Monday, May 2nd, 2011

International News
Royal Couple Spends Time Together
The New York Post

Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly spending this weekend, following their royal wedding in Scotland at Balmoral Castle. Prince Willian, at the age of 28 is the Duke and Katherine is 29 as the Duchess. They partied on past the ceremony and party until fireworks ended the evening at around 3 a.m and those who could last continued until 5 a.m. There are rumors as to where William and Kate will settle, but due to security no one knows. Speculation of their futures and decisions as to Parliment has been from all different perspectives and people expect Kate to follow in the footsteps of the infamous Princess Diana.

(http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/royalwedding/well_thank_goodness_that_over_hqkaRywc4GpGg0KCSKUdZI)

National News
Homeless In Florida
The New York Times

In Orlando, Florida, the Fern Creek Elementary school's bus ride from the homeless shelter mirrors the lives of homeless children, difficult. In one say, a first grader and second grader got into a fist fight and someone else threw up - all within fifteen minutes. Fern Creek Elementary school is one of the few that is a mix of both homeless and not. The bus driver says that they have not seen many people go through all of their school years, that most either drop out or fail. In Colorado, the graduation percent is 72 percent, 59 percent of poor students, and 48 percent for homeless. Just as students can barley make it through a 15 minute bus ride, homeless students suffer to make it through their school years.


(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/education/02winerip.html?ref=us)

Local News
Earth Day Book Swap
Bergen Record

The Recycling Department of Ringwood, New Jersey sponsored a book swap in honor of Earth Day. It was at E.G. Hewitt and Robert Erskine schools on Tuesday, April 19th and Wednesday, April 20th. This took place during regular schools hours in order for more students to attend. Teachers and parents reviewed the books to ensure that they were appropriate for the students receiving them, of that grade level. If a student could not find a book they had interest in bringing home, they were permitted to choose a book to donate to either the school library/classroom, the Tomorrow's Children Institute, or the Salvation Army. This was not only to reduce, reuse, and recycle, but to motivate students, the leaders of tomorrow to be environmentally conscious.

(http://www.northjersey.com/news/121068253_Students_learn_to_reduce_reuse_recycle_their_books_.html)