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Sunday, February 2, 2014

2-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

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Arts and Education
Two items of note:Your youth jazz story can become a KCTS film!Do you have a connection to a jazz program, jazz teacher or jazz student, and have an idea for a story you think should be told? The instructors at KCTS’s 9 Media Lab can help you tell it and share it with our viewers. Beginning in March, we will be offering free workshops to individuals interested in learning the fundamentals of video
One Parent's Experience (and Thoughts) on Common Core
From reader Kristen King's blog, My Daughter, the Guinea Pig:We’re a very mathy family. We all learned math the way human beings learn things — that is, by making it a fun part of our everyday activities. But this year, my daughter is a guinea pig for the new national experiment that is called the Common Core standards. Her class is using a new curriculum designed specifically for the Common Core,
Chores and Children
Is this what you have your children doing?  It's one thing I always appreciated about Montessori - they build in chores and responsibility.   Of course, it takes follow-thru on the part of parents to help their children understand that a family is more than a mom and dad and a house is not a home without everyone who lives there pitching in.
2-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week
Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community ForumFriday Open ThreadFor the artists in your house, two guys, feet, a rake and some unusual mediums to work in.  A thing of beauty is not always a joy forever.Saturday Community meeting - Director Sue Peters' first one at Queen Anne library from 11 am to 12:30 pm.What's on your mind?by Melissa Westbrook / 23h JAN 30High School Students -