【推荐1】Food Allergy and Special Dietary Needs

Our District will have a School Nutrition Program which shall provide individualized menus or food preparations for students who are unable to have the meals normally served at our school as required by their individual education plan (IEP) or health plan. Read the following information carefully so that we are on the same page.

PARENTAL ASSISTANCE

You will be asked to:

•Inform the school principal of any food allergy or special dietary needs related to a disabling condition or medical necessity.

• Provide medical information from a District-approved recognized medical authority(RMA).

• Offer updated medical information as requested by the District.

• Participate in any meeting or discussion regarding the students’ meal plan.

• Notify the school of any change related to the food allergy or special dietary needs.

SCHOOL SITE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Find out children requiring special dietary change.

•The principal shall refer students with special dietary needs (o special services as required by law.

• The nurses shall make teachers and students aware of allergy alert identification. Prevention needed related to field trips and classroom parties, strategies and other issues necessary to promote student safety.

• Monitor and update the IEP or health plan as needed.

DISTRICT NUTRITION SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES

•We will provide food item services and individualized menus for students according to medical need. Menus will not be changed because of personal preference.

• We will train school medical staff on how to react to food allergies and food-related emergencies and how to change menus.

• We will maintain special dietary information on each student identified as having special dietary needs and update this information as needed.

【推荐2】Hello, 2024. It’s that time of the year again. The start of the new year is a natural time to consider what you may want to do differently, and your goals for the upcoming year. It is a common practice to create New Year’s resolutions, yet are they helpful?    1    

Reflecting on your behaviors and creating goals that align (使一致) with your values can motivate helpful change.    2     you can experience a sense of meaning and quality of life.

However, people don’t always approach New Year’s resolutions in a helpful way.    3     Do you feel the need to set a goal or make a change based on what someone else would like you to do? It can be difficult to implement and maintain a new behavior, even when you genuinely want to do it, let alone when you don’t. Resolutions based on shoulds are not likely to last.

So, if you plan to set a New Year’s resolution, first be honest with yourself about whether the resolution is important and meaningful to you.    4     Have you got an understanding of the value that the resolution is connected to that provides you with a sense of purpose?

    5     Goals based on unrealistic expectations are unhelpful. If a goal is too large and does not match your current circumstances and resources, success is unlikely, which may fuel self-criticism and make it more challenging to achieve.

Targeting small changes may be more useful than creating one or two large resolutions at the start of the year.

【推荐3】While it might be OK to go into your weekend without a plan, the same can’t be said for college admissions.     1    , creating a college planning process is essential.

College planning is a process that involves researching potential colleges, creating a list of best-fit schools, and selecting classes that match your academic goals. Before writing down a list of best-fit schools, you should think about what interests you most and where your future career aspirations might lie. Reflect on the classes you enjoyed most during high school, the extracurricular activities you look forward to, and any job or internship (实习) experience that you participated in.     2    .

Since most schools offer a range of different college majors, choosing a course of study can be challenging for many students.     3    , you should keep in mind that you will likely be able to explore careers outside of this subject if you later choose to do so.

Making a college planning checklist is an easy way to stay on top of the admissions process and hold yourself accountable.     4    . Create a handful of items to complete during each year of high school to make the process feel more manageable.

    5    , it’s time to set your sights on preparing for life after college. You should consider whether you’re interested in attending graduate school or jumping straight into the workforce. You’ll also need to think about the types of careers that will suit you best and what you can do to prepare for work in those fields.

【推荐1】Saving the environment might seem like a tall order, but living an environmentally friendly life is actually quite easy.     1     Read on for some practical tips on how a single individual can help save the environment.

Recycle

Recycling is a simplest lifestyle to lower the amount of environmental waste. Every resident can get involved by taking advantage of nearby recycling services.     2     For instance, some places may not accept glass, while others might require you to separate the different materials. If you dispose of something improperly, the whole load will likely be rejected and end up in a landfill.

Buy locally-sourced foods

Eating fresh, local food consumes less fuel and packaging materials. Shipping products by truck, rail, flight, or boat creates pollution and goes against an environmentally friendly lifestyle. Instead, shop at local farmers’ markets and grocery stores stocking locally-sourced products.     3     .

Cut back on driving

Applying alternate forms of transportation consumes less gasoline.     4     If that isn’t an option, consider organizing carpools or using public transportation. By doing this, you help reduce traffic jams and the overall amount of gasoline consumption. Also, combine multiple trips into one to help minimize the distance traveled and fuel consumed.

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Advocacy allows more people to create a positive impact. Spread the word about environmental conservation by sharing some of the lifestyle changes you’ve made on social media and in conversations with people around, calling on everybody to play a role.

【推荐2】If you wear contact lenses (隐形眼镜), you might not know the best way to deal with old ones. Washing them down the sink or flushing them down the toilet is not the way to go. Yet one in five people who wear contact lenses do just that. However, the plastic in their lenses can linger (存留), polluting both water and land.

Rolf Halden, an engineer at Arizona State University in Tempe, and his team created an online survey. More than 400 contact lens wearers took part. The questions asked how many got rid of their lenses inappropriately. About 20 percent — one in five — sent their used contact lenses down sink drain or toilet. Assuming all contact lens wearers in the U. S. do that at the same rate, the researchers then calculated how much plastic would be flushed away each year. Their estimate: 6 to 10 metric tons! That's about the weight of two to three adult African forest elephants. Contact lenses are a tiny part of the world's plastic pollution. But the unique plastic used in contact lenses could make them a big concern.

To figure it out, researchers exposed contact lenses to the microbes (微生物) used to clean wastewater in water-treatment plants. These microbes made the plastics begin to fall apart, but they weren't fully broken down. Instead, they created a lot of tiny pieces called microplastics.

Halden worries that these small plastic bits will cause trouble in the food chain. In water, the plastics from contact lenses sink. Animals could view these tiny bits as food. But because the plastic won't provide them with nutrition, this could threaten the health of animals who dined on it.

And that's already happening. Many studies have shown that corals, larval fish and shellfish are mistaking microplastics for food. Over time, they risk accumulating even higher levels of plastic in their bodies. Also the pollution has already shown up in bottled water, sea salt and fish sold for human consumption.