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K12 Academics Updates for June 12th-18th New Articles -------------------------------------------------- New Exhibit and Museum Listings: 7 Listings Biggs Museum of American Art Children's Museum of Richmond Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art MEXIC-ARTE MUSEUM Pacific Science Center Slayton Farms Round Barn -------------------------------------------------- New Camp Listings: 3 Listings Camp Hanover Camp Redwood Healing Reins -------------------------------------------------- Support Service Listings: 3 Listings In Step, PC Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes Speech TherepeZe, Inc. dba Progressive Therapy -------------------------------------------------- School Profile Listings : 1 Listing Laurel Springs School -------------------------------------------------- National Library Listings: 1 Listing Johnson County Library -------------------------------------------------- Study Abroad Listings: 1 Listing Escuela Internacional Spanish course for juniors -------------------------------------------------- Congratulations! I want to congratulate fellow K12 Academics contributor W. Glenn Walker. Mr. Walker has been named the Christian Educators Association International's 2006-07 National Teacher of the Year. To visit his articles on the site click here. -------------------------------------------------- Information Databse: Albin Polasek: Czech-American sculptor and educator. He created more than four hundred works during his career, two hundred of which are now displayed in the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida. Battle of Olustee: The Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond was fought near Lake City, Florida, on February 20, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. Edward Leedskalnin: Latvian sculptor and engineer who built a castle in Homestead, Florida, USA. He was born in Riga, Latvia. He is well known for his underground theories on magnetism and received only a fourth grade education. John James Audubon: Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America. Louis Comfort Tiffany: American artist and designer who is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau movement. Tiffany was a painter and interior decorator and designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork. Truman Seymour: Truman Seymour was born on September 24, 1824, in Burlington, Vermont. The son of a Methodist minister, Seymour was both an accomplished painter and, primarily, a career soldier. He served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, where he rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee on February 20, 1864, the only major Civil War battle fought in Florida. |
Coming Soon to K12 Academics! Web sites Directory: For Students: ACT Testing, Athletics, Distance Learning, GED Testing, Grants, Scholarships, Aids, Loans, Homework Helper, PSAT Testing, Student Resources, SAT Testing. Opening 07/17 For Parents: Alumni, Bilingualism, Bullying, Gifted Youth, Home schooling, Kindergarten Readiness, Plagiarism, Religion in Public Schools, School Choice, School Violence, Urban Education. Opening 07/31 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. Opening 08/14 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. Opening 08/28 -------------------------------------------------- National Library Directory: Coming in August -------------------------------------------------- Coming Soon to K12 Academics! High School Study Abroad Programs: Coming in August Countries Include: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam -------------------------------------------------- Coming Soon to K12 Academics! The K12 Academics Community Board will be going live in September to correspond with the 2007/2008 School year. News Directory detailing various news, conferences, public speakers, etc. from State & National Education & Disability Chapters throughout the U.S. -------------------------------------------------- Help Wanted! 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! |
