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Author's note: This profile is part of an ongoing series of narratives, originally started in 2015, focused on people who have been killed by the police. It is an attempt to counteract media bias, which often vilifies these men and women, both young and old. These stories have been captured through the voices of the victims' family members. I have been fortunate to meet the families and then connect them with each other throughout the years through my work in various organizations.
The other day, I was walking through Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago, a city whose county jail is its largest mental health facility, at about 10 pm. The night was chilly, but I stopped walking to watch two white police officers yelling at a presumably homeless, most likely mentally ill elderly Black woman sleeping on the pavement.
"You better get up or you're going to jail," one of the two officers yelled at her, as the other proceeded to kick her. The officers' attention then turned to me to ask why I was standing there. I told them I was there to ensure that they did not hurt her. Black and Brown people dealing with mental health care issues have frequently been the targets of police violence.
Dontre Hamilton was one of those people. On April 30, 2014, police officer Christopher Manney killed him in Milwaukee.
"From the moment Dontre was born, I was honored to be a part of his life," says his mother, Maria Hamilton. Dontre was born with asthma, so Maria paid extra attention to him throughout his childhood.
"I had to nurture him and become a nurse in some incidents. He had pneumonia a couple of times…. He had to have a treatment daily with the asthma," Maria continues. Despite his health issues, Dontre had a normal childhood and was able to play sports, which he played through high school with his brothers. "The asthma didn't consume him because he was normal like any child. I just watched him more and cared for him a lot," Maria says.
Eventually, Dontre got over his asthma, and he continued to do all of the normal things that kids do. "He had a peaceful spirit about himself. He enjoyed being around the smallest children and playing game[s] … Dontre was a babysitter at the age of 9 years old," Maria explains. Maria laughs, recalling times she asked to borrow money from her son because he was always saving his money, never buying superfluous things for himself.
Not only did Dontre work for money, but he also spent a lot of time helping the homeless community in Milwaukee. "I told him, 'You can't do that. You don't know those people.' But he said, 'Mom, they need help,'" Maria says.
Maria explains that Dontre's loving and selfless character shaped the choices she's made in her life, too.
"I am so grateful and thankful to be a part of his life because I was learning and being prepared to do the work that I am doing right now," Maria says, referring to the foundation she founded, Mothers for Justice United.
Dontre was doing well until about 2011, when he was 28 years old. It was then that his family began to see a change in him. "He was talking and no one was in the room. He was calling me and other family members to see if we were OK because he was having premonitions," Maria says.
She began calling 911 when Dontre experienced an episode, not knowing that they would not or could not send someone to come out and evaluate him. They would only send the police. "At that time, I was not afraid of [Dontre]; I just knew that something was wrong," Maria explains.
The situation changed a bit in 2013. "Silverware and knives and stuff were missing out of the kitchen. I would find them hidden in different parts of the house. I would wake up and windows were open. I really felt unsafe, so I called the police to come take him and have him evaluated," Maria says. Instead, the police just detained him in jail. There was never an evaluation.
It was at that point that Maria began working with an organization that operated a group home. Dontre was able to move into the home. While he was staying there, he had an episode in February of 2013. "His neck was cut, and he was stabbed in his neck with scissors; we don't know if it was self-inflicted or not," Maria tells me.
At that point, Dontre was finally formally evaluated, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and put on state Medicaid. However, he was not allowed to come back and live in the group home. The organization gave no explanation to the family.
"[Doctors] put him on shots, and it was actually helping. He was assigned a social worker and a provider that helped him get to his business. He was doing OK," Maria explains. Once he began treatment, Dontre stopped having episodes.
However, soon his access to treatment was cut off.
"He went in December to an outreach facility to get his medication, and they told him he wasn't insured anymore. So until February 2014 he wasn't on medication," Maria says.
In response, she went to the facility that handles state insurance and asked what had happened to Dontre's insurance; it turned out his insurance had been rejected due to a glitch. However, since it had been 90 days, the facility could not give him medication without a new evaluation. Dontre was not scheduled for his evaluation until May of that year.
"By this time, he was scared and leaving the apartment, and he would wander around a lot. There were times we couldn't find him," Maria sighs.
It only got worse from that point on. One night Dontre left the house at around 11:00 pm to go to his brother's house. "He called me and told me someone was going to kill him. He walked about four miles to the hotel downtown. I was talking to him on the phone," Maria says. She was able to calm him down, and he got to a room and slept for eight hours. He then called in the morning to make sure Maria was safe and to let her know he was still afraid that he would be killed if he left his hotel. So, he called his brother, who told him he would meet him at his home later that day. He wouldn't see his brother that day.
"At about 2 pm that day, Dontre was murdered. He told his brother that he was at the park just chilling," Maria tells me, crying.
Dontre was sitting in Red Arrow Park, located in downtown Milwaukee, in broad daylight, not bothering a soul. "Someone called the police and said there was a homeless guy too close to them. They went and told the manager at a nearby business, who then decided he wasn't doing anything wrong. They called 911, who asked for Chris Manney, the beat cop in that area," Maria says.
The dispatcher left a message for Manney later on, telling him not to go to the park, as it turned out that Dontre was doing nothing wrong. Manney went anyway.
"He snuck up on Dontre and started hitting him with the baton. He was trying to get him to leave the park. Dontre would've suffered some brain swelling had he been taken to the hospital for the excessive times he had been beaten with that baton," Maria says, as she chokes back tears.
Dontre could not take the blows any longer, so he grabbed Officer Manney's baton. In response, Chris Manney shot him 14 times. Fourteen times. He emptied his clip on the unarmed 31-year-old Dontre.
This happened in broad daylight. Dontre Hamilton was pronounced dead at 3:31 pm in a park that sits right across from city hall. There were 60 witnesses, and the mayor, along with other city officials working in buildings surrounding the park, heard the gunshots that took Dontre's life.
"We live in a segregated city. Milwaukee is so divided," Maria starts to say, but then begins to cry. She continues, "We have certain areas like that particular area, that Black people are not in, unless they work in that area. Everyone ran to their [office] window and actually saw Dontre lying there. My child laid there for four hours in that park," Maria says softly as she chokes back tears.
"People don't even realize that Black people live in Milwaukee," Maria explains. "It's horrible here, our education is the worst, we have the most Black incarceration, we have the worst education system in the world."
Only 6.5 percent of Wisconsin's population is Black, and the state's most sizable Black population is in Milwaukee — 40 percent.
Approximately a week before Dontre's murder, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had signed into law a policy that the police could not investigate a police officer in a murder investigation. The state's justice department was supposed to lead the investigation, but instead, the Milwaukee police did.
Christopher Manney was fired, but there were no charges. Moreover, Dontre's story was distorted in the media.
"[The police were interviewed] in the news the next morning," Maria says. "They didn't know he had a mental illness, and they assumed he was homeless. They said a homeless man was killed after having a scuffle with the police. They said he was a robber, a homeless man."
Officer Manney had no marks on his person, only the nick on his thumb where he pulled the trigger. Dontre had 21 bullet holes in him, including in his spine. His thumb was shot off because he tried to cover his face.
