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Family Promise Metrowest: Keep The Promise

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Once again Y3K Tutor In Your Home gives back to the community. This time we are donating our tutoring and test prep services to Family Promise Metrowest for their fall fundraiser, “Keep The Promise”. Bidding on our tutoring will help them raise money to assist families and children who are homeless in the Metrowest area.

Buddy Dog Collection Drive List

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Here is the complete list of items collected for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home 12th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive. Pick ups are from November 1st to January 10th. Call now!

Most Needed Items:
• Limited-slip or Martingale collars of all sizes
• Non-clumping, clay cat litter
• Litter box deodorizer
• Bleach, laundry detergent, liquid dish soap, sponges
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• New, standard-sized litter boxes (no hood)
• Rubbing alcohol and distilled water

For the Cats and Kittens:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned cat food (any brand, not shredded variety)
• Blankets and soft cat beds
• Towels
• Toys (squeaky toys, balls, stuffed mice, fishing pole toys, catnip)

For the Dogs and Puppies:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned dog food (any brand or variety)
• Leashes (4, 6, or 8-foot; not the retractable kind)
• Toys (squeaky & plush toys; no tennis balls/rope toys)
• Pressed raw hides
• Blankets and soft dog beds
• Step in harness small and medium sizes

For the Staff:
• Office supplies: dry-erase markers & two-pocket folders
• Paper towels and tissues
• Medical supplies such as cotton balls, hydrogen peroxide, Q-Tips, and first-aid items
• Plastic drinking cups
• Ajax cleaner

Gift Certificates: We welcome gift certificates from the following stores, so that we may purchase shelter supplies.
• Walmart
• Petco
• Home Depot
• Lowe’s
• B.J’S Wholesale Club
• Pet Edge
• Target
• Homegoods

Boston Parent’s Paper – Best Tutoring

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home is honored to have recently been awarded:

BEST OF THE BEST FAMILY FAVORITE 2014 – Top 5 Tutoring or Educational Support Program as voted by the readers of Boston Parent’s Paper.

We thank everyone in the Y3K Tutor In Your Home family for voting for us. We sincerely appreciate your support!

Carter Carnival – Carter Nursery School Needham

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Carter Nursery School of Needham MA’s only fundraiser will take place this coming Saturday. The event is a late winter highlight for residents of Needham and surrounding communities. In addition to games and activities, the Carnival generates excitement through a silent auction. Make sure you bid on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep certificate at the auction. Proceeds from this Carnival help pay for enrichment programs and scholarships for families in need. We at Y3K Tutor In Your Home are glad to be able to help this worthy cause.

Best School Climate School Systems: Dover, Weston, Wellesley & Sudbury

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“School Climate” measures how academically focused and committed the students are at a school according to the Dreamschool Finder online tool. They look at graduation rates, dropout rates and college ambitions of seniors. The four Y3K Tutor In Your Home high schools that ranked in their top ten in this category were Dover-Sherborn Regional High School ranked #1, Weston High School ranked #3, Wellesley High School ranked #5 and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School ranked #8.

Try to guess which six Y3K Tutor In Your Home communities made it to their top ten list for “College Readiness” and check back tomorrow to find out if you are right.

MCAS Remains For 10th Graders

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Although in 2014 the new PARCC tests will be issued to certain MA schools for a trial run, all 10th graders will continue to take the MCAS tests. They will still be required to pass the MCAS tests in order to get their diploma.

Tomorrow we will look at how the new PARCC testing scores will be used.

PARCC Test Spring 2014

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The country is getting ready for new nationwide tests to measure student performance. Coming soon will be a trial run of the new national standardized test called Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). About 2/3 of MA’s schools have been chosen to participate in the PARCC trial next spring. This includes the Y3K Tutor In Your Home communities of Natick and Weston. The full list of schools participating in the trial run have not been released yet as some are still being chosen and notified.

Check back here tomorrow for how the MCAS 10th grade graduation requirement will be handled.

PARCC Trial Run in MA

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On November 19, 2013 the Massachusetts Board of Education approved the new nationwide Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests for a two-year trial run in certain locations. Later in 2015, they will then decide if it will be used on an ongoing basis. Come back tomorrow for some towns taking this test later this spring.

Coming Soon To A School Near You – PARCC

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Just when you thought the MCAS tests for the state were stressful for many students, most states nationwide (including Massachusetts) have decided on national standardized tests. Many parents have questions and concerns about how these new tests will affect their children. Over the next 10 posts, we will take an in-depth look at the new tests headed your way. You will not want to miss this!

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