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A Green Treat for Everyone
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Peggy Truong.
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By Peggy Truong
A reading garden. Non-toxic cleaners and microfiber cloths. A Big Green Halloween festival and fundraiser that included carrier-bag decorating and composting lessons. These are a few of the ways that Public School 166 is embracing environmental education in and out of the classroom.
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A Fine Tune in Music and War
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Peggy Truong.
By Peggy Truong
Michael Comins carried a violin, not a rifle, when he served in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s. Comins was one of several hundred soldiers who played in the 7th Army Symphony. As a way to show Europe that Americans were not all about war and gangsters, the Pentagon created this cultural political tool.
