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Five States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours

Mike Adams — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:00:22 +0000

Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in a three-year pilot program devised to make the American school system more competitive. [...]

Russian Kids Find Lion Cub, Naturally Bring It to School

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:39:55 +0000

Here in the United States, a kid might spot a turtle during their walk to school. And if he or she is the curious sort, they might pick it up and bring it in for show-and-tell.

Things are little different in Russia, where apparently lions roam free. School children in a Southern Russian village ran into one of these beasts -- a cub -- and brought the furball in to their teacher.

School Forbids 13-Year Old Boy From Growing Mustache For Movember

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:46:41 +0000

Gus Hooker of Bedforshire, England has a couple really good reasons to take part in “Movember,” the month-long initiative to raiseÂ awarenessÂ and funds for men’s cancer research. The first is that the 13-year old’s grandfather is currently recovery from cancer. The second is that Hooker is the rare 13-year-old who can grow a solid mustache. However, [...]

Crocodile Infestation Gives Kids a Day Off From School

Mike Adams — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:45:05 +0000

Everyone loves a good snow day, but that’s nothing compared to a vicious onslaught of man-eating crocodiles. Earlier this week in southern Vietnam, kids were given a “crocodile day” by the Kim Dong school after dozens of these furious reptiles escaped a local farm and began crawling around the highly populated province of Ca Mau [...]

Should Kids Go to School Year-Round? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:47:34 +0000

The two-and-a-half-month summer vacation that kids get was a mid-19th century compromise between rural school districts, which had children who needed to help out on the family farm, and urban districts, which often dealt with extreme heat in the summer. These days, air conditioning can solve the heat problem and there are far fewer farms which [...]

Walk With Pride Program Provides New Shoes for Abilene Area School Children

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:26:10 +0000

Walk With Pride is an annual program that helps provide a new pair of back-to-school shoes for Big Country students. 'Walk With Pride' is a cooperative effort of the Salvation Army and the Abilene Association of Realtors. The program has been going on for over 25 years and is available to all children ages 4 through 12 years of age, the kids must be enrolled in head-start thru the 5th grade. Here's how to apply.

Free Immunizations Clinic for School Aged Children in Abilene is August 2nd

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:37:17 +0000

Get your kids immunizations all caught up before school starts this Thursday, August 2nd, 2012. The Medical Care Mission will be holding a free immunization clinic at their offices on Pine Street. There are some things you’ll need to bring with you in order to get your kids their shots. The Medical Care Mission requires [...]

NJ Makes It Harder for Potential High School Dropouts to… Well, Drop Out

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:12 +0000

Sorry kids, but dropping out of high school in New Jersey may soon become more of a challenge.

As of now the Garden State requires that those between the ages of 6 and 16 attend school regularly, but a new bill being discussed in the state’s senate seeks to raise the mandatory age of high school attendance to 18.

Philadelphia School Bans Ugg Boots

Shay Hill — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:49:18 +0000

Where does it end? Now a school in Philadelphia has banned students from wearing Ugg boots to class. You won’t believe the reason why.Pottstown Middle School in Philadelphia has ruled that you can’t wear Ugg boots to class. Now the reason isn’t that the shoes are just plain ugly but because kids are hiding [...]

Computer Program To Help Kids Lose Weight Is A Fail

Rudy Fernandez — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:27:11 +0000

A group of Doctors, scientists and researchers conducted a two-year study of overweight and obese adolescent children (12 and 13 years old). The group tried to to modify dietary behavior by incorporating a web-based computer-tailored intervention program. The program aimed to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behavior, and promote healthy eating among adolescents. The "FATaintPHAT" study did not produce the desired positive long-term outcome researchers were hoping for. However, there were positive short-term effects on eating behaviors, according to the report published online by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and on the JAMA/Archives journals.

British School Bans Students from Wearing Makeup

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:36:27 +0000

If you think girls these days just grow up too darned fast, you’ll like this.

Shelley College, a secondary school in Britain, thought its female students were painting themselves a little too heavily and spending too much time primping in the bathrooms, so officials banned anyone 16 and younger from wearing cosmetics.

Some School Districts Going To 4 Day Weeks Instead Of 5 [VIDEO]

Shay Hill — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:22:16 +0000

With budgets being cut and school districts taking a big hit more and more. It’s not enough, it seems, to cut programs like music and physical education now they want to cram a 5 day week into 4. Over 120 school districts across the U.S. now have 4 day school weeks. One Oregon district is [...]

5 Fun After School Activities That Keep Kids Learning

Stephen Lenz — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:59:06 +0000

Flickr, InParisTexas A child’s day doesn’t end when the final school bell rings. In fact for many children it’s just beginning. Where to go for ideas? Oddly, pull from what your kids love most about school — and think outside the sandbox. From the physical, to the brain-challenging to the just plain fun, here are [...]

Weather Delays & Closings

Rudy Fernandez — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:50:40 +0000

When crippling weather hits the Big Country, rest assured TownSquare Media will keep you updated, whether it’s school, church, daycare, civic, governmental and business closings / late starts or pertinent information you will find it all right here. Stay up to date with KEAN-105 Today Best Country, The Station for the Whole Family! Abilene, Wylie [...]

Bikers Rally to Help Boy [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:26:03 +0000

A 13-year-old boy named Cody Alicea rode his bicycle with an American flag on the back of it. Until School officials said no more American flag. Bikers to the rescue. Middle school student Cody Alicea says he does it to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandpa, Roger. He’s had the flag [...]

Don't Like Your Decision-Gimme Back My $3 Million!!

Shay Hill — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:14:24 +0000

The University of Connecticut has a major donor to their football program who now wants his money back and the family name taken off the football complex. He claims his opinions and voice was not heard or respected during the hiring of the new football coach. Robert Burton, chief executive officer of Greenwich, Conn.-based Burton [...]