TK and Kindergarten Roundup is Thursday, Jan. 26, at your neighborhood school. Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Kindergarten Roundup, as the yearly event is called, is an opportunity for Santa Monica and Malibu parents of children entering TK or kindergarten for the upcoming year to meet the principal and teachers of their neighborhood school, learn about before and after school care, and begin the registration process for the school year. Round up time on Jan. 26 varies by school. Find your neighborhood school based on your residence: https://bit.ly/SchoolLocator-SMMUSD. While kindergarten is offered at every elementary school, TK is not guaranteed at…
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Compared to similar markets around the world, South Africa has a small selection of electric vehicle models available for consumers to buy. This has contributed to the slow electric vehicles sales in the country. For a very long time, the only BEV that was available for consumers in South Africa to buy was the BMW i3. Since the launch of the i3 in South Africa around 2015, BMW has been the leader in terms of continuously adding new EV models in the South African market. The BMW iX1, iX3, i4, iX, and flagship i7 as well as the Mini Cooper…
[Getty Images] Children’s fixation on mobile phones and tablets begins before school and the impact on knowledge acquisition and concentration is already being noted by education and child health experts, who note that children lose interest in books, and complain of being bored when they are not “connected.” “The first effects can be seen in primary school, but in secondary school the problems intensify. It’s the consequences when the screen is babysitting,” says Marina Tsolia, a pediatrics professor. Teacher Alexandros Koupatsiris notes, “Children become alienated, no longer play outside, don’t move, don’t go for walks.” Ilia Theotoka, a clinical psychologist…
NEWS | FEATURES | PREVIEWS | EVENTS originally published: 01/16/2023 (JERSEY CITY, NJ) — Just ADD Sound presents 2023 National Day of Racial Healing on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 7:00pm on ZOOM and Facebook LIVE. Through interviews, performances and a Q & A, Just ADD Sound explores “Redefining and Rebuilding Community” related to race and racism. This event is Free and Open to the Public but audiences must register in advance.The event hosts are RescuePoetix TM & Dujuana Sharese. The night features: Summer Dawn (In Full Color), Juan Papo Santiago (CAPICU), and Don Krypton (EvoluCulture). DJ /Soundscape: Don Wood (Call Me Cleve). Tech Support & Marketing: Crystal Letters. ASL English…
Submitted by Melissa McCurdyLPL Communications Assistant Reading challenges are popular at the beginning of any new year. Challenges encourage readers and non-readers alike to step outside their reading comfort zone to try a new author, genre or format, or simply read a book that has languished unread on a home bookshelf.To support personal reading goals, the Liverpool Public Library is welcoming community members to participate in an Adult Winter Reading Challenge, an online program for avid readers and those who want to increase their reading time or the number of books they read (or listen to). Now through Tuesday, Feb.…
Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a private farm near Johannesburg over the weekend, injured a man and left three animals dead.The 39-year-old man survived the attack, however a dog and a deer were killed, and a second dog was so badly injured it had to be put down, said Gresham Mandy, who leads a community police group.Residents have been warned to be on high alert in the Walkerville region south of Johannesburg and avoid confronting the animal, as a group of about 30 people search the area where its latest…
Benny Martinez passed away on January 3rd from complications related to diabetes. He was 66. In 1981, Martinez was a young kid and relative newcomer to Los Angeles who was picked for the early evening shift on program director Chuck Martin’s top-40 K-WEST 106 (now KPWR, 105.9 FM). I remember listening to Martinez on K-WEST, the little station that should have dominated radio in Los Angeles, a true version of KHJ (930 AM) on FM, launched about six months after KHJ went country. Unfortunately, upper management didn’t give it enough time and dropped the format just as KIIS-FM was moving…
The Midnight Game is the latest book by YA crime writer Cynthia Murphy. It follows a gang of school kids who meet up to play a horror-fueled game after meeting in an anonymous online chat room. This book had me strapped in from the moment the kids entered the school after-hours to summon The Midnight Man. The game is simple: Light a candle at midnight and give your name to The Midnight Man. Don’t fall asleep, don’t leave the grounds, and make sure your candle is lit at all times (draw a ring of salt around you…
After a whirlwind couple of months, Kristin Lacy and Vivi Lemus finally took a few moments to sit down on the secondhand furniture that fills Convivio Café in northwest Denver. The fledgling entrepreneurs soaked in the vibes of the community they’d cultivated: Patrons chatting around them under rows of string lights, drinking warm coffees and teas with a Guatemalan flair as Spanish-language music softly crooned in the background. Customers reading, working and conversing in Spanglish while munching on black beans and chips. “This is a dream that’s so many years in the making, and so many little hands from all…
Gillian Vivian hands over a selection of books to Jamie Alexander, play leader at Dr Gray’s Hospital. Picture: Daniel Forsyth.More than £400 of children’s books and jigsaws have been donated to Dr Gray’s Hospital.Burghead resident Gillian Vivian set about fundraising for the paediatric ward in order to say thank-you for the help the staff have provided her family.The mum-of-two works alongside Usborne Publishing who cater for young readers.She raised the cash to buy and donate the items by organising lucky square raffles.Gillian said: “The staff at the hospital are fantastic and I wanted to show my family’s appreciation.” Do you…