Article: Juggler teaches environmental messages to Auburn children

Entertainer juggles environmental messages at Skyridge
By: Andrew Westrope, Staff Writer
May 21, 2013

Skyridge Elementary School got an environmental lesson on Monday from juggling performer Doug Nolan, whose “Rock Steady Juggling” program has appeared in schools, festivals, fairs and other events throughout the Bay Area to teach audiences about water conservation, waste water issues and other water pollution issues. Read More in the Auburn Journal.

Schoology Wins SIIA Education Technology CODiE Award

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schoology—a scalable learning management solution (LMS) deployed in K-12 schools and universities across 135 countries—won the SIIA CODiE Award for Best K-12 Enterprise Solution.

More than two million users at over 35,000 schools and universities use Schoology’s collaborative interface to boost student engagement and streamline curriculum management. Schoology’s user-centric design and open integration platform helps schools of every type meet the individual needs of learners with powerful tools for instruction, assessment and communication.

Read the rest of this release issued May 14, 2013 on BusinessWire.

DALLAS — May 10, 2013 – The world is in a better place right now. In fact, there are lots of better places and happier people thanks to students around the country who have given over 1 million hours of community service through x2VOL. 

Read a recent case study about 21st Century Learning Skills and Community Service here.

Read the full news release here.

Benjamin by Kathryn Mattingly published by Winter Goose Publishing

Sacramento, CALIF. – May 14, 2013 – A brilliant psychopath. A boy with healing powers. A man trying to balance faith with love. A strong, determined heroine. Put it all together and an amazing story results. Benjamin, written by Kathryn Mattingly and published by Winter Goose, is now available for purchase in Northern California book stores and available in digital formats for NOOK ® and Kindle.

Read more on PitchEngine.

For interviews with Kathryn, contact Jennifer Harrison

Two Katy (Texas) residents to be honored by intelliVOL for work with charities, students

Katy Times

April 4, 2013

 

Two Katy citizens will be honored by intelliVOL, makers of x2VOL, on Friday for their work with local high school students and charities.

 

Romulo “Rom” Crespo, assistant principal at Morton Ranch High School, and parent Jeanmarie Mayfield, of Seven Lakes High School, have each given substantial time and effort in developing community service programs at their respective schools.

 

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x2VOL Makes it Easier to do God's Work

Dallas-based intelliVOL Helps St. Agnes Academy Manage Community Service

March 04, 2013 08:45 AM Eastern Time

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catholic schools have a clear mission to do God’s work while developing their students’ commitment to service. However, community service can be overwhelming in large schools where administrators manage hundreds of students and thousands of volunteer hours. St. Agnes Academy—a large Catholic school in Memphis--found a perfect solution to the paperwork nightmare by relying on x2VOL to make doing God’s work a whole lot easier.

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x2VOL Helps Student with College

Making it Easy to Serve
PaperCity
January 28, 2013

For Taylor Rodman, recent 2012 Booker T. Washington High School graduate, finding and logging community service hours was daunting before discovering x2VOL, a program from Dallas-area education technology company IntelliVOL. The program, created and run by Ursuline alum and current Preston Hollow resident Michele Pitman, not only helped Rodman find and keep track of her local service hours, but it also gave her the extra edge she needed to get in to The Boston Conservatory, where plans to graduate with a BFA in dance by spring 2016.

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