FOX 10 and the Salvation Army continue to collect back-to-school supplies for needy valley kids.
Jayme King reports from a supply drop location in Peoria.
The Salvation Army 2011 Pack to School Mountainside Donations Mountainside Fitness Peoria (Lake Pleasant & Happy Valley Rd) 9745 W Happy Valley Rd Peoria, AZ 85383 480-502-2096
Memphis, Tn – Memphis City Schools will start as planned on August 8 if the city can stick to the deal approved last night by the Board of Education. The deal has been approved, but could de-rail at anytime if conditions aren’t met before the start of school. The Council is supposed to vote on the compromise Tuesday and must agree that the payment plan laid out is a binding deal. They must also agree to pay the schools $12 million on or before August 5, just days before kids are scheduled to be back in class. Mayor Wharton crafted the deal with School Board President Martavius Jones. He warns that although a deal has been struck and is expected to be approved by the Council, there still could be rough waters ahead, “after this is over, there’s going to be bickering between the grown folks, so that will never end.
Hard times are still upon us, and many careers once thought of as untouchable are now facing huge budget cuts, but one field is still looking as solid as ever.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare is one of the fastest growing industries, and both student and those looking for a career change are taking notice.
Michael Farris is in the industry of saving lives.
He’s currently a paramedic but is taking classes at South Texas College to become a registered nurse.
“Here at the STC Nursing and Allied Health building, they have some of the finest equipment to work with as far as training goes,” said Michael Farris.
Like Simon who blinks, breathes and goes into cardiac arrest.
“The simulation mannequins that we get to have from the emt program…the simulations that they can put us through to practice on things that cannot be harmed,” said Farris.
The nursing program also consists of pediatrics where students get to use “Sim” babies to learn how to care for newborns, but these mannequins aren’t the only thing luring students through STC’s doors.
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Some of the best and brightest high-school-aged jazz musicians will be on the Stockton Campus of University of the Pacific to hone their skills and get advice from some of the best professional musicians in the world of jazz. But that advice no longer has to be kept between the students and professionals. For the first time in the history of the Brubeck Institute’s Summer Jazz Colony, members of the public are invited to observe the evening jam session workshops and hear the tips, tricks and words of wisdom that the musicians share with the students while creating great works of jazz.
There also will be a mid-afternoon Wednesday concert and a Friday evening concert, both free and open to the public.
The Summer Jazz Colony starts Sunday, Aug. 7 and ends with the 5:30 p.m. concert Aug. 12 in the Faye Spanos Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Today is the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act—the law that children with disabilities rely on both as young people and when they leave the protections of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
For example, when students attend colleges and universities, the ADA is what governs whether their needs, based on their disability, will be addressed. So when some universities were using electronic readers that couldn’t be used by students with vision problems, they were admonished based on the protections of the ADA.
Some 36 million people in the United States have a disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, including about 5 percent of children age 5 to 17.
I realize 21 is not the typical round-number anniversary worthy of ticker-tape parades and paper horns, but I couldn’t pass this one up. T