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Gifts, Blue ribbon school, Parents Get Higher Say, + more
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Joyce Dowling
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Dec 03, 2005 20:03 PST
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In this week's message:
* Unique gift certificates available
* News Stories about Education Issues
* Board of Education New Documents Available
* Calendar
* Announcements
* Other e-List News
* Volunteer/Community Service Position Available
* Your Feedback
UNIQUE GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
Local training or web sites for anyone anywhere.: Small business,
hobby, teen gift, memorial: http://www.drix.net/DWD/gift.html
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NEWS STORIES
Prince George's County School Selected as State Blue Ribbon School ...
Montgomery County Sentinel, MD - Dec 1, 2005
State Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick announced last
Tuesday that Glenarden Woods Elementary has been selected as a 2005
Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
http://www.thesentinel.com/329972411571748.php
Parents Get a Bigger Say in Education
Washington Post, United States - Nov 30, 2005
"My husband and I have three children," said Tonya Miles of
Mitchellville, in Prince George's County. "We tell them they have one
job: Go to school, and do well." http://tinyurl.com/9epx5
Standing Up for the Right to Sit Down
Washington Post, United States - Nov 30, 2005
..and Prince George's counties -- had reported being forced to either
stand or say the pledge although they wanted to abstain, said ACLU of
Maryland lawyer Richard Griffiths.
http://tinyurl.com/bvfws
Pr. George's Steps Up Call for New Schools
Washington Post, United States - Nov 29, 2005
The Prince George's County government has suddenly elevated two major
school construction projects to the top of its state funding wish
list: a replacement... http://tinyurl.com/ex6s5
Bush Administration Grants Leeway on 'No Child' Rules
Washington Post, United States - Nov 21, 2005
...Bradbury Heights Elementary School in Prince George's County and
near Southeast Washington, is a case in point. It has failed to make
AYP three straight years. http://tinyurl.com/ck88l
Test Scores Show Some Progress On No Child Left Behind Standards
WJLA, DC - Nov 11, 2005
In Prince George's County, less than 45 percent of students who took
the state's new high school English test passed it last spring.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1105/276800.html
PG Students Take Advantage of Transfer Law
WJLA, DC - Nov 10, 2005
Prince George's County students are more likely than those in other
areas to take advantage of a federal law allowing them to transfer
out of low performing schools.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1105/276444.html
Spanish program helps student progress
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
A visiting teacher from Mexico sat in the corner of a classroom at
the Maryland International Day School ...
<http://www.gazette.net/stories/111005/clinnew232432_31913.shtml>
Algebra Proficiency Required for Class of '09
Washington Post, United States - Nov 8, 2005
In Prince George's County, only 31 percent passed, including 12
percent at Largo High. http://tinyurl.com/ba2zc
More Security Expected At Arrowhead School
NBC 4.com, DC - Nov 8, 2005
Prince George's County police say they'll have extra protection on
hand Tuesday for students at an elementary school that was locked ...
http://www.nbc4.com/news/5276134/detail.html
Partial Voting Rights for Students Endorsed
Washington Post, United States - Nov 4, 2005
Student members on the state Board of Education as well as the school
boards in Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties and
Baltimore have partial...
http://tinyurl.com/8q3c4
UMd. and Community Colleges Set Up Transfer Program
WJLA, DC - Nov 4, 2005
Under the plan, to be announced Friday, students at Montgomery
College and Prince George's Community College who receive at least a
three-point-two grade point and complete other program requirements
will be eligible to enroll at the university's College Park or Shady
Grove campuses.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1105/274710.html
Rabbi, Teacher Lose Jobs After Taping
Washington Post, United States - Nov 3, 2005
A rabbi for a national youth group based in Rockville and a Prince
George's County special education teacher have lost their jobs after
they were allegedly videotaped by a hidden camera as part of a
forthcoming "Dateline NBC" story about men who try to solicit sex
from minors online, officials said yesterday.
http://tinyurl.com/9eqcc
Task force seeks return of peer mediation in schools
Business Gazette, MD - Nov 3, 2005
Upper Marlboro residents Bruce and Janet Eberhardt help resolve
residents' disputes on behalf of the Prince George's County
government...
http://www.gazette.net/stories/110305/princou201004_31949.shtml
County PTA deciding whether to remove president
Business Gazette, MD - Nov 3, 2005
...many members of the Prince George's County Council of PTAs are
confident the organization's president, Darren Brown, will soon be
ousted.
http://www.gazette.net/stories/110305/princou201003_31948.shtml
Thanks to student volunteer Daniel Knorr, a student at Johns Hopkins
University, for helping with the news search.
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Debriefing & the Board Agenda Packets are available from Amber A.
Wilson at amber.-@pgcps.org or on http://www.pgcps.org/ .
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CALENDAR
At http://www.localendar.com/public/PGCares
8 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Prince George's Co. Planning Board Meeting
(Still need someone to help update the calendar)
Do a search on your zip code for other area events at:
http://www.localendar.com/elsie?JSP=Search
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
*** Peace & Justice Coalition Looks at Radioactive Weapons ***
Peace & Justice Coalition of Prince George's County
Sunday, December 11, 5:00 pm
Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road
"Poison DUst: A New Look at U.S.Radioactive Weapons"
Directed and edited by Sue Harris and the People's Video Network; final
edits by Michael J. Sudyn, Flying Dreams.
Produced by the Depleted Uranium Education Project, 2005.
This film dramatizes still another fault to find with the occupation of Iraq-
and indeed with military methods of the Cold War period onward.
Poison Dust begins with the story of three young National Guardsmen,
veterans of a 2003 tour of duty in Iraq, who learn that uranium poisoning
from U.S. weapons caused their mysterious ailments- and those of thousands
of other GI's and countless Iraqi citizens. Then medical experts document
how depleted uranium contamination spreads, and activists discuss the
Pentagon's cover-up efforts and the growing worldwide resistance.
Audience discussion will follow. Greenbelt Access Television will
videotape the event to show later on local cable TV.
www.justpeace-pgmd.org
justpe-@earthlink.net
301-577-2350 or 301-474-1353
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OTHER PGCARES E-NEWSLETTER
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George's Co.
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VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE POSITION AVAILABLE
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in Brandywine if needed. Internet posting (database entry) and/or
searching. Middle or high school student could receive credit toward
community service requirement, but any age may apply - it could help
your resume to add internet experience. Reply to this email or call
301-782-9922.
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Joyce Dowling
Developer, Prince Georgians Care
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