31
Aug/10

Seahawks New Training Facility

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Football season is here and high schools and college football players across the country are training for upcoming games.  Off-field training can be just as important as on the field practice.  Right now coaches are huddling players around a dry erase board for last minute play instructions. While last season’s games are being examined on projection screens to learn more about their competition and from their past mistakes.

Professional football players are no different, and they certainly have professional training facilities. Furniture and storage solutions from KI Spacesaver Corporation (a division of KI) scored primetime appearances on a recent episode of ESPN’s On the Road to Camp:

The segment profiled the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks’ new training facility, which houses KI furniture and a new logoed storage unit from Spacesaver to store valuable equipment.

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11
Aug/10

The Eco-Friendly Classroom

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Children learn by example and if they see the adults in their lives working on the three “R’s”, reduce, reuse, recycle there is a good chance that they too will become environmentally responsible. Setting up a green classroom may seem like like a daunting task but its really very simple to do.  There are many eco-friendly school furniture products available as well as many ‘green’ school supplies on the market.

Teachers can make many small and easy changes in order for their classroom to be more eco-friendly. To help get you started on your way to a greener school year here are several tips on how to run an environmentally friendly classroom provided by Danielle Crofford Fetters.

Sproutz Line, Eco-Friendly School Furniture by Jonti-CraftHave Recycling Bins Available

Encourage the children in your classroom to recycle everything from plastic drink bottles, aluminum cans to paper by having clearly marked recycle bins in the classroom. If new recycling bins are not in the budget, simply use discarded cardboard boxes or school furniture boxes from the office.

Turn Off Lights When Leaving The Classroom

Set an example for the children in your classroom by always remembering to turn off the lights and other electronic devices whenever you leave the classroom. You could even appoint a child the job of light monitor and let them be in charge of insuring that all lights are turned off in the classroom whenever you leave it.Turning off lights when not in use is good for the environment and your schools budget.

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4
Aug/10

Hon Office Furniture is SCS Certified

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The HON Company announced this month that more than 60 of its office furniture and educational furniture products in five categories have received level™ certification from Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). This significant milestone indicates that 80 percent of HON’s office furniture and school furniture product volume is now level certified.

level is the multi-attribute, sustainability standard and third-party certification program for the furniture industry. Created by BIFMA, it has been developed to deliver the most open and transparent means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment. The level certification mark identifies that a product has been evaluated by an independent third-party certifier. HON chose SCS, which HON has long recognized as a provider of quality certifications.

In the level certification process, a product, and the organization and facilities that produced it, are scored according to sustainability attributes across four areas: Materials, Energy and Atmosphere, Human and Ecosystem Health and Social Responsibility. The numeric marking 1, 2 or 3 (from 1 being the lowest level; to 3 being the highest) indicates what threshold of certification the product has achieved.

HON’s products received both level 1 and 2 certifications, with the majority being level 2 certified, and represent the following categories: office seating, laminate casegoods, office desks, lateral file cabinets, office files, workstations and classroom furniture.

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2
Aug/10

Schools Omitting Grade Levels

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According to a recent article by eSchool News, some Missouri schools will group students by ability instead of grade level this fall.

As Kansas City, Mo., students return to their age-assigned classrooms this fall, they will begin to take assessments in math and reading—tests that will determine their mastery of specific skill sets and, ultimately, where they will be placed.

Instead of simply moving kids from one grade to the next as they get older, Kansas City schools will begin grouping students by ability. Once they master a subject, they’ll move up a level. This practice has been around for decades, but was generally used on a smaller scale—in individual grades, subjects, or schools. Kansas City is believed to be the largest U.S. school system to try grouping by ability.

It’s the latest effort to transform the struggling Kansas City school system. Starting this fall, officials will begin introducing 17,000 students to the new system to turn around lagging schools and increase abysmal tests scores.

“The current system of public education in this country is not working,” said Kansas City Schools Superintendent John Covington. “It’s an outdated, industrial, agrarian kind of model that lends itself to still allowing students to progress through school based on the amount of time they sit in a chair, rather than whether or not they have truly mastered the competencies and skills.”

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26
Jul/10

LeBron James’ Children’s Furniture Line

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LeBron James, not usually associated with the bench, will venture into a new furniture line that could sell benches and other furniture products.  Darren Rovell of CNBC.com reports that Columbus-based American Signature — which operates under the brand name Value City Furniture in the Cleveland area — will go ahead with its plans this fall to begin selling children’s furniture items inspired by James. It is not known exactly how American Signature will market the collection, which is expected to include beds, desks and other children’s furniture.

