When we think of Halloween today, we may envision fun, colorful costumes, sacks filled to overflowing with delicious treats, and jack-o-lanterns grinning from the porch steps. But, Halloween has a somewhat darker past… Halloween is thought to have originated...
The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors high school women who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions. This multi-tiered competition includes recognition at the national level and at the local...
Back to Basics is hosting an important FREE parent seminar, ‘Everything You Need to Know About Parenting Teens’ on Thursday, November 12, 2015 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. This 90-minute seminar will present a simple, straightforward, relationally based approach to the...
Teen Read Week, October 18-24, 2015, is a national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association that is aimed at teens, their parents, librarians, educators, booksellers and other concerned adults. Started in 1998., the continuing message of the...
According to author Louise Spear-Swerling in her recent article The Importance of Teaching Handwriting, “After a long period of neglect in education, attention to teaching handwriting in the primary grades may finally be returning. This attention can benefit...
