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• Helping teens with cancer feel normal ... for a while, at least

  Published: July 26, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Dance, High School, Highschool, Hospital, Prom, Teenage, Teenagers

  Filed under: Events, Young Adult Cancers, Cancer Pre-vivorsThough the prom is mostly a distant memory for me, I can recall with vivid detail the feeling that it was the crowning achievement of my life and though I've since had much more definitive moments, at that time it was everything. As someone who had a pretty typical upbringing, I can't

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• Rich kids hunt and kill their lower-class counterparts in weird Internet video

  Published: August 14, 2007, 3:23 am

  Tags: High School, Highschool, Hunting, Rich Kids, Richkids

  Filed under: High school, Private schoolEver wonder what it would've been like to attend one of those elite boarding schools, taking class with children of the unimaginably rich? You'd learn Latin, take advanced courses -- whatever it took to become a world leader. Then, in your free time, you and your high-class friends could have a blast

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• 315-pound girl to play on high school football team

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: Football, High School, Highschool, Sports, Weight

  Filed under: High schoolHolley Mangold's older brother was a football star. After a successful college career at Ohio State, he went on to an NFL career as a center with the New York Jets. Now, even though many are still resistant to the idea, Holley is following in her brother's footsteps. The 315-pound 17-year-old, who can bench press 265

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• Money tips for preschoolers

  Published: August 17, 2007, 2:41 am

  Tags: Checkbook, Consumer, Consumerism, High School, Highschool, Kindergarten, Liz Pulliam Weston, Lizpulliamweston, Middle School, Middleschool, Msn Money, Msnmoney, Nickel, Nickelodeon, Saving, Sharing, Spending, Sugary Cereal, Sugarycereal

  Filed under: Preschool, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Preschooler, Pre-teen, Teenager, Creative projects, Marketing to kids, Making a Difference Yep, that's right--tips for children who aren't even in kindergarten. Turns out, as we all suspected anyway, that kids are learning about the basics of money earlier and earlier.

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• US schools asking ninth graders to pick their major

  Published: August 17, 2007, 5:35 am

  Tags: High School, Highschool, Kids, Picking Major In High School, Pickingamajorinhighschool

  Filed under: High school, College, Public school, Going to school, Teenager Can you imagine deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life when you are 14 years old? When I was 14, I wanted to be a middle distance Olympian medalist, an author, and a part time lawyer. With a cute boyfriend and a holiday house in Mexico. And though

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• Teen bride sues parents for her stuff, loses

  Published: August 18, 2007, 7:06 am

  Tags: Betty Hagar, Bettyhagar, Dennis Hagar, Dennishagar, High School, Highschool, Legal, Marriage, Playstation, Teen Bride, Teenager, Teenbride, Video Games, Videogames, Windy Wuchae, Windywuchae

  Filed under: Toys, High school, Teenager, Video GamesWhen their 16-year-old daughter decided she was getting married to her 40-year-old track coach, Dennis and Betty Hagar figured they'd fight back by keeping all her stuff. But the girl and her new hubby decided they couldn't live without some of her favorite things -- like her Beanie baby

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• Study: Teen drug use at school getting worse

  Published: August 20, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Columbia University, Columbiauniversity, Drug Use, Drugs, Druguse, Drunk, High, High School, Highschool, Illegal Drugs, Illegaldrugs, Parents, Public School, Publicschool, Schools, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Substanceabuse, Teen Drug Use, Teenagers, Teendrug

  Filed under: Teachers, High school, Public school, Teenager, Drugs, Alcohol, Peer pressureBack when I was in high school, drug use at my school was common. We had a school-sanctioned smoking area for students, located in a courtyard between two wings of the school. Few students were actually old enough to legally smoke, yet hundreds gathered in

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• Clever students create cheapo DIY Segway

  Published: August 21, 2007, 12:21 pm

  Tags: Diy, Hack, High School, Highschool, Mit, Mod, Segway

  Filed under: Transportation A tenacious combination of high school and MIT students have put together their very own DIY Segway, which would likely have Dean Kamen rolling in his grave... if he were actually dead. The team of ingenious do-it-yourself'ers put together a fairly workable Segway knock-off for less than a thousand dollars that can

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• Eureka: Family Reunion

  Published: August 22, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Car Wreck, Carwreck, Cryogenics, High School, Highschool, Mel Gibson, Melgibson, Walt Disney S Head, Waltdisney Shead

  Filed under: OpEd, Eureka, Episode Reviews(S02E07) From the preview, the opening was pretty much just what I expected. A cryogenic facility at GD is being torn down and someone is discovered frozen in one of the chambers - Fargo's grandfather.Continue reading Eureka: Family Reunion Permalink   Email this     Comments

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• The 25 Best High School Movies of All Time

  Published: August 23, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: High Schoo, High School, High School Movies, Highschoo, Highschool, Highschoolmovies, Teen Comedies, Teen Movies, Teencomedies, Teenmovies

  Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Fandom, Lists, Hold the 'FoneRemember that time in high school when you ditched school, stole a Ferrari and sang "Twist and Shout" on a parade float? Or the time you busted out your super-sweet dance moves at the school assembly when your best friend Pedro ran for class president? Or how about when you stood on your

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• Planbook: Lesson planning for teachers, Mac style

  Published: August 30, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Administration, Education, High School, Highschool, Planbook, Teachers, Teaching, Web

  Filed under: Software, Productivity, Education, Internet Tools In an education world where parents make all the decisions and administration knows less about teaching than the students, teachers can use all the help they get. While I wait for Assistants R Us to open in the Denver area so I can take some of the burden off my wife's high school

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• Grad...bitter sweet...

  Published: July 1, 2007, 1:41 am

  Tags: Highschool, Youthministry, Church, Grad, Community

  Well another year, another grad! It is always such a bitter sweet time, one is that I am so excited for the youth who are moving on to the next chapter of their lives and excited to see what journey they will embark on. But two I miss them as they leave, they become so dear to my heart it really is so hard to have them leave...harder then most may

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• Build your own underwater ROV for $250

  Published: September 4, 2007, 6:40 am

  Tags: Diy, High School, Highschool, Rov, Rov In Box, School, Spy, Spying, Underwater, Underwater Robot, Underwaterrobot, Video

  Filed under: Digital Cameras, Robots Granted, this here project isn't nearly as inexpensive as the $100 underwater ROV from years back, but at least this one is propelled by something a bit more advanced than a pull string. Regardless, the ROV-in-a-Box Project Kit -- created by folks from Carl Hayden High School for use in the National Underwater

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• Teen asks McCain if he's worried about dying in office (VIDEO)

  Published: September 6, 2007, 10:29 am

  Tags: High School, Highschool, John Mccain, Johnmccain, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Presidentialcampaign, Students, Teenagers, Teens

  Filed under: High school, Teenager John McCain isn't exactly a young man -- so much so that his age has actually become a campaign issue (albeit a minor one). This led one high school student to ask the presidential candidate a rather blunt question: "do you worry that you might, like, die in office?" Through the giggles of the young man's

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• Special ed...for profit?

  Published: September 9, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Education, Elementary School, Elementaryschool, High School, Highschool, Middle School, Middleschool, Private School, Privateschool, Public School, Publicschool, School, Special Ed, Special Education, Specialed, Specialeducation

  Filed under: Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public school, Private schoolThe worlds of for-profit business and education seem almost fundamentally at odds. However, one man has managed to bring special ed services to almost 8,000 students -- and he's making money in the process. Mark Claypool used to be a social worker, but got

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