If the State Board of Education chooses PARCC, it is expected to be a tougher test, but Huppenthal said the Common Core standards can help students succeed as they mature by providing a grounding in basic skills like multiplication and division. Huppenthal, who supports the standards, added his goal is to prove the standards “are not the spawn of Satan.”
The Barons will travel to Pensacola, Florida, to meet the Blue Wahoos in their final road trip of the season starting tomorrow. The team will come home to Regions Field for its final regular season homestand, August 29-September 2 against Montgomery.
() - While the season's warmer weather offers great opportunity for games of fetch with Fido, it also brings increased risk from exposure to pests, particularly ticks, , mosquitoes and stinging insects. Safeguarding dogs and cats begins with discussions with your veterinarian, but in addition to prescribed healthcare repellents and preventatives, there are several things that can be done to make your yard inhospitable to the stinging, biting troublemakers.
END OF SUMMER SHOOT OUT: Magnolia Grove will sponsor its "End of Summer Shoot Out'' on Sun., Sept. 15. The Shoot Out is a four-person scramble and costs $80 (plus tax) per player. The entry fee covers green fees, cart fees, practice balls and lunch and each player will receive a certificate for a free round of golf at Magnolia Grove redeemable by Dec. 31 of this year. The tournament will begin with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. For further information,
so Albatross proves to be a good outlet., phone the Magnolia Grove pro shop at (251) 645-0075.
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As it stands now, a pair of hackers manipulated two cars by plugging a laptop into a port beneath the dashboard where mechanics connect their computers to search for problems. Scarier yet,
woolrich jas, another group took control of a car's computers through cellular telephone and Bluetooth connections, the compact disc player and even the tire pressure monitoring system.
This might have the strongest favorite of all four tournaments. Salpointe Catholic has arguably the best golfer in the state in Krystal Quihuis (pronounced K-I-W-I) and the Lancers are deep yet again. In this 11 teams (plus 12 individuals) field, a few coaches seemed almost resigned to the idea that most everyone else is competing for seconds place. Notre Dame has long held its place as a title contender and Shelley Dinges’ team could do so again led by Sarah Eversman. Tucson Ironwood Ridge and Cactus Shadows,
Suet Pearls, which could have the second-best player in the state in sophomore Abbie Cantwell (she was ind. runner-up as a freshman in 2011). Scottsdale Christian’s place in this tournament will be interesting given a lineup that’s loaded with freshman. Among the other individual title contender is Morgan Messick (CDO). Sarah Weaver (Saguaro), McKenna Mann (Apache Junction), McKayla Hull (Queen Creek) and Cayleigh Getts (Higley) are among the better individual qualifiers.
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