Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 31-12-2011
You may recognize this California Virtual Academy high school student from the X Factor, a national singing competition to win a $5 million recording contract with Syco/Sony Music. Rachel is currently in the Top 10 and a crowd favorite. During one of her recent show performances, judge Simon Cowell compared her to one of this generations most popular artists – Beyonce! Not too shabby for someone who is only 13 years old. I
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Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 16-12-2011
Students (from left) Mahogany Brown, Zion Harrison and Javion Sharp form the letter H on the floor in their pre-K class at the Ridgeway Early Learning Center on Wednesday. Memphis school officials say kids who attend pre-K are better-prepared for kindergarten.
Business executives in every sector of this city’s economy know times are tough. But they also say Memphis can’t afford status quo investment in early childhood education.
Armed with statistics, Memphis Tomorrow and the city and county mayor are pressing the legislature to ramp up investments in prekindergarten, with the goal of nearly doubling the allotment, said Blair Taylor, executive director of Memphis Tomorrow.
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Posted by Christopher Melba | Posted on 12-12-2011
Todays Shelf Awareness for Readers newsletter includes a small news item on New Yorks Comic Con:
New York Comic Con, the East Coasts largest comic, graphic novel and manga festival, opens this Thursday at the Javits Center in New York City. Day one is restricted to industry professionals, press and VIP ticket holders. Fans can purchase tickets at the door on Friday or Sunday (Saturday-only tickets are already sold out) for $45. The show features expert panels, autograph sessions, previews for upcoming releases and social events. Guests include Frank Miller, Stan Lee, David Cross, H.
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Posted by Eliza Torr | Posted on 09-12-2011
Pam Baergen, Student Advisor from Grant MacEwan Performing Arts Program will be here at Shep to discuss Performing Arts programming at Grant Mac.
Where: Dec 8
When: 2:35 and after school in the drama room
Posted by Christopher Melba | Posted on 08-12-2011
The IRS has phased in a modernized electronic filing system over the past two years, which is leading to big changes in 2012 for the tax preparation industry. Modernized e-File – known as MeF – is the newest IRS method for electronic processing of individual tax returns. The implementation of MeF has gradually replaced a legacy filing system.
MeF is designed to provide faster acknowledgments to tax preparer services about IRS acceptance of e-filed returns. Direct deposit of refunds is supposed to occur within 5 days after a return is accepted. Thi
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