In our mailboxes or our inboxes, newsletters are today's voice for organizations, businesses, clubs, associations, and even Christian schools. Generally speaking, a newsletter's purpose is to periodically inform an intended audience of relevant news and upcoming events, as well as provide contact information for general questions....

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The school year is right around the corner! If your Christian school is using Switched-On Schoolhouse®, you should have recently received a USB flash drive from Alpha Omega Publications® containing the 2009 Switched-On Schoolhouse curriculum, installation discs, and reference guides....

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"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16).

My wife posed a question to me the other night. I thought I was going to hear a great joke; instead, my wife repeated the same question our four-year-old daughter asked after singing "This Little Light of Mine." God spoke to my heart that night as I pondered her question: "Why does the devil blow out birthday candles?"...

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Touting the change from analog to digital television this past June, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps said, "We're going from the dinosaur age to the digital age." Because the original target date had been postponed nearly four months, Copps was clearly elated that the United States had finally made the leap into the 21st century....

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The summer school season is wrapping up, and while not all schools have a summer school program, it can be a very rewarding time for students to catch up on credits, retake classes, or take advanced classes.

This summer, University Christian School in Jacksonville, Florida, used Alpha Omega Publications' Switched-On Online™ program for the first time. A K-12 school with approximately 760 students, University Christian had a total of 68 students enrolled in their summer school program, which ran from June 15 through July 24. Mr. Bruce Weightman, the assistant principal at University Christian, was in charge of their summer school program, and he said that Switched-On Online worked very well. In fact, 65 of the 68 students in the program took two full semesters during this time period....

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On July 1, 2009, eSchool News presented a study titled "Students Want More Online Learning." However, this study stated the concern that supply was not meeting the demand for online learning. In fact, "according to the report, more than 40 percent of sixth through 12th graders have researched or demonstrated interest in taking a course online, but only 10 percent have actually taken an online course through their school."...

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Alpha Omega Publications®, a leading provider of Christian curricula, resources, and educational services, is pleased to announce the release of 12 new and newly revised electives in our Switched-On Online™ curriculum for Christian schools. Interactive and Bible-centered, Switched-On Online is an Internet-based curriculum that offers the five core subjects of Bible, history and geography, language arts, science, and math for grades 3-12, along with a variety of electives....

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