Iannuzzos Karate School Unveils Impact of Family Environment it Created

(PRWEB) October 12, 2011

Rather than having family game night to bring the family together, The Davis family of Baldwinsville New York has a unique way of bringing everyone together. Twice a week the family of five grapples, spars and kicks together at Iannuzzos Karate School. Recently the family has achieved much success after earning their second-degree black belts. Fred Davis says that with so many distractions and different individual interests, this quality time that his family spends together is unique to many families.

There are families that sit in the stands and watch the race, Davis said And there are families who run the race, and were together and we run the race.

Davis, along with his wife, Joyce and their three kids have been training at Iannuzzos Karate School for the past five years. Davis, his wife and their two daughters all have second-degree black belts, while his seven-year-old son has a blue belt.

Joyce Davis says that working together at the karate school helps motivate each other and reach the goals that they individually set. Karate, she says, has helped build her childrens confidence and the constant support they provide each other has given her children the confidence to push themselves.

Fred Davis knows that its difficult for many families to set aside time to be together, but he says that its important that his family has found common ground that has forged a stronger bond among the five. Davis noted that his fifteen-year-old daughter has become closer with him since theyve been training together. My fifteen-year-old feels an openness to talk to her father because of karate, you cant put a price on that, he said.

Davis also believes its important that his family has also found an activity that keeps them active and teaches them about health, wellness and nutrition.

Although the family supports each other in the individual activities like sports teams, martial arts enables them support each other on the field rather than from the sidelines.

The Davis family isnt the only family that trains together at Iannuzzos Karate School. In fact when the Davis family sees other families they like to encourage them because training together can seem Intimidating at first. Fred Davis said that although it may be daunting at first, Rick Iannuzzo has don such a good job of not making it like a military system, he said. Its a family environment where he encourages everyone to work to the best of their on individual abilities.

Iannuzzos wife, Julia is an ACE Certified Professional Trainer and certified black belt who also teaches at the karate school. She truly believes that a family that kicks together sticks together.

Iannuzzos Karate School has also developed an online program, http://www.internationalkarateschool.com, for families beyond the Central New York span who want to train together. Internationalkarateschool.com is designed for men, women and children of all ages. The program enables Martial Arts enthusiasts to earn black belts in the comfort of their own home and on their own time. To learn more about the online karate programs available please visit internationalkarateschool.com

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Manchester Academic Charter School Teams with Danelo Education Solutions to Achieve High Academic Standards

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) February 3, 2010

Danelo Education Solutions, LLC, a provider of innovative educational software solutions for K-12 schools, today announced a beta test agreement with Manchester Academic Charter School. During the second half of the 2009-2010 school year, Manchester Academic Charter School will use Danelos Project TEACH suite of classroom management tools and provide feedback with the goal of enhancing the softwares functionality and usability.

Project TEACH (Together Everyone ACHieves) is a set of Internet-based classroom management tools that allows schools to:

????Save teachers time by enabling them to quickly and easily prepare lesson plans, assign homework, calculate and track grades, communicate with parents, etc. from any Internet-connected computer.
????Help improve students performance by providing parents, students and teachers with customized recommendations for addressing academic deficiencies. Project TEACH uses a unique, patent-pending process to analyze a student's performance against standards-based learning objectives and recommend only those third-party educational solutions that best fit the students needs.
????Increase parental involvement in their childrens education by providing easy access to critical information including grades, homework assignments and identified areas for academic improvement.

A key tenet of our schools mission is enabling each child to meet academic standards through technological innovations, said Vasilios Scoumis, chief executive officer of Manchester Academic Charter School. Project TEACH will help us in this endeavor by providing our staff with easy-to-use tools that will help them more efficiently handle administrative tasks, so that they can maximize their time with the students. At the same time, the software will enhance communications between teachers and parents, helping everyone to be on the same page regarding our students needs, abilities and accomplishments.

Project TEACH is expected to be released for general availability in time for the 2010-2011 school year. Based on user feedback that we receive during the beta test program, we will add functionality to the product that enhances the user experience and provides additional student information that helps educators and parents to ensure students are receiving the best education possible, said Daniel Gonzalez, president and founder of Danelo Education Solutions.

About Danelo Education Solutions

Danelo Education Solutions, LLC was founded in 2009 to provide intuitive, informative and accessible software products to unite parents, educators and students in their common goal of providing or receiving a quality education. The companys first product, Project TEACH (Together Everyone ACHieves), is an Internet-based system that will encourage and improve communications between parents, educators and students. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Additional information can be found at http://www.daneloed.com.

About Manchester Academic Charter School

Manchester Academic Charter School is a co-educational day school for students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade located five minutes off of Pittsburgh's North Shore. The schools strong community of children and adults is dedicated to the superior education of the younger student, making the most of the important years before high school.

Manchester Academics definition of education is broad: belief in a set of Core Values; belief that learning takes place in the classroom, in the studio, on the playing fields and at home; belief that a focused elementary and middle school experience is the best beginning to a long and successful academic career. Educators at Manchester Academic believe in a strong partnership between home and school, and they work together with one goal in mind: what is best for the child.

Manchester Academic Charter School has been honored with one of the countrys coveted Blue Ribbon awards for school excellence, the U.S. Department of Education announced September 9, 2008. The award is part of the No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes public and private schools that are either academically superior in their states or demonstrate significant gains in student achievement. Additional information can be found at http://www.macsk8.org.

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