Source: The American Academy of Pediatrics

SCHOOLS REDEEMING HI-5¢ COULD WIN $1,000 MORE

Reynolds Recycling is offering public and private schools on O'ahu, Maui and Kaua'i a way to teach students about the importance of protecting the environment and raise money at the same time.

The 2006 Cans for Cash Fund-raising Challenge asks participating schools to help reach a collective goal of 1,275,194 bottles and cans — one for every person in the state. Each school will receive the HI-5¢ redemption value for each container collected.

Reynolds will also award a first-place prize of $1,000 and a second-place prize of $500 to two schools on each island. To participate, contact Jill Tokuda at 841-4036 or 292-9985 or e-mail jtokuda@reynoldsrecycling.com.

POLL FINDS PARENTS, TEACHERS ON SAME PAGE

Most parents say their children get the right amount of homework, and most teachers agree, according to a recent poll.

Even among parents and teachers who say the load assigned is out of whack, more say it's too light. Here are highlights from the poll:

Enough: 57 percent of parents said their children get the right amount of homework. Most teachers — 63 percent — agreed. Only 19 percent of parents said their kids get too much homework.

Disagreement: More than half of parents said they spend the right amount of time helping on homework, but nine of 10 teachers said parents don't do enough.

Time: Parents said their children spend 90 minutes a night on homework, but another study says children estimate less than an hour.

Source: Associated Press

About the poll: The survey information comes from a poll of 1,085 parents of school-age children in grades K-12 and a poll of 810 K-12 teachers. The survey was conducted Jan. 13-23 for The Associated Press and America Online. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for parents and 3.5 points for teachers.