Summer learning options boost kids' skills in vacation
Researchers warn of rapid forgetting without reinforcement and urge parents to model learning. Teachers advocate read, write and explore through family summer activities, library visits, field trips, and enrichment classes to keep minds active and prepare for the next school year.
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Kim Gehrke-Thompson
Sylvan Learning Center
Frederick
Kathy Galiotos
Ballenger Creek Elementary
Ms. Gehrke-Thompson
Ms.Gehrke-Thompson
Ms. Galiotos
Washington
Baltimore
Smithsonian
Science Center
Urbana investment banker wins Maryland Arts Council fiction prize
Richard Alpert, an Urbana investment banker and newsletter writer, earned the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Fiction for 1991, a five page story titled Dorothy of Kansas earning a $2,900 prize. The piece, inspired by a chaotic Kansas prairie night and hornets at a family window, marked his first major foray into creative writing.
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Mark Twain
Richard Alpert
Alpert
Maryland State Arts Council
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Kansas
Washington Business Magazine
Forbes
Iraq
Exxon
California
Diana at 30 shapes royal future and public role
Diana, at age 30, has emerged as a confident future queen and global icon. She blends approachability with royal stature, shaking hands with AIDS patients and engaging in charity, while balancing scrutiny of media and marriage. Her influence is seen as modernizing the monarchy and drawing public sympathy.
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London
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Budapest
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Hungary
Britain
New York
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Ben McKnight
London Lighthouse
Princess of Wales
Charles
Olivia Hughes
London City Ballet
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Nigel Dempster
Sunday Times
Denis Judd
New Statesman Society
Simon Hoggart
Liberal Observer
Sage
William
Harry
Dempster
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