2012-2013 Standard Test Calendar — Registration Begins August 1st October 13, 2012 November 10, 2012 December 8, 2012 January 5, 2013 February 2, 2013 March 2, 2013 April 20, 2013 June 8,…
Category: Uncategorized
SAT Upcoming Schedule
U.S. registration dates and deadlines for 2012-13 Test Dates Test U.S. Registration Deadlines (Expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S.A.) Regular Late (a fee applies) October 6, 2012 SAT & Subject Tests September 7, 2012 September 21, 2012 November 3,…
WORDS are fun!
I have a new favorite word!!! Mumpsimus!! I have so many friends whose use of the English language is mumpsimus. They think they are using English correctly, but they insist on using words that really don't exist. There are so…
Get a Paper Dictionary!
I realize that most people use spell check or dictionary.com to check spelling, but for a student learning vocabulary, PLEASE get them a real book/paper dictionary. Here are a few reasons; It is easier to scan through words when you…
Summer Reading
Many students get a list of required reading for the summer from their schools. I usually try and read each and every book that is required for the schools that are local to me. I also have come up…
Paul Revere’s Ride by H.W. Longfellow
Paul Revere's Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.…
The Boston Massacre – 242 years ago tomorrow
On the night of March 5, 1770, American colonists attacked British soldiers in Boston which resulted in the soldiers firing upon the crowd and killing five of the colonists. This event became known as the Boston Massacre, a rallying point…
Bill Gates’ Rules for Success
Get your kids to be a fanatic reader???
James Patterson doesn’t just write great adult fiction. Check out his latest contribution to the young readers of the world. And then read the article by the acclaimed author James Patterson about how to get your child to be a…
Teach charity and school subjects at the same time?
Free education and donating rice to starving people at the same time? Seems impossible, right? Well, it’s not. Be sure to check out FREE RICE. While you play by answering quiz questions on a variety of subjects, every correct answer…