Although Officer Manney was fired, he received money for suffering through "post-traumatic stress disorder." The Hamilton family has not received anything.
"I know that the trauma that I have lived with," Maria says. "No human being should have this. Nobody should have to cope with this. Thank God Dontre's siblings are grown men…. I don't know what I would've done if I had small children."
After Dontre's death, Maria started Mothers for Justice United as a way of connecting mothers so that mothers can begin healing together and collaboratively work toward ending police terror.
Maria was never afraid of the police, really, before this incident. "My mom was a police officer, and I considered the police [to] be Mr. Friendly if we needed anything," Maria says. Now her views have changed. Still, she does not solely blame Officer Manney. She blames the whole police system for allowing an institution to exist that criminalizes Blackness.
While Manney is living on money he received from the Milwaukee police, Maria almost lost her home because of the grief with which she is suffering. "I was about to be homeless, because I've been living on my life savings, because of funeral costs. I have disassociation and depression. I couldn't work but that didn't [qualify me] for disability," Maria explains.
"Justice for me looks like Milwaukee reevaluating the entire police system," says Maria Hamilton.
"Justice for me looks like Milwaukee reevaluating the entire police system," she says. Justice for me looks like fixing housing in Milwaukee."
On Mother's Day in 2015, Maria led the Mothers' March in Washington, DC. She explains that she is able to do this work because of her beautiful son's continued influence on her life. "His smile, his eyes, his soul are so comforting in my life and even in death. He's talking to me. He gets me up in the morning, and I thank him so much for the time I've spent with him," Maria says.
Maria is constantly working, and constantly seeking support for Mothers for Justice United.
"This isn't my work," she says. "This is God's work. I relive Dontre's life every time I hear a mother's story. We need to tell our stories in order to go through life and in order to have a life."
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How to choose a fundraiser that actually works
A sponsor recently asked how they got paid for doing a sale with us. Although the answer may have been obvious for some, it brings up a fundamental question. How do we select the best fundraiser for our school?
We offer 2 types of fundraising programs. One is where sellers have a product in their hands to show people. This is referred to as a direct sale, or point of sale, because a product is exchanged for money on the spot.
The second type is a brochure sale. Instead of having a product to show, customers place an order for items in a brochure and the student then delivers the items after being shipped to the school. Here are the primary differences between brochure fundraisers and point of sale transactions.
How Product Fundraising Works
Groups can purchase products up front at a discounted price, then turn around and sell it at retail. The difference is their profit. Products are purchased and delivered before the kickoff. Although many schools opt to obtain a purchase order, then pay for the product afterwards. Once the group has sold the items, they make back their investment plus the profit.
The Advantages to Selling Products
One advantage to selling products is sellers are able to show them to a potential customer. This allows the buyer the opportunity to see the item prior to purchasing. Another benefit is, once a sale is made, sellers don't have to go back a second time to deliver the product. Students also find a candy bar fundraiser or selling lollipops easier to sell because the cost is lower, thus more people can afford to buy. Product fundraisers seem to work well with smaller groups.
Why Consider a Brochure Fundraiser?
Brochure fundraisers allow groups to present items found in a sales catalog beforehand. Sellers use an order form to collect orders and a money collection envelope to collect money. The price of each item shown in the brochure is the retail amount. The school is then billed by the company at a lower wholesale price for items that are submitted to the company for processing. School keeps the difference between the retail price paid by the customer and the wholesale price paid to the company.
Brochures typically offer more diversity compared to selling products, especially when selling the large seasonal shoppers. Schools also like brochure sales because they only pay for what's ordered by their customers. Plus, the money has already been collected prior to submitting their order. There is no upfront cost to the school for supplies.
When it comes to picking the best fundraiser for your school, we encourage you to consider all of the options.


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THN.com Blog: Sens held hostage by goalie contracts
If Ray Emery decides he wants to fight the fine the Ottawa Senators gave him Tuesday, the NHL Players' Association will gladly take up the cause.
A source close to the situation said Emery would have grounds to grieve his fine of $14,705.88 – one day's pay based on his salary of $2.75 million this season – because Emery was four minutes late for practice in Long Island Monday and was told by the Senators to leave. Technically, he did not miss practice.
Exhibit 14.3(b) of the collective bargaining agreement reads: "Any player who misses a schedule practice without valid and pre-approved permission will be fined (one day of his) NHL salary."
The source said the union would only grieve the matter on Emery's behalf if Emery reported it to the union and applied for a grievance. If not, the fine will stand and the NHLPA will not get involved.
What is more essential to ask is, what exactly were the Senators thinking when they gave Emery a three-year deal worth $9.5 million last summer, instead of sticking to their guns in arbitration? Because Emery was the one who filed for arbitration last summer, the Senators had the option of selecting a one- or two-year deal. Even though Emery had made great strides both as a goalie and a responsible person, there were enough red flags out there that the Senators still should have had long-term concerns. That didn't stop them from coming to a three-year contract before completing the arbitration process.
Now they've tied themselves into a long-term contract and that makes Emery almost impossible to move; it's not Emery the Senators cannot trade, it's his contract. And it keeps happening in the NHL by teams that continue to be duped into giving lucrative long-term deals to players based on a very short history of positive accomplishments.
Of course, Martin Gerber has to shoulder some of the responsibility in all of this, too. Had Gerber played better last season upon signing his own big three-year deal with the team, Emery would have been the Senators backup last season and never would have put himself in a position to command the money or term he did when his contract expired.
So now the Senators have two goalies, neither of whom evokes any memories of Terry Sawchuk. One of them has off-ice issues and neither can be moved to make room for Brian Elliott or Jeff Glass, two promising prospects the Senators have in their system.
And it all goes back to the team's ability to place proper value on their on-ice assets, a quality that is becoming more and more important in this league.
With Canada hosting the World Championship this spring, there will undoubtedly be a push by Canada to win the tournament. Although fired Toronto Maple Leaf GM John Ferguson is being discussed as a top candidate for the GM job, it's believed Hockey Canada still would like to have Steve Yzerman take control of the roster.
It's not certain whether Yzerman will be willing to do it two years in a row, and Hockey Canada is reportedly interested in the likes of Bobby Smith, the former Phoenix Coyotes GM, who is part owner of the Halifax Mooseheads, and Patrick Roy, who is owner-GM-coach of the Quebec Remparts. Having one or either in place would play well because the event is in Halifax and Quebec City, but because of their limited exposure to current NHL talent, either one would have to lean heavily on help from NHL personnel.
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Addam's Top 5 Games of 2015
There were a lot of games out in 2015. In fact, there probably were too many games. If nothing else, 2015 will be remembered, to me at least, as the year of games that I need to go back to. A ton of them stuck out to me, but as is required by the law … Continue reading
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We continue this week with our Game of the Year Award deliberations. After a heated part one, we tackle the adventure of naming the Worst Game of the Year, the Best New Character, Awards for both excellent and terrible game support. We touch a little bit on games coming out next year and then finish … Continue reading
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It's the first episode of 2016 and thus marks the time for us to look back at the past year and debate each other over arbitrary awards to ultimately determine a winner. This is part one of our deliberation where we cover Biggest Surprise, Biggest Letdown, Biggest Blunder, Best News, Best DLC and Best Looking Game of … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Dark Above by Jeremy Finley
By Brian BandellJuly 8, 2019
In this sequel to the critically-acclaimed novel that grabbed fans of X-Files and Stranger Things, Jeremy Finley returns with The Dark Above, another thriller full of aliens and government cover-ups.
