Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. To non-Christians (or non-traditional Christians), that event signifies a rebirth of spring that is filled with joy and gifts -- and chocolate! Overall, it is America's most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. Here's a good mixture of games, lesson plans, stories, and songs that can be blended into many academic subjects: Click for more A 2023 SHRM (a human resources group) survey found that 52% of HR professionals say spelling errors in applications lowered candidate appeal. A 2024 Journal of Educational Psychology study showed that students with strong spelling and writing skills were 25% more likely to secure college scholarships. One more: A 2019 NAEP writing assessment found only 27% of 8th graders scored proficient or above, unchanged from 2011. Too often, students think spelling
is solved by the red squiggly lines that alerts writers to misspellings, but those can be wrong. The only real solution is students learn to spell organically, starting early in their education career and continuing throughout. Here's one good tool to make that happen: Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), is a week-long, overnight camp at USNA each year for students currently in the 7th-10th grades. Here's information from the USNA website: Engineering is all about creating, building, and making things better! So what does it take to be an engineer? If you like math and science, you are off to a great start. If you enjoy discovering new things, solving problems, and learning how things work – even better! Creativity, persistence, and the desire to make the world a better place are also important qualities. Becoming
an engineer requires hard work and a good education. Our summer program will be a great start to your career in science and engineering. Click for more Starting tomorrow, on my writer's blog, WordDreams, my wonderful efriends are helping me launch my latest prehistoric fiction, Badlands. Early reviews... "Your best ever"--husby (you say he said the same thing last time? I don't remember) "...prehistoric man takes on nature in all her fury and survives." --Sandra
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