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TIPS TO HELP YOU GET READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR
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School starts in a few weeks. Will you be ready? Check district websites, or call, for information on registration, meal programs, school supply lists and more. Many disricts have early dismissal on the first day of the school year. BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS bellevuepublicschools.org; 402-293-4000 Aug. 8 is the first day for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Everyone is back in school Aug. 9, the first day of school for grades 10 to 12. GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS gpsne.org; 402-332-3265 Aug. 15 is the first day for all students. PAPILLION-LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS plcschools.org; 402-537-6200 Aug. 13 is the first day for students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Everyone is back in school Aug. 14, the first day for grades 10 to 12. RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ralstonschools.org; 402-331-4700 Aug. 9 is the first day for kindergartners, as well as grades seven and nine. All students are in class Aug. 12. SPRINGFIELD PLATTVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS springfieldplattview.org; 402-592-1300 Joey Waller/Suburban Newspapers
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The perils of shopping with five kids in tow By Rachel Higginson It’s that time of year again...back to school. My Target Cartwheel app has been pinging happily with sales for weeks. I have four kiddos heading to school full time this year. From kindergarten to sixth grade, all my packets showed up to help get these kids of mine ready for the big day. I printed the school supply lists and blinked at the immense task ahead of me. Four lists. Four sets of pencils, erasers, folders and notebooks. Things were about to get crazy. And expensive. We trekked to our local Target, grabbed a cart and headed directly to the school supply section. Knowing this would be a pricey trip, I sternly told the children we would focus only on what was necessary. They nodded their little heads, promising best behavior. Tranquility and di-
plomacy lasted until the crayon bins were in sight. Things turned chaotic when they spotted all the different folder designs. The baby caught our eagerness and started babbling at the top of his lungs. Not in an angry way, mind you. Just loudly. And constantly. Still filled with stubborn determination — I mean, we had traipsed all the way back here after all — I handed my older girls their lists and grabbed the second grader and kindergartner. What was supposed to be a divide and conquer tactic turned into four overly-enthusiastic children all talking and shouting at once. Shouting over the baby who was still making all manner of loud noises. The kindergartner lost interest in school supplies immediately. He has no interest in going to school at all, so buying pencils and specific erasers was
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Rachel Higginson’s kids during back-to-school shopping at Target. not something he had patience for. He quickly entered a competition with the baby to see who could make the weirdest, loudest noise possible. They found each other hilarious, which only added to the nonsense. The second-grader hung on for a little while
longer, but after his crayons had been carted, he decided it was the perfect opportunity to practice his ninja skills. All over Target. Then all three boys banded together. School supply shopping soon turned into a manic workout while I tried to keep
one hand on the cart to keep the baby safe while the other two boys tried to run off with it. And to top it off, all three of them were giggling like wild maniacs. The girls soon returned with their finds, dumping them in the cart haphazardly. I didn’t have enough sense to pay attention until everything was loaded in one big, heaping pile of mess. I couldn’t tell what they’d picked up or if they’d gotten the right amount of folders. Or if I even cared anymore. By the time we got to the checkout, I had sprouted at least 10 more gray hairs and sworn off shopping and outings and children forever and ever, amen. I decided to check off lists as I loaded things onto the conveyor belt. The children scattered immediately. I’d mistakenly told them that if they were good, they could pick up perler beads. This left me
scrambling for help when I realized we were missing several things on the list. Thankfully, Target employees came to the rescue and, while they might have been over enthusiastic with their number of note cards, they at least helped me finish the dreaded lists. To be honest, I’m not sure if the supplies we picked up are the ones we really needed. But personally, I can hardly tell the difference between college-rule and wide-rule paper anyway. The point is, it’s done! I survived. Target might ask us never to return, but somehow, we conquered backto-school shopping for four kids with a baby in tow, and that’s the best I could hope for. *** Rachel Higginson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Omaha.
