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K12 Academics Updates for December 18th - January 7th

Hello to all and a Happy New Year! I hope everybody enjoyed their holidays and had a safe new years. Due to the holidays I refrained from sending out weekly newsletters. Expect lot of changes to this site in the New Years. Come summertime a Job and News directory will be implemented.

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K12 Academics Yahoo Groups!

Each week I will be opening a new Yahoo! Group Discussion board for each topic on the site. The group features professionals, parents, kids, families, web site owners and experts. The purpose of these lists are to share and receive information and support. Members on this list are from all across the United States and Worldwide.

New Groups:

K12 Academics - Blind Community
( 56 Members)

K12 Academics - Dyslexia Community
( 133 Members)

K12 Academics - Tourettes Community
( 63 Members)

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Site News: Library Directory Online!

The National Library Directory has finally gone live on the site! I took me more than 4 months to complete. There are well over 20,000 Libraries in the directory. It is the largest Library directory surpassing publiclibraries.com and is the only on the Internet to feature individual profiles.

The library profiles include youth program & camp information, membership details, exhibits and Library history.

I would like to thank all of the Libraries who registered before we went live:
[ Brownsburg Public Library ]
[ Cape Girardeau Public Library ]
[ Cherry Hill Public Library ]
[ Clark County Public Library ]
[ Clovis Carver Public Library ]
[ Conway Public Library ]
[ East Palestine Memorial Public Library ]
[ Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library ]
[ Glenwood Public Library ]
[ Harford County Public Library ]
[ Haysville Community Library ]
[ Haysville Community Library ]
[ Hesston Public Library ] [ Howard County Library ]
[ Jefferson County Library Cooperative ]
[ Johnson County Library ]
[ Kanawha County Public Library ]
[ Keene Public Library ] [ Lincoln Public Library ]
[ Marysville Public Library ] [ Morgan County Library ]
[ Morrisson-Reeves Library ]
[ Newberg Public Library ]
[ New Castle-Henry County Public Library ]
[ New Milford Public Library ]
[ North Kingstown Free Library ]
[ Ouachita Parish Public Library ]
[ Parmly Billings Library ]
[ Pend Oreille County Library District ]
[ Porter County Public Library System ]
[ Prince Memorial Library ]
[ Sevier County Public Library ] [ Sno-Isle Libraries ]
[ Socorro Public Library ]
[ Somerset County Library System ]
[ Strawberry Point Public Library ]
[ Toledo-Lucas County Public Library ]
[ Toledo-Lucas County Public Library ]
[ Windsor Locks Public Library ]
[ Wiscasset Public Library ] [ Woodville Public Library ]

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New Camp Listings: 13 Listings

ADHD Camps by Celebrate!ADHD
Ashburn, VA

Camp Chief Ouray/YMCA of the Rockies
Granby, CO

Camp Lakota
Wursboro, NY

Camp Tall Timbers
Urbana, MD; High View, WV

Camp Twin Creeks
Elmsford, NY; Marlinton, WV

Camp Vega for Girls
Fayette, ME; Boston, MA

Cazadero Performing Arts Camp
Berkeley, CA

Eagle's Nest Camp
Pisgah Forest, NC

Kutsher's Sports Academy
Monticello, NY

The Summer Theatre Camp of Montclair
Upper Montcliar, Montcalir, Cedar Grove, NJ

Super Star Summer Camp
Cherry Hill, NJ

TIC Summer Camp
Bethesda, MD; McLean, VA

The Vineyard
Westfield, NC; Kona, HI

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New Museum Listings: 4 Listings

American Labor Museum
Haledon, NJ

Harbor Defense Museum
Brooklyn, NY

International Spy Museum
Washington, D.C.

John C. Freeman Weather Museum
Hosuton, TX

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New Support Service Listing: 3 Listing

ADHD Camps by Celebrate!ADHD
Virginia

Lighthouse Psychoeducational Services
National

Rhythm & Rehab LLC
North Carolina

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New Study Abroad Listings: 2 Listings

2007 Summer Camp in Beijing, China
China

Ecology Project International
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico

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New Waldorf School Listing: 1 Listing

Bright Water School
Seattle, WA

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New Information

Education Reform:
Education reform is a plan, program, or movement which attempts to bring about a systematic change in educational theory or practice across a community or society.

[ A Nation at Risk ] [ Constructivism ]
[ Curriculum Framework ]
[ Higher Order Thinking Skills ] [ Illinois Loop ]
[ Inquiry-Based Science ]
[ Investigations in Numbers, Data, and Space ]
[ Math Wars ] [ NCEE ]
[ Principles and Standards for School Mathematics ]
[ Saxon ] [ School-to-work transition ]
[ Standards-based education reform ]
[ Students as education decision-makers ]
[ U.S. Department of Education exemplary mathematics programs ]

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Coming Soon! / Help Wanted!

Coming Soon to K12 Academics!

National College & University Directory:

A National Directory with profiles and listings for every College and University in the U.S.

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Coming Soon to K12 Academics!

Web sites Directory:
The web site directory will provide viewers of K12 Academics an in-depth location to find the best resources for numerous issues in education & disabilities.

Topics Include:
For Educators: Education Articles, Education Reform, Employment, Classroom Management, Instructional Design, Learning Skills, Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Teacher Tips.

For Students: ACT Testing, Athletics, Distance Learning, GED Testing, Grants, Scholarships, Aids, Loans, Homework Helper, PSAT Testing, Student Resources, SAT Testing.

For Parents: Alumni, Bilingualism, Bullying, Gifted Youth, Home schooling, Kindergarten Readiness, Plagiarism, Religion in Public Schools, School Choice, School Violence, Urban Education.

Disabilities: ADD/HD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Deafness, Down Syndrome, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Mental Retardation, Rett Syndrome, Stuttering, Tourettes Syndrome.

Subjects: Agriculture, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Arts, Astronomy, Aviation, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Biology, Business/Economy, CAD/CAM, Chemistry, Chinese, Chinese Studies, Civics, Computing, Earth Sciences, Economics, Energy, Engineering/Technology, English, Environment, Environmental History, Floral Design, French, Geography, Geology, German, Graphic Design, Health, History, Human Ecology, Italian, Japanese, Language/Linguistics, Language Arts, Management, Maritime, Math, Medicine, Meteorology, Music, Nursing, Oceanography, Outdoor, Paleontology, Peace Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian, Science, Sex Education, Space, Spanish, Vocational, Women's Studies, Writing.

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Help Wanted!
If you are interested in writing an article on anything education or disability related contacts columns@k12academics.com

If you would like to contribute information to the various resource pages on the web site contact chris.glavin@k12academics.com

I am looking for all the help I can get to reach the potential I believe this web site can attain. Since it is just myself managing, marketing and maintaining the site any additional help is always appreciated.

BE SURE TO TELL EVERYBODY YOU KNOW ABOUT K12 ACADEMICS AND WHAT A GREAT RESOURCE IT IS! THANK YOU!

Cheers!
Chris Glavin
K12academics.com
Huddelson, LLC