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So YOU think you can SING? |
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Healthy Communities of Brownsville held its fundraiser So YOU think you can SING? at Cobblehead’s Restaurant on Sunday, November 6, 2011. The fun event raised over $7000 after expenses and included Karaoke, silent auction and raffle.  |
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Teaching Kids about Water and Soil Conditions |
Teaching children to understand how water and soil conditions affect plant growth will help to better define how the family garden will grow, the location and development of the garden, and plant selection. |
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Bilingual school counselors help narrow achievement gap |
The fastest growing group of students in America's K-12 schools are Latino. Evidence-based programs addressing the unique language and cultural needs of that population are successful in narrowing the traditional achievement gap, according to a recent study in Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation |
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Up, Up, and Away...NOT! |
Greetings! The Dangers of Balloon Releases has been a topic of conversation among members of the Environmental Trendbenders of the Healthy Communities of Brownsville (HCB) organization for some time now. After much discussion and collaborative help from other concerned organizations from Brownsville to South Padre Island, we decided to move on this issue as these releases are seriously impacting our environment, and time is of the essence. (PDF Download ) |
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Bullying May Contribute to Lower Test Scores |
Psychologist reports on research about effects of bullying in high schools High schools in Virginia where students reported a high rate of bullying had significantly lower scores on standardized tests that students must pass to graduate, according to research presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. |
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