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		<title>Somerville Little League 2010 Registration is now open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dshugrue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville Little League
 
2010 online Registration is now open
 
Register today at:
www.somervillelittleleague.org
 
Don&#8217;t want to register online?
* In Person Registration *
Every Wednesday night 7:30 – 9:00 pm
St. Catherine’s Church Hall: 179 Summer St.
 
** Registration required for all Leagues **
· T-ball
· Baseball: Farm, Minors, Majors, Juniors &#38; Seniors
· Softball: Minors, Majors &#38; Seniors
 
* Player [...]]]></description>
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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>Amy Bishop&#8217;s Message to a University Community</title>
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		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/23/schools-and-youth/amy-bishops-message-to-a-university-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joeb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a price for tenure? And how can you tell your professor is crazy!]]></description>
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		<title>Education Readiness Program Uses New Metric : College Enrollment</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/10/schools-and-youth/education-readiness-program-uses-new-metric-college-enrollment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/10/schools-and-youth/education-readiness-program-uses-new-metric-college-enrollment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Rafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this post on the ResiStat blog in answer to my question, the Mystic Children&#8217;s Zone will use college enrollment as the final measurement of its success.  Perhaps this, and not high school graduation, should be used to measure the performance of our school system over all.
Although college isn&#8217;t for everyone, it probably is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Ice Cats &#8211; Girls Hockey Try-outs!</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/09/events/somerville-ice-cats-girls-hockey-try-outs-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/09/events/somerville-ice-cats-girls-hockey-try-outs-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Teves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 22, 2010; 6:00 pm; 7:00 pm; February 23, 2010; 6:00 pm; 7:00 pm; February 24, 2010; 6:00 pm; 7:00 pm; February 25, 2010; 6:00 pm; 7:00 pm; ] The Somerville Youth Hockey Association is holding tryouts on Saturday Feb 20th offering it's 10 and under girls-only try out!

This is for our first time players age 10 and under (birth year 2000 or after) in order to create an all-girls team for the Stoneham "buzzer" league for the 2010-2011 season.

Try outs start at 9:45 and [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/sticks-and-stones-part-1-bullying-in-schools-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/sticks-and-stones-part-1-bullying-in-schools-today/#comments</comments>
		<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>Bullying/ Cyberbullying</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/08/events/bullying-cyberbullying/</link>
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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>Somerville&#8217;s &#8220;Beauty&#8221; Shines</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/05/schools-and-youth/somervilles-beauty-shines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/02/05/schools-and-youth/somervilles-beauty-shines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a quintessential Somerville night at the theater for &#8220;Beauty And The Beast&#8221; at the High School this evening.  Promoters Gretchen Kinder and Rosemarie Sears must have outdone themselves packing the house because I had to make my way to the balcony to find a seat.   I saw neighbors, friends, teachers, school committee members, [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2010/01/28/schools-and-youth/sps-website-user-feedback-sought/#comments</comments>
		<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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