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Mission Science Workshop: Exciting News!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"WomenDespite making the shift to virtual classes during the 2020 school years,\u00a0Mission Science Workshop<\/a>\u00a0(MSW) managed to reach more than 7000 students through approximately 720 online classes. Exploding homemade bath bombs, painting with kitchen spices, and experimenting with static electricity are examples of experiments that were conducted during the virtual classes. They are excited to announce, though, that they are now opening back up for in-person classes. That\u2019s not the only good news. MSW is also elated to announce that they have onboarded their new Executive Director, Sonia Gandiaga. Sonia comes to MSW from a likeminded organization she founded, called \u2018Science in the City\u2019.<\/p>\n

Learn more on the MSW website.<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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Harps of Comfort: The Healing Effect<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"harpsAccording to\u00a0a 2012 study<\/a>, conducted among 100 patients at Arizona State University Hospital to observe the healing effects of music, harp music has the most beneficial impact on patients compared to music from other instruments. Whether their blood pressure was too low or too high, doctors observed that blood pressure stabilized in patients who had recently listened to harp music. Can you benefit from listening to harp music? If you need some calm and serenity in your life, try listening to the harp music videos hosted on the\u00a0Harps of Comfort<\/a>\u00a0website. There are five harp music videos to choose from; they vary in length from forty-five minutes to one hour.<\/p>\n

Listen to healing harp music.<\/a><\/p>\n

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South Kern Sol: Officials Report First COVID-19 Delta Variant Case in Kern County<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"COVID-19As of Wednesday, July 7, the Kern County Public Health Department reported 162 new COVID-19 cases within the five previous days, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 111,273. Also, the Health Department announced they detected the first case of the delta variant, which is now the most prolific variant in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. The delta variant reportedly makes up nearly 52% of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the Country. South Kern Sol<\/a>\u00a0(SKS) encourages anyone in Kern County, who is interested in becoming vaccinated, to look up vaccination sites on the Kern County Department of Public Health website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more on the SKS blog.<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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Attendance Works: The Latest Cant in Virginia Schools: \u201cLearning Is Not Time Bound\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"HedyThe Westchester, Virginia, Schools\u2019 Superintendent, Jason Van Heukelem, has stated,\u00a0\u201cWe intentionally embraced an opportunity presented by the pandemic to show our students and families that learning is not timebound.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0What he means by this is that\u00a0during the pandemic, students have demonstrated learning outside the classroom by working, volunteering, and exploring other passions \u2013 not necessarily by putting in screen time for online classes. He supports continuing this \u201cnew tradition.\u201d Critics are concerned that these alternate activities will not help kids master the skills required to function at a higher cognitive level in a knowledge-based economy. Also, attendance won\u2019t be tracked in the same way. Hedy Chang, of\u00a0Attendance Works<\/a>, explains the purpose of taking attendance is to look for \u201cwarning signs,\u201d as absences can indicate something is happening and someone needs to check in with a child. Luckily, Virginia is one of the thirty-one states that requires daily attendance reporting, however, during the pandemic they moved to a \u201cparticipation matrix\u201d, which only requires teachers to report non-participatory students every two weeks. Hedy questions if this is frequent enough since a kid could be gone for quite a bit before anyone acts.<\/p>\n

Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Board Member Highlight<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"SteveSteve Barton
\n<\/b><\/span>黑料福利社 Board of Directors Service: April 2018\u2013present<\/p>\n

Steve is the Director for Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability at Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) and has a long history with the organization including stints on various committees as well as the NCG and Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers boards. Over the last several years he\u2019s been a consultant on special projects, corporate philanthropy and social responsibility, and briefings. As the Director for Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability he\u2019s focused on programs, initiatives, and projects that address the issues affecting our region from displacement and gentrification to income inequality, the arts, climate change, and disaster resiliency.<\/p>\n

In addition to his consulting practice, Steve has been the Director for Foundation and Corporate Giving at Gap Inc., a program officer at the Marin Community Foundation, and served in Mayoral\u00a0administrations in both San Francisco and Oakland.<\/p>\n

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Want to share your project\u2019s updates? Let us know!<\/p>\n

Email Stephanie at\u00a0communications@communityinitiatives.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about our projects, please\u00a0visit our projects page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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