Jazz up food gifts with help from the Internet (Galveston County Daily News)

Gift-giving cooks have found an extra edge on the Internet, where recipes and other tools for homemade food gifts abound.


Ex-music teacher pleads guilty to indecent assault (The Reporter)

A former Upper Perkiomen Middle School music teacher has admitted to having inappropriate contact with two eighth-grade girls with whom he allegedly was infatuated.


Local author, teacher gives book to schools to promote new novel (Provo Daily Herald)

Timpanogos High School teacher Greg Park, who is also a published author, prepared for the release of the third book in his Earthsoul Prophecies series by donating and hand-delivering 950 copies of th


Sun Valley Elementary pushing to keep volunteer P.E. teacher (Daily Sparks Tribune)

SUN VALLEY – Jack Burr says he retired as a teacher from the Washoe County School District in 2004, but one would never know it these days with all the energy he still displays when he's around children.


State demonstration site for early childhood education in Norwood (The Norwood Post)

Prime Time Early Learning Center's Preschool and One Step Ahead kids and teacher Brita Padgett enjoy the sunshine. PTELC and Norwood Preschool staff have been helping kids develop inner sunshine with the Pyramid Plus social-emotional training program implemented in each classroom.


Fort Payne FFA needs votes for top tee (The Times-Journal)

A group of Fort Payne students is hoping their T-shirt design is tops in the nation. The Fort Payne FFA's T-shirt design was selected as one of 12 finalists in he 2010 National FFA Chapter Tee Contest.


Two decades of cultural exchange (West Hawaii Today)

Nothing enlarges your notions of the world quite like going to another land and seeing it for yourself.


Bermudez, Casey, Kessel and Meeks honored as outstanding students (The Fallbrook Village News)

Ed Casey, Tori Kessel and Erin Meeks of Fallbrook High School and Julie Bermudez of Oasis High School were named Fallbrook Community Students of the Month and honored for their achievements at a special breakfast held March 4 at Fallbrook Golf Clubs Hukilau restaurant.We appreciate the work, accomplishments and achievements these students have had so far, said Fallbrook Union High School ...


Valley Voices - Peggy Spraker (The Ridgecrest Daily Independent)

Ridgecrest, Calif. - For 25 years, Peggy Spraker has been a Regional Occupational Program teacher at Mesquite High School. Under her guidance, many young people, who once lacked direction in their lives, have become successful adults, working in the culinary arts and hospitality industry.


10 Ways Pastors and Leaders Can Inspire Generosity and Increase Church Giving in Any Economy (Church Central)

In our national www.STATEofthePLATE.info survey research among churches, we discovered that giving is declining in 37% of the churches and is flat-lined in another 24% of churches.