School Boy Crush

First woman in 19 years wins Half Moon Bay’s pumpkin weigh off

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 11 Oct 2016

Tobeck’s pumpkin, dubbed Orange Crush because “it’s going to crush the Washington state record,” was the last to be weighed — but far from the least ... By day, she works as a third-grade school teacher at East Olympia Elementary School ... are donated to support the schools in Half Moon Bay....

Massapequa vs. St. Anthony's

Edit Newsday 11 Oct 2016

Anthony's hosted Massapequa in a non-league boys soccer game on Monday, Oct ... Massapequa's Ryan McMahon (7) moves the ball in the first half during a non-league boys soccer game against St ... boys soccer game on Monday, Oct ... Newsday’s high school sports newsletter....

Blanchester competes in Legacy Christian Classic CC meet

Edit Wilmington News Journal 11 Oct 2016

The Blanchester boys were third overall behind Legacy Christian and New Richmond. Hunter Browning led the BHS boys by finishing ninth in 18.41.3 ... For the junior high cross country teams, Brett Bandow was the top runner for Blan’s boys, finishing 21st in 12.52, and Kenzie Kratzer was tops for the girls, running 15.59 and placing 50th ... Varsity boys results ... Middle school boys results ... Middle school girls results....

She hit three extra points, two field goals — and the player returning her kickoff

Edit The Miami Herald 11 Oct 2016

Kelly Macnamara is the first girl to play football at North Penn High School in Lansdale, Penn....

Middle school victim of pencil stabbing in Colorado Springs transported to Children's Hospital

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 11 Oct 2016

Both students were sixth-grade boys at Carmel Middle School ... Friday, according to a statement released by the school district ... came to the school....

The Latest: Prosecutor doesn't think crashes were accidental

Edit The Roanoke Times 11 Oct 2016

(AP) — The Latest on the wrong-way crash that killed five high school students in Vermont (all times local). ... The uncle of one of five Vermont high school students killed in a wrong-way crash is urging other young people to live their lives well to honor those who died ... The boys' and girls' soccer teams from the Vermont high school that lost four students and fifth member of the community in a car crash are holding informal practices....

The Latest: 1,000 gather to honor students who died in crash

Edit Boston Herald 11 Oct 2016

— The Latest on the wrong-way crash that killed five high school students in Vermont (all times local). ... The uncle of one of five Vermont high school students killed in a wrong-way crash is urging other young people to live their lives well to honor those who died ... The boys' and girls' soccer teams from the Vermont high school that lost four students and fifth member of the community in a car crash are holding informal practices....

Girls have 'mountain to climb' to achieve same opportunities as boys (Save the Children International)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Oct 2016

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child, and while there is much to celebrate, there is still a mountain to climb until we reach a world in which girls will have the same opportunities as boys ... While the gap in primary school enrolment for boys and girls has closed dramatically, girls are far more likely than boys to drop out of secondary school....

Former student with gun detained at South Florida school

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 11 Oct 2016

Corals Springs police spokeswoman Carla Kmiotek says in an email that the 17-year-old boy faces a felony charge of possessing a firearm on school property and three misdemeanors. The school was placed on lockdown while police searched for a friend of the former student ... ....

'I blame myself:' Dad laments social media risks after son found following Amber Alert

Edit Deseret News 11 Oct 2016

Monday to help his 11-year-old son get ready for school and was greeted by a nightmare scenario ... "I didn't know he had been contacting anybody on social media other than his school friends," Clark Rhew said, then adding a warning for other parents ... Kubbe was also located around the same time and arrested, though it it wasn't immediately clear if he was with the boy ... South Ogden police said the boy had no history of running away....

Girls drop out due to stalkers

Edit The Times of India 11 Oct 2016

As many as 146 girls in Nayapur village, in Sehore district have quit going to school after class 8, the reason is eve teasing on their way to school, which is located 5 kilometers away from their village ... Thereafter we have to either walk or cycle about 5 kilometers to Sehore for attending other schools. But there have been cases where girls were eve teased by drunkards and boys which compelled them to put an end on their schooling ....

Obesity set to soar for boys, but not girls, from poorer homes

Edit The Guardian 11 Oct 2016

Most boys from deprived backgrounds in England will be overweight by 2020 while better-off boys grow slimmer, says study. Childhood obesity is set to increase so sharply among boys from poorer homes in England that three in five of them will be dangerously overweight by 2020, research shows ... They miss out on school trips, nutritional meals and warm, dry clothes and homes....

Health alert as 1.6m children start secondary school overweight

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Oct 2016

More than 1.6 million children who started secondary school in the past decade were overweight or obese, new calculations show ... "It's concerning to know that so many children start secondary school - formative years in a child's life - carrying too much weight ... Meanwhile, new figures from the Obesity Health Alliance show an apparent "weight gap" between poorest and wealthiest primary-school aged boys living in England....