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		<title>Spread the word!  Photography contest launched by the Somerville Public Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 5, 2010; ] The Somerville Public Schools invites you to tell your stories about learning and teaching in Somerville in our Spring 2010 Digital Photography contest.  Complete submissions received by April 5th will have the chance to win a $50 gift card from Tufts University and the opportunity to have their photos printed in the Somerville News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and Stones Part 2: Bullying in Schools Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 24, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Free Parent/ Guardian Workshop offered by the Somerville Public Schools on Bullying in Schools Today

Monday, May 24th- 6:30-8:30pm, at the John F. Kennedy School
5 Cherry Street
Learn about school interventions to create safe schools, and strategies parents/ guardians can use to help their children feel safe.]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and Stones Part 1: Bullying in Schools Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 26, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Free Parent/ Guardian Workshop offered by the Somerville Public Schools on Bullying in Schools Today

Monday, April 26th- 6:30-8:30 pm at the Capuano Early Childhood Center
150 Glen street
Featuring a screening of the documentary film "Let's Get Real" about how students in middle school experience bullying from all sides.]]></description>
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		<title>Family and Relationship Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 14, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Free Parent/ Guardian Workshop offered by the Somerville Public Schools on Family and Relationship Violence:

Wednesday, April 14th- 6:30-8:30 pm
Location still TBD
Featuring experts from Middlesex Partnerships for Youth and the Middlesex County DA's Office]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying/ Cyberbullying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 10, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Free Parent/ Guardian Workshop offered by the Somerville Public Schools on Bullying and Cyberbullying

Wednesday, March 10th- 6:30-8:30 Pm at the West Somerville Neighborhood School
177 Powderhouse Boulevard
Featuring experts from Middlesex Partnerships for Youth]]></description>
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		<title>SPS Website User Feedback Sought!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/28/schools-and-youth/sps-website-user-feedback-sought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The District is trying to improve the efficiency of our online calendars. In order to do this we need to make improvements to the calendar filters used online.  
Right now our e-calendars can tag events as being associated with a specific school or program. Users can then select these categories to search for events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are our schools doing?</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/22/events/how-are-our-schools-doing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 27, 2010; 6:30 pm; January 28, 2010; 6:30 pm; February 2, 2010; 6:30 pm; February 3, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] School Improvement Councils at each of the Somerville public schools will present their annual School Improvement Plans to the School Committee beginning on January 27, 2010.  Members of the public are invited to attend these presentations hosted at the District's Central Offices (181 Washington Street) to learn more about the progress each school is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open House at Somerville High School &#8211; Feb 2-3, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 2, 2010; 8:30 am to 10:00 am. 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. February 3, 2010; 8:30 am to 10:00 am. 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] “I don’t really know that much about myself.  Isn’t that sort of the point of being a teenager?  (At Somerville High School) you get to explore different things through AP classes, vocational classes and every extracurricular and elective class you can imagine.  With these opportunities you start to figure out who you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Adult Evening School Registration</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/22/events/somerville-adult-evening-school-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/22/events/somerville-adult-evening-school-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. January 28, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Right here in Somerville you can learn to paint with watercolors, improve the efficiency of your home energy systems, make handcrafted furniture, and enhance your ability to speak Spanish or Portuguese with your neighbors.  These are only some of the courses available through Adult Evening School.  Most courses meet weekly for 10 weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Somerville Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2009/12/29/schools-and-youth/news-from-somerville-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Kinder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010-2011 School Calendar: It&#8217;s official! September 8, 2010 is the first day of school for students after the 2010 summer vacation. Download the 2010-2011 school calendar online at http://www.somerville.k12.ma.us/calendar.  The calendar is available online in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Haitian Creole.  All dates have also been added to the online, searchable calendar at [...]]]></description>
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