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News Release: St. Mark School Hosts New School Year Liturgy for Brooklyn Schools
St. Mark School helped the Brooklyn Diocese's Catholic elementary schools ring in a new school year with a liturgy and breakfast reception. (read the story...)

How to Encourage Good Writing Skills in Your Child
Teaching writing can be intimidating, especially if you don’t feel like you are a good writer yourself. Here are some tips you can use to encourage your kids in grade school or high school — age doesn’t matter; it’s never too late to develop good writing habits. (read the story...)

10 Ways to Help Your Child Get Structured
Having good organizational skills is very important for your child’s success in school and in life. Some people are by nature more organized than others, but anyone can adopt the routines and habits of organization. All you need is practice and consistency. To help your child get on the organized track, try these 10 strategies. (read the story...)

The PPORA Method for Academic Success
The PPORA Method is a tool devised to improve reading comprehension and study skills. The acronym stands for Preview, Post-it, Organize, Review, and Answer. Read on for how the system can help your child. (read the story...)

Help Your Child Gain Better Studying Skills
Your child is struggling in school, and you want to help her in every way you can. Read on for tips to support your child's learning. (read the story...)

Cure the Back-to-School Blues
New clothes: Check. Hannah Montana backpack: Check. Transformers lunch box: Check. No. 2 pencils, color-coded notebooks, and butterflies in stomach: Check, check, check! A new school year means different teachers, unfamiliar kids, and a whole new routine. This can be stressful for even the most confident, easygoing child—and for parents, too. But work together, and those first days can be a good learning experience for the whole family! (read the story...)

Back To School: Online Learning in the Classroom
With new software, better technology, and more prevalent wireless options in schools around the region, the Internet is playing a more vital role in the way teachers teach and students learn. (read the story...)

Less Stress for Back-to-School Success
Whether we like it or not, the lazy days of summer eventually give way to back-to-school frenzy. This can be a stressful transition — for kids and parents (read the story...)

Back to School Shopping on a Budget
How about turning back-to-school shopping into a teachable moment — a real-life exercise for your kids in wants vs. needs and sticking to a budget? (read the story...)

Summer Learning
The opportunities for fun summer learning are endless, from day camps that offer specific programs to plain creative ways that parents can use to promote things educational. (read the story...)

How To Inspire the Non-Academic Child
It’s natural to have trouble with some subjects, to have strengths and weaknesses, including at school.... (read the story...)

Programs For Special Needs Children: Unlocking Their Acronyms
If you have a child with a suspected developmental delay, foreign terms like CPSE, EI, OSC, IEP are likely to work their way into your vocabulary. Decoding these acronyms may seem like learning a new language, an accurate translation may hold the key to advocating for your child. (read the story...)

Bringing the Planet into the Classroom
The Children's Rnvironmental Literacy Foundation(CELF) helps schools and teachers teach sustainability. (read the story...)

New Places, New Programs on Long Island - May '09
Take a look at some new buzzing programs & places on Long Island... (read the story...)

How to Paper Purge at the End of the School Year
As the end of the school year approaches, artistic creations, book reports, poster boards, folders and workbooks arrive home. Your child hands each one to you with an expectant look on his face: “You’re going to keep this, right?” (read the story...)

Test-Taking Strategies for Kids
Taking end-of-the-year exams can be one of the most daunting aspects of school.By learning some helpful test-taking strategies, students can improve their performance on these exams, while helping to strengthen their overall study skills. (read the story...)

Earthly Messages in a Sci-Fi Film for Kids: 'Battle for Terra'
Roadside Attractions’ 'Battle for Terra', the new the sci-fi, CG-animated movie for kids, opens May 1st!! (read the story...)

How To Help Your Child Tackle Homework
Making schoolwork a priority in your home sends the signal that you care about your child and her future. Here are some tips to help ensure your child is set up for homework — and academic — success. (read the story...)

New Places, New Programs in Suffolk County
The Summer Camps at Stony Brook University... (read the story...)

Money Lessons: Teach Your Children Well
A Consumer Reports survey of 12-year-olds found that 28% didn't know that credit cards are a form of borrowing, 40% didn't know that banks charge interest on loans, and 34% didn’t know that you can’t tell how good a product is by how much it is advertised. (read the story...)

Fun and Games for Kids in April...
See what new, fun games and books came out this month for kids! (read the story...)

How to Keep Kids Focused in School When Spring Fever Hits
Although staying focused when the weather changes can be challenging, we have compiled these tips to help you keep your kids motivated and engaged... (read the story...)

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Earth Day Celebration
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium in Brooklyn is devoting an entire week to a “Green Fest!” (read the story...)

Bring Your Child To Work
The 17th annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day® will be celebrated on Thursday, April 23. (read the story...)

An Olympic Gold Medalist for Education
Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres has been appointed as the newest national ambassador to the PTA (read the story...)

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