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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

In the Wake of Newtown, Easing Children's Anxiety

Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster Simon Kim of Tiger Twins Tae Kwon Do Academy, wants to offer a workshop for children to ease their anxiety and raise their self confidence.

In the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, communities are coming together to find ways to better protect their children and cope with easing their anxiety. Last week, Fort Lee held a Town Hall meeting moderated by Mayor Mark Sokolich and attended by the heads of all the emergency services units, whereby parents were given the opportunity to weigh in and question the experts about the level of security offered to their children while in school. Sitting in the audience was Simon Kim, proprietor of Tiger Twins Tae Kwon Do Academy and a Grandmaster in the sport. Though having no children of his own, Kim's clients are all children. Children of all ages who come to his academy not only to learn the art of tae kwon do, but…

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Fine Print: Anti-Bullying Incident Report Form

The war against school bullying gets a new ally -- a paper one

What it is: The state this week distributed to school districts the new form for reporting incidents of harassment, bullying and intimidation under the new Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. The form is page 4 of the state's system for recording all incidents of violence, vandalism, and substance abuse in schools. What it means: The form is the first of several steps the state is taking to address worries about the bureaucratic burdens imposed by the new law aimed to prevent bullying in and outside of schools. While lauding the law's intentions, administrators and educators have said the state up to now has provided little guidance on how to implement a law that requires strict timelines and procedures for investigating accusations of bullying…

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