Jaime Joyce

Jaime Joyce is Executive Editor at TIME For Kids. She joined the staff in 2007. She earned master’s degrees from Bank Street College of Education and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, in New York City. For TFK, Jaime covered the 2012 and 2016 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, the 2017 presidential Inauguration, and the Women’s March on Washington. In her free time she enjoys visiting art galleries and museums.

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Science

Monarch Butterflies Endangered

July 25, 2022

Monarch butterflies are now an endangered species. That’s according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The group made its announcement on July 21. The IUCN says the monarch butterfly population in North America has dropped between…

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Spreading Joy

April 22, 2022

“Believe in yourself.” “It’s okay to be different.” “If you’re feeling up high and unbalanced, think of groundhogs.” These are a few of the encouraging messages and words of wisdom callers hear when they dial the PepToc Hotline. It’s part…

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World

Famous Shipwreck Found

March 18, 2022

The historic remains of the ship Endurance have been found nearly 10,000 feet beneath the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica. Explorer Ernest Shackleton led the ship’s 1914 expedition. Endurance set sail from England and got stuck in Antarctic ice for 10…

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War in Ukraine

March 4, 2022

On February 24, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine. The next day, Russian troops reached the edge of the country’s capital, Kyiv. The move came after weeks of Russian troop buildup along Ukraine’s borders. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Ukraine’s…

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Time Off

A Good Goal

February 15, 2022

More than 1,600 artists from 100 countries entered the 2021 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. The competition, run by the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR), challenged young people to design a soccer ball based on a theme: “Together through sport.”…

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Monarch Numbers Rise

February 11, 2022

In 2020, fewer than 2,000 western monarch butterflies were counted spending the winter in California. That number has now bounced to more than 247,000. The news was announced on January 25 by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Data was…

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World

Underwater Volcano

January 20, 2022

An underwater volcano erupted on January 15 near Tonga. The island nation is located in the South Pacific Ocean. The blast sent ash, gas, and soot about 12 miles above the ocean’s surface. It also triggered a tsunami that hit…

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On This Land

November 10, 2021

On a sunny day in September, about 50 people gathered to break ground for a new school building in Everett, Washington. The city sits on the homeland of the Tulalip Tribes. The president of the school board acknowledged this in…

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Environment

Saving Monarchs

September 17, 2021

In the 1980s, about 4.5 million monarchs spent winter on the coast of California and northern Mexico every year. “There would be these forests full of monarch butterflies looking like leaves on trees,” Elizabeth Crone told TIME for Kids. Crone…

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Can You Spell Victory?

July 9, 2021

Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde of Harvey, Louisiana, has won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. She’s the first Black American to win the event, which has been running annually since 1925. Zaila's winning word: Murraya. That’s a type of tropical tree…

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