A disturbing incident on an Orleans Parish school bus in Louisiana has left a longtime school bus monitor hospitalized with multiple injuries after she was allegedly attacked by a high school student and the student’s mother, reported News Channel 10. The incident reportedly occurred Aug. 21 and was caught on video, involving a McDonogh 35 […] The post School Bus Monitor Hospitalized After Violent Attack by Student, Parent appeared first on School Transportation News.| School Transportation News
A new school year is here and with it comes fresh opportunities to nurture the gifts and talents of Arizona’s students. Whether you are a parent navigating gifted education for the first time, an educator with years of experience or somewhere in between, the Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented (AAGT) is here to help… The post Back to School with AAGT: Resources, Community and Support for the Year Ahead appeared first on Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented.| Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
The Tempe Elementary School District is proud to announce the opening of ASPIRE Academy at Arredondo on July 23, 2025. ASPIRE Academy at Arredondo is an A+ School of Excellence® dedicated exclusively to meeting the unique needs of gifted students who seek an academically rigorous environment and who demonstrate exceptional abilities, offering a transformative educational… The post Tempe Elementary School District Announces the Opening of ASPIRE Academy at Arredondo: A Premier Self-Containe...| Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented
Inside: If you're thinking about Christmas and realizing your kids have more than enough toys, this growing list of non-toy Christmas gifts for kids will get you started on your list of non-toy gift ideas.| This Simple Balance
When Grief Speaks, Love Answers: Honoring Olivia How one girl’s love and spirit continue to guide a family’s mission to support others through grief. By Reina and Mel Chan Our journey to start a family wasn’t easy. The road was long and often uncertain. We had always dreamed of building a family together, but after years of trying, we were met with nothing but heartbreak. That’s when we chose adoption. We believed it could help us fulfill that dream. We were ready to love a child, whe...| Evermore
Supporting Grieving Families Through Rare Disease Loss: The Traces of Trinity Foundation’s Mission of Hope By Crystal Jennings In 2004, my husband Darrell and I began our life together as husband and wife, excited for the journey ahead. Early on, we knew we wanted children—children who would be close in age and close as siblings and friends. And so, in January 2007, our first daughter, Aaliyah, was born, and just under two years later, in December 2008, we welcomed our second daughter...| Evermore
Grief, In Our Own Words: Thirty-Six Hours of Forever: A Mother’s Story of Love and Loss From Joy to Loss: The Heartfelt Journey of Beatrice Kathryn By Rachel Alder Half an hour before our OBGYN entered our tiny clinic room that day, my wife and I shimmied past her six-foot-two frame in the short, narrow hallway housing the ultrasound printer. I noticed several black and white images splayed in her large hand, the other hand absently waiting for more to fall from the machine. The look on her...| Evermore
A Grieving Parent Turns Pain into a Purpose Following the death of his teenaged son, Blake, Tom Barklage fought to secure bereavement leave for Johnson & Johnson employees around the world By Maddie Cohen After his son Blake died, Tom Barklage took time off to make space for his grief. Little did he know the loss would result in a push to expand his employer’s bereavement care. Today, the high-level manager has made it his mission to change lives for the better. Grief alters the cours...| Evermore
The scale and reach of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant—with current appropriations of $712,700,000—is indisputable, as 93 percent of pregnant women, 98 percent of infants, and 60 percent of children are touched. While impressive progress has been made in important benchmarks, including the 25 percent decline in infant mortality since 1997, bereavement remains absent from the MCH Block Grant scope. This omission is notable as the agency’s technical advisement manual to st...| Evermore
By Cynthia Prestidge Grief teaches a mother lessons she never wanted to learn My husband Brad came home to tell me what he had learned minutes earlier. Sarah is gone… Our Sarah-Grace. Our beautiful 24-year-old daughter. Dead. With three words and within mere seconds, I was shattered, gutted, disoriented. Any word that implies destruction, pain or confusion is relevant to that moment, but none alone, or combined, capture the devastation and confusion I felt after hearing those words. Two yea...| Evermore
Forgotten by most of society, Maryam Henderson experienced two devastating events that ultimately changed her course: a 25-year prison sentence and the death of her son, Augustine. Maryam was serving her sentence at St. Gabriel’s Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women when she received the news that her oldest son had died in a motorcycle accident. There were no social or mental support systems available for Maryam. In addition to the absence of professional assistance, she could not ev...| Evermore
Kevin, a fierce protector of his nine siblings and Nancy and Ray’s son. A Bereaved Mother’s Day Dr. Mom, otherwise known as Nancy, is an unflappable mother of ten and leads her large family with grace, instilling a deep love for life in all her children. As a psychotherapist who specializes in addiction and trauma, she has a soft spot for people and falls in love easily, especially with children. Kevin was no different. Kevin joined the twelve-member brood at the age of fourteen. “We g...| Evermore
By Terri Schexnayder Country music’s familiar heart-tugging lyrics of country-western ballads about cheating, love lost, and traveling roads in pickup trucks always seems to have a place for grief. Hits are littered with songs about love, death, grief, and faith as artists share their feelings and coping strategies ranging from tears to whiskey. Steve Seskin is a name you might not know, but he’s written seven number one hit songs and is a two-time Grammy-nominated songwriter for songs th...| Evermore
