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Updated: 03 Mar 04:07

Texas To Students: For Spring Break, Don't Mess With Mexico

02 Mar 20:39

It's March and that means spring break is around the corner for many college students. But Texas officials are advising students to avoid going to Mexico, saying that drug violence there isn't isolated to border areas.

The Root: Black Brits Shut Out Of Top Universities

02 Mar 14:36

According to a report published last year, black students in the UK performed better on national exams than was expected of them yet very few Britons of African or Caribbean origin can be found at Oxford and Cambridge. Huw Evans of The Root analyzes the report's implications, and says that a sharp increase in tuition fees could make it even less likely for black students to attend British universities.

Governor Outlines Plan To Close Wis. Budget Gap

01 Mar 20:00

Host Melissa Block talks to NPR's David Schaper. Schaper discusses Gov. Scott Walker's budget address in Wisconsin on Tuesday, which he made before a joint session of the Legislature. His plan cuts $1.5 billion in aid to governments and public schools

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Every fall the Auburn School District in Auburn, Washington hosts an event called the "Reaching Out Fair." We showcase student talent from all of our middle and high schools at assemblies at each school, and bring everything together at an evening event at our Performing Arts Center where local youth groups host a resource fair to show kids what is available to them in the area, and our youth show off their talent. We also honor local citizens who go the extra mile to serve the kids in our area.

This year our theme was "Dancing with the Principals." Every assembly hihglighted a local teenage ballroom dance group, and ended with a principal from each middle school dancing with one of the dance teachers in a competition against one of the other schools.

Although we don't the exact numbers for each school, there were several hundred students and adults in atendance and the event was once again, ver succesful.

Rainier Middle School is ecited to have our lights on after school again this year, and we're especially ahppy to have a new program coordinator with Auburn's Parks and Recreation program. Welcome Josh!

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