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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association recently made a decision to eliminate boys’ gymnastics from sanctioned competition.  This ruling affects several cities and towns including Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s City of Newton.  Both Newton North High School and Newton South High School currently have boys’ gymnastics teams and are allowed to finish up the current season.  Beginning next fall they will be unable to officially compete under MIAA rules.  Next school year the schools will be able offer boys’ gymnastics as a club sport, however meets will not be sanctioned by the MIAA and there would be no state tournament or championship.  Girls’ gymnastics will continue as usual to be MIAA sanctioned. 

On average 10.5% of incoming college freshman are rejected each year for Division 1 sports because their high school courses they graduated with do not meet academic standards set by the NCAA.  To be eligible to play Division 1 or Division 2 sports, incoming freshman must complete 14 to 16 NCAA approved core courses in high school, score a certain level in the SAT or ACT, and have kept up their grade point average.  The NCAA approves most high school classes but does deem some ineligible.  Their decision for each town varies. 

Data from some local Massachusetts Y3K Tutor In Your Home towns is absolutely shocking. For example Wellesley High School in offers 26 classes, Newton North High School offers 28, Concord-Carlisle High School offers 30, and Newton South High School offers 30 classes that do not meet the association’s requirements for a core course. Lexington High School in Lexington MA is in a category all to itself with a whopping 78 ineligible courses.  This data is especially surprising as all of the schools on this list are traditionally top ranked schools year after year. 

After your kids have worked hard to achieve what they want, have them take the time to enjoy it.  Give them lots of praise when accomplishing a goal.

Obesity, sedentary lifestyle and/or exposure to chemicals like BPA in microwave plastics may increase your child’s risk for cancer.  50% of all cancers are preventable but it may take a change in your current lifestyle.  If you do not encourage your kids to eat right or exercise, you are putting them at greater risk for cancer.  Most parents tend to put sunscreen on their kids and not smoke around them.  However most do not demand a form of exercise or reduce chemical exposure because they do not realize that they are equally important.

The Greene's Field Fundraising Committee and its partner, the Needham Sports Council have a very special event planned for Saturday March 16, 2013.  The Go Green St. Patrick's Day Party and Auction will be located at Needham Town Hall.  The Needham Sports Council will include our auction donation for Y3K Tutor In Your Home's Needham tutoring and test prep services in support of the Greene's Field revitalization project. 

Your bid at the auction will go a long way in helping to rebuild and revitalize Greene's Field in downtown Needham.  With our auction donation and your bid, we will be closer to reaching the goal of recreating Greene's Field as a destination park.  We will make it a place to meet other families at the playground, a place for a quiet stroll, a place to shoot some basketball, watch a Needham Little League game, or a place to meet a coworker for lunch.

Our auction donation is also a good investment in our Needham community.  An active park will help to keep downtown Needham vibrant and strong.  We hope that your family will soon be able to enjoy this special place.  Your bid on our auction donation will make a big difference for the families of Needham.

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When skating outdoors, make sure your child skates with at least one other person. Kids that skate alone could fall through the ice and drown. There would be no one to save them.

The following is a new policy statement regarding the importance of recess for students released in the January 2013 issue of Pediatrics: The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics

"Recess is at the heart of a vigorous debate over the role of schools in promoting the optimal development of the whole child. A growing trend toward reallocating time in school to accentuate the more academic subjects has put this important facet of a child’s school day at risk. Recess serves as a necessary break from the rigors of concentrated, academic challenges in the classroom. But equally important is the fact that safe and well-supervised recess offers cognitive, social, emotional, and physical benefits that may not be fully appreciated when a decision is made to diminish it. Recess is unique from, and a complement to, physical education—not a substitute for it. The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that recess is a crucial and necessary component of a child’s development and, as such, it should not be withheld for punitive or academic reasons."  

Do you agree or disagree?  Why?  Let us know.

 

Concussion Facts

• A concussion is a brain injury.

• All concussions are serious.

• Concussions can occur without loss of consciousness.

• Concussions can occur in almost any sport.

• Proper treatment of concussions when they first happen can help prevent further injury or death.

The Greene's Field Committee of Needham, MA has teamed up with Y3K Tutor In Your Home for fundraising for a brand new Greene’s Field park.  During the months of November and December, Y3K Tutor In Your Home will donate 10% of all tutoring receipts from new Needham clients. Y3K Tutor In Your Home educates special ed. and regular ed. students from pre-kindergarten to adult in all subjects including English, writing and math.  The united goal is to create a Greene's Field that becomes a Needham destination that the entire town would enjoy and be proud of.   If you are interested in our Needham tutoring or test prep services or for more information log on to http://www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com, http://www.NeedhamTutor.com or call 781-492-8700.

The “everybody gets a trophy" kids tend to always need constant encouragement, expect accolades for completing routine tasks and respond poorly to correction or criticism. Competition can be good for children. They learn how to handle winning and losing.