Young children explore and learn about their world with an intensity that is unsurpassed at any other stage of life. Children yearn to touch, taste, see, hear and engage with everything in their environment. These early experiences of the world are critical for healthy intellectual, social-emotional, and physical development.
Grassroutes Preschool is proud to host an Open House in Friday, January 18, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn about its back to basics philosophy and see the pristine environment, and meet the preschool animals. Grassroutes Preschool offers extended hours for North Shore busy families.
The Upper School students at Shore Country Day School were challenged to calculate an estimate for the amount of concrete used to build the 2nd story floor and roof in the new building.
Leo Hogan, Project Superintendent of the Lawrence A. Griffin Center for Creativity, challenged the Upper School students to enter a contest -- Shore's Concrete Pour Contest. The objective was to find a reasonable and close estimate to the amount of concrete used to build the second story floor and the lower roof combined.
Rachel Simmons, author, educator and leading expert in female aggression will speak at Glen Urquhart School on December 12 at 7:00 p.m. Simmons is the author of New York Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls and The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the winner of a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University, where she began studying female aggression. She has worked with NY Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York Senator Charles E. Schumer.
Experience Waldorf education in action Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 8:15-10:15 a.m. Kindergarten and Grades 1, 3, 5, 7. For adults only.
We believe in the journey. We believe in letting a child have a childhood. We believe that academic excellence is the by-product, and not the goal, of a rich, fulfilling educational path that honors the child's development. We believe when you educate a child, you have a chance to change the world.
Saint Michael School offers an exceptional and challenging academic curriculum, as well as lessons of faith, honesty, respect, community service and moral values. Imaginations soar, while building self confidence, strong friendships, community commitment and a foundation for success.
Tomorrow’s world is going to demand very different kinds of things of our children. Fortunately, Glen Urquhart is a very different kind of school. Learn more about Glen Urquhart School at the Kindergarten and First Grade Open House on Wednesday, December 5, 9-11 a.m.
Observe classes, ask questions, tour GUS lower school, and meet the outstanding teachers.
Overview of the kindergarten and first grade curriculum, and a Q and A with head of school and kindergarten and first grade teachers at 9:00.
Learn the nuances of touring a private school. Discover what to look for, questions to ask and understand how a family should approach their private school tour.
As you begin to look at schools, do your homework online investigating the facilities and arrive for the campus tour with a very good idea of the physical facilities and layout. This will free you up observe and ask about the human parts of the school. The campus tour is less about seeing the physical facility and more about learning the school's culture - establishing a best fit between school and student.
River Valley Charter School is proud to invite you to attend an evening with Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., an internationally recognized expert in the impact of the media on children and teens. Ms. Kilbourne will discuss her book, So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. The discussion about how media images in pop culture impact boys and girls and what parents can do about it. Ms. Kilbourne will offer parents essential, age-appropriate strategies to counter the impact.
Filled with savvy suggestions, helpful sample dialogue, and poignant stories from families dealing with these issues, So Sexy So Soon provides parents with the information, skills, and confidence they need to discuss sensitive topics openly and effectively–so their kids can just be kids.
