A nonprofit is aiming to make waves in the Lehigh Valley. “There’s nothing around here like this,” said Kayla Snyder, freshman at Emmaus High School. It’s the Keich Basketball Legacy. “We’re focused on bringing kids in to teach them about what life after basketball will look like,” said Katie Keich, vice president of the nonprofit. It was started by husband …
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A Windsor high school student entered Rocky Mountain National Park for 11 days and returned home with new leadership skills thanks to a unique program for young wilderness lovers. The Rocky Mountain Conservancy High School Leadership Corps hosted 17 high schoolers from across the state for an immersive outdoor experience in Rocky Mountain National Park, according to a conservancy news release. The …
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To the UConn Community: Welcome to the start of the fall 2023 semester! For those of you who have been away for the summer, it’s a pleasure to have you back. And we welcome many new faces as well, including the Class of 2027, which comprises 4,200 new first year students in Storrs and 1,600 first year students across our …
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DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The Donna Independent School District is introducing new sensory equipment in all of their life skills classrooms in the district. Five schools in the district have sensory rooms. The sensory rooms have sensory equipment for life skills students to use. Other campuses implement the equipment and furniture in the classrooms for the student’s use. The sensory …
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CHANDLER, Okla. (KFOR) — Clients in a recovery program are pushing lawn mowers while they heal addiction. It’s goal is to teach them life skills while helping them earn money. “We just started this two weeks ago, and the phone’s been ringing,” said Mike Bateman, with the Jeremiah House. They’re cutting the grass and edging the lawn. The Jeremiah house …
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Northbrook skating coach Debbie Stoery has trained figure skaters who went on to compete in the Olympics and others who were the first in the world to perform technical elements in competition. And yet, Stoery says, her greatest achievement in her 53 years as a professional figure skating coach has been teaching life skills to hundreds of students, mostly at …
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center will hold two public webinars in September, with “Dining on a Budget” at noon Sept. 5 and “Financial Literacy Overview” at noon Sept. 19. The “Dining on a Budget” webinar is for those who find themselves constantly overspending on food, both on campus and off. Whether attendees utilize …
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