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Building Thinking Skills Software and Balance Benders Honored
Software, book from The Critical Thinking Co.TM have earned the coveted Seal of Approval. - October 17, 2010 - The Critical Thinking Co.
Kids R Kids of Clayton NC Announces Implementation of SMARTboards Into Curriculum
Kids R Kids of Clayton has installed the TeachSmart® Learning System in its Preschool, Jr. K., and Kindergarten classrooms. This System is the first comprehensive interactive whiteboard software package developed specifically for early childhood. - October 17, 2010 - Kids R Kids of Clayton NC
Kids R Kids of Clayton NC Announces Family Fall Festival
Kids ‘R’ Kids of Clayton NC will be holding their 2010 Family Fall Festival on Friday, October 29, from 4:30pm - 7pm. - October 17, 2010 - Kids R Kids of Clayton NC
Editor in Chief ®A1 Software Honored with Mom’s Choice Award
New software from The Critical Thinking Co. TM wins gold medal - October 15, 2010 - The Critical Thinking Co.
IDEAL School Students Get Personalized History Lesson
Native American history classes wrap up unit with visit from Seminole and Choctaw tribal representatives. - October 14, 2010 - IDEAL School
Awareity Launches MySafeSchoolZone.com Website
Awareity announced today the launch of a new website at http://www.mysafeschoolzone.com. This redesigned website provides a landing page for Awareity’s education clients and prospects. - October 14, 2010 - Awareity
WintheUltimateProm.com Launches First Weekly Contest
Students will compete to win a Shutterfly Prom Photo Package. - October 13, 2010 - VERGO Interactive, Inc.
Board Chair David Meyer to Receive Grauer School NCPC Award
The Grauer School’s Board Chairman David Meyer has been selected by the Grauer Advancement and Development Committee as the recipient of the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the North County Philanthropy Council (NCPC), to be presented at the 23rd Annual Volunteer Awards Luncheon on... - October 11, 2010 - The Grauer School
New Naperville Tutoring Website Helps Naperville, IL Area Students Connect to an Experienced Tutor
Joan Geyer Kaliher of Naperville Tutoring has published a new web site to help even more students be aware of her tutoring services in math, science, reading, writing, test preparation and study skills for improved academic performance. - October 11, 2010 - Naperville Tutoring
Visions In Education Charter School Celebrates Student Success
Visions In Education Charter School invited 950 of their students to an event which celebrated their academic growth on state-mandated tests. - October 10, 2010 - Visions In Education K-12 Charter School
Punflay’s Kandy Fish for the iPad available in the iTunes stores
Punflay launched Kandy Fish, the much awaited 3D animated picture book app aimed at the preschool audience. Kandy Fish is first in their series of 3D animated picture books and was released in the iTunes store on October 2. It is now available for download at an introductory price of $.99. The app... - October 09, 2010 - Emantras
Awareity Offers Free TIPS Trial for National Bullying Prevention Month
In coordination with National Bullying Prevention Month, Awareity is offering all K-12 schools a free 30 day trial of TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services). - October 08, 2010 - Awareity
RMC Studios Announces Rapid Music School Expansion Within Union County, NJ
RMC Studios, a Union County New Jersey Music School and Studio, announced today they’ll be expanding and adding schools in Cranford and Warren as well as adding satellite schools in Scotch Plains, Millburn and Short Hills. President, EJ Gaub, said “We’re experiencing tremendous... - October 08, 2010 - RMC Studios
Pacific Ridge School Sports Programs, Coaching Staff and Facilities Expand with Growing Student Body
Carlsbad Non-Profit, Independent Middle and Upper School Builds Off-Site Gymnasium for Fall/Winter Court Sports; Expands Coaching Staff with Diverse Backgrounds and Skill Sets - October 08, 2010 - Pacific Ridge School
Living History Programs Present Those People Lessons for a Bully-Free World Seventh Grade Performance Showcase at Ross Global Academy in New York City
Those People Lessons for a Bully-Free World Educational Showcase this Friday, Oct. 8 at 11 AM Because of recent interest and support of efforts to address bullying in schools, Living History Programs will present a showcase presentation this Friday, October 8th at 11am of Those People : Lessons... - October 07, 2010 - Anne Pasquale's Living History Programs
Success for Kids Releases Statement on the Recent Suicides Resulting from Bullying
Success for Kids believes that Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an essential component of schools’ curriculum to improve student behavior and academic performance. As the first month of the school year draws to a close, it’s important for parents, teachers, and administrators to... - October 03, 2010 - SFK-Success for Kids
QA Graphics Hosts Free Webinar: Energy Efficiency Education for Sustainable Schools
QA Graphics, an industry leader in the design of energy efficiency education solutions, is hosting a free webinar to show organizations how an educational display can be used to further promote environmental education and improve a building’s resource consumption. - September 30, 2010 - QA Graphics
Viva La Brand is Selected to Launch Earth-Friendly Children's Book
Grammy-nominated harp soloist and the most recorded harpist in the world, Yolanda Kondonassis, retained Viva La Brand to launch her first children's book, Our House Is Round: A Kid's Book About Why Protecting the Earth Matters. - September 29, 2010 - Viva La Brand
Give Children the Gift of Anxiety Coping Skills with My Worry Box
People with anxiety disorders who receive treatment are more likely to lead more productive, healthier lives, according to clinical research. With more than 9.6 million children (13 percent) in the United States afflicted with anxiety disorders, parents and caregivers would be remiss not to teach children anxiety coping skills while they are young. Parents now have an affordable self-help therapy tool called My Worry Box. - September 28, 2010 - Whitney Development Group, Inc.
