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Over beer, soda and chips, about 40 students gather each week to cheer on HLS second year student Nick Brown as he braves the Australian outback on CBS's hit show "Survivor...
...probe for this essence, officers now pore over transcripts, parse teacher recommendations and consult regularly with high school guidance counselors. Then they gather for closed-door deliberations that range from the celebratory (a budding feminist poet is crowned "the next Anne Sexton") to the snippy ("Her thank-you note to her interviewer looks like a third-grader wrote it"). Rarely, if ever, do these discussions touch on SATs, even for students who turn in 800s. The committee does dwell, however, on other scores, like those on Advanced Placement exams, SAT II's if students submit them and even state tests...
...according to Kristi Ridd-Young, DONA's administrative director. "Part of this increase stems from the fact that the consumer is taking birth back into her own hands and wants to be a part of the decision process," says Ridd-Young. "Also, it's a natural instinct to gather the right kind of support around...
...owns Doula Care, a service that provides postpartum home services, including help with breast-feeding, new-baby and new-mother care. The doulas might even run errands or baby-sit siblings. "I was much more interested in the transition into motherhood--teaching them about breast-feeding and helping them gather their confidence," says Callahan. Doulas tend to specialize in either labor or postpartum work but rarely do both...
...Today, the walls of Santana High School in Santee, Calif., are pocked with hastily covered bullet holes. And while the halls are once again filled with students, there are some absences. This weekend, the community will gather to say good-bye to its dead and attempt to collect its shattered illusions of safety. And the rest of the country will watch, feeling guiltily grateful that the latest shooting happened there - and not here...