Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Monroe Middle School $22,000+ Upgrade

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Monroe Middle School $ 22,000+ Upgrade











Tampa, FL (PRWEB) February 26, 2013

Students in grades 6-8 attending the MacDill AFB Monroe Middle School will be receiving a much-needed upgrade to classrooms. The Armed Forces Families Foundation has donated over $ 22,400 to the school serving military families. Funds for the donation were raised in local Taco Bell restaurants during their annual fundraiser in an effort to help serve those who serve us.

To initiate the new equipment and thank all those involved, a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 28th at 10:00 am at the Middle School. Taco Bell will provide food for the attendees and our local media is welcome to attend this worthy event.

The upgrades to Monroe Middle-School will consist of six Smart Board Suites. The new Smart Boards have proved to be an invaluable tool for teachers in the classroom allowing them to project lessons on a screen facilitating discussion, sharing examples, encouraging active involvement, and more. Additionally, the new equipment allows tactile learners to benefit by touching, manipulating, and marking the boards. Students really want to use these tools at every opportunity which leads to increased achievement due to the higher level of engagement.

As a school serving military families, Monroe Middle-School is currently undergoing several significant changes to improve including a new Principal, Mr. Ken Hart. Mr. Hart has created an aggressive plan with measurable metrics in place that should show marked improvements.    

Both the Armed Forces Families Foundation and Taco Bell are proud to support the new efforts to improve school learning conditions at Monroe Middle School. “Our troops’ loved ones are their first line of support. Taco Bell is proud to support our troops by supporting their families,” said Thaddeus Foster, chief operations officer and franchisee for Southeast QSR Inc.

The Armed Forces Families Foundation (AFFF), in conjunction with participating Taco Bell restaurants, has completed numerous projects for military and their families all over the Southeast. Their most recent Fundraiser in December led them over the ONE MILLION DOLLAR MARK, each dollar of which goes toward projects to help those who protect us.

For more information, please visit the following Web site: http://www.armedforcesfamilies.org/























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Are there any current or previous forster parents out there?

Question by Loves to Laugh: Are there any current or previous forster parents out there?
Can you tell me briefly about it and the advantages and the disadvantages in your experience?
ok then how about a little insight? There are lots of deep questions asked on YA and this one too can be answered even if its not book length.

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Answer by cricketlady
I fostered for 34 yrs. Most of those yrs were good and contain many happy memories.
I enjoyed the kids a lot. Seeing the joy in their eye and face when experiencing a new joy.
Wading and swimming the ocean, going to the mountains, camping. eating out, and attending church.
Watching them thrive from good food and health care.

Some of the disadvantages—-workers dropping by at any time disrupting our daily schedule, plans to go somewhere and a last minute visit to contend with, transporters who didn’t arrive on time, visits that were cancelled at last minute, calls in the middle of the night, relatives [ of the children] who were trouble makers,etc etc.

75% of the time it was positive and we still have contact with some. I strongly encourage foster care—it is most needed and the need is escalating due to drugs and the economy.

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What could stop someone from adopting?

Question by kelli: What could stop someone from adopting?
What could or would disqualify a person from adopting a child? Lets say if a person did drugs two and a half years ago and was on it really bad and then went to rehab for SEVERAL months and recovered COMPLETELY would that prevent them from being able to adopt? Even though they are COMPLETELY clean of drugs now?
What if you were trying to adopt a foster child who had been sexually and physically abused before and the child had a history of violent behavior?

Best answer:

Answer by Erinn
Possibly… really depends on what type of adoption you are seeking.

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What are the laws for using corporal punishment on kids you foster or adopt?

Question by proudMomma: What are the laws for using corporal punishment on kids you foster or adopt?
Does anyone know what the law is for spanking kids that you foster? Do the laws change once you adopt them?

Best answer:

Answer by Damien
Child abuse is always wrong in the US.

Unless that kid’s not a US citizen.

What do you think? Answer below!

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When someone’s child is taken away for neglect, does the biological parent have a say in what happens to him?

Question by kiko: When someone’s child is taken away for neglect, does the biological parent have a say in what happens to him?
Consider this situation:

Someone told me their child was taken away because of neglect. (This was in the 60′s). The boy was a cute little three year old that was never adopted, but lived in foster care his whole childhood. The mother said this was because she signed something or stated that she didn’t want anyone to adopt him. Is this possible? Could she really have a say in whether he was adopted or lived in foster care once the state took him away?

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Answer by maryjellerson
Yes, this could happen
Unless a mother and now father relinquishes parental rights or the courts take them away, nobody can adopt the child.

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