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February / March 2018

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#MeToo for Students S E X U A L H A R A S S M E N T and assault know no age limit. That's the message behind #MeTooK12, a new social media hashtag created by national nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools to encourage young people who were sexually harassed or assaulted while attend- ing K-12 schools to speak out. An extension of the #MeToo social media movement, #MeTooK12 is an effort to high- light a problem that has received far less public attention than on college campuses and in the workplace. An Associated Press investigation last year found there were 17,000 reports of sexual assaults committed by students against classmates between the fall of 2011 and spring of 2015. Investigators say that figure is likely only a fraction of the actual number of assaults, since incidents are underreported and government data is inconsistent. Worthy Recycling Contest T H E C A L I F O R N I A R E C Y C L I N G C H A L L E N G E , a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for K-12 school recycling programs, offers cash rewards to winning schools. Over a one-month period, schools report their recycling and trash data, which are then ranked according to which school has the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, or the highest recycling rate. Participants can select one of three participation levels — categories designed to encourage participation for those who may not be ready to sub- mit full documentation of their diversion numbers. Get details and enter your school at greencaschools.org. Essential Element E D U C A T O R S F R O M Livermore and Granada high schools hold updated, extra-large posters of the periodic table of elements, a gift from Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. The classroom chart measures 6 feet by 4 feet and includes the city 's namesake element, Livermorium, discovered by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2000. Classy Grants N E E D A L I T T L E H E L P to fund classroom supplies or equipment? Apply for a Help Your Classroom donation of $200. Every month, California Casualty selects eight instructors from K-12 public schools across the country for these grants. In the last two years alone, 27 CTA members have been winners. See calcas.com/help-your-classroom. 11 F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 018

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