Princess starts school
Thursday is Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s first day of school. She enters Jansløkka public school, not too far from her family home in the hamlet of Asker, west of the capital, Oslo.
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Back to school bargains
When it comes to back to school shopping, the biggest mistake parents can make is not sticking to a list.
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High school football practice starts in county
The road to greatness began Monday for eight Lawrence County high school football teams. Three teams — Laurel, New Castle and Wilmington — qualified for the postseason. The Greyhounds, meanwhile, claimed their fourth consecutive district championship.
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As school approaches, learning the ABCs
The weeks leading up to the start of a school year are often used for vacation and relaxation, but for some students the days are filled with extra learning that will help them in school.
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Back-to-school preparations attract thousands of families
Thousands of families are expected at the Austin Convention Center Saturday for Austin Independent School District’s Back-to-School Bash and Safety Fair .
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Operation Home Front helps kids, military families get ready for school
HAVELOCK, N.C. – Local business here in the east are helping kids and military families get ready for school.
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Video: Zsa Zsa Recuperating at Home
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor returned home in a police-escorted ambulance following hip replacement surgery.
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Lex School Board votes to give sixth graders laptops
LEXINGTON – After careful consideration, at their board meeting Monday night, Lexington School board members approved spending a little more than $200,000 on computers for sixth grade students.
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Use of Home Logic program on the rise
West Milford – More than 1,700 of the 2,549 families in the West Milford School District are users of the Home Logic program, according to Superintendent of Schools Bernice Colefield. That’s more than 60 percent.
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Back To School, But Not To Excessive Shopping
Early sales numbers look dismal for retailers as parents and kids go back-to-school shopping. Spending is up a bit from last year, but that wasn’t a great year, either. A recent consumer survey shows that even while people eye prices, they aren’t overlooking quality and [...] Continue Reading…
Injunction on school closing filed by citizens of Varnado
Varnado citizens opposed to the closing of Varnado Elementary School have filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against Washington Parish School Board in an effort to keep the school open.
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Chambersburg High School class reunion ‘43
Chambersburg High School Class of 1943 on June 26 had its 67th reunion celebration in Charles Nitterhouse Post 1599 Veterans of Foreign Wars post home, Chambersburg.
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Grant could provide new school building
The Elbert School District was selected to receive funding from a grant from the State of Colorado Building Excellent Schools Today. The district was one of 11 selected from 102 by the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board.
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Douglas, U.S. team bring home the gold
Olivia Douglas, a 15-year-old Loganville High School student, recently arrived home from California proudly wearing a gold medal. For the first time, the Amateur Athletic Union held its 2010 Junior Olympic Inline Hockey tournament west of the Mississippi.
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Charter school could get new home
VINELAND — When the Vineland Public Charter School’s 156 students go back to school Aug. 30, they’ll likely be heading to the Vineland Adult Education Center.
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Fury at school ’strangling game’
Parents of pupils at a Durban school are demanding swift action after a Grade 8 pupil went into convulsions after he was dragged into a “strangling game”.
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