A Moment with Mary: Parents and Teachers
August 31, 2010 • No comments
We welcome Mary Maxwell, Omaha’s First Lady of Humor, to her new space on the pages of Neighborhood News. Her quick wit and dry humor have made her a popular speaker at events throughout Nebraska and across the country for more decades than she cares to count. I’m not so sure it takes a village to raise a child, but I do know that it takes both parents and teachers to take a five-year-old who can barely tie his shoes and turn read more »
Whose Back Yard? Not Mine!
August 31, 2010 • No comments
You’re a good person. You want what’s best for the community. You actually support the idea, but just wish they would do it someplace else. “Not in My Back Yard,” the familiar rallying cry against the fill-in-the-blank “it” of the paragraph above, now takes on new meaning in the introduction of a program with the same name that delivers training to neighborhood groups on how to lead amid conflict and change. “Change
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Principles of Learning, Living At Omaha Christian Academy
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Jill Bruckner At Omaha Christian Academy (OCA), school spirit goes beyond good grades and teamwork. Students and parents share a common bond of a different kind: Christian beliefs that shape the school’s learners and their environment. “The main characteristic that sets OCA apart from other metro schools is our distinctively Christian education,” said Kelly Lyle, OCA Booster Club president. “Everything we do is taught
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Heat Can’t Stifle Goosebumps
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Matt Holland If Mark Kelln’s first impression of Boyd Elementary was any indication, good things are in store for the school and its new assistant principal. "I literally got goosebumps the first time I walked in the building,” Kelln said on a steamy summer morning while preparing for the school year to begin. “I can tell that Boyd is a really special place." The path to his new home started at Joslyn Elementary where he
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North Central: Over the Fence
August 31, 2010 • No comments
The Benson Route of the 20-mile bike loop is nearing completion. Keep track of the latest bike news via the Omaha Bikes blog at bikeomaha.org ... PassThePotatoes.com, a partnership between the City of Omaha and Omaha by Design, is seeking online submissions through the month of September for ways to conserve Omaha’s natural resources and improve the city’s overall health … Not in My Back Yard, a City of Omaha-funded program
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