Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota recently reevaluated its involvement in students’ off-campus exploits. Eden Prairie’s principal was mailed a computer disk with pictures of students involved in underage drinking. These same photos had initially been posted on the popular social-networking site Facebook. The principal questioned 43 students, 13 of whom received disciplinary action. Although [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Summer Woes
Posted in General, tagged Business, Education, Teens, Work on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blackboards wiped clean, overhead projectors stored safely in back closets, thin trails of dust forming on seats and desks—a long-awaited scene. School is out. But for many teens across the country, the hours of incessant toiling is far from over, even though those workbooks, study guides and numerous prep manuals—from AP history to chemistry—have been [...]
Schools More in Tune to Students’ Allergies
Posted in Health, tagged Allergies, Health on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When just a taste, a touch or a whiff of the wrong kind of food could provoke immeasurable hives, asphyxiation or death, every day surroundings present an ever-looming danger.
Danielle Davis, a Charleston, W.Va. high school student, knows this all too well. Davis suffers from severe food allergies. Peanuts and tree nuts—her particular brand of kryptonite—have [...]
Green Schools
Posted in Environment, tagged Environment, Green schools, Health on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Singing a sweet tune of environmental consciousness, the House earmarked $20 billion over the next five years for states to build ‘green schools’ or improve existing ones with environmentally-friendly nips and tucks. As part of the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act passed Wednesday, $6.4 billion is approved for the 2009 fiscal year [...]
