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Simplifying Your Life On the Web
I've written about this topic before but it has been some time. I wanted to bring it back to consciousness in case you never acted on this advice the last time I gave it.
Doing so will simplify your life, make your ability to keep your kids safe on the web easier and make your web surfing faster.
The NY Times just came out with a great article. It is well written and describes ...
Drinking Games at TJ Maxx
An interesting article about how corporations can be influenced by public reaction. Does anyone know if our local TJ Maxx was selling these games?
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/tj-maxx-pulls-drinking-games.html
"Margaritas" at Taco Bell
Taco Bell is now serving two types of margarita drinks for the summer in their restaurants throughout North America. Classic Margarita Fruitista Freeze is marketed as, “A smooth frozen margarita-flavored drink topped with a fresh lime wedge.” The franchise restaurant is also selling a Strawberry Margaritas Fruitista Freeze.
These drinks are non-alcoholic, but they look like and taste like the real thing. Taco Bell has always been a family restaurant, and this promotion of an alcohol-like drink is not "youth ...
VOTING TODAY for EO SMITH BUDGET
Ok - I'll admit, I was a little dumbfounded when I arrived at Mansfield Town Hall to vote today for the Region #19 school budget and discovered that I was only number 100 to walk through the doors. Most have been the elderly, NOT PARENTS!
C'mon people! Whether or not you have kids at the high school, it's important that you come out to show your support for education in this town! I moved from ...
Downtown Partnership Updates
Mansfield Downtown Partnership invites Town Residents to Update on Storrs Center:
The Mansfield Downtown Partnership, together with key Storrs Center team members from the Town of Mansfield, University of Connecticut, and master developer LeylandAlliance, will hold an update on the Storrs Center downtown project and associated projects. The update will be held in the Mansfield Town Hall Council Chambers at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
Survey Seeks Input for New Restaurant ...
Facing Bullies 2
Here is some more info on the topic and.... If you haven't seen my recent reply's to Sue's blog post about "Facing Bullies", please read that too.
In light of the fact that there is a teen suicide aprox. every 100 minutes in the United States:
Sue asked why is this recent teen suicide in the news so much? The short answer is that there was speculation that the school system ignored it and was/is ...
Facing Bullies
Why is CNN covering the recent suicide of a young student attributed to bullies in her South Hadley, Mass, school?
How can parents and schools, bus drivers and peer teams develop and intervene to prevent harm? This harm is also known as hazing, and often the way crowds cluster against a person or group is a dangerous ploy against people. These people happen to be students in this case but I come across this dysfunctional ...
PLEASE READ! IMPORTANT!
From Jeff Cryan at Mansfield Middle School:
"We have learned today from the State Police that two middle school students were offered a ride on Wednesday afternoon by an unidentified driver near the intersection of Spring Hill Road and Clover Mill Road. This is within a quarter mile of Mansfield Middle School. The students were walking home from school at the time.
How To Prepare For A Disaster - Use Social Media Tools!
Earthquakes. tsunamis, power outages, trees falling on houses, there is no shortage of disasters that seem to be occurring at an ever increasing rate in our world. When these happen, it leaves us feeling helpless and overwhelmed. And when you have a family, the anxiety also sets in. And with the plethora of media and information we all have in our lives, from Twitter and Facebook to iParentnetwork, the steady stream of information keeps us aware of ...
So What Do Teachers Make?
So what do teachers make? Ever wonder? Ever wanted to ask a teacher? For those teachers who have been asked, here's a GREAT response!
Class Dismissed: Should we Eliminate the Senior Year?
The senior year of high school. Cruise-time for some. For others it offers an opportunity for them to take college level courses for credit before entering college, with their high school subsidizing or paying for those credits. For many others, it represents a period of time of treading water. They have applied to college, and some even have been accepted (if they choose early decision) and for those who plan to work after high school, ...
Twitter in the classroom? Good or bad - what do you think?
I've taken part in live conversations via twitter and have benefitted from it. I've used Twitter as a real time search tool and I've used it to search for news. I also use it to laugh at the ridiculousness of life....found incredibly interesting information that others have shared and in general have had mostly positive interactions with Twitter -- none of which have to do with knowing what someone is eating for breakfast (the typical ...
143 4E&E
143 4E&E
What the heck does THAT mean? Ok, so you run across a text that you don't understand, or you walk by your kid's computer when they are chatting with their friend and you see the following:
BTWITIAILWU
Any clue what they are saying? That's exactly the idea! Partly because the internet has created a way for kids to have a secret life from their parents and partly driven by social networking sites like ...
Mansfield Schools Modification Proposal
I know there has been a lot of interest on iParentnetwork about the proposed Mansfield Schools modifications -- whether to renovate and update the existing schools or to tear down all the elementary schools and build one, much larger school.
Here is the document that the Mansfield Town Building Committee has made available, in case parents would like to review what they have so far.
Old School: Perfection as the Goal. New School: Imperfection as the Goal
Our society is rooted in the concept of perfection. It used to be that when you designed a product, you had one shot to make it perfect because it was generally produced in a factory by the millions and if you created something that was less than perfect, it would be financially disastrous if it failed in the marketplace.
That was always the ultimate goal for everything. Perfection.
Well, the world has changed.
Now imperfection ...
Parent Orientation at High School
Attention all parents of 8th graders! EO smith is planning to hold its important parent orientation for the parents of incoming freshman for next year on Thursday, March 25th at 6:30 PM in the EOS Auditorium.
At that time, you will be presented information on academics, extracurricular activities, and student life. It will also be an opportunity for parents to ask questions.
Dr. Douglas Melody, Director of Guidance ...
Parent Survey Results
Results of the Tri-town Coalition’s Parent Survey
The Tri-town Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking sponsored a Parent Survey in December and January. Many thanks to all of those who responded and provided helpful feedback! The purpose of this survey was to help the Tri-town coalition evaluate the effectiveness of its programs and to see how we can do a better job of reaching parents. Here are some of the survey results.
Who responded? 106 people ...
Digital Nation
Did anyone watch the Frontline episode called Digital Nation? If not, you should check it out online. It's quite enlightening and shows how wired our kids really are. Certainly not all kids, but a good majority of them. It is changing everything, from the way they are taught in high school and college to interactions in the workplace in the future. Even their hearing is being altered from being wired all ...
Imagine what could happen
Imagine the impact on our world....
Please watch this very powerful video. It's called the Girl Effect.
Meetings held in Mansfield to present options for school renovation
The Mansfield Board of Education will be holding a meeting at Mansfield Middle School Thursday, January 28th at 7:30 pm to discuss the four options that the Board is considering for school maintenance and construction. As you have probably heard, the choices include options for the construction or renovation of one, two or three elementary schools, as well as an option to maintain the current buildings. The projected costs of ...
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