Life Skills - Paul Clarke Foundation announces grants

Paul Clarke Foundation announces grants
Biloxi Sun Herald - The directors of The Paul Clarke Foundation recently approved a number of grants for area organizations. The foundation approved a $50,000 award to Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana for the agency s One Campus, One Heart capital campaign. The

Viewpoint: Fixation with tests stifles kids' options
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Here is a wake-up call for those who were not at the Paso Robles school board meeting Dec. 6. Once again, test scores are directing the course of study for our kids. With the single goal of boosting standardized test results, a third year of science

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Hillsdale Daily News - By donating her time to different causes, a local teen is gaining life experience all before graduating from high school. Sarah Stump, 16, a junior at Hillsdale High School, has a slate of experience some don t gain until out on their own or

Teens are welcome
Anchorage Daily News - Teenager Michaela Hernandez walked into an Anchorage jewelry shop last fall with her heart set on a heart-shaped pink sapphire set with little diamonds on a silver band. "I just thought it was so cute," Hernandez said. But in the store, a saleswoman

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

Students experience limousine luxury
Myrtle Beach Online - FLORENCE, S.C. - Some third graders in the Pee Dee will feel like A-list celebrities for improving their reading. Students in Marion, Marlboro, Georgetown and Horry counties who better their reading scores will receive a ride in a stretch limousine