Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Escaping the Heat in Art’s Fortress

CHANEL BALDWIN’S eyes sipped on that painting and only that painting, because it was what was available to her on this side of the money line.
On steaming afternoons for much of the season, Ms. Baldwin, who turned 16 on Thursday, parked herself after summer school at the Brooklyn Museum, a refugee seeking the asylum of air-conditioning. 
Escaping the Heat in Art’s Fortress 

Friday, August 16, 2013

Adorn Your Walls With This Dizzyingly Cool Geometric Art

You've seen Andy Gilmore's art before—you might just not know it. Gilmore's colorful kaleidoscopes have adorned everything from magazines to album covers to snowboards. And now, thanks to a collaboration with the Ghostly Store, these hypnotic prints can also deck your walls. 
Adorn Your Walls With This Dizzyingly Cool Geometric Art

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

First day at 'really cool' Carter Elementary

It was hard to tell who was more excited, Nikki Buckner or her 6-year-old daughter, Tessa, as they ushered in the start of the school year together at brand new Carter Elementary School on Monday morning.
First day at 'really cool' Carter Elementary 

Monday, August 12, 2013

Cool! Woman gets personalized autograph from Paul Goldschmidt


One baseball fan is the proud owner of a very special autograph from Paul Goldschimdt.
The Diamondbacks tweeted out a photo on Sunday showing a woman holding a sign that reads, “Hey Goldy, we went to middle school together! Sign my yearbook.”
Cool! Woman gets personalized autograph from Paul Goldschmidt

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Farm to School Is An Important Ingredient in the Recipe For Success in Purvis, Mississippi

“Our farm to school program helps our district offer more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis,” said Julie Hamilton, school food service director of operations/training for Lamar County Schools in Purvis, Miss.  “Being exposed to more choices, the young students will learn to like them and make healthier food choices over their lifetimes.” 
Farm to School Is An Important Ingredient in the Recipe For Success in Purvis, Mississippi

Friday, August 2, 2013

Your recess cheat sheet - Regulatory ramp-up - Grade-gate: The fallout - Napolitano gets six-figure moving allowance


Today might mark the start of the slow season in Washington, D.C., but it’s back-to-school season everywhere else. So don’t expect education news to taper off in August. As Common Core fights continue in the states and thousands of colleges and schools open for the fall, here’s what we’re watching through the August break and into September.
Your recess cheat sheet - Regulatory ramp-up - Grade-gate: The fallout - Napolitano gets six-figure moving allowance