I Do Matter...
Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on November 25, 2010 | No Comments
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Part of the "I Do" series presented by the Dysart Unified School District and Safe Schools/Healthy Students.
For more info www.davidlynchfoundation.com Transcription: "Transcendental Meditation really helps students be creative and innovative." "I don't really know the science involved with it but Transcendental Meditation really allows them to focus." "Meditation gives students an opportunity to slow down and do a lot of deep inner thinking within themselves." "Stress is constant, all the time, and I just love Transcendental Meditation as that tool, that buffer tool that helps you cope with that." "I feel calmer now. Like a calming presence is constantly in my life. It's pretty sweet." Assistant principle for security: "I was very suspect of what Transcendental Meditation was because I thought it was what you see in the movies and on television where you have to see with your legs crossed and make these loud chanting noises and roll your eyes in the back of your head, and you have to be totally focused on that or it doesn't work." "You know, I have a lot of guy friends that play football, and they're like 'ah meditation that doesn't work. You're crazy.' And I was like, 'I don't know about you guys but it really worked for me though.' " "You know kids are inundated with noise all day long. they have Ipods they have video games, they have videos on TV... and I was of the belief that they need some time everyday to just shut all that out and kind of focus a little bit on themselves and along came this TM opportunity. Assistant principle for security: "I had to experience it to see ...
September 2010 Open Letter to PCUS Family. Video letter by Jim Koan, PCUS (Phoenix Christian Unified Schools) Superindendent, to all parents, alumni and friends of Phoenix Christian. Video shot at various locations on the three PSUC campuses. Letter will be available at www.phoenixchristian.org. Video of students from all three campuses. Call to pray. Call to fast. Call to worship. Our first corporate worship is Monday, October 4th at 7:00pm in the Light and Life Sanctuary. Video highlights of 2010-2011 school year: High school enrollment increased by more than 10%; international program increased by 41%; we now welcome students from 10 different countries on three continents. New classes and programs available (without having to add new staff) include: AP Biology, HS Fitness & Health, HS Cooking & Nutrition, Beginning Band for all Central 4th and 5th graders, ESL English and ESL Study Hall (with fellow HS students as tutors), 2 Foreign Language labs with dedicated WiFi to provide online access to our Spanish curriculum, K-6th Spanish at the West Valley; A Middle School Dinner Theater to add to the current HS Fall Play and Spring Musical; Greatly expanded utilization of the web and technology to enhance Upper EL learning; AC in the Gymnasium for the first time ever (for pennies on the dollar in cost to PC); NAVIANCE: Online access to comprehensive college and career planning for HS and JH students and parents; Football program expanded to include a full JV schedule; More ...
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Documentarians Devin Whetstone and Branden Paris set out to find the truth behind the rumors of the theater department's ghost in Mountain View High School in Tucson Arizona. Every generation of students that attend this school have either heard of the legend or have experienced many creepy situations, whether that is doors opening and closing by themselves in the Little Theater, seeing a small boy appear and disappear in the Auditorium, or tools missing when students need them most before a ...
Documentarians Devin Whetstone and Branden Paris set out to find the truth behind the rumors of the theater department's ghost in Mountain View High School in Tucson Arizona. Every generation of students that attend this school have either heard of the legend or have experienced many creepy situations, whether that is doors opening and closing by themselves in the Little Theater, seeing a small boy appear and disappear in the Auditorium, or tools missing when students need them most before a ...