Growing pains: The challenges of mental health in middle school
Trouble sleeping. Mood swings. Quick to get mad. These were some of the changes 13-year-old Isha Shah first noticed in fifth grade and attributed to part of the tough job of growing up. But by seventh ...
YOU, YOUR KIDS & SCHOOL: Helping students get back on track
The current sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at Hutchinson Middle School have never experienced a “normal” year of middle school. During this time when students are growing at a tremendous rate ...
How not to fix your teenager’s social life
Still, life goes on in the small moments at home, one foot in front of the other, rife with micro-dramas. That’s what I want ...
Kansas City area middle school transforms hallways into homage to Super Bowl in New Orleans
Teachers at Frontier Trail Middle School in Olathe, Kansas, have gone all out, transforming the school's hallways into their very own New Orleans.
Altoona Middle School students explore careers at 'JA in a Day'
From local police to home builders and manufacturing, students at Altoona Middle School had an opportunity to meet with professionals from a variety of different job sectors on Thursday. As a career ...
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8th graders get a head start on high school in McDonald County
Six months before they enter the building, McDonald County eighth graders are starting their high school journey. Isabella ...
Here's what happened when drivers Josef Newgarden, Josh Berry returned to their middle school
Indy 500 champ Josef Newgarden and NASCAR Cup Series driver Josh Berry reminisced at Ellis Middle School, which they attended at the same time.
What’s Right With Schools: Bloomfield middle school principal gives students a chance to shine and connect families
They say workplace morale starts at the top and in one school, the principal has become the ultimate hype man. Imagine this ...
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Whelan and SBA Students ‘Buddy up’
Whelan third and fourth graders are part of a new program with their West Revere Complex neighbors, eighth-graders from the SBA. Reading Buddies is a program where Whelan Elementary students are ...
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Administrators, teachers and students back cellphone ban in NH schools
Cameron Marvin, an eighth-grade student at Pelham Memorial School, noticed a huge change last September when the school blocked student access to cellphones. Marvin joined administrators ...
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Gargash takes part in 8th Ministerial Meeting of Yemen Friends Group, continues meetings in New York
NEW YORK, 26th September, 2014 (WAM)--Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has recently attended the 8th meeting of Yemen Friends Group ... Nations Special ...
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John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?
By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends ... second-grade class on a hard wooden pew in the balcony of our Quaker school ...