Posts Tagged ‘High school’
Bing Teacher Appreciation
Most of us know the sorry state of education funding whether we have kids in school or not. I live in IL where the budget is calling for a 17% cut in education spending. Our schools aren’t getting the money from the state like they are suppose to. I won’t find out if Will will get preschool from the public school (even though he qualifies for it with his speech delay) till the middle of August! Madison will be back into school most likely before I find out! Education is in a sorry state in the country.
Bing’s Teacher Appreciation Website helps teachers help themselves. Here’s how it works: a teacher can log onto the DonorsChoose.org website to start a “classroom project” or donation request. Parents and students can then visit the Bing Teacher Appreciation site to leave a comment [up to 5 per visitor] about a teacher who has made a difference in their life, enabling them to receive a $5 giving code to donorschoose.org [one per comment]. Parents and students can then apply the $5 giving code to the “classroom project” of their choice. Classroom projects are created by teachers, so reach out to your childrens’ teachers and encourage them to submit their own projects!
Madison and I embarked on doing this. The Bing site is super easy to use and $5 can add up quite quickly. As my children have learned, every little bit counts. I’ve also taught my children about giving back, so I let Madison choose what classroom project we were going to donate too. I was given a $100 giving code to use. Donorschoose.org is another awesome site (though I wish they would include private schools so my daughters school could benefit from this). There is a classroom project for everyone! Madison picked a classroom of kindergarteners like herself in Texas. We were able to get a science kit for a class of 22 students. What grabbed me was this statement in the description of the project: ”Imagine a class full of little students walking around with a magnifying glass in the garden looking for bugs and looking for the grooves of a leaf.” That is Madison to a tee, so I am very happy to help fund this class!
Make sure you check out the Bing’s Teacher Appreciation Website and write about your favorite teacher and help some kids in the process!
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Bing and a $100 DonoseChoose.org giving code to facilitate my review. Mom Central also sent me a thank-you gift certificate.
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Weekend In Review
We had a crazy fun weekend. I had some old friends (and when I say old, I mean people from Green Bay that I use to hang out with). It was great. It was great talking with people who actually know the “old me”. I hadn’t seen them in years, but we started where we had left off. (Hi Bill and Paul!). My friend Bill (yes, try have 2 Bills and a Will here — then Bill’s dad stopped by so we had 3 Bill’s and a Will) and I met at Taco Bell working together in high school. He took me to prom when my date broke up with me a month before prom, and we’ve been through a ton of crap together. However, we lost touch a while back, so I was so happy to get together. The last time we saw them, Madison was between 1-2. Now, hopefully, we can get together again a lot sooner!
Now, my kids are normally pretty good. Except on Saturday. While we had company. Will took a plastic golf club and whacked Madison on the face. The lip to be exact. He busted her gum, bruised her face, and gave her a fat lip. Just what we needed before school starts. Then Will took a faceplant last night coming out of the tub, so he has a busted lip. So we are not looking good here. LOL
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Back To School
It is hard to believe that it’s almost time for school, but we are looking at around month away! I have a couple of high school graduation parties to still attend, and it is always fun to give my college advice. It wasn’t that long ago Bill and I were in college. I remember Bill eating ramen noodles to save money (ewwwww is all I have to say). However, noodles are cheap. Any kind of noodles will work too. Another way to save money is buy thing like fruit and snacks on your meal plan and bring them to your room. It’s much cheaper than eating out of vending machines. Another way to save money is to bring your laundry home. It’s much cheaper to do it there!
With all that being said, a great gift for a college bound student has to be gift cards. The Sears Reloadable Gift Cards are the perfect gift. You can get them in your local Sears and Kmart stores. Once in school, if you want, you can reload it online. This allows you to watch what they are spending and giving them some money to help with their home away from home.
Sears has a great campaign called Sears CampusReady to make sure you are ready for college. There are tips, advice on how to make the best with the amount of space you have in your dorm room, and even a checklist. There is even a CampusReady on Facebook that is really easy to use! This is great way to make sure your student has everything they need! Giftcards, checklist, supplies — what more could you ask for?
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