Birthday parties, holiday gifts, goodie bag stuffers and just good old fashioned FUN is what's inside these "Party in a Tube" kits.

Need to know when your child goes back-to-school? Or when they have days off? Find school calendars and a link to your child’s school’s Web site below in this back-to-school guide.

With J.C. Penney’s marketing homage to “The Breakfast Club” as it hawks its trendy back-to-school clothes to the Jonas Brothers singing the catchy “Hello, Goodbye” in Target commercials, stores are replacing lawn chairs and beach towels for notebooks and protractors. The changes are a less-than subtle signal that school is right around the corner.

From the Pioneer Press:

From the Pioneer Press:

GardenABCs.com, a new, locally produced website, is helping educators, parents and local advocates start and maintain school and community gardens.