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What is a Waldorf School?
For a local option, check out Suncoast Waldorf School: Suncoast Waldorf School 1857 Curlew Rd. Palm Harbor, FL 33683 www.SuncoastWaldorf.org 727.786.8311Administrator: Deborah Richardson Religious affiliation: N/A Child playgroup to 8th grade About Suncoast Waldorf School Waldorf or Rudolf Steiner education is a unique form of education from preschool through high school, which is based on the [...]
Virtual Tour of Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Florida
Berkeley Preparatory School 4811 Kelly Rd. Tampa, FL 33615 www.berkeleyprep.org Ph: 813.885.1673 Headmaster: Joseph A. Merluzzi Religious affiliation:Episcopal Pre-K to 12th grade; divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper divisions Academics Common ground for the wide variety of activities that make up the rich and engaging curriculum at Berkeley is an uncompromising commitment across all grades to [...]
What Is a Waldorf School?
What Is a Waldorf School? Waldorf schools are unique. Enter a Waldorf school in the morning and you know this immediately. As you proceed down the hallway you hear children singing, reciting poems, playing flutes and stamping and clapping the multiplication tables. The teachers say this morning circle time, a practice in all Waldorf schools [...]
Think Outside the Lunch Box
How Parents Can “Think Outside the Lunch Box” for Healthier Back-To-School Lunches Tips from Mary Ellen Renna, M.D., F.A.A.P, PNS Pediatrician and Author of Growing Up Healthy the Next Generation Way: Add Years to Your Child’s Life and Life to Your Child’s Years Back-to-school time means back to homework, back to the flurry of after-school [...]
Preparing for School with Allergies and Asthma
Preparing for School with Allergies and Asthma Beginning a new school year is always an exciting time for children and parents. It is also an important time to remember that children withallergies and asthma face challenges in the classroom. These challenges can range from discomfort that makes it hard to concentrate on school work, to [...]
Helping Children Learn
Helping Children Learn The Invisible Gorilla Blocking the Road to Learning By Marion Blank, Ph.D. Helping children learn! For both parents and teachers, few things are more important. So when signs of difficulty appear, there is deep concern. Typically, the signs are based on seeing a child having trouble with some activity. It might be [...]
Help Us Reduce Child Injuries!
Help Us Reduce Child Injuries! By Jessica Brady Spokesperson for AAA Auto Club South SCHOOL’S OPEN! School is starting, school is starting! That’s the proclamation we overjoyed parents make every year in late August when we know our children will be going back to school. Seriously though, we all want our children to be safe [...]
Good Study Habits
Good Study Habits Ways to encourage kids Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables. It may seem like an uphill climb and you may think that nothing will work when it comes to getting your kids to hit the books. There have been a lot of [...]
Educators Growing Educators
Educators Growing Educators by Susan King, Supervisor of Magnet Schools and Programs A Middleton freshman reveals, “I’ve been waiting all year for this experience and was glad that I had a great partner. When it was time to leave, the class gave me a group hug. I will always remember this day!” This is Keith, [...]
Business Rules for Back to School
Business Rules for Back to School Helping busy parents ease the “Back to School” chaos! Dreading the hectic schedule and homework hassles that come with the new school year? Relax. Here are some “best practices” from the business world that will make the back-to-school transition far less stressful. By Jamie Woolf If you’re like [...]
Back to School
Back to School Preparation to ease the stress of that first day. Summer is winding down, and that “back to school” feeling is in the air for parents and children. Both can experience anxiety when facing that first day, new classmates, teacher or school. With a little preparation, parents can help to ease the stress [...]
Backpack Safety
Backpack Safety How to avoid back, neck and shoulder pain Most kids carry backpacks to school everyday, and pediatricians, physical therapists and parents are reporting increasing numbers of schoolchildren complaining of back, neck and shoulder pain, along with tingling or numbness in their arms and hands. This is being attributed to children carrying heavy loads [...]
Tampa Bay Area Private Schools
ABA ACADEMY 8950 DR ML KING STREET N 170, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702Director: FRANS VAN HAAREN Phone: (727) 576-7600 Religious School / Denomination: No / NOT APPLICABLE Grades: KG-05� | County: PINELLAS | Accreditation: Accept McKay Scholarship: Yes Offer Camps: ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 1855 S. HIGHLAND AVE, CLEARWATER, FL 33756Director: TANIA MERCADO Phone: (727) 831-6325 Religious School / Denomination: Yes / ASSEMBLIES [...]
5 Ways to Build a Great Relationship With Your Child’s Teacher
5 Ways to Build a Great Relationship With Your Child’s Teacher Tips for parents by Deborah Carpenter INTRODUCE YOURSELF Julie Paolucci, a mom of five in Newington, Connecticut, sends a note of introduction to each of her children’s teachers. “I include relevant family information and anything specific the teacher needs to know about my child,” [...]
