Youth Insight

Simple but Useful Giveaways and Gifts during a Catholic Parish Youth Gathering

One important factor in holding a small event for the youth under your church is to make a lasting impression. This can be done not just through invitations, programs, and speeches. One of the possible ways to make the guests remember a particular event is to give away something as a remembrance or memorabilia.

Distributing giveaways and gifs to guests during or after a youth gathering can leave a lasting impression. The gifts can be used, kept or displayed. Here are some of creative ideas for a Catholic parish youth gathering.

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This Week’s News: Youth in Transition

Education

More High School Students Acquire Online Credits

The New York Times, Houston, TX – November 5, 2010

Brett Rusnock can follow his students’ every move on his laptop: how much time they spend on computers each day at Waltrip High School in Houston, their scores on quizzes and when they stop working. He even gets e-mail alerts when they toil at home into the wee hours. “I can play Big Brother a little bit with this,” Mr. Rusnock said. Mr. Rusnock is not a teacher. He is a grad coach, one of 27 in Houston monitoring thousands of students who take so called credit-recovery courses online. Like many other districts across the state, particularly those with high dropout rates, the Houston Independent School District offers these self-paced make-ups to any student who fails a class.

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