When your child brings home a disappointing report card, take time to process all of the information before reacting. Knowing how to deal with a poor report card may require you to step back and look at things from a different perspective. Following are some steps to...
Sodexo Foundation is accepting applications for its Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarship program through December 5, 2013. Through these scholarship awards, Sodexo Foundation recognizes and rewards students, ages 5-25, who are driving awareness and mobilizing...
By Beverly Stewart, M.Ed. Interim progress reports have arrived in mailboxes recently and some parents may not be pleased with what they find. For those students who have recently made a transition – from grade school to middle school, or middle school to high school...
No one likes failure but it is a part of life. Sometimes things don’t work out. Sometimes we don’t get what we want. But if we look at these situations in the right light we can teach our kids to learn to persevere, to learn to be more flexible, or to...
Do you have a middle school student with exceptional ability? If so, you should know about the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program! The Program was founded on the idea that if you provide high-achieving students with financial need the guidance and...
Did you know that Family Volunteer Day, a Points of Light signature day of service, is coming up soon? This special day is dedicated to demonstrating and celebrating the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the...
