Tag: connections
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H1N1 vaccine hard to find for children
Families have been facing a frustrating ordeal to find swine flu shots for young children, even as the vaccine has become more prevalent in the Pikes Peak region. Health officials acknowledge there are not as many places for this top priority group to be vaccinated as they would like, but more chances are coming in…
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Elementary cup stackers join in world event
Want to help your kids read better? Have them stack plastic cups, said Karen Crockett, who coaches the cup stacking team at Woodmen Hills Elementary School. On Thursday, her “team” grew to include all 600 Woodmen students, who joined the effort to help cup-stacking enthusiasts from around the world break last year’s Guinness World Record…
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Elementary cup stackers join in world event
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Want to help your kids read better? Have them stack plastic cups, said Karen Crockett, who coaches the cup stacking team at Woodmen Hills Elementary School. On Thursday, her “team” grew to include all 600…
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Students ‘mix it up’ at school, make friends
They played like lifelong friends. One wouldn’t guess that the three fifth-grade girls goofing around on the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School playground on Tuesday had met only a few minutes earlier. But that was the idea of Mix It Up at Lunch Day, a national initiative of the Southern Poverty Law Center that’s been embraced…
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Students ‘mix it up’ at school, make friends
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They played like lifelong friends. One wouldn’t guess that the three fifth-grade girls goofing around on the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School playground on Tuesday had met only a few minutes earlier. But that was the…
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Don’t let your report card look like the Redskins’
I give the Washington Redskins football team a report card about this time every year. This season’s report card is a real stinker. Here are the marks:Team owner (Daniel Snyder): FHead coach (Jim Zorn): DOffense: FDefense: C-plusSpecial teams: C-minusI hope you never get a report card like that! Of course, if you get a bad…
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Don’t let your report card look like the Redskins’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I give the Washington Redskins football team a report card about this time every year. This season’s report card is a real stinker. Here are the marks:Team owner (Daniel Snyder): FHead coach (Jim Zorn): DOffense:…
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Helping little ones cope with fear factor on Halloween
As the ghosts, goblins, scarecrows and vampires prepare to make their way to front porches and yards on Halloween, fear creeps into my little girl’s mind. She’s terrified of the macabre, which unfortunately for us, is everywhere this time of year. At Target the other day, a life-size witch with glowing eyes and a broomstick…
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Home ec students get warmed up for careers
HOUSTON • In just 40 minutes, Cafe Mirabeau would fill with hungry patrons — and every dish needed to be delectable, every plate a model of perfect presentation.A squadron of white-jacketed cooks scurried from stove to cutting board, stirring, saucing, dicing, whipping. Thin curls of steam carried tempting hints: freshly simmered sweet potato and pear soup,…
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The Brainy Bunch wants your books for low-income kids
Oh, the places you’ll go with a foundation of good books. That’s the belief of the Brainy Bunch, and thus they want your books. The group is launching a book drive that aims to collect a giant stack of books and then redistribute them to low-income kids in the community. When it comes to third-grade…