Tag: teacher

Gwinnett teacher draws caring chalk messages to nearby students

Good News Notes: “As the lone science teacher at Berkeley Lake Elementary, Kathy Bentley teaches all 798 children at the school. From pre-school to fifth grade, she supplements the lessons from their main teacher with hands-on experiments and additional activities like maintaining the school garden and hatching butterfly eggs. And while right now the learning…

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Going green: Teens take aim at cross-country bike trip

Good News Notes: “A half-dozen teenagers and one slightly-older teacher will bicycle out of San Francisco this summer, on their way across the Central Valley, over the Sierra Nevada mountains and then all the way to New York City. The lucky seven cyclists from San Francisco’s Ruth Asawa School of the Arts call their upcoming…

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St. Amant woman stitching together acts of kindness

Good News Notes: “One teacher and mother of two is using her labor of love to serve the community. Tara Whiteside’s passion for sewing has come in handy during the COVID-19 outbreak now that healthcare professionals are in need of facemasks. ‘I just want kids to be protected, people working, doctors, nurses. This can cover their masks…

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Getting there is all the fun in Clintonville parkour courses

 Good News Notes: “Theo Gorman teaches his students how to fall. The longtime parkour instructor at the Whetstone Community Center in Clintonville said it is a vital skill to learn for those who want to get started in the activity, alongside running, jumping and climbing. ‘If you learn to fall well, you’re more likely to…

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Kindness is more than a closet in South Glens Falls

 Good News Notes: “It’s called the Kindness Closet, but it’s now a whole building to help families in need.” “It started about 15 years ago with an empty shelf in Tanglewood Elementary. As Metivier, a reading teacher at the school, began to donate snowpants, hats, and gloves to students in need. It wasn’t long before…

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