Blog entries tagged Natick

MCAS Testing Schedule 2013 Natick MA

Administrator — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

For help passing any of the MCAS tests, call Y3K Tutor In Your Home today! Our Natick tutoring and test prep services have helped many Natick students receive high scores on these tests. Each of our students have enjoyed the excitement of attaining Advanced or Proficient scores on their MCAS tests.

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Natick, MA MCAS Testing Schedule 2013

The MCAS tests for Natick High School students in Natick, MA will administere...

Vaccinations Still Necessary?

Administrator — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:45:38 +0100

Vaccination Myth: “Serious diseases like polio have already been eradicated, so there is no need to vaccinate against them.”

While many diseases have been wiped out for the most part in the United States of America, they have not been eradicated around the world. That means you could still be at risk if you go abroad or come into contact with an infected person from overseas. In fact the increase in non-vaccinated immigrants that enter ...

Trick To Lower College Costs

Administrator — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Parents worry about the price college for their children. College costs have been growing at about three times the rate of inflation and are projected to continue to do so in the future. There is however a cost saving method that some college students choose to do. They decide to attend a community college for two years and then transfer to a four-year school. In Massachusetts for example, all public community college credits transfer over to state universities. They c...

Inhalants, Huffing, Drugs & Teens

Administrator — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:35:30 +0100

Alcohol, marijuana, and opiates are often drugs that teens turn to in high school. Some are now choosing to inhale toxic household products they can easily obtain such as computer air dusters, gasoline, butane, Freon, paint thinner, glues, whipped cream, and anything else in an aerosol can. This is called “huffing”. Some youths first use inhalants when they are around 11 or 12. For some, it is the first or second drug kids try (even before alcohol or cigarettes)....

Natick, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Check your Natick Bulletin & Tab newspaper over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Natick pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appointment call (781)...

Sudbury, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Check your Sudbury Town Crier newspaper over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Sudbury pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appointment call...

Wellesley, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Check your Wellesley Townsman newspaper over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Wellesley pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appointment call (781) 492...

Newton, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Check your Newton Tab newspaper over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Newton pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appointment call (781) 492-8700 or log on t...

Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive

Administrator — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

COLLECTION DRIVE BEGINS TOMORROW: From November 1st through Jan 1st we will collect old towels, blankets, toys and office supplies for the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Dedham shelter. The abandoned and abused animals awaiting adoption desperately need these items. YOU may be the difference between their agony and happiness!

For the 10th straight year Y3K Tutor In Your Home will be doing this annual collection drive. We wil...

Needham, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Check your Needham Hometown Weekly and Needham Times newspapers over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Needham pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appo...

Dover, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Check your Dover Hometown Weekly and Dover-Sherborn Press newspapers over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a Dover pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appoi...

Brookline, MA Y3K Tutor In Your Home 10th Annual Collection Drive

Administrator — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Check your Brookline Tab newspaper over the next several weeks for information on Y3K Tutor In Your Home's 10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive. Items collected will be delivered to their Dedham, MA shelter for abused and abandon animals waiting for adoption.

You can schedule a pick-up or find out about our drop-off locations conveniently located in Needham and Natick. For questions or to set up an appointment call (781) 492-8700 or log on to ...

High School Drug Use in Massachusetts

Administrator — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:59:43 +0100

The responses from the 2011 Massachusetts Youth Health Survey and Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high school students had several surprising results.

40% reported drinking every month

30% use a drug

28% use marijuana

27% report being offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property in the previous 12 months

22% binge drink (5 or more drinks within 2 hrs)

6% reported non-medical use of a prescription drug

6% ...

Natick Tutor

Administrator — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0100

Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Natick tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Natick students attending Bennett-Hemenway School, Brown School, Johnson School, Lilja School, Memorial School, Kennedy Middle School, Riverbend School, Tobin School, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Wilson Middle School, and Natick High School.

Check out our new web page link serving the students of the Natick, MA area. www.NatickTutor.com

10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive

Administrator — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:27:11 +0100

The animals need your help. You can make a difference for the Animal Rescue League of Boston's animal shelters. Please help Y3K Tutor In Your Home aid abused and stray animals. You will have the opportunity to help dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and others. Please donate old or new towels, blankets, office supplies, and animal toys. Items will be picked up at your home between NOVEMBER 1, 2012 and JANUARY 1, 2013.

Please also tell all of your neighbors, friends and fami...

Dissection Choice: Know the Law

Administrator — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:38:33 +0100

If your student chooses to not dissect an animal and is given a hard time, explain to the teacher that you know the state policy. For example in Massachusetts the 2005 State Board of Education Policy gives anyone the right to refuse to cut up animals. In fact Massachusetts residents can mention the following policy:

"All public schools that offer dissection as a learning activity should, upon written request by a student’s parent or guardian, permi...

Dissection Choice

Administrator — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:14:58 +0100

Many students feel the stress of peer pressure and fear of repercussions by the teacher when not wanting to dissect animals in biology classes. These students find cutting up animals to be morally objectionable, yet feel forced to do so. In fact this moral dilemma can cause grades to go way down. Some people do not realize that even though each year, 10 million animals (including frogs, cats, and fetal pigs) are killed and then cut up in classrooms across the country, humane alter...

Drug Controversy in Public Schools

Administrator — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:11:08 +0100

Many high schools throughout the country have started to take extreme and varied measures to ensure drugs are kept out of the schools. Some different yet controversial drug prevention methods include:

At more than 100 high schools in Eastern Massachusetts, drug-sniffing dogs are brought in every year to search for everything from alcohol to marijuana.

In Quincy, MA video cameras follow students in the hallways while plainclothes security guards stay alert fo...

Yom Kippur

Administrator — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:33:10 +0100

Happy Yom Kippur to all of our Jewish members of the Y3K Tutor In Your Home family.

Racial Achievement Gap Frustrates Needham, MA

Administrator — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:59:11 +0100

Needham, MA is an affluent upscale town that is dealing with an educational issue similar to other locations across the country. Based on MCAS testing results over the last 5 – 10 years, there has been a racial achievement gap. According to the Needham Public Schools Performance Report 2012:

“Significant achievement gaps in MCAS Mathematics scores continue between Black, Hispanic, Low Income/Free Lunch, Special Education, and Limited English Profic...