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Readers are Leaders – PHE America

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I am not sure where I first heard the phrase “readers are leaders” but it is something that has stuck with me throughout my entire life. I am now in my second year of retirement from teaching and coaching after 37 years of doing both. As I have thought about what to do in my retirement, one thing that keeps coming back into my mind is the need to read some great books. I have always believed that reading can help you become the best version of yourself for others. When you are busy with coaching and teaching, like I

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13/05/2023

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Kindergarten Mi’kmaw immersion program aims to keep the language strong in Listuguj, Que.

On a warm, clear day in February, Brenda Germain picks up a large hand drill and asks her students to gather around.

Drill in hand, she shows the children how to cut through the thick ice covering Chaleur Bay, on Quebec’s Gaspé coast.

“Pase’g admire — the ice is this thick,” her colleague and aunt, Joyce Germain, tells the students as they kneel over the hole, hoping to catch some smelt, or kaqpesaw.

The class outing is being held entirely in Mi’kmaw — a language that Brenda Germain says she “didn’t speak a word” of, just a decade

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22/04/2023

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Slaymaker Reflects on a 64-Year Career Teaching Basketball – PHE America

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the Peabody Gazette-Herald bobbed high above the boy’s head as he shouted, “The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor! The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor!” Five-year-old Ron Slaymaker watched the paper boy, uncertain about all the commotion on December 7, 1941. “I remember that day,” recalled Slaymaker. “For the next four years, we were involved in World War II. Everything changed. We had to sacrifice. All the news was about the war.” Slaymaker enjoys telling stories and at 86 years old he has a lot to share. His tales entertain and often he adds flavor, and exaggerations to key details for a greater

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22/03/2023

Education Kindergarten

10 things California parents should know about transitional kindergarten | QuickGuide

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English learners who attend transitional kindergarten enter kindergarten with stronger literacy and math skills, according to a recent American Institutes for Research study.

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English learners who attend transitional kindergarten enter kindergarten with stronger literacy and math skills, according to a recent American Institutes for Research study.

Even as families continue to take stock of pandemic-triggered learning loss and emotional upheaval, California is expanding an early childhood education program that may help young learners begin to bounce back.

next year, transitional kindergarten, or kindergarten, will be available to far more 4-year-olds. In the 2023-2024 school year,

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04/02/2023

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A Perceived Philosophical Conflict – PHE America

I am the only female in my high school PE department. It’s been this way for 20 years. The one time another female came in she tried to out-alpha the football coach and got removed from teaching PE and placed in Health. I think she might have taught one section of PE in the two years she was here, and I think it was Adapted PE. Since we’ve had a fully working weight room, it was always paired with the football coach. We got a new one this year, the fifth in my tenure working at this same high school.

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29/01/2023

Education Kindergarten

More than half of LGBTQ parents in Florida say they are considering leaving the state

More than half of LGBTQ parents in Florida are considering moving their families to another state over concerns that a new Florida education law – known to its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law – stigmatizes LGBTQ identities and creates a hostile learning environment for LGBTQ children or students with LGBTQ family members.

In a report issued Tuesday by the Williams Institute, a public policy research institute based at the UCLA of Law, and Clark University in Massachusetts, 56 percent of LGBTQ parents surveyed said they were considering leaving Florida over concerns about how the new law might impact

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26/01/2023

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The Position of Caffeine in Bodily Exercise – Osinga Vitamin

Caffeine is a instrument that I exploit on days after I run or play soccer. I actually do discover a profit to consuming caffeine earlier than and through these durations of bodily exercise. Nevertheless, I’m additionally conscious that you will need to be conscious of my caffeine consumption.

Right this moment we’re speaking in regards to the position of caffeine in bodily exercise – why it is helpful, the best way to use it and when to make use of it.

As a part of Caffeine Consciousness Month. I am teaming up with the Canadian Beverage Affiliation to current this

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01/01/2023

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A Dietitian’s Summer time Health Routine & How I Gas For It – Osinga Diet

After wrapping up my marathon this spring, I’ve determined it is time to run one other one this fall – and I am aiming to beat my time!

Let me take you thru what my summer season marathon coaching routine will appear like, together with how I gas and recuperate from that coaching.

As I spotlight fueling and restoration routines, I’ve partnered with the Canadian Beverage Affiliation (CBA) to showcase the position of 100% juice in my food plan for Juice Celebration Month. 100% juice is incredible gas and restoration for my exercises because of the pure sugar content material

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31/12/2022