Spence School Plans For Expansion

November 7th, 2011

The Spence School, a popular and well-respected all-girls school, has recently made a huge lot purchase. A lot of speculation has occurred since the announcement was made. The lot, purchased from Hertz Corporation, sold for $26.1 million.

It is possible that the school has plans to build a sports facility on the lot. That certainly may be feasible since it is several blocks from the schools main campus.

The Spence School has been named one of the top prep schools in the nation.

Founded in 1892, The Spence School is the alma mater of many notable women, including the actress and country music singer Gwyneth Paltrow.

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NCAA Upholds Postseason Ban For Arizona State

November 4th, 2011

 

The NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a one-year postseason ban on Arizona States baseball program, making the Sun Devils ineligible for the 2012 postseason.

The NCAA Infractions Committee ruled in December that violations in the ASU baseball program constituted a lack of institutional control and barred the Devils from the postseason for one year. The school appealed that punishment, so the team was allowed to participate in the 2011 postseason pending the results of the appeal. ASU argued that three violations were secondary rather than major, but the Appeals Committee today reduced only one major violation—for training at Athletes Performance—while upholding the all-important lack of institutional control charge.

The Sun Devils have already self-imposed punishments such as scholarship reductions, vacating wins and the 2007 Pacific-10 Conference title.

Sun Devils coach Tim Esmay, who took over after Pat Murphy was forced to resign as a result of the NCAA investigation, issued a statement Friday: “We are disappointed that we will not be able to participate in the postseason in 2012. The

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DII ADA Recognizes 78 Minnesota State Student-Athletes

November 2nd, 2011

 Mankato, Minn. — The Division II Athletics Directors Association (DII ADA) announced the 2010-11 recipients of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Awards.  The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

Ninety-eight institutions sent in nominees for the 2010-11 Academic Achievement Awards, while a total of 3,676 student-athletes are being recognized this year.  The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) had 434 student-athletes honored, a record-high for the program, followed by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) with 381 nominees. Th Read more…

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TIGERS WIN IN THREE, HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

October 30th, 2011

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — For the second time in three days, the Occidental College women’s volleyball team beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, but this time with a berth in the conference tournament championship at stake.

After defeating the Athenas (19-10) in four sets on Tuesday, the Tigers (20-8) swept CMS 25-20, 25-20, 25-17 on Thursday, advancing to Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship to play at Cal Lutheran University on Saturday.

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Oxy and CMS split the regular season series, with each winning at the opposing team’s home court, but Oxy was able to take the momentum it generated after winning the most recent match, into Gilbert Arena.

A little less than 48 hours ago, the Tigers trailed in Game 3 24-16 at CMS, then went on a 10-0 taking the next three sets and the match.

Whatever hit them to spark that impressive run on Tuesday carried over to Thousand Oaks.

 ”It was really nice because we were coming into the match 1-1 with them an having just played them the other night, I think the girls were really focused and really concentrated on what we needed to do to better ourselves, from the other night, and to capitalize on the things we did well,” Occidental coach Heather Collins said. “E

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Caryl Rivers Debates Single-Sex Education with the Headmaster of an All-Boys School

October 29th, 2011

We conclude our focus on The Truth About Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes About Our Children, by Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett, by following up on yesterdays post on single-sex education. Earlier this week, in a fascinating exchange, Caryl Rivers debated the merits of single-sex education with Kerry Brennan, Headmaster at Roxbury Latin, a school for boys. You can listen to their conversation here

Also we would like to extend a 30% discount for The Truth About Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes About Our Children. To save 30%, add the book to your shopping cart, and enter code TRURI in the “Redeem Coupon” field at check out. Click on the “redeem coupon” button and your savings will be calculated.

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Plans for Two New Elementary Schools Move Forward

October 28th, 2011

The Hamilton County school system is moving forward with plans to build two new elementary schools. This, one day after Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger announced the county is giving the school system $50 million.Thursday night the school board approved a facilities plan that includes new elementary schools for East Brainerd and Ooltewah. The plan also includes renovations and additions for other schools, but when and how the school system gets money for those projects is still uncertain.     Jessica Thomas’ daughter, Olivia, attends Kindergarten at CSLA. She came to the school board meeting hoping to hear good news about renovating the school.”We don’t have enough room. There’s things that need to be repaired on a constant basis. We need a new building. We already have 38 acres of land that we could put a new school on,” Thomas said.Rebuilding CSLA is the first project in Phase II of the school board’s new facilities plan. That means it won’t get done until the Phase I projects are finished. The

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