Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h9EFHEV16168; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 11:17:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <001501c39265$4a07e750$32881a0a@famlit.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Noemi Aguilar" <naguilar@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1692] clips&crossposts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2189 Lines: 55 Connect for Kids (www.connectforkids.org) **Classroom to Classroom Around the World Registration is now open for K-12 classrooms to sign up with the Creative Connections Project for 6-week study partnerships with partner classes from the Amazon Rain Forest, Africa, the Galapagos Islands, the Arctic or China. Previews are also available at http://www.ccproject.org/adventures.html. Fees begin at $50/class. http://www.ccproject.org **Nominations for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recognize students in middle and high school grades who have demonstrated exemplary community service. Application deadline: October 31, 2003. http://www.prudential.com/spirit **Recycle Your Printer Cartridges For every eligible cartridge brought for recycling to one of Staples 1,100 stores nationwide Staples will donate $1 to public education charities designated by state affiliates of the National Education Association and to The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Drop-off deadline: October 31, 2003. http://www.staples.com/recycleforeducation **Corazon de mi Vida "Because you are the center of my life, I will put you in a car seat and buckle up myself" -- that's the message of this National Latino Children's Institute and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration campaign. http://www.nlci.org/kits/Corazon%20intro.htm **NCCAN Launches Newly Designed Website The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information has redesigned its website to be easier to navigate and more user-friendly. http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov **Quality Learning Opportunities Might Boost IQ among Disadvantaged Children Environmental factors, like quality early learning programs, not genetic factors, explain much of the differences in young children's IQ among disadvantaged children, according to new research by the University of Virginia to be published in November. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A12059-2003Sep1?language=printe Noemi Aguilar National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main Street, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502/584-1133 ext 168 Fax: 502/584-0172 E-mail: naguilar@famlit.org
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