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Gilmour Academy recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Figgie Field at Sharnsky Stadium. The field will feature a state-of-the-art turfed infield and outfield and will be completed for the start of the school’s baseball season this coming spring, 2018.
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As parents, we sometimes have to administer first aid to our children. Those bumps, burns, blisters and insect stings can make us nervous, especially as we have to deal with
the pain and emotions of our children. Here are some pointers to help your child — and you — through the first moments of care.
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The new school year is off to a fresh start. Students everywhere are starting new classes and many will at some point encounter science in their curriculums. As a scientist
... If you have little ones, you have likely come in contact with hand-foot-and-mouth disease. My son’s first experience with the disease when he was a little over one year old,
... Ohio’s Baby Box program, which includes a durable cardboard box that can be used as a baby’s bed for the first months of life, launched earlier this year with local
... The theater, the theater, can you really take your little one to the theater? Absolutely! In the latest installment in my “On the Town Survival Guide” series, I share some
... College application season is upon us and high school seniors everywhere are ready to do what they once thought was light years away: hitting that “submit” button on their applications.
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There are many steps that kids — and adults — can take to protect their hearing, including the use of noise canceling earphones and ear plugs in loud environments. Learn about these strategies and more, as well as common sounds that create safe and unsafe levels of noise.
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University School is a place for your son to explore, tinker, create and discover. With two Northeast Ohio campuses — Shaker Heights and Hunting Valley — US focuses on learning that addresses how to excel in academics and how to grow into a young man of integrity and empathy. The curriculum blends science, math, and the arts.
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Laughing together as a family is a way to connect, and a good sense of humor also can make kids smarter, healthier, and better able to cope with challenges. We tend to think of humor as part of our genetic makeup, like blue eyes or big feet. But a sense of humor actually is a learned quality that can be developed in kids, not something they’re born with. Learn some ways you can encourage your child's sense of humor at all ages.
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