If you don’t want to get stung, don’t hang around with the bees! – Author Unknown

The Orange County Register After reading your article about the values and ethics program at El Camino Real Elementary School, I feel compelled to let my family get their own Cheerios this morning and share my experience at El Camino. This program works! We left another Irvine elementary school after five years. We had friends,… Read more »

Je t_ Aime (French) Te Amo (spanish) Ani Qhevet Othka (hebrew) I love you The sounds are all As different As the lands from Which they came. And though our words Are all unique Our hearts are still the same. Love in any language Straight from the heart Pulls us all together Never apart. And… Read more »

5 Strategies That Work With Kids 1.Say it with a word. Desk! Dog! Bedroom! Toys! 2. Describe what you feel. Use “I statements,” to describe your feelings. If you’re not sure what an “I statement” is, think about the difference in this classic example: “I need to relax” and “You are an annoyance”. The “I… Read more »

Over the years I think that I have heard people give me over a thousand reasons for not being kind. I have yet to find a single one of them that was true. People have told me that you will be taken advantage of if you are kind. This may happen once in a while,… Read more »

Could some hyperactive kids just need sleep? Possibly, says Ronald Chervin, a neurologist at the University of Michigan. Doctors have long puzzled over the high incidence of children in sleep-disorder clinics who also suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). So Chervin wondered, could AD/HD be a symptom of problem sleep? He surveyed the parents… Read more »

Every day is a new beginning, Like in baseball’s first inning. Every day there’s a clock to rewind, Yesterdays history left behind. God created days beginning to end, Rest for the body a rich dividend. Glance at yesterday for a quick replay, For looking too long will shorten today. Have a great day and don’t… Read more »

There was grandfather, his little grandson often came in the evenings to sit at his knee and ask the many questions that children ask. One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face. Grandfather said, “Come, sit, tell me what has happened today.” The child sat and leaned… Read more »

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.” – Lee Iacocca