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Determining the right amount of homework
Back to School Students spend roughly six hours in the classroom each day while their parents could put in eight hours at the office.When a family returns home in the evening, homework is probably the last thing they want to worry about. Still, homework is part of many families’ daily routine, and chances are it…
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Is your child ready for kindergarten?
Back to School A ge 5 is a big year in a child’s life. In many school districts, children enroll in kindergarten shortly after their 5th birthdays. But age alone does not dictate if a child is ready to transition from a preschool environment to kindergarten, and parents may need to work with educators to…
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Stock up on students’ tech supplies
Back to School Shopping for back-to-school supplies was once limited to picking up a few folders, spiral-bound notebooks and assorted writing implements. But today’s students need much more, including a variety of technological gadgets, to keep up with their classmates. Technology is now an integral part of many classrooms, where Internet-ready devices such as tablets,…
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Local schools, businesses ready for back to school
Back to School Around the Corner Art Center The Around the Corner Art Center is a full-service art center that accommodates a year-round art school, a custom frame shop, a paint-your-own pottery studio, and offers a full line of fine artist supplies to professionals and amateurs.The art center also runs a variety of children’s art…
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Curtain to rise on ‘The Laramie Project’
The Main Street Theatre Company, in association with the Tectonic Theater Project, will present “The Laramie Project” at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 8-17, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. The play is a portrait of a community’s response to the 1998 murder of…
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Golf benefit to help children
The Forsgate Country Club Foundation’s Chip in for Charity golf benefit will be held Aug. 11 at the club, Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. The event will benefit Ryan’s Quest, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the leading lethal genetic disorder diagnosed in children. The day begins with 18-hole golf outings on…
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Speaker on life skills no stranger to bullying
By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Ron Shuali When Ron Shuali speaks about bullying, he speaks from the heart. He also speaks from experience, as he was both a bully and a victim in his own life. Now, he is dedicated to breaking what he calls the “bullying circle.” Shuali, founder of Shua Life Skills, will…
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New Brunswick H.S. to hold 50th reunion
The New Brunswick High School class of 1964 will host a 50th reunion Oct. 18. Interested classmates may email Vito LoSardo at [email protected] or call 703-887-4498.
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Red Cross spokesman to focus on safety
Paul Gass of the American Red Cross will speak about how to prepare one’s home or vehicle for an emergency 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 12 at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe. For more information, call 609-480- 4374.
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