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It's all Greek to these Jordan Middle School students
Jeans and T-shirts were replaced with flowing white robes and leafy crowns at Jordan Middle School on Friday as sixth-grade students engrossed themselves in their studies of ancient Greece.
Part history lesson, part cultural celebration, Greek Day is...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Cultural Development, Students, Culture
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Advocates for people with special needs celebrate legislation eliminating 'R' word
Lawmakers have passed a bill to strike the word "retarded" from state laws and publications, an initiative taken on by activists across the state, including Mark Swain, CEO and president of The Arc Sunrise of Central Florida located in Leesburg. Swain...
Tags: Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Special Olympics, Litigation and Regulation, Government, Culture
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Reynolds runs for Bethlehem mayor
Years before he became Bethlehem's youngest city councilman, J. William Reynolds found his inspiration in music. A Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan fan, Reynolds first learned to play the clarinet, and then picked up the guitar at Moravian College,...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Parties and Movements, Local Elections
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Mental Health, Health, Arts and Culture, Mental Illness
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New ideas keep Teacher of Year fresh
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — Ron Gill has laid a fun burden on his students: Make a game based on their social studies. So he comes to see where two girls’ minds are going as they pull a game out of Australia where, in the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence,&...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Culture, Students, Arts and Culture
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Review: 'Free the Mind' documentary finds hope in meditation
There's something healing about simply watching "Free the Mind," Danish filmmaker Phie Ambo's gentle, compassionate documentary spotlighting the use of such drug-free options as meditation and mindfulness to treat anxiety and trauma. Writer-director...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Movies, Entertainment, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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'Congressional hearings' help Howard students embrace the Constitution
Being called to a congressional hearing can be an intimidating experience for national leaders, business executives and even elected officials. But Gorman Crossing Elementary School fifth-grader Tobi Arewa is getting used to it. "At first when I am...Tags: Howard County, Teaching and Learning, Language, Students, Arts and Culture
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New names announced for hospitals in Berkeley, Jefferson counties
richardb@herald-mail.comWhat were, until Monday, City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Charles Town, W.Va., are now Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, both under the umbrella of University Healthcare. The new names were announced...Tags: General Practitioners, Culture, Arts and Culture, Cardiac Catheterization, Medical Research
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Health Insurance, General Practitioners, Health Treatments, Arts and Culture, Family Planning
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How much tolerance for intolerance?
Tolerance is justifiably one of liberal Democracy's most cherished values. But what do we do when tolerance, with its openness to multiple views, permits and even supports intolerance? This is particularly an issue today when open prejudice against Jews...Tags: Arts and Culture, Islam, Palestinian National Authority, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism
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The gift that keeps on giving
The headline on the recent Chicago Tribune story recently printed in The Tribune says it all: "Turning tragedy to hope." What more appropriate way to describe a memorial fund that creates educational opportunities for young people that many parents...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Schools, Human Interest, University of Notre Dame
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Letters to the Editor - May 9
City, county need to move beyond ‘strategic planning’ To the editor: In a letter to the editor published April 25, the Washington County Commissioners responded to a Herald-Mail editorial published April 9 with the headline “Economic...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Personal Income, Local Government, Culture, Arts and Culture
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