Franklin to honor World War II vets
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You can read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday said, "Although the private sector economy is beginning to recover, state government is still feeling the impact of the global economic collapse."
He said cuts to local aid were "certainly on the table."
The New England Center for the Performing Arts posted the change to the schedule on their events calendar.The New England Center for the Performing Arts 2nd Annual Fall Family Festival will be held on Sunday, Oct. 11, 12-4 p.m., at 1350 West Central St., Rte. 140, Franklin, the site of their future new school and presentation facility.
The collection will be held in the Ben Franklin Classical Charter School parking lot at 201 Main St. in Franklin tomorrow (Saturday, Oct 3) from 8 a.m. to noon.-----
Registration for the run and walk will begin at 9 a.m. at Putnam Investments at 400 Washington St., Franklin. The first 300 participants will get a T-shirt. The run is scheduled to start at 10 a.m., and the walk at 10:15 a.m. Awards will be given to the top finishers in each age group.
Tomorrow’s celebration will take place in the Dean’s Campus Center Atrium at 3 p.m.
The Jenna Pasquino Memorial Foundation will hold its first annual golf tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Blissful Meadows Golf Club, Chockalog Road, Uxbridge.
Though adolescent literacy instruction is prime for more research and development, A Time to Act underscores the importance of teaching reading within the nuanced context of each subject area, and beyond the current concentration on decoding skills in grades K-3.Read the full posting about the new report just released by the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Council on Advancing Adolescent Literacy here
I think that we are too obsessed with control as a concept. Most societies which suffer from intellectual rigidity don't produce much that is original. They tend to perfect what others have done as original concepts. Do we really want our kids to be cogs in well oiled machines? It's too bad that too many people reading this will say, "Yes, and what's wrong with that?"
If you are asking that question in a rhetorical way, there really is nothing that anyone can tell you. If the idea of the concept of an eight-hour school day and an 11-month school year is up for vote, President Obama, my vote is "No!"Read the full essay by James Johnston here
The Auto Tech Program provides oil changes, tire repair, rotation, and mounting, front end and brake realignment, and much more. Additionally, the Carpentry, Facilities Management, and HVAC&R Career Programs offer a variety of services upon request.Two benefits from this, you should be able to get a service for a reasonable price, and the students get to learn from real work.
Washburne takes the reader through a short history of reform efforts aimed at making education more individualized, beginning with the efforts of charismatic educator Preston Search, of Pueblo, Colo., and proceeding through the work of Frederic Burk, who "started a movement to make textbooks self-instructive and enable children, systematically, to progress according to their own ability." From the Project Method to ability grouping, Washburne's history shows how evolving understanding of learning and development shapes educators' efforts to meet the needs of all students.Read the full article here. Bold in quote for my emphasis.
Are you interested in the new social media technologies? Would you like to learn more about blogging, podcast, Twitter, Facebook, etc? Then the event being held at New England Institute for Technology in Warwick, RI is the one for you.But I am a beginner?
No problem, this event is geared to the beginners. Yes, if you have some knowledge is this area you can still learn but it is targeted for the "newbies", hence NewBCamp.How much does it cost?
Only $10. For the price of a movie, or a couple of coffees, you can gain the information you need to keep up with the technology. Don't fall behind. Participate at NewBCamp on October 17thTickets go on sale on October 1. The link and additional information will be provided as soon as the registration is open.
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A town dog park is part of the five-year plan in the 2008 Open Space Recreation Plan created by the Public Land Use Committee as something on the wish list of Franklin residents, Jette said.
The best spot for the park, Jette said, would be at Dacey Field off Lincoln Street, behind the playground and set back into the woods.
Ayer and Shirley officials said it makes sense to join together for several reasons. Not only do the towns border each other and share activities such as youth sports, but the merger would solve school building needs.
"Most theater departments teach the art and crafts of the field - we want not only to do that but also prepare them for the transition of being an artist as a business person," Morgan said. "We want students to know such things as how to do their taxes as an artist and how to transition from here to a mega-market such as Los Angeles, Chicago or New York City.
"We want students to understand how to live and how to get work as an artist," Morgan said.
Her work will be displayed at Cafe Dolce through November 8th.
She has worked in a variety of mediums and her current work emphasis is pastels in a traditional landscape format.
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Goal 3 - Collaborative Learning
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Goal 3 - NAEYC Accreditation (2nd year of 2 year process)
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