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Bullying 101 – Steps You Can Take to Resolve the Situation [Part 1 of 3]

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What is Bullying: Part 1 of 3 School staff can do a great deal to prevent bullying and protect students, but they cannot do it alone. When your child is being bullied there are steps you can take to resolve the situation. In this three-part series on bullying, we will examine what bullying is and what it is not, the warning signs of bullying, the steps to take for preventing and reporting … [Read more...]

3 Examples of How to Incorporate Sports into Your Child’s Math

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3 Examples of How to Incorporate Sports into Your Child’s Math How many people have seen the movie, Moneyball? It’s about Billy Beane, a Major League Baseball Team’s General Manager, and how he changed the game of professional sports. Beane looked deeper into the statistics of player’s… statistics nobody cared about, and used them to turn around his team’s season and make the playoffs. His … [Read more...]

3 Terrific Tips for Practicing Gratitude with Your Child

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Positive emotions are important skills and habits that we can teach our children. Feeling gratitude is a learned skill to be practiced - like kicking a soccer ball or learning to speak a second language. Practicing gratitude can be perfectly easy!  Simply state and restate the things in your life that you feel thankful for and ask your children to do the same.  It might not be easy if your … [Read more...]

Welcome to Schoolahoop!

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Whether it’s innovative study tips, creative homework solutions, or an invigorating approach to reading, we aim to help you raise a child that is a high-achieving, life-long learner.  The goal of this blog is to enable and inspire you to be confident that your child’s educational experience is the best it can be. … [Read more...]