Average teacher spends about 500 a year out of their own pocket to get supplies for their students. From car washes to bake sales, schools are always looking for ways to raise money for special classes and activities. And that brings us to our guest, alex demeo. Hes cofounder of School Bell Partners. Hi. Hi. Thanks for having me. Great having you. Why are schools having such budget problems . Because their budgets have been cut across the boards for over a decade now. School is short of money . How does that affect the students . It costs money to teach students the basic textbook things they need to know, but, on top of that, what about the arts . What about music . What about sports . What about thinking about their future . Those things cost money, too. When budgets are cut, thats where students suffer. So, how can School Bell Partners help . We can help by bringing the schools an opportunity to raise money through their websites typically so that they can focus on teaching and not have to focus on fundraising. So, how exactly does it work . The webmaster of the school puts our sponsor window onto the schools website. In a matter of minutes and from that point forward, the schools raising money around the clock. Does this mean that youre simply putting ads on the schools website . Not as much ads as sponsorships what you would see in the yearbook and the basically, businesses showing that they care to help the school, and theyre being good citizens in doing it. How much can schools actually make . In the first year, the averagesize schools website could bring in over 10,000. And then, from there, as more sponsors come on board or local businesses get involved, it grows exponentially. Wow but theres more benefits here yes, thats true. Think about what the internet does for us. Using our sponsor window, we could give parents access to advice that could help them with their children, with their homework and assignments. We can bring children exciting apps we call them edutainment where they could get involved and learn their basics but have fun doing it a also create and community where parents, teachers, and students can share ideas and cr engaging educational experience right through the schools website. Whats the advantage of this over traditional fundraising ideas like bake sales and raffles . We look at our fundraiser as being right alongside the fundraising that the schools are doing traditionally. But here, since theres no extra effort involved, its all new money to the schools without distracting them from teaching we bring the fundraising beyond the classroom, right into the home computer of the students and the families who see the sponsors and can patronize them and bring money into the school instantly. Is this available to all schools . Every k12 School District and school in the United States can be part of this, and, looking to the future, were gonna be bringing colleges and universities in, too. So, if im a student and i have a club and im trying to raise money either for new uniforms or maybe to go on a trip, would this be a great idea to help me raise that money . Yes, as a matter of fact, this fundraiser has the ability to allocate funds from a specific department or even a function or an event and raise the money and let the School Administrator know heres how much money was raised by the glee club, by the football team. And they can put the money back the effort to increase the fundraising for the school. Interesting. So, if students, families, or School Officials want to learn more, how can they . Its very easy. Just visit our website, schoolbellpartners. Com. We have all the answers there, and you can get started with a click. Thanks for the great information. Thank you. When it comes to education, weve all heard about the three rs reading, writing, and arithmetic. But for too many schools these days, theres a fourth r for if your school needs some new ways to raise money, the internet may open a whole world of options. For teen kids news, im katie. Weve got lots more to tell you about on teen kids news, so dont go away. If youve ever wondered what its like to live aboard a submarine, then youll want to dive in to this next story. Scott takes us to the intrepid sea to check out their exhibit called submerged. Megan bednarz is a museum educator, and shell be our guide. How are you . Hello. Very good. How are you . Good. So, lets go look at submerged. Yeah, lets do it. All right so, this is it . Yeah, this is it. This is an overview of the history of submarines. It all started with the turtle during the revolutionary war. That little thing . Yeah, that little thing right up there. It was designed just to go deep enough to be below a wooden ship hopefully sinking the ship. The suarine that you can find at our museum is the grler, an grayback class. So, that could go about 300 feet, and since then they have just gotten bigger and faster. All right, so now we have what do we have here . Here we have berthing, which is the living area, the sleeping area. As you can see, theres not a lot of space. So, this box here would be where you had to fit all of your prized possessions. Everything. Had to be very careful, huh . Yeah, you had to be very, very choosy. [ chuckles ] and oftentimes, you might be sleeping over torpedoes. So, there were bunks in the torpedo rooms for anyone on that watch. And these worked . Yes, they all work. So, thats the ultimate alarm clock if you dont wake up. Absolutely, yeah. If that goes off you have to wake up. Okay, all right, good. Mmhmm. So, what do we ha here . Over here this is these are the controls. Steering the sub. It took three people to operate. You have one yoke for going up and down and then the others for going right and left. So, why are all the lights red in