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KidNuz: News for Kids

09.02.2020

KidNuz: News for Kids

Starglow Media

Kids & Family, Education, News

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Sky Skies Again, Jetpack at Nine O’Clock, Digital Divide, Drone Drops and a Pitch Perfect Parrot!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning and welcome to Kid News sponsored today by Bamboo Learning. I'm Kim.

0:06.0

Today is Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 and we begin with a 12 year old skateboarding whiz kid showing the world what it means to try, try again.

0:16.7

Two months ago, Sky Brown took a wicked fall that her father says she was lucky to survive. The future Olympian from the United Kingdom

0:24.8

spent weeks recovering from multiple broken bones and injuries to her

0:29.2

stomach and lungs, but now she's back on the deck. With a cast on one wrist and legendary border Tony

0:36.4

Hawk by her side, Sky made her comeback by crushing Elliot Sloane's famous backyard mega-ramp.

0:43.8

It took her a few minutes before the drop-in to compose herself

0:47.0

and three tries for a clean landing,

0:49.6

but she pulled off a jump that's a first for a female skater. Social media is in awe, not just of the

0:56.8

courage to return to the sport, but also because she rocked a skirt for the attempt.

1:02.1

For her part, Sky never doubted she'd be back.

1:04.8

Sometimes you fall she said but I wanted to show me getting back up again.

1:11.8

The digital divide is real.

1:14.0

A picture of two girls doing their homework in a Taco Bell parking lot, because that's the only place they could get free internet access,

1:21.0

has struck a nerve.

1:23.4

In the photo, the kids are sitting on a curb,

1:25.6

laptops open with two employees of the Salinas California

1:29.4

chain kneeling next to them.

1:31.4

The image immediately went viral and the school district was able to

1:34.8

identify the girls and quickly get them use of a hot spot. The community also stepped in

1:40.4

with additional resources and a go fund me page.

1:43.9

According to a recent common sense media report,

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