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Archdeacon: Dayton loses ‘a piece of living history’ Tom Archdeacon © HANDOUT Tom Webb sits beside Hall of Fame and various awards on the dining room table of his home off Gettysburg Ave. in West Dayton in 2018. Tom Archdeacon/STAFF There was one thing Jim Place always could be sure of. Whenever Tom Webb came in and spoke to the class full of school teachers taking his “Character Education” course at the University of Dayton, there would be rapt attention during the l...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Principals worry about students home-schooling with no internet 3 Mar, 2021 07:46 PM 4 minutes to read Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF RNZ There are calls for the Government to fund more home internet connections so Auckland school children can learn from home. Sec...

Photo: 123RF Secondary principals told RNZ good access to the internet at home was vital for teenagers during lockdowns, but some families could not provide it. The government last year connected 45,000 households to the internet and is spending $8.3 million dollars to continue those connections until the end of this year, but it is not extending the scheme to more homes. Ōtāhuhu College principal Neil Watson said 40 of his students benefited from the government scheme and he was pleased the ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The local American Legion Post 152 just moved into its second home since selling the former headquarters on Latham Street to Williams College in 2014.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Anxiety high among South Auckland kids despite move to level 2 19 Feb, 2021 09:02 PM 5 minutes to read Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1. Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1. Local Democracy Reporter While the level 2 announcement brought a sigh of relief for many across Auckland, as Justin Latif reports, South Aucklanders are st...

Written by Tom Walker on February 15, 2021 This Wednesday, February 17 at 9am, our first guest will be scientist Marc Zimmer from the University of Connecticut who will talk about a book he’s writing for teens on  Our second guest will be Tom Webb, an adjunct professor at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University in Canada. Tom will talk about his blog

Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) president Deidre Shea said schools are ready for 2021. “We are all ready and raring to go. The start of the school year is always a wonderful time to reconnect with students and their families. “This has been helped by a beautiful summer, so we are generally looking forward to reconnecting.” BRADEN FASTIER / STUFF Some parents are struggling to meet the costs of outfitting their children for the new school year. (Video first pu...

Gwen Lawson, Northland bowls column: Hikurangi and Mangawhai win fours titles 21 Jan, 2021 03:59 PM 4 minutes to read Northern Advocate Twenty-eight teams took part in section play for the Centre fours held last weekend. Competition was tight and, as a result, five mens teams and two womens teams qualified for post-section play. In the womens division final, Hikurangi were represented by Leanne Stewart (skip), Manu Timoti, Savanna Lauder and Diane Lawrence, while Mangawhai were represented by K...

NCEA results are out and it appears most teenagers overcame the disruption of the pandemic and did well in the national qualification. It appeared more students had achieved their NCEA certificate through internal assessment before they sat their exams, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. File photo Photo: 123RF Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the provisional 2020 results were similar to previous years and in some cases slightly better. Thats despite the national and Auckland lockdown...

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