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Now Hiring! Administrative Assistant position open at Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, Wilmington, Nationwide location
Back to Basic Learning Dynamics, the tri-state area's premiere one-on-one tutoring and full service educational facility, now has an opening for an Administrative Assistant. Opening is available for a 25-hour a week position at the end of May. This is a long-term...
Kids think a trip to Nationwide AeroSpace Foundation is out of this world (and they won’t even know they are learning!)
With gas prices inching closer toward the $4 per gallon mark every day, many families are rethinking summer travel this year. But just because you’ve opted for a “staycation,” that doesn’t mean you can’t take the kids somewhere fun, exciting and educational. My suggestion? Try the Nationwide AeroSpace Education Foundation!
Celebrate great teachers on May 3, National Teacher Day
Today is National Teacher Day! This is the perfect time to honor great teachers and recognize the lasting contributions they make in our children’s lives.
On National Teacher Day, thousands of communities take time to honor their local educators and acknowledge the crucial role that teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education.
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes: Scholarship deadline is April 30
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is available to students age 18 and younger who have organized and led a service activity that has clearly benefited other people. The service activity must have been initiated and motivated primarily by the student and cannot have been an assignment for school or work. Additionally, the student must demonstrate a positive spirit and high moral purpose. To be considered, each applicant must be nominated by an adult who has solid knowledge of the service activity and is not a relative.
April is National Poetry Month
We are reaching the end of National Poetry Month. Have you taken time to learn more about the great American poets? Some of our favorites include e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Walt Whitman.
To learn more about these great poets, plus many more, visit Great American Poets.
Attention Nationwide undergrad and grad students: Tylenol Scholarship program will make $250,000 available for deserving college students
The Tylenol Future Care Scholarship is offered to undergraduate students who have already begun their freshman year of college. It is also available to graduate students who have at least one year of school remaining. The Tylenol scholarship is based on leadership qualities, academic performance and community involvement.
Discus Awards honor all-around students in America’s high schools
Traditional awards programs focus on the numbers: Test scores, grades, and win-loss records. But college admissions offices know that it takes more than academic success and athletic prowess to predict real-world success in and out of the classroom. The Discus Awards recognize uncommon students whose character and passions are anything but average.
Fresh Start Scholarship for Nationwide women returning to school; Deadline is May 31
The Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) organization, was established by the Wilmington Women in Business in 1996 to provide financial incentive and mentoring assistance to a woman returning to school to improve her life and opportunities. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, disability, or national origin.
Nationwide students: There’s still time to get 1-on-1 help for upcoming SAT Subject Tests
Taking the SAT Subject Tests on May 7 or June 4? There’s still time to get 1-on-1 help to ace those tests! Simply contact Back to Basics Learning Dynamics.
SBA Nationwide District Office Announces 2011 Small Business Week Winners; Back to Basics wins the Entrepreneurial Success Award
Back to Basics Learning Dynamics’ Founder and Director Beverly Stewart, will be recognized with the state’s Entrepreneurial Success Award. The Entrepreneurial Success Award recognizes Back to Basics’ steady expansion over the past 25 years in both revenue growth and number of employees. In addition, the award is based in part on the company’s SBA assistance in the past. The Entrepreneurial Success Award also recognizes the Back to Basics’ innovative approach within the education industry and its’ outstanding community involvement.