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Remote Schooling Through April 20 Or Longer? Parents (And Kids) Are Adapting Remote Schooling Through April 20 Or Longer? Parents (And Kids) Are Adapting
Remote Schooling Through April 20 Or Longer? Parents (And Kids) Are Adapting For many children, including those of Sarah O'Brien Moles, a working mother from Milford, the initial excitement at home-schooling quickly melted into sadness.  "My daughter who's in the second grade loves school, and she was really sad when the school closed. Both my kids love their teachers and I'm bummed that time was taken away from them," said Moles, whose younger child, a boy, is in kindergarten. With a week and a half of managing their kids' at-home learning under their belts, parents like Moles talk of originally feeling frustrated but have still managed to adapt and …

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by Donna Christopher
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Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest
Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford fifth-grader’s simply ingenious invention to combat bullying has transformed into a national prize for him and $5,000 for his school’s science programs. In fall 2017, Pfizer and Scholastic launched the If Kids Could Cure contest, asking children in grades K to 5 to dream up solutions to medical and societal problems and help make the world a better place. Brian Chen of Toquam Magnet Elementary School said he wanted to create a wearable “bullying button” that could alert others if a person is feeling bullied. His idea netted him runner-up honors in the national …

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by Meredith Guinness