secondary school education

Palm Beach County’s newest high school announces its mascot. And the winner is…

18/12/2022Oktavina

"OOO" High School to open on Lyons Road in 2023 — “OOO” High School to open on Lyons Road in 2023

When Dr. Joaquín García High School’s athlete hit the field, track or diamond next year, they’ll be announced to the world as the Bulldogs.

The school, which opens in August off Lyons Road in the Lake Worth area, announced Thursday that its official mascot will be a fierce looking white bulldog.

The school’s colors will be Carolina blue, navy and white.

Dr. García High School is the first in the county to be named after a Hispanic community leader. Dr. Joaquín García was a West Palm Beach businessman and co-founder

NY state officials want schools to say how they are teaching the Holocaust

16/12/2022Oktavina

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with teens across the world to report on issues that impact their lives.

(JTA) — Sasha Bandler and Josh Davis feel lucky to have learned about the Holocaust directly from survivors, but this wasn’t part of any formal education. The high school seniors found the Holocaust lessons at their Long Island schools inadequate.

“We’ve learned very little about the Holocaust aside from a general outline of what happened,” said Davis, a student at Great Neck South High School. “In AP World History, my class spent

Pesky pests in greenhouses lead to hands-on learning experiences for Smithville students

06/12/2022Oktavina

Smithville High School Agriculture Instructor Stephen Heppe explains how students in his class dealt with a pest problem after the agriculture program opened its greenhouse and received its first shipment of poinsettias. Helping him and the students was Frank Becker (second to left), who at the time was the integrated pest management coordinator for OSU Extension, Wayne County office. Becker is now the office's agriculture and natural resources educator and is sharing his expertise with the school's agriculture program as a guest lecturer. Students pictured are Audrey Sidle and Ben Rhodes. — Smithville High School Agriculture Instructor Stephen Heppe explains how students in his class dealt with a pest problem after the agriculture program opened its greenhouse and received its first shipment of poinsettias. Helping him and the students was Frank Becker (second to left), who at the time was the integrated pest management coordinator for OSU Extension, Wayne County office. Becker is now the office’s agriculture and natural resources educator and is sharing his expertise with the school’s agriculture program as a guest lecturer. Students pictured are Audrey Sidle and Ben Rhodes.

When Smithville High School’s agriculture education program built a

Teach it, live it: High School science teacher honored for environmental education | Local News Stories

04/12/2022Oktavina

A Lake Havasu High School AP science teacher was recognized for the passion she brings to her job.

Ali Porosky, LHHS’s ecology, integrated science and environmental science teacher, was named the 2022 outstanding environmental educator for grades K-12 by the Arizona Association for Environmental Education. Since starting her teaching career 10 years ago, the AAEE says Porosky has been “a champion for environmental education, sustainability, and conservation.”

COVID19: Although Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over, You May Still Want to Know About Nasal Irrigation, Which Reduced Deaths and Hospitalization

27/11/2022Oktavina

October 23, 2022 · 7:00 AM

From ScienceDaily:

Starting twice daily flushing of the mucus-lined nasal cavity with a mild saline solution immediately after testing positive for COVID-19 can significantly reduce hospitalization and death, investigators report.

They say the technique that can be used at home by mixing a half teaspoon each of salt and baking soda in a cup of boiled or distilled water then putting it into a sinus rinse bottle is a safe, effective and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of severe illness and death from coronavirus infection that could

Wallingford schools report gains in student academics, wellness

05/10/2022Oktavina

WALLINGFORD — Administrators from the high schools and middle schools presented plans for continuing to improve academics and student wellness at this week’s Board of Education Instructional Committee meeting.

Joseph Corso, principal of Lyman Hall High School, and Enzo Zocco, principal of Sheehan High School, started off the presentation with academic updates at the high school level.

Corso said both high schools’ administrators look heavily at PSAT and SAT testing data. The PSAT results show students are improving.

“Our students are continuing to grow,” Corso said. “When they came to us, one of the alarming trends that we saw through

North High School to open Career and Technical Education Cent

17/09/2022Oktavina

In addition to a new CTE center, North High will also receive a major remodel.

MINNEAPOLIS — Construction officially began Friday on a new Career and Technical Education Center at Minneapolis North High School, with a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by Mayor Jacob Frey and other city and school leaders.

The new CTE center, along with a major remodeling of the existing North High building, will take about a year to build. It is expected to open for the 2023-24 school year and will serve all of the Minneapolis Public Schools.

“We’re betting on the fact that their futures are going

Catholic-sponsored Cristo Rey school opens its doors to all

13/09/2022Oktavina

Students at Cristo Rey high school in Tampa.

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If you see me especially excited this week, here’s why:

For me, it began percolating seven years ago, and for others even further back.

In the spring of 2015, my friend Mike Fernandez, one of our community’s most generous souls, asked me to look into something called Cristo Rey. I had never heard of it before. That June, I went to New York to see