this room . Okay, so in the control room, we have these red lights because there isnt really any night or day inside the sub, but when youre looking through your periscope out at night, you have to have your night vision ready. So this red glow helps your eyes adjust to view the horizon as it is at night. And this is the periscope. So, you would have to get behind the periscope. You control it by rotating it with these handles, and this gives you a view of the horizon above you because you cant see it from inside the sub. So, it looks like im looking straight out. How does this really work . Lets check it out. Okay. So, we have here a diagram that shows us how the mirrors inside of a periscope work, cause you were able to see the you can see the way light bounces off of these mirrors to bring that image to your eye. The mirrors are set at 45 degrees. So, whatevers on the horizon is gonna enter in, bounce down, and then bounce again right to your eye. Oh. Yeah. Pretty nifty. So, it reflects the whole thing out from up top to down low. Exactly, yeah. And thats they didnt have any windows on the submarines. So thats how they would see . Yes, that was your eye into the outside world no windshield, no nothing. Is that how they would know its a little bit different. That helps them decide where theyre going, but theres more to it than just the periscope. We use sonar to detect objects. [ sonar pinging ] so, theres two ways to use sonar. One way would be active use of sonar. So thats what being shown here. The submarine sends out a ping, and then that sound bounces back to the sub. So the pings that you hear are used to find objects that might close together, you know that theres something approaching you. If you hear pings far apart, somethings leaving. But most subs like to stay very, very quiet because theyre designed to be very, very stealthy. Ah. So, thats where passive sonar comes in. Thats just listening. Youre just listening for other sounds. Youre not sending out any sounds. So, sonar is the same thing that a bat would use to find out whats around it. Oh, yeah, absolutely. A lot of wildlife uses this to map out the space theyre in. Sound is great because it bounces off of everything and comes right back. Okay. Here is our mess area. So this is where youre gonna find the enlisted men doing all of their eating, doing all of their lounging and relaxing. Storage was very, very scarce on the sub, so if you look below you. Are those cans . Yes, these are the tops of cans. So, in order to save space, they actually filled up all the walkways with canned food. So it made everybody a the more you ate, the shorter youd get. [ laughs ] got it. Okay. And here you can see table settings. So, board games were extremely important aboard a submarine, and also movies were always shown in the mess area. So, this was the time of the day where enlisted men could actually finally relax and let their guard down a bit and enjoy some games. And this is where they ate, as well, on these tables . Absolutely, yeah. Multipurpose was also a big deal because theres no space. So, its called a mess cause messy eaters . Very messy, yeah. [ laughs ] so, what do we have over here . All right, the last space here is the engine room. Okay. So, a diesel engine, a dieselpowered sub is going to have to surface to get power. So, while its on the surface, its set to diesel. It charges up its batteries that will later power the engines when its below the surface. So, below the surface, it can switch to electric power. Oh. Yeah, todays subs are nuclearpowered. An electricdiesel sub. Okay, so its like the hybrid of the old days. Yes, absolutely. Very good, yeah. So, when men wanted to be on a submarine, were they just drafted on, or did they have a choice of some sort . Well, the men that were already enlisted in the navy had the chance to volunteer to work on a submarine. Yeah, conditions are considered very, very extreme. Its homesickness. Its not knowing day or night. Youre underwater for months at a time. Its a small environment. So those stresses were so there that would be up for that particular challenge. So you were volunteering at that point. So they werent being forced into anything . Exactly. All right, i have one last question. Yeah. How does something that small power something that big . Yeah, well, so, submarines are underwater. Its easier to move once youre under the water. So you dont need that giant of a propeller. The propellers for the intrepid wouldve been as tall as this sub, and there would have been four of them. Much smaller propeller for a submarine. Okay, well, thank you so much. Youve covered everything. I really appreciate it. Yeah, great to be here. You too. A submarines greatest asset is being able to travel undetected. Thats why the unofficial motto of the u. S. Submarine fleet is silent service. For teen kids news, im scott. Coming up, the dos and donts of community service. My make the grade report is next on teen kids news. Christins back w make the grade report. I want to talk to you for a moment about College Applications and community service. Youve probablsty heard ories of teens who travel to exotic places for their Service Projects you know, helping to build a school in africa or teaching english for a week in latin america. You dont need to go to such extremes. In fact, many collegeadmissions officers say theyre not overly impressed by expensive service adventures, especially those minimal amount of time. What colleges are really looking for is a steady commitment, service from the heart. Im christin, and thats this weeks advice on how to make the grade. 