Back to School: August 2007 Archives

GREENWICH – The Washington County Fair, an agricultural tradition for more than a century with more than 2,000 animal and farm exhibits.

“We’re looking forward to another great year for our agricultural fair,” said Fair President R. Harry Booth.

The fair typically draws between 110,000 and 120,000 every year, making it the second biggest regional event (behind the meet at Saratoga Race Course) of the year and nearly doubling the population of the county.

(Family Features) Summer break vanished in the blink of an eye, like it seems to every year, and it’s school time again. Although the kids may really be ready to return to a regular routine, chances are you might sense a bit of reluctance to leave the ease of summer behind.

So sweeten the trip back to school with a special lunchbox treat.

St. Clement’s School is ready for another exciting year of learning!

As a family doctor in the Capital Region, I rarely pass a day without some patient asking me for a quick solution to a problem, whether it’s a sore throat or an ear ache. “Just give me some antibiotics,” they say, or “that new painkiller everyone’s talking about.”

I tell them it’s not so simple. Then I start asking them a lot of questions about their overall condition – their diets, stress levels, exercise, family relationships. But how is this related to an ear ache, they ask?

Location/community. Christian Brothers Academy is a college preparatory junior and senior high school for boys founded in 1859 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. CBA is located in the town of Colonie near the Albany International Airport on a 126-acre campus built in 1998. The campus includes a state-of-the-art school building with fiber-optic wiring, modern science labs, a media center, a Brothers Residence and athletic facilities to meet the demands of our student-athletes. Our school currently serves students from Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties.

August is here and College Welcome Day is nearing. Campuses will soon be flooded with a new wave of nervous, expectant first-year students. The day I first arrived at college wasn’t long ago; looking back as an alumna now, it seems as though I was just looking forward to starting a new chapter of my life. I was eager to begin my college career, but leaving home and friends behind to carve out a new niche inevitably evokes anxiety. Will I make friends? Will I manage my time well? Will I be homesick?

In the early years of the 19th century, a young woman named Emma Hart Willard was prevented from attending classes at prestigious Middlebury College simply because she was a woman. Undaunted by the prejudices of her time and hungry for intellectual stimulation, this energetic scholar cultivated an idea: what might the world look like if women received the same education as men? In fits and starts, and against considerable opposition, that daring vision—a radical and courageous concept in its day—ignited an educational revolution. Over time, this notion has empowered and inspired generations of women, preparing them for lives of accomplishment and leadership, thereby transforming the world.