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This article from the Globe and Mail reports on studies that show that the strongest predictor of success in life is how many friends you had in school. Schools can play a role in developing empathy and emotional IQ.
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Here is some science from NASA about what happens when you go to the bathroom in space.

The CBC Radio show Ideas is doing a three part series on brain development, human biology and behaviour in babies. You can listen to a podcast for the first show, which has already been broadcast, and find a schedule for the final two parts here

Here is a description from the website:

There is now a free service called OpenDNS to help protect your children from accessing dangerous internet content. There is no software to load on your computer, and it will work with any computer. This is how it works. Whenever you type an address into your browser or click on a link, the browser will send your request to a computer called a Domain Name Server (DNS). The DNS will determine which computer in the world you want to connect to by looking up in a table the physical address of the computer, given the name of the website in your request. To use the OpenDNS service, you set up your computer to use the OpenDNS DNS servers instead of your Internet Service Provider's (ISP's) DNS servers that your computer would use by default.

The PAC meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 10, 2009. We'll meet in the library from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.

The PAC meeting scheduled for tonight, February 24,2009 at 6:30, has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled at a later date. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Grade One girls enjoy the sun (Photo by Janelle)

Reminder: Tomorrow (Wednesday, February 25, 2009) is anti-bullying day. Please wear pink!

A PAC Meeting will be held in the library starting at 6:30 PM on February 24, 2009.

Here is a very interesting article on technology and literacy. Is our current concept of literacy important in the new age of technology?