The annual NYS Regents Exams are just around the corner and WCNY has just the thing to help area students prepare for them - hour-long Regent Review programs, originally broadcast on WCNY and now available online. To watch them and also find more study information visit: www.regentsreviewlive.net.

FREE ELECTRIC COMPANY SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM

The Electric Company (TEC) has developed a terrific Summer Learning Program complete with educator's guide, great for teachers, summer program leaders, and librarians...and WCNY has copies of the guide free for the asking!  It's a 6-week program designed to build children's math and literacy skills through hands-on experiences, active viewing of engaging videos, interactive computer games and fun-filled activity sheets.  Contact our Education Department at debbie_stack@wcny.org (or call 315-453-2424) to request a copy of the guide that takes you step-by-step through the program. 

MUST WATCH TV: FOUR SUNDAYS IN MAY

At 7 p.m. each Sunday in May, tune into WCNY 24.1 to watch great education-themed programs.  On May 6 it's Mr. Rogers and Me - a look at how Mr. Rogers effected those he encountered on and off air; May 13 don't miss World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements to marvel at how one teacher is involving students in solving real-world-type conflicts in the name of peace; Circus Dreams on May 20 recounts a year spent with one of the world's only traveling youth circuses and the surprising stories of the young circus performers; and the National Geographic Bee is back on May 27 where students' knowledge of geography is tested in this annual contest.

KIDS PROGRAMMING IN MAY

Arthur: Two New Episodes in May

Francine's grandmother visits during Muffy's Classics Club & Best Engines, airing on May 23 at 9 a.m. and Buster's Garden of Grief & Through the Looking Glasses, airing on May 24 at 9 a.m. on WCNY 24.1.

  The judging is over and the winners selected!  Congratulations to all our young, talented writers and illustrators!  You can view their winning entries by visiting our Treehouse Tales Contest web page at www.wcny.org/treehousetales. 

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER  - SYRACUSE TEACHER WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Since 1981, SECME, Inc., a nonprofit alliance that extends to 42 engineering universities and more than 50 school districts in 15 states, has chosen as their 2012 National SECME Teacher of the Year Gwnedolyn Maturo-Grasso from Lincoln Middle School in Syracuse.  Congratulations to her on this terrific honor!  Gwen is an English Language Arts Teacher and STEM outreach Facilitator.  She is also co-chair of the upcoming statewide STEM Institute, to be held in Syracuse - July 8-11, 2012.  For more information about the Institute, including registering to attend, visit www.nysstemeducation.org/2012institute.html.

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