Kindergarten Teacher Launches Free Site to Introduce Children to Five Different Languages
Chillola.com is a Free Foreign Language Learning Website for Kids. It features English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. Children using chillola.com learn for free and enjoy the process. - September 28, 2010 - chillola.com
QA Graphics Offers Schools Interactive Technology for Sustainable Education
Schools can increase their sustainable efforts and promote environmental curriculum with an educational display called the Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard, which can be used to demonstrate how sustainable features work and show a building’s real-time performance data so that students can see how their actions impact the school’s water and energy use. - September 25, 2010 - QA Graphics
Unique Home Solutions and Indianapolis Colts Build Playground for Local School
Unique Home Solutions is Central Indiana's largest home remodeling company. As a sponsor of the Indianapolis Colts, Unique is pitching in on a playground build for the first green school in Indiana. - September 25, 2010 - Unique Home Solutions
Mayors Jewelers of Citrus Park Town Center to Hold Sparkle for Autism Event
Mayors Jewelers will hold an event on Saturday, September 25th from 4-9 pm. - September 24, 2010 - Sydney's School for Autism
Success for Kids Releases White Paper on Using Social Emotional Learning to Stop Bullying
White Paper, "Using Social Emotional Learning (SEL) to Stop Bullying," stresses the importance of infusing comprehensive SEL curriculum into schools to stop bullying behavior. - September 24, 2010 - SFK-Success for Kids
Palm Beach Pops and Music Man Serenade IDEAL School Students
Elementary students from 2nd to 5th grade get lessons in science and music from local orchestra. - September 24, 2010 - IDEAL School
Director of Northern Virginia Tutoring Service Appointed to Serve on the Board of the Fairfax Partnership for Youth
Dr. Ralph G. Perrino, Director of Northern Virginia Tutoring Service, appointed to the Board of The Fairfax Partnership for Youth, a youth-advocacy community organization. - September 24, 2010 - Northern Virginia Tutoring Service, LLC
Daily Mind Builders™ Social Studies Honored with 2010 Media of the Year Award by Creative Child Magazine
New title from The Critical Thinking Co.™ wins the 2010 Media of the Year Award in Educational Activity Books Category. - September 23, 2010 - The Critical Thinking Co.
MathZee Launches Its First Kindergarten and Pre-K Math Game for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
MathZee, a K-5 math education startup, has launched its first math game for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The game, called Piggy Math, covers math skills like counting, skip-counting, addition, and subtraction. - September 23, 2010 - MathZee
Rapport International, LLC Announces Language Translation Contest for High School Students
Rapport International, LLC is hosting a language translation contest for high school students in honor of International Translation Day on September 30. Students can win a $100 American Express gift card by translating a short story into the language of their choice. - September 22, 2010 - Rapport International LLC
Punflay Drops Price on Its Top-Rated Book App, Who Will Rule for the iPad
Who will Rule, Punflay’s popular animated storybook app, can now be downloaded for .99 cents in the app store. Who will Rule is based on an enchanting Aboriginal folk tale about the animals that fought to rule the world, and comes with beautifully hand-drawn illustrations. The app is ideal... - September 22, 2010 - Emantras
Enslow Publishers, Inc. Supports Banned Books Week
Enslow Publishers, Inc. supports Banned Books Week by highlighting their Authors of Banned Books series. - September 21, 2010 - Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Marine Sciences Consortium Opens New Education Campus
Marine Science Consortium, a marine biology education campus, opens a new Wallops Island, Virginia facility for university, college and high school students. - September 21, 2010 - STV Inc.
A Garden Blossoms at Wooster School
Teich Garden Systems LLC announced today the completion of a new garden system at the Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut. The garden project was spearheaded by Lisa Cohn, a Wooster parent. The Cohns’ children had attended a school when they were younger that had a Teich Garden System and... - September 18, 2010 - Teich Garden Systems
The Money Game Changes the Face of Financial Literacy in America. First Stop… Los Angles, CA.
