The first day of college begins with hopes and dreams of a new future. You walk around the college, drinking in the newness of a world unknown, where the buildings will become a second home to you as you release yourself into a variety of lectures.

Your first day is filled with trepidation as you imagine
what college life will be like. Of course you have watched
“Beverly Hills 90210″ and “The College Years” and have
seen
the picture perfect episodes, describing a life of parties
and fun times and you wonder what acquaintances you’ll
make
and what extra-curricular activities at college you will be
participating in.

The college buzzer rings signaling the start of the first
information session and you join the herd of other college
students fresh out of their last year of high school,
looking around for just a glimpse of anyone you might know,
somebody that you could talk to and perhaps enjoy your
college days with, to no avail. The college information
session begins and as it continues, you sink into your
chair as they ramable off all the general stuff that you
already knew, because you studied the college handbook
as
required before attending. You are thinking what all this
college stuff is about.
College is about the closing of one chapter of your life,
and the beginning of another. It’s a time of expanding and
growing into adulthood. There is a lot of focus on the
higher education aspects of attending college, and it’s
really much more than that.

College is a time to get to know who you are, and what you
may want to do in your life. College gives you an
opportunity to spread your wings, and learn about things
which serve and support you in a “safe” environment.
College
is a time to network, and relationship with other people.

Some of the most important questions you can ask yourself
is
What do I like? What am I interested in? What subject do I
lose myself in? There will be some required courses and
those may not jazz you, but your major should be something
that fits like a glove. If you are unsure, don’t commit to
any one course of direction until you have determined that.
There is an abundance of college options, so take your time
in choosing the one that best suits your needs. It will save
you a lot of time and money and aggravation, in the long
run!

The author has experienced the benefits of a college
education. She credits her college years for building a solid
foundation and rounding out her life. She is a successful
entrepeneur and parent and is involved with her community.

Meghan Semple is passionate about college and
is the webmaster of For
Choosing College

I keep a box of tissues on the table where I tutor because,
as an SAT tutor and college application consultant, I listen to
high school juniors and seniors who are so overwhelmed
by college pressure that they begin to cry. Not just girls. Not
just Ivy League aspirants.

High school students are always convinced their parents
don’t understand them. This time the students are right.
Parents don’t understand because the college admission
process is so much more competitive than it was when
most parents applied to college.

These are the ten things I wish I could tell parents:

1. I am convinced that parents have to walk a mile in the
student’s moccasins to gain some appreciation for the
stress the students are under and to reverse the tension at
home. If parents will take an SAT practice test they will feel
some of the same anxiety, cringe at their results, and
discover that the test is hard. Instead of piling 25 pounds of
SAT study books on the desk, parents can commiserate
with students over missed problems. Parents and students
can become allies rather than adversaries as they face the
college admission process.

2. Hire SAT prep tutors who focus on the applicable
academic material rather than just the tricks. Increasing a
student’s academic preparation for the test in addition to
teaching the tricks increases their confidence on the test
and in the classroom; teaching only the tricks makes
students more insecure because they are relying on tricks
rather than on actual knowledge.

3. Have the tutors keep the parents informed about each
session so that the parent tracks progress with the tutor
rather than pestering the student for information.

4. Have the student try the ACT. All colleges accept it and
some students do better on it than on the SAT.

5. Make learning fun. For example, have the students
memorize vocabulary using the book Vocabulary Cartoons
by Sam Burchers, et al. Also, have the student do the
crossword and other word puzzles in SAT Vocabulary
Express, the fun book of word puzzles that will increase SAT
scores. I wrote it with Michael Ashley, a nationally known
puzzler, so that our students would learn to play with words,
an important skill for the new SAT.

6. Emphasize getting good grades rather than good SAT
scores. Bs in honors classes are better than As in regular
classes.

7. Hire an independent college counselor who will work
with the family to create a realistic college list, brainstorm for
essay topics, establish deadlines for the student, and check
all college applications. High school college counselors
are overworked and do not have the time to walk families
through the process.

8. Realize that the schools parents attended may not be
within reach for their child. The number of high school
students planning to attend college has increased
dramatically; the student may be well qualified for a
particular college and may still not get in.

9. Look for colleges where the student will thrive
academically and socially. Choosing colleges based on
their name recognition and prestige value is a formula that
will increase stress, not decrease it. Everyone else wants
to go to those schools, too, making them even harder to get
into; they are not necessarily the best place for the student.
Loren Pope’s book, Colleges That Change Lives, is a good
place to start.

10. Support your child through a difficult process. Leave the
prodding, nagging, and yelling to the tutors and college
counselor. The independent college counselor will tell the
student to work harder so the parent doesn’t have to. Why
ruin the student’s last year at home?

Parents can make decisions so that senior year is not be so
fraught with anxiety that family members begin to avoid each
other. And, I hate it when my students cry.

Jacqueline Byrne
Author, SAT Vocabulary Express (McGraw Hill, 10/04)
Partner, Ivy Educational Services, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
http://www.ivyeducationalservices.com

The Indianapolis Public Schools Click Program

The Indianapolis Schools Click Program, a professional development program for teachers, helped teachers designed web based learning activities for students, called WebQuests. The Indianapolis Public School website offers a range of WebQuests, arranged by grade level (K - 2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12) and subject area. Many of the WebQuests connect multiple subject areas. All the WebQuests are offered free to the Indianapolis Public School community in order to enhance student learning on a variety of subjects. They are easily accessed by clicking on the relevant grade level and subject area on the website.

What is a WebQuest?

