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Kutztown Borough and a German town are now officially sister cities. At its Feb. 16 virtual meeting Kutztown Borough Council approved a resolution forging a relationship with Altrip, a municipality in Germany, through programming to exchange historical and cultural information in an effort to participate in town twinning. “A year ago, we started this but because of COVID it fell behind. With the Pen Pal Program that was started at the library, there are a lot of people taking interest,â€...

HIV-Positive Youth Empowerment in Swaziland: An Evaluation of the Social Stigma Surrounding HIV Current HIV-Positive Youth Empowerment Programs Several interventions have been implemented in both developed and developing countries in order to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma. These interventions have focused on four primary types (Brown, Trujillo, and Macintyre 2001): information-based interventions, coping skills interventions, counseling interventions, and contact interventions with HIV-positive indivi...

The principals said walkouts arent really our thing on this day. we have had a day of service for a long time. we would ask that you do something like that today instead of just walking on out. so marjory stoneman douglas will have projects for them to do during that time. a lot of students do plan to walk out at least symbolically. it has taken a life of its own the past two months here. at 10:00 a.m., theyre going to have a moment of silence for one minute for all victims of gun violence. they...

Learning no longer has to be limited by the geography, cultural or economical barriers. skype doesnt require a significant privilege to participa participate. the technology barrier is low and no big dollar sign and skype helps to level the playing field out between richer and poorer schools or students. aenl it also as i mentioned earlier really helps to increase student engagement and, you know, it is really interesting to see how skype has transformed the classroom, everything from that pen p...

Learning and other subjects, as well, such as cubism, art project, as well. one of the favorite examples is a teacher looking for a beekeeper to talk about how the lives of bees in a hive are very similar to working together in a classroom to create a successful environment. >> so thats the teacher perspective. how about students? how are they connecting with their peers? what are they doing? >> yeah, again, so theyre connecting on a variety of things but whats interesting is level of engagement...

Especially among girls. but they are learning a thing or two about different cultures. >> the goal of this is to increase education through the region which is possibly the greatest thing any one can do for any one. theoretically giving children the gift of literacy. >> before the virtual pen pal program started, students at the winward school prepared backpacks full of school supplies. marines from nearby camp pendleton then brought the bags overseas. >> when it comes down to people, the troops...

Increase education through the region, which is possibly the greatest think anyone can do for anyone. theoretically, giving children the gift of literacy. >> before the virtual pen pal program started. students prepared backpacks full of school supplies and then marines from nearby camp pendleton brought those bags and delivered them overseas. when it comes down to people, our troops, you know, the marines and the soldiers serving in afghanistan, and the children that theyre trying to help in sc...