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Nov 16, 2015

can i buy a dress on your credit card?

By |2015-11-16T09:01:17-08:00November 16, 2015|Middle School, Whole Child Education|1 Comment

The following text conversation took place a few weeks back between my daughter, Carissa, and me. Carissa is in her second year studying at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California. I received the first text message just before 9:00 a.m. on a Monday morning.CARISSA: can i buy a dress on your credit card? you can [...]

Oct 22, 2015

How NOT to be an Artist

By |2025-02-22T14:03:10-08:00October 22, 2015|21st Century Learning, Art & Music|4 Comments

BY JONATHAN BOER Secondary Art Teacher There is a poster out there entitled “How to Be An Artist.” It’s a list of things an artist is supposed to do, like “plant impossible gardens,” “take moonbaths,” and “invite dangerous people to tea.” If this poster is the definitive list, I’m not an artist. The only things [...]

Sep 14, 2015

Saddle Sores and Pushing Pedals

By |2015-09-14T08:55:33-07:00September 14, 2015|Character, Middle School|1 Comment

175 kilometers. Almost all uphill.My son, Justin, and I had spent two days bicycling from Princeton, up to the Coquihalla Summit. For the most part, the trail was washboard gravel that rose steadily upwards.  Then there was the 25 kilometers that strayed onto a gas pipeline. 25 kilometers of pushing our bikes up steep hills [...]

Jun 22, 2015

How to Get an “A” in Free Time

By |2015-06-22T09:09:08-07:00June 22, 2015|Faith, Secondary|0 Comments

What do you think about adding column on a report card assessing what students do during recess?Luigi Giussani, Italian priest, educator and intellectual, once told a group of parents that young people are not judged by how seriously, tenaciously and loyally they take to their school work, but by how they use their free time.They [...]

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