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‘Declare IT!’ Educational Program Helps Teach Students and Parents about Americas’ Founding Freedoms during Celebrate Freedom Week

‘Declare IT!’ Educational Program Helps Teach Students and Parents about Americas’ Founding Freedoms during Celebrate Freedom Week










Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) September 12, 2006

The swell of patriotism that rolled across America after the attacks of 9-11 caused many lawmakers to take another look at American students’ declining report card in American history and civics. America’s students have scored poorly on civics tests and many know little about the basic freedoms on which America was founded.

As a result of this disturbing trend, state lawmakers in Florida and Arkansas followed Texas’ lead and in 2002 and 2003, initiated special curriculum programs in K-12 grades called Celebrate Freedom Week. According to the statutes, one week during each school year students will receive special instruction on America’s founding freedoms and founding documents like the Declaration of Independence.

“Declare IT!” (http://www.declareitprogram.com) is a new, privately sponsored program that supports Celebrate Freedom Week in Florida, Arkansas and Texas, offers additional program awareness and provides free teaching resources to teachers and parents.

Founded by Jack Boyd of Alpharetta, GA, the program offers a free, fun sing-along song and teaching resources with online links to lesson plans for Celebrate Freedom Week. Boyd founded the program after his two children did a high school history project on Celebrate Freedom Week in Florida. Boyd discovered that Floridians’ knowledge of the program was low and teacher participation was inconsistent.

“America’s students need a solid understanding of America’s history to become the leaders America needs in the future. Celebrate Freedom Week is a great step toward that goal. However, the program is not getting the focus it needs in many areas and teachers need our help. It’s appropriate on this 5-yr anniversary of 9-11, when we pause to remember the lives lost in that tragic event, that America’s teachers, leaders and parents recommit ourselves to teaching our children about the freedoms that were also attacked that day,” said Mr. Boyd.

In 1998, Jack Boyd and daughter Steffy wrote ‘The Declaration of Independence Song,’ a sing-along song to help Steffy learn the words to the Declaration for a 4th grade homework project. Offered on a CD to teachers and parents in 2002 through their website (http://www.declarationsong.com), the song has become very popular with teachers, home school parents and others across the country. The “Declare IT!” website offers a free download of a shortened version of Boyd’s popular sing-along plus an online video documentary on the history of Florida’s Celebrate Freedom Week.

For more information about the ‘Declare IT!’ program, please visit http://www.declareitprogram.com.

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Posted on March 15, 2011 by , Reply

SecureSheet Helps CN Manage Technology Disaster Readiness Planning

SecureSheet Helps CN Manage Technology Disaster Readiness Planning












Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) December 14, 2010

SecureSheet Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of multi-user online spreadsheet and web database solutions for business, today announced that CN, a leading North American railroad, has successfully implemented the SecureSheet solution to facilitate collaborative IT Disaster Readiness Planning. After researching several online spreadsheet options, CN selected SecureSheet because of the product’s ability to convert standard spreadsheet models into collaborative real-time business applications shared among multiple participants.

“We run multiple disaster readiness planning exercises throughout the year.” says Kevin Dineen, member of IT Disaster Recovery & ITGC SOX Management. “Prior to SecureSheet, we would have to manually track different inputs by different users across multiple locations which was very challenging. With SecureSheet, we are now able to take our existing spreadsheets and securely share them with all participants on the web. “

“We are very excited to have CN as a customer,” adds Joe Holland, Co- Founder of SecureSheet. “CN is a great example of an organization leveraging its existing spreadsheet models into simple but powerful global business applications with SecureSheet. CN provided the spreadsheet and SecureSheet provided the ability to deploy the spreadsheet on the Internet in a secure environment with user defined business rules.”

About CN

CN – Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries – spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

About SecureSheet

SecureSheet Technologies, LLC is a privately held company which began in 2003 with a vision for creating a simple way for businesses to communicate more effectively. Leveraging existing technologies, and focusing on easy adoption for users, SecureSheet has transformed the ordinary business spreadsheet into a secure, multi-user, web based, applications. To learn more, please visit us at http://www.securesheet.com

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Posted on January 4, 2011 by , Reply

Ways that the Constitution helps protect our rights?

Question by : Ways that the Constitution helps protect our rights?

Best answer:

Answer by Scott Evil
Well, the Constitution doesn’t actually protect anything, as it’s just a piece of paper. It is up to the American government to see to it that they’re actually enforced. If people choose to ignore it, then the Constitution is meaningless. A popular amendment in the Bill of Rights is the 4th one. That says that if the police ever search your things illegally, then nothing they find can be used against you.

What do you think? Answer below!

Posted on December 4, 2010 by , 2 comments