By Terri Schexnayder For millions of people living in America, the death of a child is a tragedy that silently unites many, even presidents. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has cited his son’s death, Beau, as motivation to run for president and has shared his reflections and experiences on grief and loss in many eulogies. Former President George H.W. Bush advanced global health measures citing the death of his three-year-old daughter, Pauline Robinson (“Robin”), who died of leukemia in th...| Evermore
Earlier this month, Evermore hosted a conversation with Dr. Emily Smith-Greenaway, a grief and bereavement researcher in California and associate professor of sociology and spatial sciences at the University of Southern California, to discuss her research on bereaved people and her work on the COVID-19 bereavement multiplier. The bereavement multiplier is a tool used to track how many people have been directly impacted by a COVID-19 death. According to research findings from Dr. Smith-Greenaw...| Evermore
Since October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month – which aims to bring more acknowledgement and recognition to the grief, stress, and hardship parents experience after a miscarriage or the death of a newborn baby – we decided to share three stories of loss to contextualize this unique, and challenging maternal experience. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 20,000 infants died in the U.S. in 2020 before their first birthday – that...| Evermore
Jena Kirkpatrick was hesitant to visit a medium after experiencing the death of her 19-year-old son, Ellis McClane, who died in a car accident in 2011. But five years after her loss, Jena decided to take a chance and scheduled an appointment. “That’s something everyone wants for the people who have passed — to talk to them again,” says Kirkpatrick, who also works at Evermore coordinating communications and outreach. However, Jena felt uncomfortable during her reading. She was keen...| Evermore
How CuddleCot is changing the care system for stillbirth families The scene opens with a woman, curled up on a hospital bed. A doctor enters, rolling in a white bassinet. “This is called a CuddleCot,” he explains. “It’s a special bassinet that keeps stillborn babies cool so they can stay with their parents a little longer… even after they’re gone.” Inside is the woman’s stillborn baby, Sophie. “It’s so …” the mother whispers. “Morbid?” the doctor responds. “These...| Evermore
After his son Reid died in a car crash, Tim Hollister helped transform Connecticut’s teen driving laws. The provisions include earlier curfews, no electronic devices, a two-hour teen driving safety course for both teens and their parents and restrictions on who can ride with young drivers. Evermore is dedicating this Father’s Day week to bereaved dads who will always be fathers. A teen driver on an unauthorized joy ride. At night. On a road he probably had never driven before. With teenag...| Evermore
In a new memoir, Once More We Saw Stars, father Jayson Greene vividly recounts the raw feelings after his two-year-old daughter Greta died and his continuous journey through grief. Evermore is dedicating this Father’s Day week to bereaved dads who will always be fathers. A stunning accident claimed the life of two-year-old Greta Greene in 2015, when a piece of masonry fell from a building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and struck her in the head. In a new memoir, Once More We Saw Stars...| Evermore
Two grieving mothers seek efforts to bring transparency, safety to college abroad programs Ros Thackurdeen remembers the hype as she sat through a college study abroad session with her youngest son Ravi at Swarthmore University. “It was pretty exciting,” Thackurdeen said. “I wanted to go on it. You had students who talked about their experiences … You didn’t hear anything bad about it.” But there was no happy ending for Ravi, who ended up on a study abroad trip to Costa Rica to st...| Evermore
June 2013, during recovery from what was supposed to be a routine heart catheterization to assess his heart condition, Ron Kelly’s son’s heart failed. Doctors weren’t able to revive 16-year-old Jon. Today Ron helps other grieving fathers, particularly those in the workplace. After struggling with identity after his son’s death, Ron Kelly helps other men mourn *Evermore is dedicating this Father’s Day week to bereaved dads who will always be fathers. R. Glenn “Ron” Kelly’s son...| Evermore
Bryan Burgess was killed in action during a 2011 deployment to Afghanistan just 16 days before he was scheduled to return home — a few weeks shy of his 30th birthday. Telling and re-telling the story of his son’s life and sacrifice pulled Terry Burgess from deep depression In the early morning hours before Terry Burgess learned that his son Bryan had been killed in action in Afghanistan, he had a vivid dream. “We’re in this outdoor movie theater, me and Bryan,” Terry remembers. ...| Evermore
When a child dies, what happens next makes all the difference. This article brings focus to the cascading consequences of parent grief that our nation’s lawmakers and changemakers can do something about. Photo by Gus Moretta on Unsplash. From job losses to social media trolls, there’s always something When a child dies, a family deeply grieves. They plan a funeral, gathering pictures and keepsakes to share at a memorial. Friends and neighbors bring over food, but know it’s not enough. ...| Evermore
Two years later, I’m trying not to evaluate a string of heavy days where my grief is so raw it feels frighteningly new.| Evermore
Just a thought. I don’t know whether you caught the news recently, you know, the usual, ‘all these immigrants coming over here taking our jobs’. Then on... Click The cost of caring to read whole article| Julie Leoni
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