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Welcome to the Scholars Academy Social Network

I am in the process of creating this site as a place for students, parents, teachers and alumni to stay connected with one another. If you have any school-related photos, videos, or events you would like to share, please post them to this site. I am hoping that over time, people will create their own groups - perhaps to study, conduct board committee work, or even promote a class reunion. The beauty of this site is that you can use it for anything related to the Scholars Academy! Try it out fo… Continue

Added by Andy Weiss on August 17, 2008 at 12:56pm — No Comments

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SAT Question of the Day

The Official SAT Question of the Day for Sunday, December 27

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Because he was ------- in the face of danger, the explorer won the government’s highest award for conspicuous bravery.

  1. click to choose answer A  virile
  2. click to choose answer B  heedless
  3. click to choose answer C  dauntless
  4. click to choose answer D  callow
  5. click to choose answer E  timorous

New York Times Education Section

Extra Homework Applying for Education Grants

The Department of Education, preparing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, estimated how long it should take each state to prepare its proposal: 681 hours.

With DNA Testing, Students Learn What’s What in Their Neighborhood

Two students collected 217 samples they encountered daily and found mislabeled food and at least one surprise: hot dogs actually made of beef.

Technology Leapfrogs Schools and Jurisdictions

Plainfield East High School doesn’t have a senior class. But it clearly possesses a new staple of American education: “sexting.”

Miami Herald Education Section

Deaf teacher inspires her students

When Cathy Oshrain first became a teacher, she wondered how she would communicate with her students.<p/> Oshrain, who was born deaf, had been hired to teach hearing students at North Miami Beach Senior High. She was one of only six deaf teachers at traditional public schools in South Florida.

Broward's Beverly Gallagher hit with five fraud charges

Suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher was indicted Thursday on federal corruption charges and will plead not guilty at a hearing Monday after not reaching a settlement with prosecutors on the case, her lawyer said.

Broward students get a lesson about Census

Ariel Civelek was just a baby when the last U.S. Census was conducted, but now the 11-year-old can tell her family how important it is to be counted.

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