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Premier Martial Arts summer kids program

Premier Martial Arts Summer Kids Activity Program, "SPY CAMP" This summer don't settle on a "camp in the park" for your kids send them to Spy Camp at Premier Martial Arts. Premier Martial Arts has been providing exciting Karate Summer Camps in Walla Walla for over 6 years. This years "Spy Theme" Camp encourages kids to learn about the community we live in with field trips to the Library, Local Businesses, Whitman College, the Airports Rescue Unit, the Walla Walla Control Tower, the Milton Pool, Inland Octopus and to many more to mention. Kids learn Performance Martial Arts with the world ...
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A Brief History of Distance Education

Distance education has afforded generations of students the opportunity pursue their educational goals outside of the traditional school system. It has allowed countless students the ability to further their education, while allowing them to maintain their obligations to their families and employers. While distance education is not for everyone, it has certainly stood the test of time. The following is a brief timeline of events related to distance education. • 1840 – Isaac Pitman begins teaching shorthand by correspondence in the UK. • 1858 – The University of London creates its Extern ...
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Home Schooling

Most people, when they first encounter the idea of home schooling, have one hundred and one questions. This article is intended to act as a reference point for people interested in the prospect of home schooling their children. The first question many parents ask is “Why would we want to school our children at home?” There are a number of benefits to home schooling your children. Home schooling yields positive academic, social, emotional, and spiritual benefits for any family that is willing and prepared to give it a chance. Study after study has shown that children that are home scho ...
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Parents can Teach

One of the greatest obstacles facing parents who wish to take their children out of the public school system for home schooling is fear – especially fear about their abilities to teach. No parent wants to be responsible for their child missing out on any important educational elements but, in most states, parents don’t have to be certified teachers in order to instruct their children at home. When it comes to home schooling, parents have to be prepared for the fact that they’re going to be doing some learning of their own. You can’t automatically be an expert in every topic that you’ll nee ...
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After school Karate At Premier Martial Arts

This school year Premier Martial Arts will once again be providing the Walla Walla its finest After School Karate Program that includes the exciting XMA program. Kids learn life skils while having the time of their lives. Here is one student Mario Jr. winning a grand championship as a green belt with 1 year of training. This was in his age group but included kids through Black Belt. XMA is the most exciting Martial Arts program available. Young people love pushing themselves, exploring possibilities, cartwheels, 540's, Scorpion kicks, high fives, flips, walkovers, cheers, laughter, and in ...
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After School Activities in a Positive Enviroment

After School should be fun! Make you child's long day end up with laughter and smiles. Premier's After School Program has many benefits for you and your children. * FREE TRANSPORTATION * KARATE CLASSES *GYMNASTICS, ACROBATICS, SPORT KARATE * SAFE AND POSTIVE ENVIROMENT *FOCUS , FUN AND FITNESS Family Rates, FREE Training for adults! Call Now to Enroll! 822 W. Main Street 527-3385

Walla Walla High School Football Ends

Walla Walla High School Football Ends Thurday Nov. 3 The Walla Walla High School Blue Devil football team will be winding down it's 2005 season on Thursday Nov. 3 in Kennewick when they play undefeated Southridge. The WA-HI football team has had it's share of struggles this season. Perhaps most notable would be back to back games against Moses Lake and Wenatchee where they were held scoreless. The team did an excellent job of fighting through those tough losses and have now won back to back games against Eisenhower and Richland the last two weeks. Even though Walla Walla could end ...
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Kinder Karate: Premier Martial Arts

My son "scored so high in Kindergarten Placement Tests that they recommended 1st Grade". Dr. Lightfoot PHD Dr. Lightfoot credits the Premier Martial Arts(PMA) Kinder Karate Program with helping her son place so high and feel so well adjusted in school, my husband and I did nothing other than the program in terms of reading or math. She recommends the program to others who have Pre School age children. For hundreds of years martial arts schools, Dojos (Japanese), and (Kwan's) Chinese, have been centers of learning, covering the important aspects of the development triangle; Body, Mind, ...
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Ideas for School Fundraising Season

With the new school year approaching fast, it is time for schools to set their fundraising efforts for the upcoming year. There will be fundraising companies literally knocking down your door — but how do you know which products to promote, which companies to choose and which events to host? The easiest thing to do is separate them into two categories, fundraising events and product fundraisers. Most schools usually host several of each kind throughout the year. For this article, we'll be focusing on how to choose a product based fundraiser that will work the best for your particip ...
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Wa-Hi students raise money

[b]Wa-Hi special needs students raise money for WW City Library expansion project[/b] Students in Mrs. Baker's Vocational Employability Skills class has been involved in a civics project to help raise money for the City of Walla Walla Children's Area expansion project. The students recently toured the library and learned about the plans to expand the children's section. The students decided to help raise the matching funds needed. They are selling raffle tickets to win a "reading teddy bear." The students are passing out informational pamphlets and asking for donations. Three Walla Wa ...
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