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Parent-child dialogue is key as school starts By Robyn Correll The Washington Post Preparing kids for school takes more than vaccines and backpacks. Bullying and technology look different than they did a few decades ago, and the Internet has ushered in a new age of misinformation and anxiety. From Head Start to high school and college, kids need help navigating complex social and safety issues — ideally, before they happen. Here are some things that experts say parents should be thinking about as their kids and teens head back to school.
Elementary school Parents should continue letting children know what to expect in terms of teachers and school schedules, as well as start talking about how to manage the more complex social issues they might encounter. Kids who spend all summer away from their friends can get a little anxious when it comes time to enter the classroom. Phillips and Barclay recommend arranging play dates in the weeks leading up to school to give children a chance to reconnect in a relaxed setting. Depending on the age of the child, parents might also want to go over how to handle potential negative encounters — especially bullying. “Bullying is of a different nature than it was when we were growing up because it doesn’t turn off at 3 p.m. when you go home,” Phillips said. Parents should teach their children what bullying looks like and reassure them that they don’t have to deal with it on their own. Schools may introduce email as young as fourth grade, and some children are given cellphones or tablets even before that — making it that much more
important to talk about safe Internet use early and often. Experts say parents should let their kids know from the very beginning that they will be monitoring their Internet use and that there will be restrictions. Phillips recommends putting together a social media contract as soon as kids express an interest, to establish firm ground rules, limits and expectations. Parents should talk about the ways social media can be beneficial — such as connecting with people across the country — but also emphasize that restricting Internet use is a safety procedure. Parents should frame it as: “We don’t trust the world, and we’re trying to protect you from other people,” Phillips said. Elementary school may seem early to consider puberty, but experts say it’s becoming more and more relevant at younger ages. Parents queasy at the thought of wading into the waters of “sex talk,” however, shouldn’t worry. There’s no need to put the conversation in sexual terms at this age. Just describe what the body might do.
Middle school Conversations can get a little more intense as bullying and social media take on bigger roles in kids’ lives — but they don’t have to be more awkward. Experts recommend tackling these issues in small pieces rather than all at once in a big “sit down” conversation, and to talk in casual settings where eyes are diverted, such as in the car or while playing video games. Middle school is when many adolescents start to experiment with alcohol, drugs or tobacco — and in numbers that might shock some parents. E-cigarette use, in particular, is becoming a major issue
among adolescents in the United States. An estimated 620,000 middle schoolers “vaped” or “juuled” in 2015, and overall use among teens more than tripled between 2011 and 2015, according to a Surgeon General report. “It’s always better to be talking about this before the child is exposed or before the child has the opportunity” to smoke, vape or use alcohol, Barclay said.. Parents should acknowledge the natural desire to experiment but also talk to their kids about what smoking, drinking, vaping or using drugs (including prescription drugs without a prescription) can do to their bodies and brains. If a worrisome opportunity arises, a simple “no, thank you,” should suffice. And if it doesn’t, kids should just walk away. Not talking about sex can be risky. Of the 13% of ninth-graders who were sexually active in 2017, only about half said they used a condom during their last sexual encounter, and only 14 percent said they used some other form of contraception to prevent pregnancy, according to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. “If you don’t talk about these things, it does not make the children avoid risky behaviors,” Barclay said. “It makes them more likely to engage in them.” Experts recommend talking with kids about safe sex and relationships as part of ongoing conversations, rather than one big one, and they say that parents shouldn’t be afraid of addressing it regularly. “It’s natural to be curious about changes that are happening in our bodies and feelings that we have toward other people,” Phillips said, adding that parents should try to steer clear of language that could make kids ashamed. But, she continues, parents
should also be “talking about the importance of safety and waiting, and ... being in good, respectful relationships.” Again, talk about these issues in the car, where there isn’t much eye contact. Music can also be a great tool because lyrics may serve as a gateway into the topic of what safe relationships — and, depending on the lyrics, safe sex — should or shouldn’t look like. Conversations about social media — and along with it, safe Internet and phone use — should make kids aware of what it means to project your image and the responsibility that comes with it. Set up ground rules if you haven’t already. Parents should discuss: • Not sharing passwords with anyone. • Asking parents for permission before joining social networks or online groups. • Not meeting up with anyone met online. • Not giving out personal information, such as home address, to people they don’t already know well and in real life. • What online behavior would be considered inappropriate. Barclay also recommends that parents ask their middle schoolers leading questions: “Is there anything that bothers you that your friends have posted or that you’ve seen online? Anything that
you want to chat about?” These questions let kids know that there’s a trusted adult who will listen to them if they’re ever worried about something they see or experience online.