Aliens are attacking Earth in The Dark Above by Jeremy Finley, and their most dangerous weapons are human beings.
Some people grow up social media stars because of their talent or charisma, but William Chance can't escape the spotlight because he survived an alien abduction. Jeremy Finley's science-fiction thriller The Dark Above places the young man at the center of an alien invasion that utilizes people as devastating weapons.
This novel is the sequel to Finely's debut, The Darkest Time of Night, and it will likely take a few chapters to catch onto this story for unfamiliar readers. Once the plot gets rolling, the intense action and moral dilemmas facing the characters makes for an exciting read.
Fifteen years past his abduction and return, William has gone into hiding from the public, including his family, as a farm laborer in Little Rock, Arkansas. Not only does he tire of the constant media coverage, but he's also worried something the aliens placed inside him could active and harm other abductees, including his grandmother Lynn Roseworth.
William experiences vivid dreams, where hurricanes, fire, disease, and violence plague the population. These closely resemble real events happening around the world, including in the U.S.
Once again, he was in the storm.
The wind struck with such force that it burned. William's ears rang from the muscular howls, forcing him to want to cower. But his limbs refused to move, like the pole of a battered flag enduring the worst of a churning squall. He immediately regretted looking down, for among the choppy whitecaps, something slithered, spreading out like black veins in the deep.
In the far distance, as always, was the bracing city. And even from the distance he could see the hint of white, the eyes of someone watching the impending catastrophe.
William screams until he awakens. Later, he learns a hurricane is heading towards New Orleans, again.
Soon, William meets Lily, a young girl found wandering alone in a remote part of North Dakota with a terrifying power. She can make people die from cancer within seconds. The girl can't control her abilities, but William can.
The moment William meets Lily, a mysterious government agency with men in black suits comes after them. Eccentric billionaire and alien conspiracy fan Quincy Martin helps the abductees evade capture, all while cracking jokes about how obscenely rich he is.
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The government agents are manipulative and sometimes violent. Yet, their intentions appear good. The world is full of human ticking time bombs. They are keeping abductees under lock and key because they know those people could be turned into weapons. William insists on being free and stopping the aliens himself, but their grip on him might be too overwhelming.
His family faces a similar problem. Grandma Lynn strives to keep William out of the government's grasp, although she knows better than anyone what the aliens are capable of. His aunt, Senator Kate Roseworth, decides the government should detain all of the abductees, including William. There are some scenes of Lynn against Kate, her daughter, but this story could have used more of this family feud.
With Lily by his side, William could kill anyone they see. That would be the easiest way to escape, but William wants to end the aliens' onslaught, not initiate it. He hopes his dreams will guide him to other abductees. However, they're not all as affectionate towards him as Lily.
Aside from the chase scenes and the spectacular demonstrations of alien powers, this novel makes great use of the media as a weapon. Broadcast cameras and crowds with their cell phones out can disarm federal agents better than any weapon. That's no surprise coming from Finley, a broadcast journalist with WSMV-TV in Nashville.
His second novel is a show worth tuning in for.
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The other day browsing my twitter account, I saw a post from someone talking about "climate outbreak" and a list of scary statements about what's currently going on with the planet and the climate.
Even when I know these are sadly true, my first thought was: Gosh, this is so negative, reading this many people won't get inspired to act, if anything they'll say "Why should I bother then? there is no hope".
I left a comment, other people joined the conversation. Some agreed that the negativity won't engage people, some others said it was ridiculous to talk about hope and positive stuff when things are quite bad and we can't reverse climate change (basically we can't tell people everything will be fine when that's not the case).
That got me thinking how we are all so different and get engaged or disengaged from the same piece of information. For that reason today I decided to explore some thoughts about this topic.
The dilemma
I am personally more inclined to talk to people about what we can do as individuals, how we can make a difference. If you follow me on social media, you know I don't publish a lot of negative stuff, because in my mind (based on my perspective), many people will withdraw from the subject.
However, even trying to be more action-oriented and positive, sometimes I feel it doesn't work either. Our values, beliefs, backgrounds, even personalities vary so much, it is hard to make people care more about the environment and join these efforts.
Sometimes I wish I had a magic wand!
ClimateLab is an initiative created by the University of California that explores ways we can change how we think and act about climate change.
One of their videos is called: Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change:
Some highlights from the first part of this video:
- "This Doom and Gloom messaging just isn't working. This Fear, this guilt, we know from psychology is not conducive to engagement, it is the opposite, it makes people passive".
- "Many Americans continue to think of climate change as a distant problem, distant in time, that the impacts won't be felt for a generation or more, and distant in space, that this is about polar bears or maybe some developing countries".
- "We've faced climate issues before"…"the hole in the ozone layer"…"we were able to wrap our heads around that and take action… people listened to the scientist and took action"
- "Climate change caused by green house gases is much trickier because sources are more complicated and for the most part they are totally invisible"…"If CO2 was black we would have dealt with this issue long time ago".
So in summary their message is more about sharing positive things that are happening. The second part of the video also explores the idea of using our competitive side to reduce for instance electricity usage.
I think this video is great, but as much as I agree with them about the "doom and gloom" message not working that well, I think there is more to the story.
A bit of psychology
Two weeks ago I attended to a work-related training course and the facilitator mentioned how some people are more motivated by pleasure others by pain. So someone can be really excited about all the new improvements, opportunities and positive changes a project is going to bring, while others will be more keen to hear about what the project has to do with all the existing problems and things that are not working.
This is related to the Pain and Pleasure principle. It originated from Sigmund Frued and it enunciates that we seek immediate gratification of our needs (pleasure) while we also seek to avoid pain. According to IQ Mattrix:
"The pain-pleasure principle lies at the core of everything you do, and of everything you are. Your beliefs, values and psychological rules are all built upon this principle. The decisions you make, the actions you take, and the habits you indulge in, are all based on this principle. In fact, every part of your psyche is influenced in some way by the pain-pleasure principle"
This is also linked to the Attraction and Avoidance Principle, where some people are motivated by doing, achieving goals, while others seek to move away from painful situations.
So even when we may use them both depending on the situations, it seems we have a tendency to lean more towards doing things to seek pleasure or avoiding things to prevent experiencing pain.
What does this has to do with environmental talk?
Well based on this, it seems it is a good idea to tailor the messages depending on your audience. According to ChangingMinds:
"For those who are driven by attraction, seek their passions and lay opportunity in their path. They will swoop towards what you are offering.
For those driven by avoidance, point out the problems of the past and the dangers of the present. Show them a future where they can at least avoid the worst of the problems they face."
So if I am driven by attraction, I may need to hear about all the projects that are happening worldwide to switch to clean energy, to clean the oceans, opportunities to help and so forth. But maybe if I am driven by avoidance, I may need to hear about the dangers of climate change for us and future generations, so that I get motivated to act to avoid that pain (sea-level rising, flooding, heat waves, drought, air pollution, social conflicts and more).
