Gainesville Playgrounds Are Reopening

Find Out Which Gainesville Playgrounds Are Reopening This Week

By Amanda Roland | October 20, 2020 | Blog
The City of Gainesville announced last week that some Gainesville playgrounds are reopening. The new phase of reopening started last week on October 16 with a few playgrounds reopening, and the remainder of the playgrounds are scheduled to reopen this week on October 23. City leaders and officials still encourage and recommend the use of

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Nylee Alston, Nationwide Essay Contest

Local Student Athlete Wins Nationwide Essay Contest

By Amanda Roland | October 13, 2020 | Blog
Local Eastside High School senior, Nylee Alston, was one of just 10 students across the county to win the United States Tennis Association Foundation’s National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) nationwide essay contest. She was chosen for top honors out of 1,000 other entires and will be getting a $5,000 award. Nylee has been participating

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Digital Academy

ACPS Digital Academy Program Extended to February 1

By Amanda Roland | October 9, 2020 | Blog
The Alachua County School Board has announced to parents that they will be extending the Digital Academy schooling option until February 1, 2021, for students. The Florida Department of Education has not yet extended the program past the fall semester, which ends on the 1st of February. We will update our readers with more details

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pumpkin patch

Queen of Peace Surprises Students with an Academy Pumpkin Patch

By Amanda Roland | October 8, 2020 | Blog
To lifts the spirits of students during COVID-19, the Queen of Peace Catholic Academy surprised students with an Academy Pumpkin Patch on Thursday, October 8. Brick and mortar students and online students will both have an opportunity to take home a pumpkin! "Our Principal, Tammie Vassou, has been looking for fun activities for our students

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Werewolf and Vampire Halloween Costume

DIY Werewolf and Vampire Halloween Costumes

By Giggle Magazine | October 1, 2020 | Blog
We have two more not-so-scary Halloween costumes to try out this year! Check out these DIY Werewolf and Vampire Halloween costumes. These costumes are totally functional for your little Halloween lover, and feel free to throw in a matching face mask to make it a COVID-cautious costume! DIY Werewolf Halloween Costume Materials Needed Plaid button-down shirt

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Sweet Scarecrow Costume

DIY Sweet Scarecrow Costume

By Giggle Magazine | September 29, 2020 | Blog
This DIY Sweet Scarecrow costume is perfect for your little one who wants to scare – in a sweet way! You might even have all the supplies to make the costume at your house. Also, throw in a plaid or fall-colored face mask to make a COVID-19 cautious costume! Sweet Scarecrow Costume Materials Needed Denim

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Baby to the Love of Reading

Introduce Your Baby to the Love of Reading with These Books

By Nicole Irving, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | September 28, 2020 | Conception 2 College , infant
Psychology Today reports that “reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ready to go to school.” So, there is no time to wait to instill a love of learning, a growing vocabulary and engaging

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Children's Behavior

Children’s Behavior Through a Pandemic: A Personal Experience

By Jodi Hunt | August 19, 2020 | Learn
Living through a global pandemic is not something we thought we’d ever experience in our lifetime. Yet, it became a reality so fast we couldn’t plan, and there was little time to even think about how to respond. We just moved and moved quickly, and our children's behavior changed quickly. As a business owner, I

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Support Local Buchholz High School Student in Doodle for Google Contest

By Amanda Roland | August 18, 2020 | Blog
Local Buchholz High School student, Chloe, became the state winner for Florida in this year's Doodle for Google art contest. She is now competing with other states to become one of the five national finalists for the contest. "I first became interested in art when I was little and always liked art classes," Chloe said.

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