Edible Schoolyard Provides Garden Fun at MLK Middle
In Berkeley, 12-year-old Paul Hoshi-Nagamoto and three classmates hoe damp soil and pick fava beans, learning through a garden project at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. Paul says the activity is better than fractions and notes friends, freedom to chat, and even snail throwing as per his playful account.
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Berkeley, Calif
Paul Hoshi-Nagamoto
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Paul
Edible Schoolyard aims to teach sixth graders real food values
Sixth graders spend hours in a school garden and kitchen learning gardening and cooking skills. Renowned restaurateur Alice Waters launched the Edible Schoolyard program in 1994 to revive reverence for food and oppose reliance on microwaved or boxed meals. She argues freezers and fast food mislead Americans about preparation and taste, urging appreciation of fresh corn and real cooking.
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Alice
Waters
Chez Panisse
Berkeley
Teacher devotes 40 years to students in Odessa
Robbie Duncan an ECISD homebound teacher of 41 years was honored for four decades with the district. She began in 1957 at Reagan Elementary and taught at Travis Lamar and Ireland before becoming a homebound teacher in 1974. Duncan cites changes in pay and public attitude as challenges while praising the profession.
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Robbie Duncan
Ector County
Duncan
Texas A&i University
Kingsville
Linton
Big Spring
Odessa
Ector County Independent
Reagan
Travis
Lamar
Ireland
Bobbie Duncan
ECISD
White House
National Education Association
Conflict resolution key to discipline for Valencia High
At Valencia High School in Placentia California Assistant Principal Mario Jimenez oversees lunch hour discipline with a walkie talkie and constant vigilance. The Orange County Register follows how standards and security shape classrooms amid diverse languages and a broad socioeconomic mix.
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Placentia
Calif
Mario Jimenez
Valencia High School
Valencia
Jimenez
California
Orange County Register
Valencia High
David Verdugo
Oregon
Brian Jacobs
Bellflower Unified School District
Week's Activities Set at Gale Pond Alamo
Gale Pond Alamo Elementary outlines the week of June 15 through 19 with daily snack stand service at lunch and a Wednesday visit by on campus firemen. Thursday features Gale Pond Alamo Night at CiCi's Pizza while Friday hosts Parent Appreciation from 7 15 to 8 00 am donuts and muffins served a GPA VIPS luncheon and Spirit Day.
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Gale Pond Alamo Elementary
Gale Pond Alamo
CiCi's Pizza
Sul Ross State appoints Steve Lang as news director
Sul Ross State University named Steve Lang as director of news and publications replacing Lee Sleeper who resigned in November. Lang, a Minnesota native, previously worked as an information specialist at the University of South Dakota and held roles in news and sports information at the University of Minnesota Morris and South Dakota State University Brookings.
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Sul Ross State University
Steve Lang
Lang
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Lee Sleeper
Minnesota
USD Office of University Relations
University of Minnesota-Morris
South Dakota State University-Brookings
South Dakota
Paddy O Brien and the Fairies Secret Night
Eight year old Paddy O Brien is a mischievous boy whose family doubts his tales of fairies and meadow music. He slips from bed with his collie Kelly to explore a moonlit field where tinkling voices and flute music lure him toward a magical, hidden world beyond his parents' skepticism.
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Paddy
O’briens
Paddy O’ Brien
Kelly
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