EDUCATION EXTRA.Byline: The Register-Guard 4,000 `resource kits' donated to hurricane victims The state Department of Education collected donations of more than 4,000 student and teacher "resource kits" for victims of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. through Operation Backpack, a
partnership between the department and the Oregon National Guard. The
statewide drive ended Sept. 29.
Locally, members of the Springfield Education Association contributed more than $5,200 and the Eugene Education Association more than $3,830 to the National Education Association for Hurricane Katrina Relief. The NEA NEA abbr. 1. National Education Association 2. National Endowment for the Arts NEA (US) n abbr (= National Education Association) → Verband für das Erziehungswesen hopes to raise more than $1 million to provide direct aid to students, teachers and school employees in the Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the NEA plans to set up a toll-free help line for school employees affected by the hurricane and create an "Adopt a School" program to match donors with schools and classrooms in need. Survey: More than 50% of students witness bullying A survey released last week by the National Crime Prevention Council found that more than half of students witness bullying at least once a week and six out of 10 students report knowing another student who might hurt someone. The survey also shows that cyberspace is becoming the new bullying battleground for children using e-mail, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and blogs to threaten, harass and spread rumors. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2003 School Crime and Safety report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Noun 1. Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers BJS , U.S. Department of Justice, 800,000 students miss time in school each week because they're afraid of being bullied. Types of bullying include physical (hitting or punching), verbal (teasing or name calling), nonverbal/emotional (intimidation through gestures or social exclusion) and cyber-bullying. For more information and prevention tips, log on to www.mcgruff.org. |
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