【推荐1】If you’ve applied or are currently applying to Ivy (常春藤) League schools, you’ve likely heard the phrase “Ivy Day”.

What Is Ivy day?

Ivy Day, or Ivy Admissions Day, is the day when all Ivy League schools release their regular admissions decisions online for regular decision first-year applicants. The eight Ivie—Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale—typically release their decisions at the same exact time.

Because all Ivies release their admissions notifications at the same time through their respective online portals (门户网站), and because applicants are eager to get their results as soon as possible, Ivy Day often means long loading times and a bigger chance of page crashes due to the heavy online traffic. Therefore, if you hit any major online traffic or are facing constant page crashes, it might be better to get off your computer and wait an hour or two until the traffic dies down a bit and you can check your admissions results without issue.

Top schools that are not in the Ivy League typically have different decisions release dates. In 2018, Amherst released its admissions decisions earlier than Ivy Day on March 23. Occasionally, a non-Ivy school’s decisions release date overlaps with Ivy Day; NYU, for instance, released its decisions on Ivy Day in 2018

When Is Ivy day 2020?

Unfortunately, the exact date for Ivy Day 2020 has not yet been officially confirmed by any Ivy League schools. Below is a table showing Ivy Days from previous years and their days, dates, and times:

【推荐2】Stewardship Youth Ranger Program

If you were born in 2003, you could apply to be a Stewardship Youth Ranger (护林人) and work on local natural resource management projects for 8 weeks this summer.

Who is eligible: Students born in 2003 (16 or 17 at time of hire, but not turning 18 before December 31, 2020)

NOTE: Each team also requires a team lead, who may be any age and may or may not be a student.

Summer Employment Opportunities

Through the Summer Employment Opportunities program, students are hired each year in a variety of summer positions across the Ontario Public Service, its related agencies and community groups.

Who is eligible: Students aged 15 or older (Some positions require students to be 15 co 24 or up to 29 for persons with a disability due to program funding.)

Native Youth Work Exchange Program

If you self identify as Native you can apply for an 8-week summer job for up to 3 continuous summers, offered through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in partnership with Native communities and organizations.

Who is eligible: Native students: 15-24 years old, and up to 29 years old if you have a disability.

Articling and Summer Law Student Programs

Law students can apply to work for the Ontario government — as either a summer law student or an articling student — If you are experienced with Aboriginal communities or have an interest in Aboriginal law, you can also apply to work specifically in this field as part of the Aboriginal Summer law program.

Who is eligible: The Summer Law Student Program is open to first and second year students enrolled in a law school. To be eligible for the articling program, candidates must have either completed law school at the start of the articling period or have received a certificate of qualification from the National Committee of Accreditation.

【推荐1】One of the simplest and the most effective forms of communication involves nothing more than the movement of facial muscles. What am I talking about? Smiling! Everyone understands what a smile means, and everyone also understands what a frown means. In fact, these two basic facial expressions can be recognized across countries，across the world and across the globe, regardless of the language spoken or the culture lived in.

Hugs are so beautiful! When you give someone a hug or someone comes up and gives you a hug, this simple act of a hug can“speak" volumes about how much you care for the other person, how much love you want to share with the other person and how much you have missed the other person. This hug has so much to say, and yet there never has any word to be spoken.

And, when one needs to say “yes” or “no”, a movement of the head can say the same thing instead. These basic examples show just how powerful body language can be. Just knowing how to read and use body language effectively makes it really easy to see why it is not always a bad thing to be lost for words.

Body language in the world of love is a very common thing and sometimes the only thing. And, most of the time, body language is the very first words “spoken” before any words are. The old saying is “love at first sight”, not “love at first word” . Across a crowded room their eyes meet and linger, he winks at her, and she raises an eyebrow. The connection is made without any words needed. These displays of body language say it all. In fact, sometimes they can say more than words can.

【推荐2】Our national park system invites visitors to choose their own adventures in the most beautiful spots in the U.S. Here’s our selection for the most exciting and unusual national park activities.

Rock-Climbing: Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is a climber’s paradise. Since 1969, the Yosemite Mountaineering School and Guide Service has been training newbies and accompanying seasoned climbers on trips in the park’s many climbing areas.

Snorkeling: Virgin Islands National Park

You’ll want flippers, a mask and snorkel to explore the best trail in St. John because it’s actually underwater. The snorkeling trail at Trunk Bay is a 225-yard swim lined with signs describing the fish, coral and plants that live in the warm turquoise waters.

Orienteering: Prince William Forest Park

Set off on a modern-day treasure hunt at Prince William Forest Park. Leave the GPS system at home for an orienteering adventure using Just a map and compass to follow clues around one of the park’s 30 courses. You can choose to set your own pace, whether it’s a slowpoke family stroll while the kids master the compass or a competitive jaunt to race to the final clue.

Hiking: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Hikers can set off on a great adventure on foot any time of year in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With more than 800 miles of trails, there are plenty of options including scenic strolls through fields of wildflowers and strenuous climbs to the top of the park’s glorious waterfalls.

【推荐3】When it comes to medical care, many patients and doctors believe "more is better." But what they do not realize is that overtreatment-too many scans, too many blood tests, too many procedures-may bring harm. Sometimes a test leads you down a path to more and more testing, some of which may be attacking, or to treatment for things that should be left out.

