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NYSSCA
The New York State School Counselor Association presents several awards each year at our annual conference. Deadline for submissions, Oct. 15. The award categories this year include:
- School Counselor of the Year
- Administrator of the Year
- Career Achievement
- Outstanding Program, Practice or Project
All nominations are submitted online. Click here for all award nominations.
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NYSSCA
Our Annual Conference will be held at the beautiful, Tarrytown DoubleTree hotel in Westchester County on Nov. 18-19. We will celebrate, "School Counselors Making a Difference." Early Bird Registration and Hotel Discount Deadline, Oct. 19. Visit our Conference Page for the conference brochure, hotel information and registration information. Registration for attendees and exhibitors is now open.
Check out all the great things to do in beautiful Tarrytown.
ASCA
Get the latest National Education and Health Awareness 2016-2017 calendar dates so that you can support, promote and raise awareness for the causes that fit within your school community. Download the calendar for the 2016-2017 Health and Education Awareness Dates.
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ASCA
At the 2016 Delegate Assembly in New Orleans, Louisiana, delegates approved the adoption of these revised position statements.
- The School Counselor and Character Education
- The School Counselor and College Access Professionals
- The School Counselor and LGBTQ Youth
- The School Counselor and School-Family-Community Partnerships
- The School Counselor and Students With Disabilities
- The School Counselor and Promotion of Safe Schools through Conflict Resolution and Bullying
- The School Counselor and Trauma-Informed Practices
- The School Counselor and Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming Youth
In addition, the following new position statements were also adopted at the assembly.
- College Access Professionals
- Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth
- Trauma-Informed Practice
Click here to read the full position statements.
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Chalkbeat New York
Ten New York City public schools earned a Blue Ribbon designation this year, an honor given to just 329 schools nationwide. The award is given to schools for overall academic excellence or their work to close the achievement gaps between student groups. Schools from all five boroughs were honored.
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Chalkbeat New York
Students taking high-stakes tests often try to control as much as they can, down to what they eat for breakfast and even the pencil they use. But they can't control the temperature outside — and that can make a big difference, according to a new study that looked at the impact of heat stress on exam performance in New York City. The study, a working paper by a Harvard University graduate student named Jisung Park, focused on Regents exams, the tests that students must pass to graduate from high school in New York. Most of those tests are taken in mid-June, when it can be temperate in the city — or sweltering.
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Education Week
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are promoting bilingualism among K-12 students by offering the seal of biliteracy — special recognition on high school diplomas for graduates who demonstrate fluency in two or more languages. The popularity of the seals of biliteracy stems in part from the expansion of dual-language programs across public schools that bring both native English speakers and English language learners together into classrooms to learn all academic content in English and the target language.
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Department of Education
Ah, deadlines. The sworn enemy of students across the nation. When you're busy with classes, extracurricular activities, and a social life in whatever time you've got left, it's easy to lose track and let due dates start whooshing by. All of a sudden, your U.S. history paper is due at midnight and you still don't know Madison from a minuteman. We get it.
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By: Brian Stack
 It is a familiar story that is plaguing America's communities, with a familiar headline that appears to repeat itself over and over again: "Young person dies of apparent drug overdose." The American Society of Addiction Medicine reports that opioids — the class of drugs that include the illicit drug heroin as well as prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and fentanyl — are the root cause for a spike in drug overdose deaths in recent years.
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The New York Times
Almost four million American teenagers have just started their freshman year of high school. Can they learn better ways to deal with all that stress and insecurity? New research suggests they can. Though academic and social pressures continue to pile on in high school, teenagers can be taught effective coping skills to skirt the pitfalls of anxiety and depression. David S. Yeager, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a leading voice in the growing effort to help college students stay in school, has been turning his attention to younger teenagers to help shore up their resilience at an earlier age.
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Education Week
Another school shooting occurred, leaving educators, policymakers and parents grappling for lessons. Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old kindergarten pupil in Townville, S.C., is fighting for his life after a 14-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire from the school's playground, also wounding another student and a teacher. School safety and design experts say the most important steps schools can take are controlling access to classrooms, increasing visibility and ensuring that staff members are trained and prepared for possible intruders. The district said such measures prevented the attack from being worse.
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Department of Education
The 2017–2018 FAFSA® will be available Oct. 1, 2016 — three months earlier than usual! Beginning this year, you'll also be required to use earlier (2015) tax information than in previous years. How does that benefit you? Since you've already filed your 2015 taxes, you'll be able to transfer your tax information into your FAFSA right away! (And you won't need to update your FAFSA after you file 2016 taxes.) These exciting changes are sure to save you time and make the FAFSA much easier to complete.
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HealthDay News via UPI
High blood pressure may affect the brains of some children and teens, a new study suggests. Researchers assessed the cognitive (thinking) abilities of 150 youngsters. The kids were between the ages of 10 and 18 years. Half of the kids were newly diagnosed with high blood pressure, while the other half had normal blood pressure. The researchers compared the groups and found that children with high blood pressure scored lower on tests of visual and verbal memory, processing speed and verbal skills than those without high blood pressure.
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District Administration Magazine
High school math classes focus traditionally on solving equations. The world of mathematical modeling emphasizes creating equations. The nonprofit Association of Computational and Mathematical Modeling is developing a free mathematical modeling curriculum that it plans to share with teachers by early 2017. It will show students how to construct equations that solve complex real-world engineering, science and computing problems.
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Education Week
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students completing a recent survey were more likely to report bias-based bullying, online harassment and feeling unsafe at school than their peers, a new report finds. And, though school climate issues and peer harassment have improved in many ways over the last decade, bullying remains a persistent problem for many students, says the survey, commissioned by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
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eSchool News
A new analysis from the Data Quality Campaign shows more and more states are taking steps to ensure student privacy through legislation. During the past three years, every state but Vermont has introduced at least one bill and 36 states now have at least one new student privacy law. In 2016, 14 states passed 16 laws.
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