Quartz Hill Elementary School Wins California Casualty's $7,500 School Lounge Makeover
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- When teachers gather first thing in the morning in their school lounge at Quartz Hill Elementary, they aren't much inspired by the fading color scheme and tired furnishings.

Alliance for School Choice to Unveil Award-Winning Yearbook at National School Choice Week Event
Leading school choice organization will partner with local allies in "The Results of 2011, The Promise of 2012" WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for School Choice, a national school choice leader, will unveil its annual School Choice Yearbook—the award-winning publication offering the most comprehensive data on the nation's 27 private school choice programs—at an event during National School Choice Week at 1 p.m.

Centre County Educator Named Pennsylvania's 2012 Teacher of the Year
Education Secretary also Honors 2011 Milken Award Winner, Blue Ribbon Schools HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Education Secretary Ron Tomalis last night announced the 2012 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, as well as recognized the 2011 Milken Educator Award winner and 14 Blue Ribbon Schools during the Keystone Awards of Excellence banquet in Hershey. Tricia Miller, a literacy coach in Penns Valley Area School District, Centre County, was named the 2012 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, the culmination of the evening's events.

Enjoying the view from the top of the class
The Athens Banner-Herald presents the area valedictorians and salutatorians of the Class of 2009. We think you'll find these individuals are worthy of celebration during this season of high school commencements.

JAM School Program Keeps Over 8 Million School Kids Active
CALABASAS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Health-E-tips, Inc., announces that its JAM School Program (JAM) has reached another milestone and is now in over 17,000 schools, in every state, making health a daily habit, for more than 8.5 million students and school personnel.  JAM provides simple healthier living tips and easy, fun physical activity routines that are authored by fitness experts, professional athletes and students and is available at no cost to every school. (Photo:  ) The program's JAMmin' Minute® resource, a one-minute physical activity routine, has become so popular that it has been the catalyst in creating a movement that has these millions jammin' to bet ...

JinkoSolar Enables Solar Power for a Secondary School in Tanzania
SHANGHAI, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the  "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer based in China, today announced it will provide its high quality modules to a solar project for the Nyumba ya Mungu Secondary School in Northern Tanzania.

Nickajack Elementary School Counselor Named School Counselor of the Year
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nicole Pfleger, a school counselor from Nickajack Elementary School in Smyrna, has been named the top school counselor in America.  Pfleger is one of more than 270 elementary, middle, and secondary school counselors nationwide who were nominated for the School Counselor of the Year award.