elementary school
April 25, 2012
I looked the other way once.
April 11, 2012
The world has it wrong, or at least the media does. It seems we have no real shortage of heroes--we are just looking in the wrong places. Try walking the halls of a middle school anywhere. In every single school you will see a jumble of whacky hormones that make some kids look like they need to head back to elementary school while others appear as if they could get their high school diploma tomorrow.
February 8, 2012
While I was visiting my son's elementary school the other day, a woman stopped to thank me for sticking up for people like her son who is gay. We talked in a hurried manner since she was going one way and I another. At one point we stopped and she said, "You know, I spent a year trying to talk my son out of it, but he was just so passionate about his future that there was no use." I quickly tried to connect the dots. This is the land of Michele...
February 2, 2012
Why do students of all ages differ so greatly in school performance? There are a plethora of reasons for this phenomenon, but one of the largest reasons is the achievement gap. The achievement gap begins even before children enter the public education system, leaving students who have less experience and support, far behind as their peers accelerate. When left untreated, this gap steadily widens as the students continue on in...
May 2, 2011
Family Fun Night and Dinner
May 5th
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
April 25, 2011
Children ages 10 and under dashed toward colorful eggs that were hidden around the schoolyard earlier that morning by parents club members and volunteers, when the grass was still wet
Tiny young faces stood with parents close by, each child bouncing with anticipation on the chilly Saturday morning of April 23 with plastic bags, ice cream buckets and Easter baskets in hand. Their eyes stared up to Gilmanton Parents Club member Sandy Plank as she explained the rules for the Easter Egg Hunt, held annually at the Gilmanton Elementary School.
“Everyone can get three eggs the first round,” Plank said, as she...
April 6, 2011
For many parents, connecting with their children's hectic schedules is a daily struggle, but members of the Goodview PTA work to create events where relationships can be strengthened
March 31, 2011
The 2011 4-H Food Show will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Lewiston-Altura Elementary School cafeteria. The event will start at 9am and goes until 12noon. Set-up may start at 8:30am.
There will be the People's Choice Award again with participants voting for the Prettiest Table Setting and the Best Tasting food.
Sign up with the Winona County Extension office by calling 507-457-6440.
March 16, 2011
Watch Lawrence O'Donnell attempt to explain the stupidity of Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, and try to account explain her pattern of ignorant statements. He looks to the people of her staff, who ought to protect her, and the voters who elected her for some kind of answer but finds none.
March 15, 2011
To begin our collaboration, a team of SMU/WSU students and faculty traveled to southeastern Missouri in January to visit the region and talk with staff and students at the Winona Elementary School in Shannon County
By Joan Francioni
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