Of course this is great and doable when we are talking to someone we know, because based on the interaction we have had with this person, we may have some feelings about what drives this person and we can communicate in a way that's more effective trying to keep the other person's perspective in mind. However, if you (like me in this precise moment) have no idea who is getting the information, it is complicated.
My take on this
At this point in time, I think we may want to present the information in both ways: the hopeful, encouraging and positive things that are happening, but also the bad and scary stuff. Again we are all different, so mixing the communication style/information we may engage more people.
The only issue I have with the "Doom and Gloom" approach is the lack of guidance when it comes to what you and I can do to help. Quite often you finish reading the article or watching the news segment about environmental issues and there is no one single call to action (or they leave it all to the governments and businesses).
Fearful and tragic messages about the environment (again even when they are often real) without telling people what they as individuals can do about it, leave people feeling stressed, worried and of course paralysed – even if their personalities lean more towards avoidance.
So it is pointless to tell people about all the bad stuff that are happening if we don't provide solutions, alternatives, ideas or thoughts on how we can all participate and reduce our impact. Maybe we think some solutions are obvious and we don't need to discuss them, but what it is maybe evident for one person is totally new for another one, we all come from different life paths and experiences.
A call to action empowers people. So let's share the good and bad news, but let's talk about solutions and steps we can take to help too.
"As we progress into the 21st century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority"- Leonardo DiCaprio
This is all for today. Let me know in the comments below: Do you talk about Climate Change? How do you think it is best way to talk about these topic? Any good strategy you can share with us?
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As you set your goals, be realistic. Don't plan on achieving unrealistic returns, as markets fluctuate and past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Track your progress. Start with milestones you can achieve and then challenge yourself to do better.
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Last Thursday's I-95 triple fatality crashcould have been even more deadly.
The collision knocked a U-Haul truck across the northbound lanes over the median, and across the southbound lanes. Somehow, it missed oncoming traffic.
In May of 1998, a driver in similar circumstances was not so lucky. A car crossed the median on the Raleigh Beltline and slammed head-on into another car, killing one driver.
In both crashes, there was no guardrail to act as a barrier to vehicles crossing into oncoming traffic.
North Carolina is in the midst of a major push to install more guardrails. TheHighway Patrolis already seeing the results.
"We're seeing a significant decrease in the number of fatal crashes caused by cars that are crossing the median divider and hitting others head-on," says Sgt. Jeff Winstead of the Highway Patrol.
Still, guardrails have critics.
Some rescue squads, fire departments and law enforcement agencies say the guardrails restrict their access and restrict their ability to do their jobs.
TheNorth Carolina Department of Transportationsays it all comes down to safety first.
The DOT says it takes a car going 65 miles a hour a half-second to cross a highway median. It takes the average driver a full second to react to a situation, and to move his foot from the gas pedal to the brake."
DOT crews finished installing guardrails along I-40 from Wade Avenue to the Durham Freeway in 1994.
Along the same stretch from January 1989 to March 1994, there were 49 accidents and five fatalities.
From April of 1994 until June of 1997, there were no cross-median fatalities, and only one cross-median accident.
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It's worth knowing that Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, lobbies to keep America's taxes complex. Very little stresses me out more than preparing tax filings, so I would love to see return-free filing. In short, this would mean that the government would handle your tax return, and only if you disagreed would you need to do much work. Whether or not it would save money across the board, it sounds heavenly. I couldn't agree more with professor of tax law Joseph Bankman, who said:
"One of the biggest costs that people have is the anxiety — and this would definitely cut down on that," he said.


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'Inspiration' is the word of the day. Where do we get it? Why do we get it? What is it exactly? How do I get more of it!? I got back to blogging this weekend, mainly because I saw these -above…
Beach huts in Bournemouth – recently decorated in Cath Kidston's beautiful prints. I'm in love. Yes, it is an advertising stunt, yes, it is to shamelessly promote the brand, but, it just cannot be denied- they are so, so bleedin' pretty, look at those perky rows of eye-catching colours and prints!!
Seriously, I held my breath when I saw them. Why though? I ask myself. I am a rational person (sort of) stirred by real-world events and important issues, nevertheless, a tiny wee nearly came out when I saw these huts- and a squeal formed at the back of my throat somewhere low and primal-as primal as anyone can be about polka-dots and florals anyway.
Excitement (of the wee inducing, squealing kind) is born of love and passion for things. I love beach huts (as is clear) but they are inspirational in a way I can't fully explain-unhelpful- from she who writes said blog. Others things inspire in this (not fully explainable) way: old-fashioned/timeless photographs; new wool; a brand new book; a very old book; all things VWCampervan; vintage style (in the best sense of the word- not keen on the slightly depressing items that just smell a bit).
I am in good company. We all get the nudge, heart-flutter, lift, sigh, intake of breath, urge to run out and create/do something in some form or another. It's a great place to be, on the verge of producing something, having just been inspired. It's a legal-high and I believe it's totally a spiritual thing . I used to ignore the things that made me feel this way, now I stop and give them more credit than simply being preferences.
… I don't know about you but I also get really inspired by 'before and afters'. Don't you love it when you see an image on those DIY adverts of a dingy room -and then after – a light, fresh, airy oasis?! I love the improvement, the freshness of it all. Ever since I can remember I have been obsessed with transformations like this. To witness someone become the best they can be, watch an underdog achieve and have their turn to shine, these are powerful.
The downside is, I am, therefore, very frustrated by slow progress, I like transformations to be quick, complete and dramatic! My hut looks like this inside right now…
I am having to strongly resist getting discouraged. It is inevitable that things take time. I want to get to so many things and so many days just don't contain the hours, or at least the non-comatosed ones. I also haven't been myself lately either and I find my mood dictates how creative I can be. I didn't know this until I started this blog. I just couldn't find the ideas, inspiration or motivation. The verve needed to write, even a humble blog post, is something that has to just be there. I needed to find my inspiration and daily life was getting in the way, by that, I mean the grind of life, the dull things, like paying bills.
Nothing kills inspiration like the words, 'direct-debit'.
Then there's the more corrosive stuff like thinking negatively, becoming stuck in a way of thinking. 'Inspiration' comes along to invite you out of whatever mud you are stuck in. It is the creative's best-friend and it cannot be engineered.
Inspiration works on your soul in the form of a random attack. Suddenly, something makes your heart leap, or fascinates you, or just grabs you by the collar and jerks you towards it.
Years ago, I visited the Van Gogh gallery in Amsterdam and understood for the first time what all the fuss was about, his life, his story and his paintings grabbed me. I was so, so moved, how he had been plagued with mental illness, when this was so misunderstood (still is) and produced paintings that spoke so loudly of beauty.
