Archive for the 'Primary Schools' Category

NAPERVILLE, Ill., July 16 /PRNewswire/ — Whether in kindergarten or college, going back to school in style is a priority. OfficeMax® Incorporated , a leader in office products and services, brings today’s latest styles to a full range of school supplies for students and teachers under the OfficeMax Schoolio von Hoolio(TM) brand. OfficeMax […]

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Posted By: littlec | Jul 16th


TROY, MI — (MARKET WIRE) — May 10, 2007 — A large majority of substitute teachers report strong demand for their services and widespread appreciation for the role they play in education, according to a survey of more than 2,600 substitute teachers conducted by Kelly […]

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Posted By: littlec | May 11th


PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., April 3 /PRNewswire/ — An eighth-grader from Minot won the North Dakota State Championship in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. India Charbonneau, a student at Erik Ramstad Middle School, will join the top winners from all 50 states to battle for the national title and […]

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Posted By: littlec | Apr 3rd


CHICAGO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ — YMCA of the USA announced today a grant totaling more than $3.6 million has been awarded by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund to help YMCAs across the country serve more children in safe, enriching afterschool programs.
The grant is specifically targeted to help YMCAs provide financial assistance to youth who are not […]

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Posted By: littlec | Mar 22nd


ALEXANDRIA, VA — (MARKET WIRE) — February 26, 2007 — School breakfast, traditionally served in the cafeteria, has expanded to the classroom and even to the hallways as schools strive to give students a nutritious start to the day. With more than 9.6 million children participating in the School Breakfast […]

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Posted By: littlec | Feb 27th


CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ — My School Rocks!(MSR) magazine, a Kidz Biz Magazine publication, is proud to announce its first expansion outside Charlotte, NC. Guilford County, NC has asked MSR to begin distribution at Greensboro area schools. MSR is also exploring expansion to several other cities in the near future.My School Rocks! is a […]

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Posted By: littlec | Jan 23rd


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Mac Publishing’s Macworld and Aspyr Media, Inc. last night co-hosted the seventh annual MacBowl, a Macintosh industry bowling competition and charity event to build a computer lab and support computer education in a San Francisco elementary school. Elite Macintosh industry companies gathered at Yerba Buena Bowl, competed fiercely for […]

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Posted By: littlec | Jan 12th


This is somewhat ridiculous.  Imagine if every child if the world knew about Harry Potter but American kids didn’t because it was censored, over, hmm… witchcraft!
The Georgia department of education Thursday upheld a decision by the county board that would allow the wildly popular series by British author J.K. Rowling to remain in school libraries, […]

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Posted By: froosh | Dec 15th