Student Gardening Initiatives in the Queen City
Student gardens support healthy eating and hands-on education.
Author: Lee Rhodes
The Multicultural Classroom
Preparing young students for a global future. Back to school means back to the basics, and in Carolina classrooms today, this means more than just reading, writing and arithmetic.
12 Terrific Teens
In June (2009), we began seeking nominations from our community of parents in homeschools, educators, administrators and school counselors in both private and public schools, and even our readers, to find 12 teens whose outstanding character, leadership and heart, distinguished them from the rest.
How to Plant a Pizza Garden
Spend quality time with kids digging in the dirt to create a family garden.
Cash for College Tips
The College Foundation of North Carolina advises:
1. Open a N.C. 529 college savings plan. In addition to federal tax advantages, the state offers a tax deduction for contributions.
College Savings 101
There’s an interesting juxtaposition when a child goes to college. The child celebrates the successful culmination of years of academic pressures, while the parents grapple with a different kind of pressure: how to pay for a higher education.
2009 Terrific Teen: Megan Thomas
Megan Thomas is dedicated to serving others and making a difference in the world around her.
2009 Terrific Teen: Karina Anderson
Read about Harding University High School student and terrific tee Karina Anderson, who serves her community and still maintains top grades.
2009 Terrific Teen: TJ Tkacik
It takes a lot of hard work to be No. 1 and TJ Tkacik knows about work.
2009 Terrific Teen: Hunter Cameron
In some ways, Hunter Cameron is not your typical teenager.
2009 Terrific Teen: Anna Bobrow
Girl Scout troop leader Kelly Markiewitz has high praise for high school senior Anna Bobrow. "She's not afraid to blaze her own trail," says Markiewitz.
2009 Terrific Teen: Cody Starnes
"Just do it" is a well-known Nike trademark and the personal mantra of Cody Starnes, a 12th grader at Independence High School.
Working Moms Find Workable Solutions
It’s 2007, and that means the June Cleaver model of motherhood is a thing of the past. Not unlike June, today’s moms can often be found in the kitchen, but they’re bringing home the bacon as well. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the number of working women with children at 70 percent. But what that "work" looks like is increasingly hard to categoriz