On the same trip, we toured Italy, and to be honest I almost became de-sensitised to the works of art that surrounded me. In Italy, you can be standing on an ancient, work of art and be waiting for a bus. We walked through endless corridors at the Vatican museum and began to switch off. Then we came to the Sistine Chapel. We were told that Michelangelo was almost blind while painting the ceiling – caused by spending so much time elevated inches from the dust above him. He was also being forced to work on it. He had run away many times, but having been commissioned to complete the work, he was made to continue. I couldn't imagine where he found the ability to create something so exquisitely beautiful in those conditions. Perhaps he just poured his torment into the work like Van Gogh and so many others.
It isn't just visual art, books do this. Most of us can remember a book that grabbed us and left its mark. For me, it was 'To kill a Mockingbird', I was very young and I was left humbled by the courage of Atticus Finch and outraged at the injustices in the world, new to my innocent self. I wasn't the same after reading it. There have been many examples since. Harper Lee, however, found it very difficult to write and suffered great personal trials whilst writing and afterwards. Maybe we need some angst – it is the typical portrayal of the artist isn't it?
So, it may be that I need to write even when I feel like burying my head. Crack on, to push through the mood barrier.
It may be necessary then to seek inspiration like a medicine for those times when I don't feel up to pursuing anything much at all. A great song, a great book, or in my case today I simply came across these beach huts and it inspired me to get back to the hut and to my writing and to finish what I have started.
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Parade Street Dixieland Band
I've been asked to write about my and the band's experiences since starting the Parade Street Dixieland Jazz Band back in April of 2008. Have you ever seen the TV ad for AARP with the guy getting into his car saying, "When I grow up I wanna start a band?" Well here's my "grown up" story and the four factors that influenced me to start the band.
Motivation and Influences
Isn't it natural…for every seventy-five year old retired high school principal to want to start a band; for a man who was and is happily married to the same woman fifty-one years at the time the band was started; for a man with three grown children, eleven grandchildren, one great grandchild; for a man who has been a laryngectomee since 1997; for a man who has never had a formal music lesson in his life; for a man who is a self-taught tenor banjo player and who always thought that the circle of fifths was simply a bunch of 12 empty Jack Daniels bottles spread around in a circle? Isn't that how all bands start?
My love and appreciation for music played Dixieland style goes back to when I was in the service during the Korean "conflict". My best buddy was from "Nawlins". Since coming to Erie in 1970 my only local source to satisfy my appreciation and love of Dixieland came from Don Haener and his Dixie Doodlers. I have the greatest respect and admiration for Don and his group, as they have stood the test of time. Don and his group was one of the contributing influences that made me want to start my own Dixieland jazz Band.
The second influence came in 2002, after my wife and I went to see one of the traveling road bands from Preservation Hall in New Orleans at Mercyhurst College. The house was packed, and all through the band's performance, I saw heads bobbin', heard toes tappin' and hands clappin'. For the last song, the band played "Saints" and with that, the melody line and banjo player came down off stage and started a parade around the hall and took all the folks following them back up on stage. That's fun music.
The third influence was a combination of events starting in 1997 when I became a laryngectomee. I taught myself to talk without any mechanical devices and started teaching myself how to play a tenor banjo. Learning the basics, I decided it was time to "come out of the basement" and joined the local Lake Erie Banjo Jammers. Gaining more banjo skills and self-confidence, I joined the Pittsburgh Banjo Club. With the Pittsburgh Banjo Club, I had the opportunity to play Chautauqua in 2001 to a standing room only crowd in the Amphitheater of over 5,000 toe tappin', head bobbin',hand clapin' folks having a ball, and dancing in the isles.
Back in '04, I had an idea to share my new found banjo skills with inner city kids and with the help of Ms. Mary Alice Brown we started the JFK Inner City Youth Banjo Band. Within a year, a documentary producer from New York City, who was working on a documentary about the history of the banjo in America, heard about our program and flew to Erie to see what it was all about. After seeing what we had, she made our JFK banjo program the "ending statement" for her banjo documentary. That was the fourth factor that influenced me to start my own Dixieland jazz band.
Getting Started and Getting Players
Not having any contact with "regular musicians", I got some help from the good folks with "Showcase" and the Senior News publication and they put in a brief mention of my new effort in their papers. Those small mentions brought in a clarinet player, a sax player and a beginning trumpet player. Needless to say the effort didn't last long.
Discouraged, an associate suggested that I join the Local 17 AF & M Union where I could have access to all the local union musicians. I joined and immediately sent a letter out to every musician in the union who lived in the area that played a trumpet, clarinet, trombone, drums, and tuba and keyboard. One key point I had in the letter, was that those interested had to agree to leave their egos at home and come to play and have fun playing music Dixieland style. Within a short period of time I was able to put together a "team" consisting of Dr. Gary Viebranz,, John and Marilyn Marszalek, Keith Lenz, Kent Tucker and Jim Bauman. Today we have the same folks and we are entering our fourth year and it looks like 2012 will be our most successful year. We have all stayed together; we are a team that has fun playing music Dixieland style; that is the secret to our success.
I had to learn many things quickly playing with professional musicians. The most important lesson was to how to transpose music for the Bb instruments. I turned to Bill Reese, a banjo playing friend, for help and holed up in my basement for a period of time and transposed some 30 plus tunes.
Never having negotiated for a gig, I was fortunate to have some friends on the Board of the Erie Summer Festival of The Arts and they gave us our first play date in 2009. I learned quickly that venues in Erie were basically $300 events, maybe an occasional $400 event. I also learned quickly that the phrase "opportunity for exposure" were code words for "FREE". Being a new group we realized that we had to take the money as it came in order to create and develop a musical niche and demand for our band.
We credit folks like Jeannie Miller out in Girard, Jennifer See, the Marketing Director at Presque Isle Downs and Casino, the Erie Arts Festival, and Jim Parker out in Edinboro, to name a few good folks who helped us along by giving us the opportunity to showcase our style of music. We went from two gigs in 2009 to seven gigs in 2010 and nine gigs in 2011, and 2012 looks like a "banner year" for the Parade Street Dixieland Jazz Band. We've been asked to perform the season ending concert at Chautauqua Institution's Amphitheater on August 26, and will be the "kick-off band for the Jefferson Educational Society's "Perry 200" Celebration and big community picnic event to be held July 4th at Liberty Park, The event commemorates Commodore Perry's victory over the British Fleet in Lake Erie during the War of 1812
How Do You Measure Success?
With over 300 plus bands in the Erie market competing for limited music dollars, we are out there competing with the non-union bands. Our success has been the result of being able to identify a music niche and go after it with quality musicians (the best in Erie), quality commercially accepted music, great stage appearance and the ability to communicate our music to our audiences through our having fun playing the music we love. Our effort has brought us recognition in the Times News annual Rockerie Music Awards as we have been nominated as one of the three best jazz bands in the market in 2009, 2010 and 2011.we haven't won yet, but like Hertz, we're gonna try harder this year. And, of course our invitation to play Chautauqua. Furthermore, we maintain an e-mail mailing list of 1,750 e-mail addresses and we send out a monthly newsletter during the season. We thank all the folks who hired us to play for their events
If you want to get on our 1,750 member e-mail Newsletter list, contact email@example.com. In summary, our success so far is a combination of factors such as having quality musicians who are willing to leave their egos home and have fun playing fun music, being able to communicate our music to our audiences so they have fun too, and having a persistent, quality, marketing program. Come see us and hear us and say hello.
