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		<title>Homework, red pencils and self-esteem</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/04/homework-red-pencils-and-self-esteem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	There&#8217;s been a lot of serious and not so serious discussion about children&#8217;s self-esteem, and the relative necessity of adults to build it, fix it or pander to it.

	I thought the self-esteem obsession reached its zenith during my kids&#8217; years in recreational sports, when everyone got a trophy for everything.

	But here&#8217;s a new angle, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts for teachers</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/12/gifts-for-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Torn between that apple magnet and the heart-my-teacher coffee mug?

	Here&#8217;s a creative alternative being pitched by the national PTA.


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		<title>Guidance in Mamaroneck case</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/29/guidance-in-mamaroneck-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Mamaroneck school officials have just released a letter that went home to parents of students at Hommocks Middle School.

	The subject is the mysterious reassignment of two guidance counselors, Elizabeth Dunhoff and  Haruko Hirose. It spells out what district officials are going to do next, and explains their silence on the details.

	letter-to-hommocks-parents-11-29-07.pdf


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		<title>School PTAs and creative fundraising</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/27/school-ptas-and-creative-fundraising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	As school parent-teacher associations look for new ways to raise money&#195;‚&#194;  that are more enticing than selling candy, they&#8217;ve come up with some new ideas.

	Here&#8217;s one from Dobbs Ferry.&#195;‚&#194;  The middle/high school PTSA is running a fundraiser with the Barnes and Noble on Central Park Avenue in Yonkers.

	It&#8217;ll last all weekend. And there are special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamaroneck parents without guidance</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/21/mamaroneck-parents-without-guidance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	For those who don&#8217;t know the back story, here is a reason many parents are upset about the mystery surrounding the two guidance counselors who have been administratively reassigned.

	A former music teacher at Hommocks Middle School, Omar Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in February to statutory rape and child endangerment.

	Hired by the district in 2004, he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents doing their kids&#8217; school work</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/parents-doing-their-kids-school-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Does this happen all over the place?

	A friend of mine has an issue at school about parents doing their kids&#8217; work.

	The twist is that these are group projects. And get this, the parents of the kids in a couple of the groups are actually meeting to divvy up the work they&#8217;ll be doing for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracts for Excellence in New York</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/contracts-for-excellence-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	A batch of school districts got more money from the state &#8211; with strings attached.

	To be accountable, district officials had to propose exactly what they wanted to do with the money,  why it would be worth it and how you could tell.

	North Rockland and Yonkers were among the districts that put together these Contracts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers&#8217; show-and-tell in Ossining</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/teachers-show-and-tell-in-ossining/</link>
		<comments>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/teachers-show-and-tell-in-ossining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Teachers will be holding workshops to share their passions with students &#8211; at Claremont School this week and Ossining High School Dec. 12.

	According to BOCES school communications coordinator Chris Heath, the workshops run the gamut, from wrestling to yoga to different arts and crafts.

	What a great idea. Think of the levels on which it works: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hommocks guidance in disarray?</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/hommocks-guidance-in-disarray/</link>
		<comments>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/19/hommocks-guidance-in-disarray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s an institutional Freudian slip: The voicemail message for the guidance Department at Hommocks Middle School asks the caller to leave messages for Peter Moore, who left at the end of last year; Cal Chiang, who retired last year;  and of course Elizabeth Denhoff and Haruko Hirose, who both have been administratively reassigned.


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		<title>Mamaroneck counselors, continued</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/mamaroneck-counselors-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/16/mamaroneck-counselors-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lanning Taliaferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	There&#8217;s some interesting new information in the article by the Larchmont Gazette about the story of the two Hommocks Middle School guidance counselors who have been removed from their posts.

	The counselors, Elizabeth Denhoff and Haruko Hirose,  are already involved in an action against the district. They may think the charges are in retaliation &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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