Fast way to see Easter Bunny

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The Cherry Hill Mall is offering the Bunny Fast Pass this Easter season.

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Schools for all stages

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Need to find a creative outlet for your budding performer? It could be as nearby as a South Jersey theater school.

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It’s Easter Bunny time

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The Easter Bunny is also going to be stopping, er, hopping by the Cherry Hill Mall Saturday through April 3. Shoppers can get their photo taken with him at Macy's Court.

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Kids become digital authors

Julia McCauley has found an outlet for some of the imaginative stories her son Michael, 7, has concocted.

The first-grade student from Van Sciver Elementary School and his mother, residents of the West Collingswood Extension section of Haddon Township, attended the school's recent book fair and fundraiser at Barnes and Noble in Cherry Hill.

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Cherry Hill man rescues kids who fell into icy lake

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By Wildford S. Shamlin, Courier-Post Staff

Officials on Friday warned students to avoid a lake near a Cherry Hill middle school after two boys fell through its ice-covered surface on their way home from school.

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Group tackles kids’ shows

The Collaborative Act Studio, known for provocative productions of shows geared toward teens and adults, is planning its first production for children.

The group will perform "Snow White" on Feb. 26 and 27.

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Run a summer camp? Tell us about it

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It's summer camp season - or at least the season that parents start thinking about their kids' summer activities.

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This weekend: Russian festivals and family fun

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It's been one cold winter so far, but that's no reason for a fun freeze.

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Celebrations set for New Year’s Eve

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If your children are a bit spooked by fireworks or simply can't stay up until midnight, the Garden State Discovery Museum in Cherry Hill has a less noisy version of the display. The museum's popular New Year's at Noon attracts so many little visitors that two more countdowns were added at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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Need to keep kids busy over break?

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Once the presents are ripped open (in 10 seconds flat), and the novelty of toys and games starts to wear off, your kids will want something to keep them busy.

For another week.

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New Year’s Eve: Count down with the kids

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By SHERI BERKERY
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Traditionally one of the biggest party nights of the year, New Year's Eve is also becoming a family-friendly event.

This year, there are more activities than ever that will let you give the babysitter the night off.

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Music Scholarships in South Jersey ~ Call for applications:

This is a call for applicants:

The New Jersey School of Music, one of the most respected private music schools in South Jersey, with campuses in both Medford and Cherry Hill, is very proud to be able to offer music scholarships to the students of South Jersey. “This is something that we have wanted to do for several years now. This year we dedicated ourselves to getting the program off of the ground”, says Renee Sutin, owner of the school.  "We are very excited. There is nothing more fulfilling than being able to provide this opportunity for students in our area while at the same time creating something that is meaningful to the community that we all live in”.

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How Early Can I Start Music Lessons ?

How Early Can I Start Music Lessons for my son or daughter?
As a music teacher at the New Jersey School of Music in Cherry Hill, I hear this question quite often.  I usually answer with a series of other questions. Yea, I know that’s not what you want to hear, but it’s not as easy as just choosing an arbitrary age at which to start every child on every instrument.

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Santa at high risk for H1N1?

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By JANE ROH
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When tiny Angelina Owens climbed onto Santa's lap at the Deptford Mall on Thursday, she might have whispered, "I want Elmo Tickle Hands."

And Santa, lowering his gleaming white beard to her ear, might have whispered back, "I want the H1N1 vaccine."

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NJSM Music Education Facts: #3

Did You Know?

A ten-year study, tracking more than 25,000 students, shows that music-making improves test scores. Regardless of socioeconomic background, music-making students get higher marks in standardized tests than those who had no music involvement. The test scores studied were not only standardized tests, such as the SAT, but also in reading proficiency exams.

Source: Dr. James Catterall, UCLA, 1997

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