You can learn more and contact us through our website, psdjb.webs.com.
Here is a montage of the band's work, from the Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, 2010. We hope oyu enjoy it.
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What About This…? 11.17.2016
By Wayne William Cipriano
What do you think about early voting? What is "early voting" anyway?
In Missouri we do not have early voting. If we cannot get to the polls on Election Day, and we can come up with a good reason why not, we can vote as early as six weeks in advance. That is Absentee Voting. Early voting is quite different.
Early voting allows us to substitute any day we choose for Election Day six weeks (or as many days/ weeks as a state may allow) in advance for any reason, or no reason for that matter. I am not sure how many states allow early voting, but I have been told it enhances voter turnout and that sounds like a good thing. But, is there a down side? I think so.
Consider the voter who feels it is her duty to attend to all the infor-mation aimed at her so she can make up her mind fully informed: all the television and radio commercials, all the mailed political literature, all the debates, all the interviews, all the articles, and so on. And, this voter is also deeply cognizant of the sacrifices others have made so she can have a say in her government. How often do such responsible voters resolve this stress by casting a ballot far in advance, thus satisfying their patriotic duty to vote and relieving themselves of the responsibility of attending to all that election season claptrap? They have already cast their one ballot, their duty is done, further attention is moot.
Of course, the problem here is the information that surfaces after he has voted so early. It is true that some "new" information could always appear right up to the close of the polls on Election Day, but it stands to reason that the more in advance of an election one votes, the higher the probability that any early vote may be regretted.
If we study the various voting patterns of states that do and do not have early voting and then try to gather some statistically relevant although admittedly anecdotal data, we may be able to determine if early voting actually increases voter participation to an extent that the inherent potential for "early voter remorse" is positively balanced.
What may be more profitable to examine is why so many states are using early voting. Is it due to the dual stimuli mentioned above: patriotic duty and information overload? Is it as simple as not wanting to stand in line on that one day we all used to do our citizenship thing together? Is it the reduction of the importance we place on the entire exercise of voting? Something else? Somethings else?
I think that early voting, particularly early voting more than two weeks in advance, convenient and possibly voter expanding as it may be, detracts from the spiritual community we all join for a few moments every election day.
And while it is true that sooner than we think computer voting without leaving the warm embrace of our living room couches will continue the present trend of experiencing everything from church to work alone, without the physical presence of others, the longer we can make voting a somewhat social interaction as well as a celebration of unity, the better off we will be as a republic.
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According to the results of a recent survey of 595 U.S.-based IT security practitioners, 65 percent of respondents said their companies had experienced SQL injection attacks that successfully evaded their perimeter defenses in the past 12 months.
The survey, entitled The SQL Injection Threat Study, was conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by DB Networks.
The survey also found that the average SQL injection breach took almost 140 days to discover and required an additional 68 days to remediate.
And while 44 percent of respondents work with professional penetration testers to identify vulnerabilities in their systems, only 35 percent of those penetration tests including testing for SQL injection vulnerabilities.
"It is commonly accepted that organizations believe they struggle with SQL injection vulnerabilities, and almost half of the respondents said the SQL injection threat facing their organization is very significant, but this study examines much deeper issues," Ponemon Institute founder and chairman Dr. Larry Ponemon said in a statement.
"For example, only a third of those surveyed (34 percent) agreed or strongly agreed that their organization presently had the technology or tools to quickly detect SQL injection attacks," Ponemon added. "And more than half (52 percent) of respondents indicated that they don't test or validate any third party software to ensure it's not vulnerable to SQL injection."


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• Design: Ali'i Koa
• Material: Curly Koa Wood & Mammoth Ivory, Walrus Ivory, White Bone
• Lash: Traditional Hawaiian
• Cord: Hand Twisted Adjustable
• End Beads: Hand carved koa wood.
• Dimensions: Please view image of hook next to quarter
• Gift Box Included With Purchase: Yes
• Shipping: FREE to USA, includes tracking number.
This hook is custom made to order, the picture is a representation of what you will receive. Please call or email to find out an estimated delivery date.
It is not suggested to wear this hook into the water as it could weaken the bond between the two materials, causing them to separate. The material and wood is bonded to together and pinned in place for added strength.


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Emirates flight hits fox and bird at MattalaView(s):
An Emirates Boeing 777 which was diverted to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) owing to bad weather hit a fox on landing and birds on take-off, aviation officials confirmed.
MRIA no longer takes scheduled flights. It is used only for emergency purposes. On the day of the incident, November 18, there was bad weather at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
The Emirates flight, EK652, arrived from Dubai via Male around 6.57pm. Upon landing it ran into a fox. The aircraft was examined by the maintenance crew of SriLankan and cleared for take-off to BIA after the weather settled. However, just minutes later the same aircraft suffered a birdstrike.
It was the first time since MRIA was opened in 2013 that an Emirates passenger flight used the airport. There were 73 persons on board and nobody disembarked, the Airport Manager said at the time, adding that it had departed after refuelling. Neither the bird strike nor fox strike were revealed to the public.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) confirmed the incidents and said the aircraft had not been damaged. Pilots have, however, expressed concern previously at the prevalence of wildlife at the barely-used MRIA which was built on land cleared of jungle that was the home of elephants and other animals. In April 2018, nearly 170 passengers were stranded for hours at MRIA when their Flydubai Boeing aircraft suffered a bird strike. The flight landed past 7am and was cleared to fly at 2.32pm after an engineering check.
Bird strikes are not uncommon in airports and there were 83 reported in Sri Lanka in 2018 alone. Forty-two of these were at BIA. It is not, however, usual for aircraft to hit other animals–such as, in this instance, foxes–on the runway.
Last year, between June and November, there were at least seven diversions to MRIA. Six of them were SriLankan flights.


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Written in response to Michelle's writing prompt which you can see here.
A shrill scream pierced the night, and had Adam scrambling from his bed before he was even properly awake, heart racing. He flew from the bedroom calling for his wife, his head spinning and not daring to guess what had happened.
"Oh god, In here" came her voice, barely recognisable, "I'm in the babies room."
Adam ran to the room and stopped in the doorway. Jane was sat in the dark, quite still in an old rocking chair in the corner. In her arms, wrapped in the blanket her mother had bought for them, was the baby.
He hurried over to her. "What's wrong, is she okay?" he pulled back the blanket that he could see her face. He knew straight away that she was not. Her eyes were wide open, unblinking, and her expression unchanging and her body motionless. "Jesus, her eyes Jane – what's happened."
Jane couldn't reply, she simply sat holding the bundle tightly in her arms.
Adam took a closer look and realised that all the colour had disappeared from her eyes and they were completely black.
"I'll call an engineer" he said placing a hand on his wife's shoulder. "It will be okay Jane."
"I don't want a fucking engineer" she screamed, "I want my baby!"
"Jane please" Adam said, not really knowing what to say, "They'll know what to do".
He didn't wait for a response, and after a few minutes returned to the room. "They're on the way it won't be long at all" he said, but she was not listening, she simply sat staring at her baby, crying.
