🌱 How is Layhill’s tech magnet thriving with a tougher cellphone ban?
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- How is Layhill’s tech magnet thriving with a tougher cellphone ban?
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 47, low: 41.
- Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 50 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• These Schools Restricted Cellphone Use. Here's What Happened Next (edweek.org) — Argyle Middle School in Layhill has adopted a stricter bell-to-bell cellphone ban, and staff say students are more engaged and rediscovering offline activities like chess and Rubik’s cubes. The story also compares Layhill’s experience with schools nationwide that are tightening phone rules, highlighting how physically separating students from their devices is reducing distractions and discipline problems. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Family Storytime
Olney Library , 3500 Olney Laytonsville Rd , Olney
10:30 am -
Family Storytime - In-person
Kensington Park Library , 4201 Knowles Ave , Kensington
10:30 am -
Community Food Market
Benjamin Banneker Middle School Burtonsville, MD 20866
4:30 pm -
Intro to Drawing
The Compass Atelier , 10335 Kensington Pkwy , Kensington
5:30 pm -
Bob Butta — cured | 18th & 21st
Cured 18th & 21st , 10980 Grantchester Wy #110 , Columbia
6:00 pm -
Club de Conversción en Español/Spanish Conversation Club - In-person
Olney Library , 3500 Olney Laytonsville Rd , Olney
6:30 pm -
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab , 2001 Olney Sandy Spring Rd , Olney
7:30 pm -
Family Storytime at Noyes
Noyes Library for Young Children (Kensington) , 10237 Carroll Pl , Kensington
10:00 am -
English Conversation Group - In-person
Wheaton Library , 11701 Georgia Ave , Wheaton
10:30 am -
NutritionTalk with Carmen:Diabetes-Friendly Cooking & Baking
East Columbia 50+ Senior Center , 6610 Cradlerock Way , Columbia
11:00 am -
Bone Builders @ Olney Library - Class 2
Olney Library , 3500 Olney Laytonsville Rd , Olney
11:30 am -
Bone Builders Exercise Class for 55+ Tues & Thurs
Kensington Park Library , 4201 Knowles Ave , Kensington
12:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Silver Spring
- Driver Killed, 2 Others Seriously Injured In Silver Spring Crash (patch.com)
- Suspect Sought In Assault Of Girl At Silver Spring Dave & Busters (patch.com)
- Longtime Youngstown city planner Hunter Morrison dies (wytv.com)
Rockville
- Lilly Endowment awards $193.5 million to veterans, Indiana youth camps (philanthropynewsdigest.org)
Gaithersburg
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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