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Summer
ResourceWest Still Seeking Back-to-School Donations
With just a few days to go until ResourceWest starts distributing school supplies, the organization is just 40 percent of the way toward its goal of raising $20,000 for its Back-to-School...
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Opinion
School Supplies Are Just the Beginning: Seven Tips for Back-to-School Week
Earlier this month, Samara Postuma wrote about how to shop for school supplies—and the potential nightmare that shopping trip can be. My daughter is 1. Her school supplies are...
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Back to School
BLOG: BBB Offers Financial Advice to College-Bound Students (and their Parents)
Between packing for college, buying school supplies and recovering from sticker shock, parents may be too bogged down to remember to pass on some pointers regarding finances as their chil...
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Back to School
Back to School: Healthy Kids Begin With Healthy Meals
The first day of school is only a few weeks away. What will your children eat for lunch?Some parents will opt to send a lunch from home. While others will give their child money to buy th...
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Back to School
When It Comes To Backpacks, How Much Weight Is Too Much?
As students head back to school this fall, they have to get used carrying a full backpack again. Textbooks, notebooks, assignment planner and binders can quickly weigh down even the stron...
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Back to School
Grades K-2: Alice Smith Elementary School Supply Lists
Editor's Note: The following information was obtained from the Hopkins Public Schools website. With the start of school less than a month away, many parents are already thinking abo...
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Back to School
Grades 5 and 6: Alice Smith Elementary School Supply Lists
Editor's Note: The following information was obtained from the Hopkins Public Schools website. With the start of school less than a month away, many parents are already thinking abo...
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Back to School
Grades 3 and 4: Alice Smith Elementary School Supply Lists
Editor's Note: The following information was obtained from the Hopkins Public Schools website. With the start of school less than a month away, many parents are already thinking abou...