After what seemed like an eternity a tall man in a sharp black suit arrived at the house and Adam lead him upstairs to the nursery.
"Mrs Goodwin" he said, reaching for the bundle in her arms, "time is of the essence, Please."
Not looking up she allowed the stranger to take her baby and watch him leave the room with it.
"I will be in the next room" he said, "If you could just wait in here I will need to run full diagnostics."
Adam stood next to his wife, nodded, and watched the engineer take the baby from the room.
Neither of them spoke, simply waiting for the engineer's return. Adam reached for his wife's hand but she pulled away sharply.
"Mr Goodwin" came a voice "Could you come through please."
Jane looked up at him and nodded. "I'm okay. Go" she said.
Entering the guest bedroom his stomach lurched as he saw his daughter lying on the bed, a panel in the side of her head open and a connection from her head leading to a small tablet that lay on the bed next to her.
"What's happened "He asked calmly, "what's happened to our daughter."
The Engineer paused struggling for words.
"I …" he hesitated. He needed to put this into terms Adam would understand. "There's been a catastrophic failure" he said rubbing his chin "the main learning core went into overload and the emergency backup overwrote the last good file and we've lost everything. All her memories and learning are gone"
He waited for Adam to reply but Adam stood silent.
"I've checked for an offsite backup but it looks like you never paid for the service – so I have nothing to work with."
"We only just had enough for the basic model" Adam said, his face now pale. "I thought it would be okay" he continued "I never told Jane, we just wanted the baby so badly. Surely there must be something we can do?"
The engineer placed his tablet back into his bag and packed his tools away. "Mr Goodwin, I am sorry sir" he said, "but there really is nothing that can be done to restore her to her last known state. The best I can do is to flush the bios and do a factory reset but you will have to restart the whole programme and the last three months learning will be lost. Even then I cannot guarantee this won't happen again. You should have taken the extended warranty sir."
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Our Vision : To develop confident life-long learners within the Catholic Faith
If you need to visit your child/ren at school for any reason, please check in at the office first. This ensures that we have an accurate record of who is on the school property. For your child/ren's safety we will not allow them to be contacted by, or go with, anyone other than their parents/caregivers and other approved people. We do our best to communicate messages to children from parents/caregivers.
Our school assemblies are generally on Friday mornings at school, in the Wharenui. Parents/Caregivers are most welcome to attend. Please check at the office for the time and class.
The law requires attendance of pupils. The school requires a phone call, text or letter explaining the reason for absence by 8:50am of the day they are absent. After 3 days absent a Doctors medical certificate is required.
We follow the Police road safety advice that only children nine years and over should ride to school, unless accompanied by an adult. Safety helmets are essential protection and the law requires all cyclists to wear them. It is also advisable that bicycles be chained and locked whilst at school.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES: The Board of Trustee's is a group of people who are responsible for the governance of the school. The Board is made up of the principal, a staff representative, co-opted trustees, 3-7 parent representatives and up to 34 proprietor's representatives. The proprietor's representatives have the responsibility of ensuring that the special character of the school is being maintained, preserved and reflected through the teaching programmes and operation of the school. Trustees are elected by the school community. Elections are held every 3 years. The Board of Trustees meets 6 weekly. These meeting are open to the public.
There are three buses that leave the school at 3.00pm. One is for South Featherston, one for Tauharenikau/ Greytown and the Western Lake Bus leaves at 3.30. If your child is eligible to travel on a school bus, arrangements will be made for your area bus. You will be given all the necessary information. Parents must contact the school if your child/ren is not travelling on the bus by 2:30pm.
BYOD: Bring Your Own Device (see Chromebooks)
We acknowledge that cell phones are a part of our everyday life but they are disruptive if used in class and can cause problems between individuals at other times. If your child must bring a cell phone to school they must either give it to their teacher to hold on to during the school day or hand it in to the office where it will be kept until the end of school. If your child persists with using their cell phone while at school it will be taken off them and parents will be contacted to collect it from the school.
At St Teresa's School the students use chromebooks. We are a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school – this means students may bring their own chromebook/laptop to school provided that their parents and the student have completed a BYOD form.
Throughout the year there are a number of occasions when the School and Community have the opportunity to celebrate the religious activities of the School together. Parents/caregivers are always welcome to attend. These occasions are advertised in the weekly newsletter.
If you have a concern or complaint regarding the school the Board of Trustees has a Complaints and Concerns procedure that sets out the steps and procedure to be followed. A copy of this procedure is available from the school office and on our website under More.
Parents/Caregivers are asked to provide a contact phone number at enrolment. Please advise the office of any change of phone number, address, or any family situation.
Children are serviced at various locations in the South Wairarapa and parents will be sent appointments periodically for treatment by the dental service. Ensure your pre-schooler is enrolled with the Dental Service. The dental bus visits the school once per year. If you need to contact the Therapists you can phone them on the bus between 9:00am-3:00pm on 027 264 4320.
These are paid annually to support activities and events throughout the year. For the school to continue to offer the opportunities we do, it is important that we receive your Education Activity Donation for the year. This assists in covering the extra expenses associated with your child's education at this school that we do not get funding for from the government. Your donation goes toward the following expenses:
ü School events: This covers Assemblies at the Kiwi/ANZAC hall, Stadium hire etc.
ü Class consumables – art, technology supplies etc.
Throughout the year, Fire and Emergency Evacuation procedures are practiced. In the event of an emergency the prime concern is the safety of the children.
When enrolling children we ask for an alternative phone number to be given to the office in the event of an emergency at school. When numbers, addresses and emergency contacts change, please update the office as soon as possible.
Children should be enrolled prior to commencement of school so they can attend at least 4 pre-school visits. Pre-schoolers are asked to wear their school uniform on these visits. A letter advising the dates and times of the pre-school visits is sent to you one month prior to the child's enrolment date.
FEES : See Education Activity Donation and Religious Education Donation
St Teresa requests families to pay a sum each year to cover the costs of school wide educational activities, art supplies, swimming fees, and other school wide activities. The cost is $10 per child per term (the fourth child onwards in a family will be free). Other fees may be charged at the beginning of the year for classroom stationery and Religious Education resources. Parents will be advised of these at the beginning of each school year.
N.B. Catholic Schools Attendance Dues you pay do not come to the school – they go directly to the Catholic Schools Board in Wellington and provide funds for building maintenance.
If your child requires medication during the day it must be handed in to the office in the morning. It will be dispensed by the Office Staff as per your instructions; a form is available at the office that gives us consent to administer this. Should your child be unwell, or have an accident at school we will ring you. Should you not be available, however, we reserve the right to contact emergency services. Emergency services will always be contacted in any immediate emergency in the first instance.
Friends of St Teresa's (FOSTA): This is our Parent fundraising group. All family members are welcome to join and help organise fundraising events so the school can provide extra resources to enhance our children's learning and enjoyment at St Teresa's School.
Although the school receives funding from the Ministry of Education and is supplied with basic equipment, we need to raise money annually for important additional items such as computers, sports equipment, Religious Education resource materials, day-to-day classroom requirements, etc.
The FOSTA embarks on projects that will help to supply these deficiencies and needs your support.