50 u. S. States, 50 state flags, each one with its own unique history heres eric with flag facts. [ uptempo march plays ] virginia is often called the mother of president s. Four of our first five president s were born there. Since then, four more president s have been proud virginians. Virginias state flag is a reference to overthrowing king george. You see the roman goddess virtus standing atop a tyrant, and shes holding a sword in one hand, a spear in the other, and the tyrant is laying on the ground with his crown knocked off of his head. Is hard to see, but tthe a broken whip. Sic Semper Tyrannis means thus always to tyrants. With flag facts, im eric. Its time for another Important Message brought to you by the National Road safety foundation. [ suspenseful music plays ] [ thuds ] [ cellphone vibrates ] what if your mom or dad texted while driving and got hurt or worse . Imagine how you would feel. Is everything all right . I dont know. Thats why they dont want you to text and drive. . . Coming up, how teens are teaching their parents to teen kids news will be right have you ever been at a party and your parents start to dance . Pretty funny and maybe a little bit embarrassing, right . Well, this video from the folks at hooplaha shows that youre not alone. I think my first memory would probably be in the 70s, dancing in my basement. [ electronic music plays ] [ laughs ] back in the caribbean, when we did calypso dancing, its basically just moving your waist. Back in india, five, six years old, i used to dance. [ grunts ] thank you. When she was two years old, she tried to copy me to dance. And it was. [ laughs ]. Happy because we dancing. Im not a good dancer, but i always say, dance for yourself, not for anybody else, and im the living proof of that. My mom does not really have rhythm. Do i look like i dont have . Rhythm, rhythm . Mom, singing rhythm doesnt mean you have rhythm. Y does. Es, it this is how my dad dances. No, i dont. [ chuckles ] [ laughs ] [ laughing ] i dont know. He made up something. Hell get no dinner tonight. Ohh [ r b music plays ] something that everybodys doing now because, you know, when we do go out together, i need you to be on. Point. You put one of your hands up. And you kind of shake it as you step back. [ chuckles ] thats bad. Thats really bad. Just shake the leg. Just shake the leg. Shake a leg. Break it. Oh, this is tired. Break your legs [ r b music plays ] ohh. [ laughs ] wait. I have it all backwards. Okay, now im gettin it. [ laughs ] [ laughs ] whoa this one up here like you have a lasso in the air, and turn around. [ laughs ] so. [ laughter ] what kind of dance is this . So, watch me first. [ vozing ] no, no. Get it, get it, get it get it am i gettin it . Yeah now that i taught you some moves. Mmhmm. Were gonna play a game. Were gonna go ahead and go to the app, just dance, and thats gonna make this the controller for the game. Are you ready . Okay, im ready. Alets do this. Ll right, . Wont be no stickfigure silicone barbie doll . . Shoowopwop . . Shadoo. . Yeah, exactly, yeah. . So if thats what youre into. . Twirl. Twirl. Ah yes whoa you were really close i won . [ laughs ] wait did i win . [ gasps ] thats what im talki about she did good today. Yeah, you did good. Thank you. The family that dances together stays together. Yeah. Job well done . Yeah high five. Really bad highfive. [ upbeat music plays ] if snappy putdowns were an olympic sport, then this guy would be a gold medalist. Ill tell you why when nicole continues her special of the united kingdom. [ rule, britannia plays ] Parliament Square is a park that pays silent tribute to some of the worlds greatest leaders. People like britains bulldogged Prime Minister winston churchill. His indomitable spirit and stiff during the dark days of world war ii. Not all those honored here with a statue are from the united kingdom. Theres nelson mandela, south africas first black president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. As well as abraham lincoln, the american president who fought the civil war to preserve the union and to abolish slavery. But there was one particular persons likeness i wanted to see. They say the statue of Prime Minister disraeli is here in Parliament Square. Lets see if we can find it. Disraeli actually served twice as britains Prime Minister under queen victoria. Nope. Thats not him. In the age of imperialism, disraeli is credited with helping to extend britains influence around the world. A popular saying in his day was neither is this. Even though i was assured his statue was in the square, i couldnt find it. Do you think they take statues away for cleaning . Exasperated, i googled him and discovered that his statue is here, after all. In fact, it was one of the first i looked at. Except that the name on the base isnt disraeli, but his official title of so he was here, after all. The reason why i wanted to find him was because hes famous for making one of the most devastating insults of all time. Disraeli was once asked, whats the difference between misfortune and disaster . Disraeli replied that if his political opponent gladstone fell into the river thames, that would be misfortune. However, if someone helped him out of the river, that would be disaster. For teen kids news, im nicole. Again next week for more teen kids news. Bye. Ur appreciation for those putting their lives on the line to keep our great nation free. Im talking about the men and women in the armed forces. One deserving military family gets a makeover starting right now lets get this show on the road, boys come on music voice over . Time for us to show our appreciation andck give ba to those who have sacrificed. This is military makeover, and it and his family, where military mas taking a militkeover iary familys house and giving it a pedal to tetal, shipshapehe m makeover. Lets meet robert and his family now. Lieutenant music i grew up in okeechobee, florida. Gra okeechobeeduated