Good to Know East Bay Private School Guide and the East Bay Preschool Guide are Now Available!
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he 2021/22 edition of The East Bay Private School Guide and The East Bay Guide to Preschools are fresh off the press and our available on our website. Both give great advice on how to choose a private school or preschool, relative to their subject. Find out when to start your search, criteria to consider, what to look for in a school plus there is a handy timeline for your search so you stay on track with those application deadlines. Available online at www.ParentsPress.com – just click on “Our Magazines” tab.
DID YOU KNOW
that every year in November there is a very special day to celebrate learning? Learning in subjects like science, technology, engineering, art, and math? It’s National STEAM Day on November 8th. Why choose November 8th for a day that celebrates creativity, learning, and innovation? Because it can be abbreviated NOV 8, i.e., innovate :) So let’s all go innovate on November 8th.
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ovember is National Adoption Month! Have you ever considered where the phrase “put up for adoption” is derived? It comes from the orphan train movement in the United States from 1854 to 1929. During this time orphans were put on trains headed for the Midwest and West. At each stop the children would be “put up” on a train platform in hopes of finding a family to adopt them.