High school Keep up many of the conversations already mentioned, especially as they relate to safe sex, social media and substance use. But teens can be tough to engage, so experts recommend seeking opportunities to connect through shared pastimes. That way, conversations can happen a little at a time. Driving is one of the most dangerous activities high schoolers do on a regular basis. Throw texting and drinking into the mix, and the risks skyrocket. According to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1 in 3 drivers of high school age said they had texted while driving at least once in the previous 30 days, and 1 in 6 said they recently rode in a car with a driver who had been drinking. Parents should not only talk about safe driving behaviors but model them, too. Barclay recommends parents narrate their safe choices: “I’m putting my cellphone in my purse, and I’m putting it in the back seat so I’m not distracted.” This way, parents get the expectation across to their kids without lecturing them.
Likewise, teens should be taught what to do if something goes wrong on the road, even if they aren’t the ones driving. Whether it’s a flat tire or an accident, it’s important that they know whom to call and what to do in an emergency. Kids should also know that screens interfere with sleep and that inhibitions drop when people are tired — and that is when teens tend to get into trouble online. Some parents may want to take phones away at night. “I think that parents are often afraid to take their children’s cellphones away from them,” Phillips said. Parents should monitor social media and phone use — less intensively than they did during middle school — until their children have demonstrated that they’ll act responsibly even when no one is watching. “Teenagers innately want their privacy, but they have to earn it,” said Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer of Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Texas Children’s Urgent Care. “Teach the child that if you are trustworthy and you abide by limits, then you will get more trust and you will get more privileges, but those have to be earned.”
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May 15, 2019
Kiwanis Club honors local art students
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The Kiwanis Club of Bellevue honored local high school art students April 27 during the A.C. Lofton Art Show at Bellevue East High School. Five high schools participated in the event — East, Bellevue West, Bryan, Gross Catholic and Cornerstone Christian — resulting in 297 submitted pieces. Maggie Scott, a sophomore at West, won best in show for her piece “21 grams.” Josephine Linhart, a senior at West, won best in show runner-up for her piece “Behind Closed Doors.” Winners were selected from each grade level: Maelin Brick, freshman at Cornerstone, “Best Friend;” Baylee Clang, sophomore at West, “The Lion;” Jayden Jacobs, junior at Bryan, “Surrealism Dreamscape;” and Kaitlyn Fye, senior at West, “Rosenblatt.”
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Lessons learned about the Grand Old Flag
Alpha Chapter #325, Order of the Eastern Star presented the U.S. Flag program of “Old Glory” to every fifth grade class in the Bellevue Public Schools during March and April. The program is designed to educate students on the United States’ flag history and flag etiquette, and to instill awareness and pride in the American flag. Members of Alpha Chapter, with assistance from American Legion Post 331, conducted 17 presentations at 15 elementary schools, reaching more than 750 students and faculty. Each student and staff member received a copy of “Our Country’s Flag,” published by the American Legion and purchased by Alpha Chapter #325, a copy of the U.S. Flag Code, a bookmark from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post/Auxiliary #10727 and a pencil. Included in the presentation were nine flags from U.S. history, information from the U.S. Flag Code on how to use, display and care for the flag, a flag-folding demonstration with narrative, the history of the Pledge of Allegiance including a recitation from comedian/actor Red Skelton and some fun facts about the flag.
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U.S. Air Force Airman Gavin B. Gonzalez graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San-Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. Gonzalez is the son of Jennifer and Robert Lewis of Omaha, and a 2018 graduate of Bryan High School.
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