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BUSCH GARDENS® AND WATER COUNTRY USA® TO DEBUT EXHILARATING NEW ATTRACTIONS IN 2019

September 6, 2018 By Carissa Garabedian

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BUSCH GARDENS® AND WATER COUNTRY USA® TO DEBUT EXHILARATING NEW ATTRACTIONS IN 2019

A Screamin’ Swing and a Water Coaster Set the Thrills Stage in 2019

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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (Sept. 5, 2018) – Today, Busch Gardens® Williamsburg and Water Country USA® revealed exciting details about two new thrill attractions set to open in spring 2019. Busch Gardens will unveil a Screamin’ Swing ride called Finnegan’s Flyer™ and Water Country USA will debut Cutback Water Coaster™, Virginia’s first hybrid water coaster.

VIRGINIA’S FIRST RESPONDERS RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION TO BUSCH GARDENS IN MAY

May 4, 2018 By Carissa Garabedian

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VIRGINIA’S FIRST RESPONDERS RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION TO BUSCH GARDENS IN MAY

“Thank You” Admission Offer for Virginia First Responders Starts May 4^th

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (May 1, 2018) – Busch Gardens® Williamsburg will honor Virginia law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics and 911 dispatchers with a free admission and a special half-off admission discount for their family and friends. Beginning May 4 through May 31, this offer will be available for Virginia’s heroes to take a break and enjoy the world’s most beautiful theme park.

8 Educational & Fun Websites For Your Children

July 26, 2017 By Carissa Garabedian

Interactive Learning Websites

With August almost here, we found a few websites that offer educational ways to keep our kids learning and having fun.

Many of these sites are geared for kids with special needs. I have used a few with our son, but learned of some other great options while looking into this, please feel free to share any feedback or sites that we may have overlooked.

A Daily Thought.. Between Friends..

August 7, 2015 By Carissa Garabedian

Let’s give this a try. A daily thought, you can think about it, or just reply with whatever comes to mind.. there is no right or wrong.
Today’s is a Fear you have, maybe one you have yet to conquer, one you have gotten over or one you have yet to share.. this is the place.

Trying Something New- Daily Sharing

August 1, 2015 By Carissa Garabedian

Let’s give this a try. A daily thought, you can think about it, or just reply with whatever comes to mind.. there is no right or wrong.
Today’s is a song or a line from a song that you are relating to today!
Have an idea of a better acronym for the day? Tell us!
I will post my reply every day.
I hope you all join me!

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Review by Cole Szymonik

July 13, 2015 By Carissa Garabedian

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Very recently, my mother took me to see a movie, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. I was not certain about the movie (Oh, look, a movie about a girl with cancer! THAT hasn’t been done before. *cough* Fault in our Stars *cough*), but it turned out to be very good. Mom said that it would be a good idea to write a review of the movie, as well. I was also not certain about this activity (Oh, look, a movie about a girl with cancer! And I am reviewing it, despite never having done a movie review in my life! THAT should be easy to do properly!). Anyway, this is a new experience for me, so I hope that the readers of the internet will bear with me.
To begin, I will need to describe the plotline of the movie. (spoilers ahead) The movie centers around protagonist Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), an invisible high school student with low selfesteem and a penchant for making parodies of foreign movies. He becomes fast friends with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), the titular “Dying Girl”, after she gets Leukemia. Unlike typical cancer movies, the focus is primarily on the lives, misadventures of Greg, Rachel, and Earl (R.J. Cyler). As Rachel’s condition worsens, the story focuses slightly more on her suffering and Greg’s attempts to make a movie to cheer her up.
All in all, I’d give this movie a 3.45 out of 4 stars. The movie was good enough to make me laugh (and cry (manly tears, mind you)), and it’s not often that movies elicit that reaction from me. I consider the ending a bit of a low blow, though, in that I feel that the movie is tricking me. To understand this, you’ll have to watch the movie yourself. Yep, you’ll need to buckle down and actually watch the darn movie instead of just listening to some 15yearold finagle his way through his first review. Honestly, though, the movie was excellent, and I highly recommend watching it.
Catch you guys later,
Cole Szymonik
Cole is 15 years old. Cole has Asperger’s and is this site’s first young adult monthly contributor. Cole will write about a variety of topics. He will be starting Deep Run IT specialty center in the Fall. He dearly loves pet sitting, and is a total pet whisperer!

Motivating and Rewarding Learners

March 1, 2015 By Carissa Garabedian

Regardless of our working titles (parent, therapist, teacher), we are all educators for our children. We are responsible for teaching our children how to be the best “them” that they can be. In order to be effective educators, we should keep foremost in our minds what it is that motivates our child to learn. If we have a child with special needs, we are required to become creative in the motivational techniques we employ to engage children in the learning process.