Better Safe Than… Right around this time every year, just as the swallows that wind up in Capistrano start thinking of going even further south, I think about getting recertified. As an adoptive mom, I had to do what most parents don’t – take a course, not just in parenting, but also in emergency CPR and first aid. Not only did I have to take the course, so did my various babysitters and anyone who regularly spent time at my house.
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Better Safe Than…
I have a lot of topics that swirl around in my head. This is one of those topics I wanted to discuss. Why post about it now? Well, right now is when you need to start thinking about next year, especially if you want your child to attend a private school. Now that the “disclaimer” is out-of-the-way, here is our family’s personal reasons for choosing private school for our kids. I’m going to be very honest and tell you we didn’t initially set out to put the kids in a private school. Much the opposite. We began looking for houses in the spring of 2008 and also began researching preschools for A around the same time. After purchasing our house, we continued looking for preschools, but on a much smaller scale. The city our home is in has quite a large school system. Many of the schools are great, a few are not. Location of our home didn’t seem to decide which of the schools our kids would attend. Sadly, our kids were assigned to one of the “not so great” schools in our district. Neither hubs nor myself were very thrilled with this news. So, we started looking at our options. In Ohio, there is something called Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment basically means that a school district allows children who live outside of the district to attend their school. These placements though, are based on space and class size. This was an option, and still is actually. The other option was a parochial school. There are several right around our neighborhood. While we are not Catholic, I looked up the local Catholic school and found they had terrific recommendations (trust me I did my homework for all the private schools in our area).
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Why we chose private school
What a hard question. You simple cannot answer this with a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ as the next question would be “why?” followed by normal stuttering of “because……..[insert a quick and somewhat reasonable answer].
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Are people who go to private school smarter than those who go to public school?
I get my five a day just not in a healthy way I take my vitamins Just like the Nanny State say I take them with my nicotine keeps my blood smoky my mind healthy I take my nicotine to take the edge off my suicidal dreams: Jumping headlong off a bridge, Stepping out in front of a bus. Sick of the shit they prescribe us, I smoke my nicotine, carbon, and oxygen to keep my attacks from controlling me and losing all my friends
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A tirade on behalf of those of us just old enough to vote… (100th Post!)
Middle School Bluesor, how did s/he grow up so fast? It seems to be a given these days that elementary schools try – or should try – to educate the “whole child.” What that usually means is that they are looking at social-emotional, physical and cognitive development, rather than just “teaching to the test.” At least you would hope that your school is doing that, especially in the early grades, K-3. But what happens after third grade
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School Admissions Update
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday told private schools in capital not to hike fee without approval of the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) as directed by the state education department. Making it clear that government would not reverse its position on the issue, she told a delegation of the private schools that it may consider revising the guideline for the academic session 2011-12, sources said
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Dikshit tells private schools not to hike fee
A recent study showed that students from day and boarding schools are more prepared for further education. They also seem to achieve a greater career development than students who studied in public schools. The Association of Boarding Schools surveyed over 2700 high school students and adults in different points in their lives to learn about their experiences.
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Benefits of boarding school
Staying Sane (while searching for the perfect school) It’s that time of year, when some of us breathe a big sigh of relief, exhausted but triumphant – we’ve gotten into a school. But for some of us the school search looms ahead. Unfortunately for you, it’s not so far ahead that you can forget about it all together, but you have some fantasy that it can wait.
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Staying Sane
My mother asked my siblings and me some questions recently about our homeschooling experience. She wanted to know whether we had enjoyed homeschooling, and what were our favorite and least favorite parts of it. And she wanted to know whether we would homeschool our own children.
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Homeschooling: The Good, The Bad, and The Next Generation
Story from the left-wing Globe and Mail . Excerpt: The days of euphemisms and innuendo in Ontario’s classrooms are numbered, with the province set to roll out a new sex education curriculum next fall built on clear and explicit language that has raised objections from conservative parent groups. The revision, outlined in 208 pages that were quietly posted on the Ministry of Education’s website in January, will for the first time teach Grade 3 pupils about such topics as sexual identity and orientation, and introduce terms like “anal intercourse” and “vaginal lubrication” to children in Grades 6 and 7
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Liberal government in Ontario to introduce more explicit sex education in schools
You can search for the private school’s name in the Florida Division of Corporation’s database of fictitious names (also called DBA or Doing Business As names.) Visit their website at http://ccfcorp.dos.state.fl.us/search.html . On that web site, under the Fictitious Names section, click on the link to “Inquire by Fictitious Name” On the next page, enter the school name in the search box and click the “Search Now” button. You will see the name you searched for in a list of search results.
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How Can I Find Out Who Owns A Private School in Florida?
Check it out, this is absolutely crazy what these big government unions have been doing! How about we get rid of both the unions and Department of Education? That would solve a ton of the problems that we see. We spend on average $10,000 per year on every student, yet the results are worse than ever
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Rubbing out the Rubber Rooms
I’ve always believed that the best way to learn about a topic is by understanding the topic as a fight between two opposing teams. And that’s how we’re going to learn about the Washington D.C. school system in this balanced post at the libertarian magazine Reason.(Not the usual conservative stuff I post 100% of the time) Here’s the situation: D.C.
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Superintendent Michelle Rhee’s fight against the Washington, D.C. teacher unions
In my work with independent and faith-based schools across the nation, administrators often ask the question: “where should I spend my marketing dollars first?” The answer is clear – your school’s website. When a prospective parent Google’s your school, what is their first impression? What kind of image of your school is conveyed
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Your school’s website is a marketing and budget priority
[UPDATED 3:25 P.M.] U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens today announced his intent to retire at the end of the term after more than 34 years on the court, a tenure that has included participation in his share of education-related cases. Justice Stevens, who turns 90 on April 20, was nominated by President Gerald R.
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As Justice Stevens Retires, His Education Legacy Reviewed
Working at a high school has its benefits. You get to keep up on emerging trends, have access to copious amounts of kid food (ie pizza and chicken patties), and you have the opportunity to be amazed/surprised/compelled to think every single day.
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High School Presidential Elections (Hilton Head of School)
The sun is shining and there’s no better place to be than seaside at Eastern Point Day School. Come visit our little school on the hill to see how lovely your child’s Pre-K – 8th grade experience can be! Our next open house is on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 9:00 am – 11:00 am Meet some of our great teachers, students and families that make Eastern Point Day School a unique and enriching community.
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Open House!
Article is linked to the picture. (Not the actual kid; just a funny picture) The title of this blog article is Lawerence Academy’s Colin Cook’s stat line for a recent win over Roxbury Latin Academy, 65-48
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28 points, 21 rebounds, 12 assists, 11 steals, 15 blocks and 11 turnovers
My client, Nileen Namita, appears with daughter Rachel, 16, in a double page spread today in the Daily Mail newspaper. Unsurprisingly, because it is the sort of story readers often have strong views on, it is one of the best read on the Daily Mail website and at the time of writing had attracted over 500 comments from all over the world
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My mum spent my private school fees on HER cosmetic surgery…
As I mentioned previously, it is important to choose the right school for your child, either through the public school system or private school. If you choose private school that includes therapy, the cost of autism programs is not always in line with the benefits received. You need to consider the overall cost.
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School and your autistic child