St Teresa's School is a rubbish free school. Everyone is welcome to use the school grounds with respect and assist in maintaining them. The school has a 'no skateboard' and 'no dogs' allowed sign and is Smokefree.
Good health is vital to school progress. Officers of the Health and Dental Service contact us periodically. The Public Health Nurse is available to the school or to any parents if there are matters they wish to discuss. Please give them full co-operation. Let teachers know if you wish anything such as hearing or eyesight to be checked. The school should be advised if your child has any serious allergies or health conditions.
Your child will have weekly tasks - to enrich the learning process, to consolidate basic skills or to overcome obvious weaknesses. Home Learning includes the challenges of the Hands of Christ Programme. You can help them by CHECKING to see that this is being done. Please check with your child's teacher if you are unsure of the home learning requirements.
Children are expected to arrive by 8:45am and vacate the school by 3:00pm at the latest.
Classroom time:
Pitt Stop at – piece of fruit
Morning Tea:
Classroom time:
Classroom time:
8:55am -11.00am
11:00am – 11.30am
11.30am – 1.00pm
1:00pm to 1:50pm
1.50pm – 2.55pm
Please Take Note of the following - Period of EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL:
Conjunctivitis of eyes:
Impetigo (School Sores), Ringworm:
Whooping Cough; Diphtheria:
For one week from appearance of rash until all scabs have gone.
Until all redness and sticky deposits around eyes have gone.
AT LEAST 24 hours from the last episode.
May attend if under PROPER TREATMENT or as doctor directs.
For at least 7 days from the appearance of rash and until recovery.
Until 9 days after swelling develops or patient is better.
Until 24 hours after medical treatment has started as advised by a medical professional.
AT LEAST 24 hours from the last episode.
At least 3 weeks from the onset of coughing or after 5 days of antibiotics.
This is not to be worn to school for safety reasons. If wearing a necklace of religious significance it must be worn under clothing. Studs or sleepers are the only earrings to be worn for pierced ears.
Knowledge is gained by your child having a positive attitude while at school.
Children are not permitted to leave the school grounds without authorisation from a parent/guardian/teacher. All children must be signed out (and in when returned) in the Visitors Book held at reception.
The school has a library with a good stock of books, which is continually updated. Children have regular sessions in the library. The school library is open to students during lunch times on Monday's, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students are also given access to the Featherston Library via books and Kindle. Children are encouraged to have a current library book available to read at all times. Damaged and lost books will be charged to the family.
Throughout the year there are a number of occasions when the School and Community have the opportunity to celebrate the religious activities of the School together. Parents/caregivers are always welcome to attend. These occasions are advertised in the weekly newsletter.
Please name ALL clothing. Naming helps restore the items to be returned their owners. For clothing that has been lost, please check the lost property rackbin by the community notice board.
Children are required to bring a well-balanced lunch and morning tea and bottle filled with water only to school every day. Children may purchase a sausage/s through the school on Fridays. These are $2 each. All lunch wrapping and food waste will return home in the child's lunchbox.
Please confine message to pupils to those of an urgent nature. Messages can be left for the teachers. Teachers can be contacted before and after school or during breaks. Email is the preferred method of contact.
Every Wednesday the school issues a newsletter to keep you informed of school activities and to make sure you are aware of current needs. If you are not receiving these, please let us know at the office and check with your child. Newsletters may be received by a hard copy, email, are posted on our school's Facebook page and are available via the free APP Parent Teacher Calendar. Please advise the office of your email address if you wish to receive a copy it this way
8.00am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday
St Teresa's School is a Catholic School and all parents are expected to contribute and uphold the Catholic character of the school.
How can you do this?
- Make sure children say their prayers at home.
- Help them to see the love of God through the love you show them.
- Take them to Mass regularly and explain what is happening.
- Take an interest in their comments about God or other religious topics.
- Never be negative to their misunderstandings, but lead them toward thinking in the right direction.
- Don't expect an adult understanding – "When I was a child I thought as a child".
- Attend religious events organised by the school.
- Share with them in the Sacramental Life of the Church.
- Assist them to complete the Hands of Christ challenges.
There are often times during the year when the success of school activities depends on parent help. We are fortunate that local parents are willing and able to be involved in the school trips and activities. Sometimes we make specific requests e.g. to make equipment. Please let us know if you can be available. Some parents come regularly to school to "parent help", and this is appreciated by staff and students.
Please try to make calls before 8:45am if you need to speak to staff. Please do not ask for children to come to the phone – messages will be taken and passed on to them.
The Board of Trustees has a number of policies. These guide the running of the school and the way in which the curriculum will be delivered. The full list of policies is available in the school office for anyone to view. Each policy is reviewed on a regular basis.
If you have any query or concern regarding you child's learning see you child's class teacher.
Senior children are trained to ensure everyone crosses the pedestrian crossing safely. Please ensure the pedestrian crossing is used at all times
This supports our Religious Education programme and the Special Character of our school
All children are expected to take part in this unless exempted for medical reasons. Participation by all is encouraged and friendly contests are held with other schools in the area. On these occasions correct school PE uniform is required.
We urge parents to support St Teresa's School and have their children play for school teams where possible.
At the beginning of each year your child is given a stationery pack to start the year off. Payment of these packs is expected prior to your child receiving their pack.by the end of February. From time to time throughout the year your child may require additional stationery which needs to be purchased. This will be advised by their teacher. may be available at the school or alternatively elsewhere.
We expect all children to wear their school uniform sunhat or cap whilst at school. As we are a Sun Smart school with a policy in place – No Hat No Play - the school hat or cap is to be worn in Terms 1 & 4.
During Term One the school makes use of the Public Baths for swimming instruction, which like sport and physical education, is part of the curriculum. All children need to have named togs, towel and goggles. Notes from parents/caregivers must be given for children not swimming.
Our school is fortunate to be able to employ teacher aides. The purpose of their programme is to support children on a regular basis, assist with learning needs and work with small groups of children to improve and support class programmes.
We cannot guarantee the safe keeping of valuables and toys brought to the school. All valuables and toys brought to school are done so at your own risk.
Each year educational trips, visits, cultural activities and education outside the classroom are arranged. These activities are not undertaken unless we consider there is educational merit and we ask parents to give their support to these activities.
Water only is to be consumed within the school grounds.
The school needs to be advised in advance if children are shifting to another school. All school property must be returned. The new school will request the child's records from us.
1. School and parent contact is of the utmost importance. We are a team and need to work in partnership for your child's education.
2. From time to time opportunities arise for parents to meet the staff and each other – please take advantage of these.
3. Parent discussion about teachers in front of children is undesirable.
4. If you have any queries/concerns about teaching or learning please contact the school to make an appointment to come and discuss the matter with the class teacher. You are always welcome.
5. Emergencies occur which make it necessary to interrupt a class, but in general, parents are asked to keep communications outside the class time.
Excellence is encouraged in all aspects of school life.
A yearning to learn is a focus of the school
St Teresa's School is a rubbish free school. Parents are requested to ensure children have their morning tea and lunch in a suitable container that keeps it fresh. Wrappings and food waste are to be taken home.


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