Category: Education Articles
A Summer You Won’t Believe
A Summer You Won’t Believe Global Citizens Network By Jessica Brady It’s almost summertime, and the kids are restless and ready for that exciting summer vacation. Maybe it will be a trip to Disney or a week at the beach, and if they’re lucky, they can bring a friend. But what if the kids were [...]
Pack Right for a Great Camp Experience
Pack Right for a Great Camp Experience What to take and what to leave behind By Kurt Goerke GUIDEPACKING FOR CAMP ISN’T ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT IT IS MORE than making sure you don’t run out of underwear two days early. It’s about being able to experience camp in the most involved and enjoyable way, and [...]
Florida’s Trail of Turtles
Florida’s Trail of Turtles By Geodie Baxter Padgett “Over ninety percent of all sea turtle nesting in the western hemisphere takes place in Florida,” says David Godfrey, Executive Director of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation and Sea Turtle Survival League. This, of course, makes Florida a prime location for conservationists as well as an area of [...]
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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 [...]
