Wednesday Open Thread
Odd little thing. After Brandon Hersey took the oath of office, there was a group photo for the Board taken. But yet, at the SPS website, they only have a photo of kids. Waiting for new members? Maybe but why not use the photo with Hersey and the rest of the current Board?
Great story from KUOW about Nova High School. I can't say it enough - Nova saves lives.
Important policy articles from OSPI.
Interesting article on how the hand grip of kids and young adults is getting weaker.
Great story from KUOW about Nova High School. I can't say it enough - Nova saves lives.
Important policy articles from OSPI.
Interesting article on how the hand grip of kids and young adults is getting weaker.
A recent study in the Journal of Hand Therapy shows that young adults have surprisingly less hand strength and hand grip than older generations, which could be one result from using more electronic devices and less pencil time. Some may even argue that electronics are hindering our students’ education rather than helping them progress because they lack fine motor development skills used for handwriting, pencil grip and brain-building activity.Lunar Rover STEM Festival, A Night of Free, Space-Filled Family Fun
So why continue to encourage and “push” hand grip strength? Developing your child’s hand strength and fine motor skills is linked to more than just handwriting and pencil grip. Researchers have also found a connection between how the brain transitions from right-brained learning (creative, emotions) to move left-brained learning (logical, critical thinking). If the brain fails to transition from right-brained learning to left-brained learning, children become more emotional instead of logical as they get older. That is why many parents and teachers today see more attention issues in the classroom, sensory struggles, meltdowns , anxiety and emotional grounding issues.
Join us as we unveil Kent Valley’s Next Lunar Rover at the Lunar Rover STEM Festival on Thursday, November 14 from 5:00 - 7:30p.m. at accesso ShoWare Center.
We’re celebrating our region’s legacy of aero and outer space innovation by memorializing its role in the development of the Lunar Rover. The three Lunar Rovers used in NASA’s historic Apollo Missions 15, 16 and 17 remain on the Moon today. Designed, built and tested by Boeing at its Kent Space Center, the Lunar Rovers were recently designated as historical landmarks by the King County Landmarks Commission.What's on your mind?
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Curlicue
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-screen-linked-epidemic-myopia-young.html
OT Parent
Are they required to go home for 6 weeks?
Parent
MJ
If your teen is dealing with gender-identity issues, I might also suggest you check out a wonderful Seattle organization: Diverse Harmony. My daughter, now 24, joined when she was in high school and it gave her a tribe outside of school. She made friends she still has today, and she continues to sing as part of their elite, young-adult a cappella choir.
The high school group is a no-cut, audition for vocal placement only choir. Over the ten years our family has been associated with the choir we have seen some amazing performances, and some kids blossom in incredible ways.
I recommend this group to any family with a child who falls into the LGBTQ spectrum, has a sibling of such, or just wants to be a member of an inclusive community. They meet in Seattle First Baptist Church on Capitol Hill but are not religiously affiliated.
https://www.diverseharmony.org
MJ
More Noise Please
Bye Bye
Power on
Where is ABC news on this scam!
Woke
As for the number, do go ask the district; they'll tell you the same thing.
How can we expect her [new SPS CAO, Carla Santorno] to create an excellent academic system when the board hastily pushed through the school-closure process without thinking about the academic implications? How can the district strategic team move forward when it's dealing with a moving target — a system that has been twisted once again into another form of chaos?
wayback machine
It really doesn't make sense why other districts get to pick our director. It should be just like the city counsel and the mayor. Each district should choose their director and maybe the voters should choose the superintendent also. If that means we add in a couple of at large directors so be it. In fact we could have both Liza and Eric on the board if that we true.
How can we change how the boards get elected?
MS 10
Congrats to both Liza and Eric for running.
SPS voter
I think all the Seattle ballots have been mostly counted.
It's over
Just saying
"Oh and here’s a funny video some of me and my team made poking fun at the narrative that equity work is about taking things from white people."
Mitchell: (skipping into the room with another person) Hey, Team, we're gonna talk about equity!
P1 (female): (in whiny voice) Equity's gonna take everything away from us!
P2 (male): (also whiny voice) My services! (followed by goofy laugh)
TOXIC
I feared his HCC support would fail him.
ALGAE
I'm glad she lost.
not funny
But the video was gleefully poking fun at people, and targeting them by race, who have legitimate concerns about the district providing state mandated services. It's a serious concern. She needs to respect all parents and children, even if she disagrees, as much as she would about any other group of kids.
She made it into an us versus them in her video. Her attitude was callous and immature.
It reminds me of some renting millenials who poke fun at middle class older homeowners with kids concerned about safety issues in their neighborhood, such as skyrocketing burglaries and needles on playgrounds.
It's portrayed as an affluent problem unsympathetic to homelessness, when really public safety/crime and homelessness are both issues that deserve attention.
KL
KL