No. 2 large school North Tonawanda and No. 3 Sweet Home both moved to 5-0 in emphatic fashion Saturday afternoon with big high school football victories.

Hampshire students make new school their own (Northwest Herald)

HAMPSHIRE – Opening a new school is a time to start fresh and create traditions. But first, it's important to feel at home in the new building, said Robert Beringer, Hampshire High School business teacher and junior class co-sponsor.

100 Percent Juice Fills the Bill for Healthy School Lunches (Newswise)

For decades, children of all ages have consumed fruit juice as part of their school foodservice meals or in the lunches they have toted from home.Recently, however, some parents have become confused about 100 percent juice--how much to drink, how much to serve their children--partly because of the natural sweet taste of fruit juice. The majority of research on juice shows that it definitely ...

After-school yoga benefits at-risk youths (The Springfield News-Leader)

Normandy -- It's 3:30 on a Wednesday at the St. Vincent Home for Children, and the students in Tarraugh Flaherty's yoga class are weary and restless from a full day of school and a long bus ride back to the residential treatment center.

School fundraisers bring in big business (The State)

In these tight economic times — for family budgets and government funding — the fundraiser is becoming even more important to fill the gaps in school needs. Schools ask organizations for help with everything from copy paper to security cameras. And that means year-round work by parent-teacher groups. They’re the ones sending your children home with sales packets — sometimes three and four times ...