As a new academic year begins, students start school with new goals, opportunities, and challenges. After a few months of vacation, it may be difficult for children to get back into school mode. Here are some ways parents can help their kids transition from summer break into the school routine.
Other than perhaps pagers in the 1990s, it’s difficult to think of any product designed for adults which has become as ubiquitous among kids as mobile devices have become. (Tell your kids about pagers. It’ll make them laugh.) Smartphones—and, to a lesser extent, tablets—are a necessity in most children’s lives.
Is your child refusing to eat anything but chicken nuggets and french fries? All too often, kids are bingeing on unhealthy snack foods instead of fruits and vegetables—children today can go days without consuming any greens at all. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests vegetables should be consumed with every meal and snack. However, produce intake can be difficult when kids are picky eaters.
While it seems like summer break just started, it won’t be long before school begins again, which makes this a good time to sit down with your kids to choose a few things they can accomplish before summer ends.
School’s out, the little tykes have been on vacation for a week, and they’re already bored. How are you going to make it to August? Here are some ideas on how parents and children can get through the summer and have a good time doing it just by planning fun things to do every day. It’s easier than you think.
While we bid a fond farewell to Principal Mealy and wish him all the best in his retirement, we are also happy to welcome our new principal, Mr. Romero. Read Mr. Romero’s biography, and see how his impressive background makes him the ideal principal for Liberty Traditional’s Saddleback campus.
It’s May, which means that kindergarteners will be promoted, 8th graders will be graduating, and students will all be making the transition from school to summer break.
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The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
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The development of good reading skills in early childhood is the best predictor of future academic and financial success. The earlier kids learn to read, the better. The challenge is, not to teach kids to read, but to create an environment where kids will learn to love reading.
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. A lot has changed in the 30 years since Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987. The main change has come in education which, until fairly recently, had no cohesive plan for teaching the developmentally disabled.
Liberty students will not have school the week of March 13-17 for Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 20.
If practice makes perfect, you’ll want your student to take an AzMERIT practice test before the real testing begins on March 27. Here’s how:
1. Go to AZMERITPORTAL.ORG
2. Click on Sample Tests on the right side of the page
3. Click on Take the Sample Tests on the upper-left
4. To sign in, enter GUEST in all fields and click Sign In
5. Select the appropriate Student Grade Level; then, under Next Step, click Yes
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