Kitten Season is here, which means there are 1,000′s of homeless cats roaming the streets in desperate need of a bite to eat and a loving home.
In order to encourage people to take a cat off the streets, or out of a shelter, The American Humane Society, along with the CATalyst Council, have dubbed June the national Adopt-A-Cat-Month.
In May of this year, Congresswoman Susan Davis established June as Adopt-A-Cat-Month on the floor of the House of Representatives by reading a statement before Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Despite the recent publicity brought on by government interference, the American Humane society has been promoting cat adoption every June since 1975.
We applaud their tremendous efforts and encourage those who are able to adopt a cat this month, or any month for that matter, to do so.
Attention Sweet Beat: National Safety Month is here! Every June, the National Safety Council encourages businesses to get involved and participate in National Safety Month. Every week has a different theme.
SweetyHigh.com is doing it’s part with their ongoing safety campaign and original anti-cyber bullying & Internet Safety PSA’s. Check out some Safety tips and learn how to stay safe online!!
Mackenzie Hughes was just your average Oregon 12-year-old girl. Home alone after school on Monday, Mackenzie remained cool under pressure when she realized that someone was trying to enter her home.
The twelve-year-old quickly dialed 911, and then hid in the back of her house. After Mackenzie talked very quietly to the dispatcher, the police arrived and nabbed three burglars. Throughout the terrifying ordeal, Mackenzie remained calm, and came out the other side a hero.
Teens like Alexis Ulrich are making a difference in the lives of animals. Her campaign to stop seal hunting in Canada has earned her the 2010 Humane Teen of the Year Award. We bet those seals clap their little flippers whenever Alexis walks by!
Want to get involved too? The Humane Society is trying to put an end to puppy mills, and they need your help! All you have to do is ask your local pet store not to sell puppies any more. Find out more here.
The quarterback throws long and… touchdown!! While these words might be very familiar to most of us, the quarterback’s name might surprise you – it’s Brittany Lear, of Jupiter High School in Florida.
Nearly 5,000 girls play football throughout the state, and their numbers are growing. Flag football only got its start in Florida in the 1990′s. While there’s plenty of questions about where the sport can go from here, the girls who play are focused on the game.
“I tried it out, and I just loved it,” Demi Cissell said. She is currently a linebacker for Jupiter High School.
Jessica Watson, of Queensland, has just claimed the title of youngest person to sail around the world. She began her journey October 18th, and 23,000 miles later docked at Sydney Harbour on May 15th.
Jessica braved storms, 40-foot waves and a myriad of other challenges on her trip. She also found time to blog about the experience. When she made her final entrance into Sydney Harbor, thousands lined the waterways to cheer for her.
“Just knowing that there were so many people thinking of me out there, that made a difference. You couldn’t get lonely knowing that there were so many people thinking of you,” Jessica said.
It’s also her birthday this week! Happy birthday Jessica!!
Monday mornings are always the worst, but students in Kansas City won’t have to worry about the Monday Blues any more.
This week the city council voted 4-2 to approve a new four-day school week, which will run Tuesday through Friday, beginning this fall.
The students in the city will still need to log the requisite number of classroom hours, and therefore the school days will be extended by forty-five minutes. That seems like a small price to pay for three-day weekends!
Ever had to give a speech at school and felt jittery afterwards? A recent study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that picking up the phone and talking to your mother will help to reduce stress, and will scare off those jitters.
According to Seth D. Pollak, one of the psychologists conducting the study, “talking on the phone with their mothers reduces a key stress hormone and also releases oxytocin, a feel-good brain chemical that is believed to play a key role in forming bonds.” This is especially true for young girls.
Of course, hugging your mom is even better!
What do you think of this study’s findings? Totally obvious, or very enlightening?
Eleven-year-old Nadia Bloom lost her way in the gnarled woods near Orlando, Florida. She had gone out to take some pictures of the local wildlife, which includes alligators and snakes.
During her four-day ordeal, Nadia subsisted on plants: “I tried to eat a fern, but it was so gross I spit it out. And there were these plants. They have spongy insides and you can eat them and they’re green. I ate those.”
A volunteer rescuer found Nadia covered in insect bites. She had slept where ever she found, include inside of a fallen log. The only good part of getting lost? Being found. “I thought I was never going to be found out there, but it turned out I was, and that was the exciting part,” said Nadia.
While texting has become a problem in some schools, others are trying to embrace the changing face of technology. There’s still a time and a place for text messaging, but can it be useful to the classroom? Chester Middle School Principal Ernie Jackson thinks so, to the point that he challenged his teachers to incorporate texting into lesson plans.
The result: a text-tastic rise in state test grades. Once social studies teacher Mel Wesenberg started using texting to help students navigate the tricky, topsy turvy world of poetry, their state grades rose from 40 to 80 percent.
Have you ever texted a poem to a friend? If not, try it today and let us know what kind of response you get back!
Kitten Season is here, which means there are 1,000′s of homeless cats roaming the streets in desperate need of a bite to eat and a loving home.