"The majority of schools in America aren't successfully teaching our youth about money and investing," reports Elisabeth Donati, CEO of Creative Wealth Intl. "My goal is to change this." With the launch of The Money Game® and the one-day Money Game Certification Tour, she... - September 17, 2010 - Creative Wealth Intl. LLC
Ground-Breaking Panel on Youth Risk Online to Kick Off Major International Bullying Conference
An unprecedented full day panel on youth risk online will kick off the 7th Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle this November 15th – 17th. “To my knowledge, this is the first time that this many high quality researchers and risk prevention... - September 16, 2010 - International Bullying Prevention Association
Sonitrol Tri-County Helps Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint Go Back to School
Sonitrol Tri-County, Flint's largest locally owned and operated security firm, presents 32 backpacks to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint. This gesture helps some of our community's students defray a small portion of their back-to-school expenses. - September 16, 2010 - Sonitrol Tri-County
Teaching Guide Expands on Book Series Lessons of Compassion and Overcoming Challenges
Barbara Techel, award-winning author and Joyful Paw Prints Press, LLC Publisher of Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog book series now offers a free teaching guide to help teachers expand on valuable life lessons her book series teaches. - September 15, 2010 - Joyful Paw Prints Press, LLC
Shonda Schilling to Speak on Experience with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Shonda Schilling, wife of World Series pitcher Curt Schilling, will speak about raising a child on the autism spectrum on Friday, October 1, 2010 in Riverton, New Jersey. Her talk will be hosted by Orchard Friends School, whose mission is to serve children with language-based learning differences and educate the community about those differences. - September 12, 2010 - Orchard Friends School
Teachers Save Hours of Marking with New Language Lab
Schoolshape has released its new Online Language Lab. Early users report students are delighted with the new system. Schoolshape claims that teachers are saving over an hour a week using automatically marked exercises and that students' opportunities for speaking practice have increased by 50%. - September 12, 2010 - Schoolshape
San Elijo Dance and Music Academy Launches Sister Academy in 4S Ranch
4S Ballet Academy to Offer Pre-Professional Dance Instruction in San Diego. - September 12, 2010 - 4S Dance Academy
Chatham Township Receives Grant for an A500 Rocket Composter from Sustainable Jersey Funded by Walmart
Chatham School District will set the standard in Environmental Sustainability Chatham School district is the proud recipient of a $25,000 grant from Sustainable Jersey. These funds will be used to acquire a Rocket Composter. The program “On-Site School Food Composting” will reduce food... - September 09, 2010 - NATH Sustainable Solutions
Grauer School Welcomes Bestselling Author Richard Lederer as Guest Speaker
The Grauer School’s Living Library will host celebrated author and syndicated columnist Richard Lederer as guest speaker for his performance of “An Evening of Language and Laughter.” - September 07, 2010 - The Grauer School
WintheUltimateProm.com Launches Annual $25,000 Giveaway
Contest offers high school students the chance to win $25,000 cash for prom or any other school event. - September 05, 2010 - VERGO Interactive, Inc.
Kids ‘R’ Kids of Cary, Morrisville and RTP to Implement Hatch® TeachSmart® Learning System
Local Preschools Partner with Hatch® for New Learning System - September 04, 2010 - Kids R Kids
Mirdif Private School Selects Skoolee Student Information System
Mirdif Private School (MPS) has selected Skoolee student information system (SIS), to help implement its strategy to automate their processes and as part of their accreditation process. - September 03, 2010 - White Mountain Technologies
Head Lice No Longer Leaves Parents Scratching Their Heads
Hair Whisperers Educates Parents & Teachers How to Prevent and Check for Lice. SoCal lice removal service expands lice education seminar to include lice prevention tips and hands-on lice check training for parents and teachers. - September 02, 2010 - Hair Whisperers
More Than 150 School Districts Nationwide Turn to K12Translate to Reach English Language Learners and Parents
Leading Provider of Education Translation and Localization Services Meets School Districts' Growing Need for Cost-Effective K-12 Translation. - September 02, 2010 - K12Translate
School Kids in Distressed Appalachian Counties Receive Donated Band Instruments
Marching Mountains recently distributed new and used instruments to seven schools in distressed regions of Appalachia. “There’s a great need in our area for instruments and Marching Mountains is fulfilling that need,” said Jeanette Oldaker, Band Instructor for Harts Middle School... - September 01, 2010 - Millions of Angels
Safety is Key for Third Graders at the IDEAL Elementary School
Third graders at IDEAL Elementary School sworn in for Safety Patrol. - September 01, 2010 - IDEAL School
Punflay Plans to Launch Two New iPad Apps for the Preschool Audience
Punflay, a brand of Emantras plans on releasing two new iPad apps for the preschool audience. Kandy Fish, a 3D animated picture book and Rhymes for tots. - September 01, 2010 - Emantras