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Mesa County Valley School District 51 Selects Edupoint’s Synergy Student Information System
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Edupoint Educational Systems, a leading student information system (SIS) solutions provider to the national K-12 market, has been selected by the Mesa County Valley School District 51 (District 51) to implement the Synergy(TM) Student Information System across all campuses….
Grants Available to Help Feed Kids in Afterschool Settings
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon is excited to announce a new partnership with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to distribute grants to afterschool programs to help feed more kids in Oregon….
PETAP.org Announces Program to Help Students Find Online Business Schools to Fit Their Needs
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The traditional college experience isn’t for everyone. For those currently employed full-time or living in a remote area, online learning has provided the option of attending college at the time most convenient to them. By connecting those students with a selection of colleges that provide online learning opportunities, PETAP can help those students find the best education at affordable prices….
Young Marines Youth Organization Announces 17-year-old McCall Behringer of Baltimore is National Young Marine of the Year
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Young Marines National Executive Director Mike Kessler, announced seventeen year old McCall Behringer of Baltimore, Maryland, is the organization’s National Young Marine of the Year for 2012-2013. The Young Marines is a national non-profit youth organization for boys and girls ages 8 through the completion of high school….
WEST Holds Career Mentoring Evening for 80 Girl Scouts
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology hosted a Career Mentoring event for 80 Girl Scouts that ranged from grades 4 to 12. WEST taps into its community of women scientist, engineers and technologist as career mentors to hold events for young girls as well as early and mid career women….
The Fulton Leadership Academy to Hold Its 2nd Annual Walk for Excellence Fundraiser
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: On May 12, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Friendship Community Church at 4141 Old Fairburn Rd., Atlanta, GA, where the school is housed, the Fulton Leadership Academy (FLA) will hold its 2nd Annual Walk for Excellence to raise funds for the charter school’s programs….
Grades of Green VERTE Event to Recognize Environmental Heroes at Annenberg Community Beach House
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Environmental education nonprofit Grades of Green has announced its annual awards and green fundraising evening, VERTE, will be held at the LEED Gold-certified Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 27 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. The evening will feature singer/songwriter, Gregory Alan Isakov, sharing his lyrical hit, ‘3am,’ featured on the hit series ‘Brothers and Sisters.’…
Thirty Students Launch Projects to Improve Community and World After Participating in Educational Program and Studying Climate Change in Bangladesh
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Thirty youth leaders from the San Francisco, New York and Minnesota areas are implementing social action projects designed to help their communities in particular and the planet in general, says nonprofit World Savvy. The projects are the students’ way of sharing the knowledge they gained after participation in an innovative one-month immersion trip to Bangladesh to study climate change….
Birmingham’s Dorothy Jemison Day Theater Opens at Alabama School of Fine Arts This Month
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The Alabama School of Fine Arts announces the opening of the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater, a state-of- the-art facility built for both school and community use, this month. It is the most technically advanced venue of its kind in the entire Southeast. The Public Grand Opening is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, from 3-5 p.m., with Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. cutting the ribbon on the massive new stage….
USC Latino Alumni Association Honors Dr. Richard Zapanta with Legacy Award
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A sold-out crowd of more than 750 Trojans, USC trustees, faculty and administrators, honored guests, alumni and students gathered at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel to celebrate the 38th Annual USC Latino Alumni Scholarship Gala on March 2. Executive Director Domenika Lynch announced that the dinner raised an estimated $300,000, which through USC’s two-to-one matching program will add a total $900,000 to USC Latino Alumni Association’s scholarship fund….