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

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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 appointment, call (781) 492-8700 or log on to www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com or www.DoverTutor.com.

High School Drug Use in Massachusetts

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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% use marijuana during school
5% use inhalants
4% use alcohol during school

What do you think should be done? Please share your experiences and thoughts with us.

10th Annual Animal Rescue League of Boston Collection Drive

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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 family. We will pick up from anyone regardless if they use our tutoring or not. We will be picking up items located in Brookline, Dover, Natick, Needham, Newton, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston MA. There will also be drop off locations for those living outside of these towns conveniently located in Natick and Needham, MA.

Call 781-492-8700 to schedule a pick up.

Here are the items to be collected:

Blankets Towels
Pet toys
Small animal food for birds and rodents · Pens
Copy Paper
Dry Erase markers
Sharpies
Heater/radiator for barn
Dehumidifier Liquid dish soap
Pet carriers

Dissection Choice: Know the Law

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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, permit a student who chooses not to participate in dissection to demonstrate competency through an alternative method.” [2005 MA State Board of Education Policy]

Look up the policy where you live and have it ready to go to avoid being intimidated.

Dissection Choice

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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 alternatives do exist. Studies have shown that students who use alternatives to dissection perform just as well as, if not better than students who cut up animals. In most states students have the right to refuse to dissect animals if they choose and most do not even realize it. The reality is your student does not have to dissect animals if they do not want to and it is the school’s responsibility to find alternatives for each student.

Dover Tutor

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Since 2003, Y3K Tutor In Your Home has been the leader in Dover tutoring. We have made a difference in the lives of Dover students attending Chickering School, Pine Hill School, Dover-Sherborn Middle School, Dover-Sherborn High School and Charles River School.

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

MCAS Retest Schedule November 2012: Dover Sherborn, MA

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The MCAS Retests for Dover-Sherborn High School in Dover, MA will be offered this November. The math and English Language Arts (ELA) tests will be given to those Dover-Sherborn High School students that did not receive a passing score previously. They will be given during the following days:

Mathematics Session 1 – November 1, 2012

Mathematics Session 2 – November 2, 2012

ELA Composition Sessions A & B – November 7, 2012

ELA Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 & 2 – November 8, 2012

ELA Reading Comprehension Session 3 – November 9, 2012

Last Day for Make-up Testing – November 13, 2012

Now is the time to call Y3K Tutor In Your Home to prepare. We have tutored many Dover, MA students in MCAS preparation with much success.

https://www.y3ktutorinyourhome.com/mcas-a-test-prep.html

Safety on the Roadways

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As the new school year begins, many children will walk to and from school. Make sure your kids are aware of all traffic before crossing any street. Also when driving your own car, be aware of children that could dart out into the roadway at any time. 20% of 5 to 9 year olds killed in traffic accidents were pedestrians.

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