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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Brookline tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Brookline students attending Baker School, Devotion School, Driscoll School, Heath School, Lawrence School, Lincoln School, Pierce School, Runkle School, Brookline High School, Beaver Country Day School, Dexter School, Meridian Academy, Park School, and Southfield School.
Check out our website serving the students of the Brookline, MA area. www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com
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The animals need your help. You can make a difference for the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s animal shelters. Please help Y3K Tutor In Your Home aid abused and stray animals. You will have the opportunity to help dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and others. Please donate old or new towels, blankets, office supplies, and animal toys. Items will be picked up at your home between NOVEMBER 1, 2012 and JANUARY 1, 2013.
Please also tell all of your neighbors, friends and family. We will pick up from anyone regardless if they use our tutoring or not. We will be picking up items located in Brookline, Dover, Natick, Needham, Newton, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston MA. There will also be drop off locations for those living outside of these towns conveniently located in Natick and Needham, MA.
Call 781-492-8700 to schedule a pick up.
Here are the items to be collected:
Blankets Towels
Pet toys
Small animal food for birds and rodents · Pens
Copy Paper
Dry Erase markers
Sharpies
Heater/radiator for barn
Dehumidifier Liquid dish soap
Pet carriers
By Y3K
If your student chooses to not dissect an animal and is given a hard time, explain to the teacher that you know the state policy. For example in Massachusetts the 2005 State Board of Education Policy gives anyone the right to refuse to cut up animals. In fact Massachusetts residents can mention the following policy:
“All public schools that offer dissection as a learning activity should, upon written request by a student’s parent or guardian, permit a student who chooses not to participate in dissection to demonstrate competency through an alternative method.” [2005 MA State Board of Education Policy]
Look up the policy where you live and have it ready to go to avoid being intimidated.
By Y3K
Many students feel the stress of peer pressure and fear of repercussions by the teacher when not wanting to dissect animals in biology classes. These students find cutting up animals to be morally objectionable, yet feel forced to do so. In fact this moral dilemma can cause grades to go way down. Some people do not realize that even though each year, 10 million animals (including frogs, cats, and fetal pigs) are killed and then cut up in classrooms across the country, humane alternatives do exist. Studies have shown that students who use alternatives to dissection perform just as well as, if not better than students who cut up animals. In most states students have the right to refuse to dissect animals if they choose and most do not even realize it. The reality is your student does not have to dissect animals if they do not want to and it is the school’s responsibility to find alternatives for each student.
By Y3K
When attending the Lincoln School’s Pumpkinfest in Brookline, MA this Sunday, make sure you look for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home silent auction donation. Whether it is writing, math, English, test preparation or study skills we have you covered. Our Brookline tutoring and test prep services and your auction bids will go a long way to help the children of Brookline. Please join us in making a difference. We hope that together we can make this year’s Pumpkinfest a resounding success.
By Y3K
Happy Yom Kippur to all of our Jewish members of the Y3K Tutor In Your Home family.
By Y3K
The MCAS Retests for Brookline High School in Brookline, MA will be offered this November. The math and English Language Arts (ELA) tests will be given to those Brookline High School students that did not receive a passing score previously. They will be given during the following days:
Mathematics Session 1 – November 1, 2012
Mathematics Session 2 – November 2, 2012
ELA Composition Sessions A & B – November 7, 2012
ELA Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 – November 8, 2012
ELA Reading Comprehension Session 3 – November 9, 2012
Last Day for Make-up Testing – November 13, 2012
Now is the time to call Y3K Tutor In Your Home to prepare. We have tutored many Brookline, MA students in MCAS preparation with much success.
https://y3ktutorinyourhome.com/mcas-a-test-prep.html
By Y3K
Your child takes in cues from you. If you are excited about school, they will be too.
By Y3K
As the new school year begins, many children will walk to and from school. Make sure your kids are aware of all traffic before crossing any street. Also when driving your own car, be aware of children that could dart out into the roadway at any time. 20% of 5 to 9 year olds killed in traffic accidents were pedestrians.
By Y3K
Have your student re-establish their school sleep schedule at least a few days before school starts.
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