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π¨ What LifeWise Is Really Teaching π¨
π¨ What LifeWise Is Really Teaching π¨ This page comes straight from a LifeWise Academy lesson plan β written for fourth graders. In it, kids act out the difference between βRyan,β a so-called bad student who throws fits, steals, and βthinks church is dumbβ β and βAmy,β the good student who shares, works hard, and…
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π¨ Muncie, Indiana π¨
π¨ Muncie, Indiana π¨ π’ Join the Secular Education Association on Thursday, October 2nd at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Muncie (6β8 PM) for an important community presentation on the growing dangers of LifeWise Academy and other religious encroachments into our public schools. β¨ This event is free and open to the publicβbring a friend,…
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π¨ Ashland, OH β Time to Demand Accountability.π¨
π¨ Ashland, OH β Time to Demand Accountability.π¨ This week, LifeWise and local officials celebrated a new sidewalk physically connecting Taft Intermediate directly to Southview Grace Brethren Church β the church that houses LifeWise classes. This wasnβt just a church project. Public officials stood shoulder-to-shoulder with LifeWise leadership to celebrate and pray over it. β’…
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π¨ Vermilion, OH Update π¨
π¨ Vermilion, OH Update π¨ This week, LifeWise Academy held an open house for its new chapter at Vermilion Elementary β and the community showed up to push back. β π Parents, educators, and SEA members stood outside with signs to say loud and clear: public school hours should be for public school education. A…
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πCommunity Power in Action β Grandview Heights, OH π
πCommunity Power in Action β Grandview Heights, OH π Shared in our group -βJust want to share a small win against LifeWise in Grandview Heights, Ohio πͺπΌ After strong community feedback, the Grandview Heights Boosters have chosen to return LifeWise Academyβs $1,500 sponsorship for an upcoming fundraiser. While itβs disappointing that LifeWise will still be…
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OHIO
OHIO π¨ LifeWise Expansion Comes With Real Harm π¨ This school year, LifeWise Academy β a controversial Hilliard-based religious instruction program β will operate in 613 schools across 303 Ohio districts, nearly half the state. But families are already reporting serious consequences. β‘οΈ Rabbi Tina Sobo of Temple Israel Dayton, a mom of two Miamisburg…
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π¨OHIOπ¨
π¨OHIOπ¨ π¨Clarification on NBC4βs LifeWise Coverage This week, NBC4 ran a story suggesting that Ohio schools were now required to allow candy, toys, and trinkets from release-time religious programs like LifeWise. Thatβs not accurate. π What actually happened: β’ First Libertyβs letter focused on literature and free speech, arguing against blanket bans on all take-home…
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π This is what REAL community care looks like. π
π This is what REAL community care looks like. π A small Presbyterian congregation is launching an after-school program that includes homework help, music, yoga, Bible stories, and dinner β all centered on compassion. β Every volunteer goes through BCI/FBI background checks (at the congregationβs expense).β They have a public, comprehensive child safety policy.β The…
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Posted in our private group –
Posted in our private group – βKettering Ohio…every year there’s a parade and a festival. The parade guidelines specifically state that no handouts of any sort are allowed. Guess who didn’t care? These people borrowed a LW bus from another district, and were armed with flyers and CANDY! I politely told the children who tried…
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π¨Iowaπ¨
π¨Iowaπ¨ “East Mills Elementary School Principal Melissa Nielsen said the intention with starting with first and second graders is to build the program up year by year with the same pool of students, adding a grade each year.” East Mills School District “enrollees will attend classes on Wednesdays at the Malvern Public Library during lunch.…
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Our August Newsletter can be viewed here π
Our August Newsletter can be viewed here πhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/13Pii4PNPdD2Ab28keBhr9YaEsoV5ZYxj/view?usp=drivesdk Join SEAβs newsletter and never miss important news.π https://forms.gle/VHEmzq44cxnZfi6a7 What people are saying: Facebook User: AND…MORE EMBARRASSMENTS FOR MOMS FOR LIBERTYβΌοΈ In the last two months alone, Moms for Liberty members and/or political candidates they’ve endorsed are facing serious charges, all of which it seems to me,…
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***post corrected*** previously reported as Doug Marrah this is actually Steve P…
***post corrected*** previously reported as Doug Marrah this is actually Steve Paramore, NOT Doug Marrah. βΈ» π¨ Ashland, Ohio π¨ Once again, Ashland City Schools Superintendent Steve Paramore is posing with LifeWise Academy during school events β this time at open house β while allowing them to hand out candy to kids in exchange for…
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πΊπΈ Parents Nationwide β Your Voices Matter π’
πΊπΈ Parents Nationwide β Your Voices Matter π’ Earlier today we put out a call specifically to Ohio parents to share their experiences with LifeWise Academy. That remains important β and so does the bigger picture. LifeWise and similar Released Time Religious Instruction programs are spreading across the country, and families in many states are…
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π¨ Ohio Parents β Your Voices Matter π¨
π¨ Ohio Parents β Your Voices Matter π¨ LifeWise is expanding into public schools across Ohio, and parents are raising serious concerns about its impact on students and classrooms. If you or your child have been affected by LifeWise, we want to hear from you. Whether youβre in Loudonville, Ashland, Greenville, or anywhere else in…
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π Congratulations to Ohio County, WV for successfully stopping Lifewise in their…
π Congratulations to Ohio County, WV for successfully stopping Lifewise in their district!! π Because of “great interest from the community, the board took it up, considered it closely, and it was a 3-2 vote to not permit the children to be taken out or a policy that permits that.β “What we accomplished tonight was…














