From The Blog: November, 2011
Thanksgiving Family Time
November 21, 2011
Thanksgiving revolves around food. And lots of it. Still, it’s important to remember that for some of us, this is precious time to spend with our family and close friends. Maybe you travel, or have friends and relatives in town, or maybe you have kids back from college for the...
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff urges kids to say “YES’ to a healthy lifestyle and ‘NO” to underage drinking!
November 17, 2011
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff wants to remind kids in Utah to say ‘YES’ to a healthy lifestyle and ‘NO’ to underage drinking. A three-term Attorney General in his home state of Utah and a committed family man, Attorney General Shurtleff has been a steadfast partner in fighting underage drinking in Utah....
Attorney General Suthers joins Ask Listen Learn in Denver
November 16, 2011
Today, the Ask, Listen, Learn team was in Denver, Colorado with Attorney General John Suthers and over 350 6th graders at West Middle School to present our interactive program. The attorney general and the students played an interactive game and learned why it is important to say “YES” to a healthy lifestyle...
Welcome to the team, Bryan Clay!
November 16, 2011
The Ask, Listen, Learn team is honored and excited to announce “The World’s Greatest Athlete” Bryan Clay, as our newest Superstar! Bryan Clay holds 2 Olympic decathlon medals- winning a Silver medal in 2004 and Gold in 2008. He’s among the very few decathletes in the world to hold 2 medals...
We’re in Louisville for NMSA’s annual conference
November 10, 2011
The 38th Annual American Middle Level Education Conference/Expo is taking place today and tomorrow in Louisville, KY. Featuring over 4,000 attendees from all over the country, the AMLE conference is consistantly one of the largest gatherings of Middle Level Educators on a yearly basis. The conference aims to provide middle school teachers...
BOOK GIVEAWAY! I’d Listen to My Parents If They’d Just Shut Up
November 1, 2011
Our friend and National Advisory Board member Dr. Anthony Wolf’s latest book is out today – I’d Listen to My Parents If They’d Just Shut Up. Dr. Wolf offers up a humorous take on the trials and tribulations of parenting a teen, and how even the most well-intentioned approaches to parenting can run...