Posted on September 24th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:59pm PDT More schools are making peace with skateboarding By: Chris Mauro, GrindTV.com There was a time, not that long ago, when skateboarders and school officials were hostile warring parties. Administrators, school boards, and city officials fearing the long arm of litigation declared war on skaters years ago, making them outlaws for […]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
‘Day of Caring’ By Nancy Kennedy For Hugh Adkins, supervisor of the Marine Science Station in Crystal River, Tuesday was like winning the lottery or being on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” The site was chosen as one of about a dozen Progress Energy Day of Caring local projects. Read more by clicking here Copyright www.chronicleonline.com. […]
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Posted on September 21st, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
This morning I had the privilege of visiting Citrus Springs Middle School. CSMS is the school where my wife teaches 7th grade reading so I am more familiar with their campus, but I was interested in seeing some of the classrooms I had not seen before. CSMS has been a Florida graded “A” middle school […]
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Posted on September 20th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Monday I had the pleasure of visiting Citrus High School with Principal Dale Johns. Mr. Johns and I had a chance to catch up some before touring the campus. Mr. Johns was principal at Citrus Springs Middle School before Mr. Johns was brought to CHS. Mr. Johns and I visited the CHS Cafetorium as students […]
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Posted on September 17th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Today is Constitution Day! Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787. Congress passed in 2004 a bill that requires that every school and college that receives federal money must teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the day our great document was adopted. […]
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Posted on September 16th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Today I had an opportunity to sit down and spend some time with Roy Piston, Director of Food Services at the Citrus County School Department. He is also a Registered Dietitian. Mr. Piston shared with me many inside aspects of the operation of our schools’ breakfast and lunch programs. Some I already knew and others […]
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