A WebQuest is defined as an “inquiry based activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web.” WebQuests are designed to focus learners on using information and support thinking on all levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Students are given the exact location of the information that they need in the order that they need it in order to use the learner’s time effectively. The model followed by the Indianapolis Public Schools was developed by San Diego State University in 1995. The WebQuests on the Indianapolis Public School website are best viewed with the latest version of Internet Explorer.

A Sample WebQuest About Dinosaurs

In order to see the creative and interesting uses for WebQuests, let’s look at one particular example. This WebQuest was developed by an Indianapolis Public School elementary science teacher to help students learn about dinosaurs.

At the beginning of the WebQuest, there is a clear assignment: a pair of students is going to design a poster about one of the dinosaurs they learn about in the Dinosaurland WebQuest. In order to do this, they are instructed to print out pictures and type out important information. The Indianapolis Public School students will be judged on their correct use of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation, bringing in a writing element to this science lesson.

The WebQuest provides students with information about Meat Eating Dinosaurs, Plant Eating Dinosaurs, and Fossils. In each section, the students are directed to look at information provided by various museums, including the Cyber Space Museum of Natural History and Exploration Technology, the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and the Royal Ontario Museum. In addition to these professional sites, Indianapolis Public School students are also directed to teacher - produced websites that give details about specific dinosaurs in addition to graphics pages like the 3D Dinosaurs Pictures Web Page.

At the end of the WebQuest, students are provided with a detailed rubric for completing their poster. This rubric includes how many points the students will gain or lose for each part of the poster, including Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, Pictures, and Presentation. At the end of this rubric is a page for the Indianapolis Public School teacher to print out and complete with details about the student’s work and accomplishments. In this way, the Indianapolis Public School student works almost entirely independently from the teacher to create and present a unique insight into the subject.

Stacy Andell is a staff writer for www.schoolsk-12.com, providing free, in-depth reports on all U.S. public and private K-12 schools. Stacy has a nose for research and writes stimulating news and views on school issues. For more on Indianaoplis schools visit www.schoolsk-12.com/Indiana/index.html

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Is your non profit organization operating on a shoestring budget? Take heart, you’re certainly not the only ones! Many community groups, schools and other social impact organizations have very tight budgets and are dedicated to putting the money they do have toward their mission. So what do you do when it comes to fundraising? Does it really “take money to make money” as the old saying goes?

One of the best fundraising strategies is to plan fundraisers that require very little upfront cost. This can be accomplished through sales fundraisers, collection drives and sponsorships.

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If you have a large group of volunteers to sell the items, your sales fundraiser will be more successful. Each volunteer would just need to sell a few items for the entire group to raise a lot of money. You may find that you have some very dedicated “super sellers” who help push through to meet the fundraising goals.

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Partnering with businesses for a collection drive is another way to raise funds at no cost. Box Tops for Education is one example of this. This program will help schools earn up to $20,000 each year by clipping box tops from specially marked grocery products.

Recycling drives are another way to raise money for your cause. Your group can partner with recycling centers to collect newspapers or cans and get money back from the recycling center. Other programs such as cell phone recycling can also be
profitable ways to raise funds. These drives also have a secondary outcome of helping to promote conservation and environmental awareness.

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and dedicated work by your volunteers.

Donations and Sponsorships

Events such as dinner fundraisers normally require supplies to be paid for in advance. However, getting support in advance from businesses and individuals will help offset the cost of producing event fundraisers.

There are many ways that donations and sponsorships can support a fundraising event. For example, you could contact a local printer and ask that they donate printing for your mailings, programs or flyers. A corporate sponsorship program would allow
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Q. How Would You Play The Euro millions Lottery

Each participant must pick out five main numbers from one to fifty plus 2 Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the lottery draw, five main and two lucky star numbers are then selected at random from two lottery draw machines containing numbered lotto balls.

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The recent rules also initiated Euro Lottery “Super Draw” which go on twice each year and offer “jackpots” in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super-Draws is that the jackpot has to be won during the week of the draw; this means, if there is no lotto ticket matching, all the numbers drawn and top prize will then be allotted to the ticket bearer(s) on the next winning prize tier.

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Exercise is also helps increase your lung capacity, makes your heart stronger, helps your circulation, helps you sleep better, makes your muscles stronger, gives you more energy etc.. etc..

Now there are four main types of exercise, these are;

Endurance Exercise - This will be the main type of exercise you want to focus on. This one helps reduce anxiety and depression. It’s not particularly intense. Even a quick 10 minute walk a day will help. Optimum would be a half an hour a walk a day.

Strength Exercise - This type of exercise builds muscles. Do this if you want a body like Arnold Schwarzeneggar from back in the 80’s. I won’t say from today, as from recent pictures I’ve seen of him, it looks like he has let his muscle turn to flab

Balance Exercise - This is commonly used for older people, to help prevent them from falling over. Examples of this type of exercise would be balancing on one foot for a short amount of time.

Flexibility Exercise - This is mostly stretching exercises, and something I highly recommend you do before you tread out for a walk. It can be quite painfully pulling a muscle, and easy to do, especially if you haven’t exercised in a while. Learn from my mistakes, I pulled a stomach muscle on a brisk walk I did when I began to do this, and then was out of action for a few days.

Starting your day each day with a quick walk will lift your spirits dramatically, I cannot emphasis enough how much exercising will benefit you. If I’m wrong, I’ll eat my own words *smiles*

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About the Author - Joanne King is a former sufferer of Anxiety & Panic Attacks. She is the author of “How to Overcome Anxiety & Panic Attacks”. She has helped other sufferers Worldwide to eliminate their Anxiety & Panic attacks. http://www.anxiety-panic-free.com

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