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Re-focus Halloween! If your school insists on having some kind of Halloween celebration, recommend that they steer away from the ghoulish and occult and, instead, focus on the event as a fall festival. ... "When you turn evil into a game, it trivializes it and numbs children to its darkness." (excerpt from email) GREAT RESOURCE SITE for Teachers, Parents & Students.

I apologize for the lack of a link. This is from my daughter's newsletter she received from school today. "The distribution of certain candies and soft drinks in elementary schools will no longer be allowed in Texas public schools, according to new policies announced by the Texas Department of Agriculture. The department recently announced the changes in response to efforts by the USDA and the Surgeon General to prevent and decrease obesity in children. Under the new guidelines, food of minimum nutritional value (FMNV) can no longer be given to children by staff members, parents or other children during the...