Lebron James Furniture

Lebron James Furniture

The company filed for the trademark “Home Court by LeBron James” in October. According to the filing, the name would refer to items, including “furniture, mirrors, picture frames” as well as “wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber” and plastics.

Many critics of LeBron James have commented that his new line should include folding chairs or folding tables, in reference to his folding under the slightest bit of pressure. Ouch.

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15
Jul/10

School Lockers: A How To

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Found on eHow, there is an entire series of videos giving detailed advice on all things school locker related. School lockers are somewhat of a safe haven for students gear and books. Here are some of the video topics to help improve locker organization with help from a high school honor roll student:

How to Open a School Locker
How to Organize Your School Locker
How to Personalize Your School Locker
Why Do Schools Need Lockers?
How to Clean School Lockers

and a very fun-
How to Decorate a Locker for a Birthday

How to Decorate a Locker for a Birthday — powered by eHow.com

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14
Jul/10

Teachers, Spread the Word!

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Thanks Neely. I have been so impressed about the customer service at Worthington Direct. First a gal named Gayle was so helpful, and now you. I will continue to tell my fellow teachers about your company.

Jayron F.

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22
Jun/10

Play Assembly Required

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A Psychologist at The University of Derby, Dr Miles Richardson, is conducting experiments that study children as they build a series of models using LEGO play bricks.  Factors such as number of bricks needed, the shape of each brick, and spare bricks can be related to the same effects that adults feel with assembling furniture, such as lockers.   Dr Richardson’s work aims at improving math and science development in children through construction tasks and will publishing his study in an upcoming edition of Applied Cognitive Psychology.

This research is of interest to educators and developmental psychologists as construction play provides an excellent opportunity to help identify children who might struggle academically, enabling measures to be taken in intervening years. He said: “Our research shows that exactly the same challenges that affect adults during the construction also affect children, just to a different level.  “Greater understanding of the characteristics of construction tasks, and how children’s ability is mediated by cognitive factors can inform curriculum development.”

Read this complete article at: http://www.derby.ac.uk/news/is-model-making-really-childs-play

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14
Jun/10

Bretford- Oldest Furniture Contest

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Fans of our Facebook page know that we appreciate the longevity that our school furniture selection offers our customers.  Furniture that was built to last, does just that.  Bretford is now giving away an incredible prize to those who have held onto those classic school furniture pieces of days gone by.  They are asking for video submissions highlighting their old Bretford furniture products that are still in use.  This should be easy, as it’s hard to walk into any school and not see a TV or projector perched on top of a Bretford cart.  Bretford TV Cart

For the last 60-plus years, Bretford has been making tables, carts, shelving and other furniture products for K-12 and higher education environments. Many of Bretford’s earliest models are still being used.  Bretford’s “Oldest Product” video contest is open to all educators, business professionals and facilities managers that either use or select furniture products in a school or training facility. Entrants must provide proof of employment.  Entrants may submit their “Oldest Product” videos between June 7, 2010 and July 31, 2010. The grand prize winner will be selected on August 16, 2010.

So what’s the prize? You guessed it, more Bretford classroom furniture!  A whole room’s worth to be exact.  One facility will receive a full room of Bretford furniture to accommodate 30 students/professionals, just in time for the 2010/2011 school year. The grand prize package will consist of:

For a full list of contest rules and submission details, please visit http://sandbox.bretford.com/contests/contest.php.   Good Luck!

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8
Jun/10

Drawing a Blank?

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Don’t draw a blank this summer! Be ready when it comes time to create activities for summer students or daycare children.   Jonti-Craft, maker of quality preschool and daycare furniture, has put together a jazzy presentation with ideas for arts and crafts projects to keep little ones engaged.   These tips are to help supplement one of their many preschool art room easels.
Jonti-Craft Two Student Easel

Jonti-Craft has identified several developmental goals that can be reached by the use of art education.  Strengthening hand-eye coordination, fine-motor skills and following directions are skills that students can implement in any academic arena.   When working on group art products, students practice cooperation and can convey creative ideas and preferences through art.

Several projects are detailing in the presentation that work great with their See-Thru Easel.  One titled “Listen to the Music”, invites the student to translate sounds into paintings.

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