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Inner City School Celebrates 100th anniversary
Florence Nightingale Elementary School, which is celebrating is 100th anniversay, has a long history of community service.
Click here for the full article in the Vancouver Sun by Gerry Bellett
Attention Children’s Literature Fans!!!
UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program and the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable are sponsoring a talk by world-renowned children’s literature critic and historian, Leonard Marcus.
The talk is titled: Let the Wild Rumpus Start’: Maurice Sendak as Storyteller and Psychologist and is being held tomorrow (Friday, Oct 12) from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Lillooet Room, Room 301, Level 3, Chapman Learning Commons.
This is event is free and doesn’t require registration. Refreshments will be served and you’ll have the opportunity to purchase books and have them signed.
We hope to see you there!
Education can end double discrimination faced by girls around the world
Globally, there is an effort to end the double discrimination of gender and age experienced by girls.
Click here to read the full article in the Vancouver Sun, written by Daphne Bramham.
These Boots Were Made for Walking
October is International Walk to School Month and two Vancouver elementary schools are celebrating by participating in Beat the Street, a competition that challenges students to walk the most miles.
Click here to read the full Vancouver Sun article, written by Daphne Bramham.
Teacher Becomes Millionaire by Selling Lesson Plans Online
This Huffington Post-Education article features Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher in Macon, Georgia who became a millionaire by selling her lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers.com.