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High School Journalists Uncover Info About Principal

Monique Conrod — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 02:25:53 +0000

When a group of high school students set out to write a profile of their new principal for the school newspaper, they didn’t expect the principal would end up losing her job as a result.

On March 6, the school board in Pittsburg, Kansas in the United States, announced that it had hired Amy Robertson as the new principal for Pittsburg High School. Robertson was going to start her new job in July.

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A Different View Of The World

Monique Conrod — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:59:53 +0000

Students at public schools in Boston, Massachusetts, will soon be looking at the world in a new way. Social studies teachers there will be using a new type of map that shows the world’s continents in slightly different sizes and positions than we usually see them.

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Schools Divided Over Cellphones In Classrooms

Monique Conrod — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:24:12 +0000

A fight between two high school students in Nova Scotia last month has underlined some of the concerns parents and teachers have about cellphones in schools.

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Not Your Typical School Cafeteria

Joyce Grant — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:29:56 +0000

There are moist carrot cake muffins. Subs made with homemade buns.
Fresh baked banana bread. Even the sausage on the pizza is made by hand.
And the most expensive item on the menu is $6, including tax.
Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School does not have a typical cafeteria.

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Quebec School Bans Homework

Monique Conrod — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:39:45 +0000

An elementary school in Jonquière, Quebec, has made some of its students very happy by banning homework for the year.

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500,000 B.C. Kids Not In School

Joyce Grant — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:53:58 +0000

Now that the summer is over, nearly half a million children in British Columbia (B.C.) should be in school--but they aren’t. That’s because teachers there are on strike.

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Sun Screen Not Allowed In San Antonio Schools

Joyce Grant — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:50:38 +0000

Some students in San Antonio, Texas have been told they can’t bring sunscreen to school.

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Grade 8 Trip Cancelled For Safety Reasons

Joyce Grant — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:30:14 +0000

Grade 8 students at Amesbury Middle School were looking forward to their big graduation trip to a camp in Eastern Ontario.

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Daycare For Cellphones?

Monique Conrod — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:18:13 +0000

Students in New York City are not allowed to take cellphones to school.

But students in one neighbourhood have come up with a solution that keeps their phones nearby and also benefits local businesses.

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Canadian Teens Will Stand Up Against Bullying

Joyce Grant — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:06:16 +0000

Teens across Canada will soon be helping their peers to shut down bullying.

The Canadian government announced it will spend a quarter of a million dollars on a new anti-bullying project called Stand Up to Bullying and Discrimination in Canadian Communities.

The Canadian Red Cross will organize the project, which will involve more than 50,000 Canadian youths.

The first step will be for 2,400 “facilitators,” aged 13 to 17, to put on anti-bullying workshops. The goal is for least 20 young people to be in the audience at each workshop.

The project’s second phase includes three gatherings, led by young people, in Ontario, British Columbia and the Atlantic region. During each gathering, 150 Canadian kids will be empowered to “take action against bullying and discrimination in their communities,” according to a media release from the Canadian Red Cross.

“The Red Cross has been working for many years in Canada to engage youth and harness their leadership to prevent bullying and harassment," said Conrad Sauvé, Secretary General and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross,” according to the media release.

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