Life Skills - Boys & Girls visit winter wonderland

Boys & Girls visit winter wonderland
Contra Costa Times - Fred Allen dances as a modified game of musical chairs comes to an end during the fourth annual Party with Santa. Children had their pictures taken with Santa and enjoyed ice cream sundaes, pizza and buffalo wings. Ashanti Washington, center, checks

Everett district sues for special ed money
Everett Herald - Seven-year-old Kaela McDonald can't talk. As her grandmother says, at some time in the womb, "her brain took off on a different path." Kevin Nortz / The Herald Kaela McDonald, 7, who attends Jefferson Elementary School in Everett, uses several

RCC program helps students make strides
journalnews.com - When Rockland Community College lost $200,000 in federal funds for support services to students most at risk, President Cliff Wood started searching for ways to raise the money. A succession of lunches provided half an answer. Herb Kurz, chairman of

Students get star treatment for good grades
Morning News - Students can experience the red carpet without traveling to Hollywood, thanks to Limos for Learning. Third-graders in Marion, Marlboro, Georgetown and Horry counties can experience a stretch limousine taking them to their favorite local restaurant to

Mainland High athlete wins
Daytona Beach News-Journal - DAYTONA BEACH -- The holidays are a time for family, but 17-year-old Cruz Barrett has no family members around. Six teens in Volusia County are living on their own as they prepare to turn 18 and leave the child welfare system. The Independent Living