May 31, 2012 The all new Early College Prep Academy is for seventh to ninth graders, and gives the students a chance to experience the college atmosphere and take classes that interest them.
April 5, 2012 For many people, this winter and spring have been brutal because of all the colds, flus, and allergies flying around. While there's nothing fun about getting sick,
there is fun to be had in the recovery stages
I read an article this morning that said most parents aren’t quite sure how to handle a bullying situation where their child is the one being bullied, which is probably why so many kids are being bullied every year. As someone who experienced bullying firsthand as a kid, and has had kids in school for the last 14 years, here are my thoughts.
Texarkana College Alumnus Ross Perot came back home today to lend a helping hand to the fiscally struggling institution and to issue the community a challenge.
The Dallas billionaire who grew up in Texarkana presented the college a check for $1 million dollars
March 14, 2012 If stoners have "4-20", then geeks will take "3-14" as all their own. March 14th is the day of worship for math nerds who know 3-14 is the start of a magical number: Pi . Centuries ago, mathematicians realized a formula that says the distance around a circle is equal to its diameter multiplied by Pi (a single number that extends at least 1 trillion digits beyond the decimal) You can abbreviate it to 3-point-14159
December 6, 2011 You gotta love Ozzy Osbourne, but understanding him is a different story... until now. Yes he mumbles but Ozzy is from Birmingham, where the thick “Brummie accent” was recently voted the “least cool” in all of England.
But help is coming soon thanks to a new iPhone app called the iBrummie app.
September 9, 2011 College just ain't what it used to be, it's better. Imagine signing up for a Storytelling Strategies class and getting a surprise lecture from the guys that created "South Park"! That's what happened in a class at New York University.
August 14, 2011 Now is the time to plan on spending a little extra time in your morning schedule, as area students get ready to go back to school. Kids will be walking, running, and playing near roadways before and after school.
July 18, 2011 Dyslexia sufferers have a tough time with basic reading– the learning disability actually causes those afflicted to view words differently than the rest of us. They sometimes see letters flipped upside down, mirrored or even rearranged within a word. A new typeface called Dyslexie is trying to change all that.
June 1, 2011 Every state has its good points and its bad ones, right? Well, author Paul Jury playfully points out the bad ones in a promo video he calls '50 State Stereotypes in Two Minutes.'
Jury, who just wrote a book called 'States of Confusion: My 19,000-Mile Detour to Find Direction,' squeezes out the hate from sea to shining sea in a mere 120 seconds.
May 11, 2011 Talk about a gutsy kid! A 12 year-old boy wore a skirt to school to protest a school policy. After reading this story, I hope his protest works!
April 12, 2011 Interspecies relationships induce so many genuine "Awww!" moments, it's no wonder people have taken notice to the springtime friendship that's blossomed between a goose and deer at a Buffalo, NY cemetery.
