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	<title>Our Kids Blog &#187; Agnes Stawicki</title>
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		<title>Nutritious Snacks for Kids: Spring Break Recipes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring break is a good opportunity to do family activities, so why not transform mealtime and involve your kids in the process of cooking and creating healthy snacks for both kids and adults? <a href="healthy-snacks-for-kids-recipes-19470">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Confidence in Shy Kids and Teens with Improv Theatre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communication, critical thinking and confidence will help your child ahead in school, on sports teams and in the 'real' world. Find out how improv and public speaking programs or camps can transform a shy or timid child into a self-confident leader and strong communicator in just one week.]]></description>
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		<title>Custom Student Report Cards Increase University Acceptance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much do report cards really tell you about your child&#8217;s progress, but more importantly, their potential and future?  After all, isn&#8217;t going to school all about an end goal of graduating and continuting onto a successful post secondary program? Requirements for formal and informal student progress reporting at school are based on ministerial orders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Kids Deal With Anxiety (#ourkids chat)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anxieties. Fears. Phobias. Nervousness. No matter your age or personality, everyone experiences anxieties and fears throughout their lives, and it never feels good. Recognizing and helping your kids understand how to deal with anxieties can prepare them to handle the unsettling experiences and challenging situations of life. This is the topic for our October 12, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIS Dance Fest 2011 Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 10:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you get 200 students who love to dance together in one room? Dance Fest 2011! A celebration of athletic, artistic, and creative talent, the third annual Conference of Independent School (CIS) Dance Festival was a huge success on Sunday, May 1, 2011 with more than 200 participating students from seven schools. Dancers, organizers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching the History Behind Black History Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who comes to mind when you think of Black History? Slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. or basketball great Jackie Robinson? It's likely that 80% of students would default to these two names. This ignorance is what motivated Mary Fears, a school librarian, to team up with director Tyrone Young to produce Filling the Gap - a movie that literarily fills the gaps of African-American history.]]></description>
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		<title>Camp: More Than Just a Summer Babysitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I'm not going to need that, camp is for parents who don't have school as a babysitter in the summer".

I was a little taken back to say the least. Those who know me, know that my motto is "there's a camp for every kid".]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Superman Video Trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new documentary, Waiting for Superman&#8221; by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim has caused much discussion. He won an Oscar for &#8220;An Inconvenient Truth,&#8221; about global warming. This time, Guggenheim sounds the alarm about the decline of public education in the United States. &#8220;Among 30 developed countries, we rank 25th is math, and 21st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$600,000 in green school grants available</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your school has a &#8216;green&#8217; idea, this could be your chance to win thousands of dollars. WWF-Canada, with the generous support of Loblaw Companies Ltd has announced the second cycle of the Green CommUnity School Grants Program. The program will grant $600,000 over three years, up to $200,000 a year, to Canadian elementary and secondary schools. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Important Variable in Education &#8211; Teacher Quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agnes Stawicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell, a University of Toronto graduate and author of bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink and Outlyers, had some interesting ideas on improving education at the &#8220;Imagining Ontario&#8217;s Future&#8221; conference in Collingwood Ontario this past weekend. While the McGuinty government has promised to decrease class sizes for elementary school children to provide a better [...]]]></description>
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