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High School Drug Use in Massachusetts

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The responses from the 2011 Massachusetts Youth Health Survey and Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high school students had several surprising results.

40% reported drinking every month
30% use a drug
28% use marijuana
27% report being offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property in the previous 12 months
22% binge drink (5 or more drinks within 2 hrs)
6% reported non-medical use of a prescription drug
6% use marijuana during school
5% use inhalants
4% use alcohol during school

What do you think should be done? Please share your experiences and thoughts with us.

10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive

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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

Dissection Choice: Know the Law

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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.

Dissection Choice

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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.

Newton Harvest Fair – Children’s Cooperative Nursery School

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The Children’s Cooperative Nursery School in Newton, MA will be having their annual fall fundraiser on Sunday October 14th at the Newton Harvest Fair. This will be a silent auction taking place on the Newton Centre Green. When attending the auction, be sure to bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring that will be up for grabs. By participating, we hope to help three and four year old children and their families from the Newton area. This fundraiser ensures that the children of families needing financial support will be able to enjoy the important experience of preschool education. Money raised from the Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation and other items will help defray the tuition costs for families who are less able to pay.

Drug Controversy in Public Schools

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Many high schools throughout the country have started to take extreme and varied measures to ensure drugs are kept out of the schools. Some different yet controversial drug prevention methods include:
At more than 100 high schools in Eastern Massachusetts, drug-sniffing dogs are brought in every year to search for everything from alcohol to marijuana.
In Quincy, MA video cameras follow students in the hallways while plainclothes security guards stay alert for drug activity.
At Westford Academy in Westford, MA the principal decided to add a full time police officer to the staff.
Newton North High School in Newton, MA feels that counseling is the best way to rid the school of drugs. The school has on staff a social worker acting as the school’s prevention and intervention counselor. This person offers several group therapy sessions for students including for youths who are struggling with alcohol and drugs.
All of these schools have a common goal of preventing drug use. Which methods do you think are best and which do you think are going too far? Share your comments.

Newton Tutor

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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Newton tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Newton students attending Angier School, Bowen School, Burr School, Cabot School, Countryside School, Franklin School, Horace Mann School, Lincoln-Eliot School, Mason Rice School, Memorial Spaulding School, Peirce School, Underwood School, Ward School, Williams School, Zervas School, Bigelow Middle School, Brown Middle School, Day Middle School, Oak Hill Middle School, Newton North High School, Newton South High School, Brimmer and May, Chestnut Hill School, Clearway School, Fessenden School, Jackson School, Learning Prep School, Newton Country Day School, and Solomon Schechter School.

Check out our website serving the students of the Newton, MA area. www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com

Safety on the Roadways

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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.

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