We all know Utah’s home to some extremely conservative and buttoned up religious zealots. Remember the girl at BYU who received a note from a male student chastising her for dressing immorally? Well, now comes a story about a parent who was called to his daughter’s junior high school in Tooele, Utah for his daughter’s “inappropriate clothing.”
You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars.
While many students invent illnesses in order to play hooky, 17-year-old Hawaiian teen Ciara Cetraro has the unique distinction of never missing a day of school in her entire academic career, dating back to kindergarten. She is hoping to graduate on May 19 with a perfect attendance record.
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Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.
So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.
February 6, 2012 Remember when you were in grade school playing at recess and one of the games you would play would be freeze tag. The person who was "it" had to touch you to freeze you and to be unfrozen you had to have friend come and touch you. It was all good clean fun. However, what once was a fun game has turned into something that is downright disgusting. A group of 5th graders in a Minnesota Elementary Schools have been playing "Rape Tag."
January 20, 2012 Going to the bathroom is one of the things that keeps us healthy. Not using the bathroom can lead to urinary infections and kidney problems. So how is it an educator can limit the bathroom use to her students to only 3 times per week. Seriously, 3 times per week.
September 21, 2011 Show and tell is a fun time for kids. It gives them an opportunity to show their classmates something cool in their life. Picture this, little "Timmy" steps up to the front of this class and holds up a crack pipe. Can you imagine the horror on the teachers face, when her kindergarten student pulls out a crack pipe and a wad of drugs. See the whole story
September 20, 2011 Do you have teenage girls? I don't, but my friends do and with most teenage girls they are all about looking good. The perfect clothes, and the perfect make-up are important to an high school teenager. What would your teenager do if their High School banned make-up and mirrors?
School is almost back in session, which means it’s time to start brushing up on tips for taking the bus. The school bus can be a great resource for time-strapped parents and independence-seeking children alike. But it also needs to be approached with safety and care.
Here are five tips to make your child’s bus ride the best it can be.
