1.Maintain Structure/Support/Regular Routine. Keep family routines as close to normal as possible, such as meal times, activities, and bedtimes. Continue school attendance if at all possible. 2.Manage Information. Limit TV viewing of the event to no more than 15 minutes for children under 5 years old each day, 30 minutes for children ages 5-12. When… Read more »
“Maintaining a positive school climate is important. You can’t get to the business of teaching and learning if students don’t feel sure that they are safe” according to Aileen Sterling, Principal of Cerro Villa Middle School. Such sentiments led her to ask Jennifer Van Horik a counselor at Cerro Villa to implement a character education… Read more »
DECIDE TO FORGIVE FOR RESENTMENT IS NEGATIVE RESENTMENT IS POISONOUS RESENTMENT DIMINISHES AND DEVOURS THE SELF. BE THE FIRST TO FORGIVE TO SMILE AND TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND YOU WILL SEE HAPPINESS BLOOM ON THE FACE OF YOUR HUMAN BROTHER OR SISTER. BE ALWAYS THE FIRST DO NOT WAIT FOR OTHERS TO FORGIVE. FOR… Read more »
When guiding a student, there are several steps you need to take to make sure the student keeps listening as you outline a course of action. Step 1. Get up close and on the same eye level as the child. You can even kneel below the child looking up to their eyes as you guide… Read more »
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else. – Henry Ward Beecher
Today we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He selflessly devoted… Read more »
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. – Walter Bagehot
1. Be grown up, which means, be independent, take responsibility for yourself. When you step out, take risks, and succeed some people may be envious or fearful that they’re “losing” the former you. This can cause them to be critical of your new aspirations and plans. They become “dream stealers.” When you are overly concerned… Read more »
I Corinthians 13:7 Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love always Protects- We need to strengthen others by keeping our discussion confidential. God places gossip along with infidelity and murder. To become trustworthy we need to refrain from sharing things that were given in confidence. Love always Trusts- We need to… Read more »
