings Around The Southcoast
They are the ring leaders for school spirit. They work tirelessly and put in MANY hours to provide energy and music to sporting events, and they compete feverishly locally and nationally to be the best.
On Saturday night, I was one of hundreds of spectators at the USBands competition at the Dartmouth High School football stadium.
This is the kind of story you never want to hear. After a long battle with school, and cyber bullies, Canadian teen Amanda Todd has taken her own life.
Turn back the clock 100 years. Fenway Park was brand new and people were still talking about the unsinkable Titanic sitting at the bottom of the ocean. If you were a female teacher, and 99 percent of teachers were women that time, you would be expected to sign a contract with the Boston Public Schools.
There were some concerned parents last night at Fairhaven's School Committee meeting. They're worried about 4 of the 24 books that appeared on the 8th grade summer reading list. Parent Jaqueline Foster says the "Perks of Being A Wallflower" describes homosexual and heterosexual acts, along with bestiality
Some parents at an elementary school in Portland, Oregon are floored by their principal's assertation that a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can be considered racist.
Like a lot of college students, I returned for my fall semester this week. Getting my schedule taken care of was the easy part, then I proceded to the book store. Yep, the dreaded campus bookstore, where you know you're completely capable of blowing $500 bucks on 3 books.
It’s time to go back to school. It’s time to hit the books. Nothing is going to stop you from being head of the class.
You may already know some lucky kids are being rewarded with things like shoes, iPads and even cars just for showing up to school. But if they don’t, is it fair to fine them — and their parents?