Terrence Power, for example, complained that after his wife learned she had Wegener's disease, an uncommon disorder of the immune system(免疫系统), they found it difficult to refuse testing recommended by her doctor. The doctor insisted on office visits every three weeks, even when she was feeling well. He frequently ordered blood tests and X-rays, and repeatedly referred her to experts for even minor complaints. Even when tests came back negative, more were ordered, and she was hospitalized as prevention when she caught a cold. She had as many as 25 doctor visits during one six-month period. The couple was spending about $30,000 a year for her care.

After several years of physical suffering and near financial ruin from the medical costs, the couple began questioning the treatment after discussing with other patients in online support groups. "It's a really hard thing to determine when doctors have crossed the line," Mr. Power said. "You think she's getting the best care in the world, but after a while you start to wonder: What is the purpose?" Mr. Power then spoke with his own primary care doctor, who advised him to find a new expert to oversee Mrs. Power's care. Under the new doctor's care, the regular testing stopped and Mrs. Power's condition was stable. Now she sees the doctor only four or five times a year.

【推荐1】Life has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With more people going online during the COVID-19 pandemic, global Internet traffic has become a big problem. Between January and late March. many major cities experienced an increase in Internet traffic.

Video meetings, online classrooms and stay-at-home entertainment have become a daily routine. This increase in traffic is testing the Internet' s strength. In March. major phone networks in the UK experienced mass outages(断供). People were not able to take calls, receive texts or use mobile data.

In the US, major telecommunications companies like AT&T said traffic was up 21 percent month over month. Video streaming services like You Tube, Netflix and Facebook have cut their picture qualities and download speeds. This is being done to reduce network traffic jams.

China has seen an Internet traffic increase of around 50 percent compared to the end of 2019. The country's network speeds went down sharply in early February. However, they returned to normal soon afterwards and have been working well. This is due to China’s work in building network infrastructure(基础设施), especially 5G technology. By the end of February, 164,000 5G base stations had been built nationwide. This has given Chinese networks the power to handle increased traffic.

“If there were no such development in the Internet network field. people could hardly enjoy such a colorful life at home. Online working and teaching could never be realized so smoothly," said Wen Kun, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

【推荐2】History Fair Competition

Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation. History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past. Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition makes understanding history exciting, engaging, and fun!

This Year’s Theme

All participants must address how communication or transportation technology has promoted the quality of life for Americans throughout history. To many people, technology means computers, hand-held devices, or vehicles that travel to distant planets. However, technology is also the application of scientific knowledge to solve a problem, touching lives in countless ways.

Individuals or groups may enter one of the follow ing categories:

• Performance

• Documentary (纪实作品)

• Essay Writing

Category Requirements

Performance: A dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long. If special clothes are used, they should truly represent a given period.

Doc umentary: A visual presentation (such as a video, slide show, or computer project) no more than 10 minutes long. A desktop computer, screen, projector, and loudspeakers will be available. Students must provide their presentations on CDs before Friday, March 23.

Essay Writing : An academic paper of 2,000 to 2,500 w ords. No illustrations ( 图解)are allowed. Please do not include covers. A list of references must be included.

Important Dates

February 5 Submit a first draft of your essay, performance script ( 剧本), or documentary highlights.

February 19 A committee of teachers will evaluate materials and give opinions. Students then have an opportunity to improve their products.

March 9 Submit a final draft of your essay.

March 15 Performance and documentary committee preview

March 24 Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition

7:00 A.M. — 9:00 A.M. Participants signing in at the gym

10:00 A.M. — 6:00 P.M. Competition and judges’ review

7:00 P.M. Awards ceremony and picnic

【推荐3】In It’s a Wonderful Life with James Steward, the scene that gets me is at the end when one guy says: ‘To my big brother, George, the richest man in town.’ It kills me, man. In the film, it’s Christmas and James Stewart is in big trouble financially and he’s going to be arrested and so he decides to kill himself . But then this angel comes down (only he looks like an ordinary guy) and shows him what life would have been like in his home town if he’d never lived. And he sees how his life has touched all these other lives and really made a difference. I watch most of the film with a lump （肿块） in my throat. Brilliant!

Pete

One of the funniest moments, I think, is in the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Harrison Ford is trying to escape from his enemies. It takes place in an eastern market and Indiana is suddenly faced by an enormous man carrying a huge sword. The man gives an amazing display of swordplay with this sword and you can see this feeling of panic passing over Indiana’s face. Then he suddenly pulls out a gun and just shoots the guy. The first time I saw it, the audience broke out in a cheer. Amazing! Apparently, I read later, they were going to do a full fight, but Ford didn’t want to spend hours in the sun and it would have been very expensive, so he asked Spielberg (the director) if he could just shoot the guy and Spielberg agreed.

Mel

The opening of Jaws. It’s all in the music, which is played on the cello （大提琴）. I expect everyone knows it. You start by seeing the sea from the point of view of a shark on the bottom of the sea bed. Then the scene moves to a beach and it’s a sunny day and all these families are sunbathing and haying a good time. Then there’s a girl who goes into the water and suddenly we’re under the water again, looking at the girl’s legs from the shark’s point of view. Then suddenly she screams and she’s dragged across the surface of water before she disappears. I was on the edge of my seat. It’s much more effective than showing the shark straightaway. And for the rest of the film, every time that music comes back you know something awful is going to happen.

Lisa

Jurassic Park. The bit when the two kids are in the jeep and it’s broken down and there’s some water in the back and you hear this noise, and all you see is the movement in the water and the fear in their eyes when they understand what it means. I saw it when I was about 11 and I was frozen. That was more frightening than actually seeing the Tyrannosaurus rex （霸王龙）.

Anna