The Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities on Troubled Teens

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Extra-curricular activities can badly effect the mental development of children.
Extra-curricular activities can be the salvation of adolescents and teens.
How can both these statements be true?

Teenagers and Delayed Gratification

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Being a teenager is about living in the now. This is a double-edged sword.
We spend our whole lives trying to live in the now and give our teens grief for doing it way too much.
The main difference is that we have the experience and they have the conviction.

Student Scoop: Appleby College Races for Dignity and Dignitas

Appleby College Dignitas Youth Chapter members at the Race For Dignity on March 8, 2011.

On Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, Appleby College hosted its fifth annual Race for Dignity challenge in support of Dignitas International – a medical humanitarian organization dedicated to providing a quality of life with dignity for children, youth, and families affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world. The event raised $36,000.

Student Scoop: Thomas

Student Scoop

In Student Scoop, we hear the real, first-hand accounts of the private school experience from the students themselves. In my last blog I talked about juggling athletics and academics. In this one I will be talking about prioritizing. I will continue to build on my thoughts and concerns from my last blog entry, but also builds and touch on new points.

The Summer Camp Expo…a Hint of What’s to Come!

Parents and camps gather for the 2011 Our Kids Summer Camp Expo

At the first ever Our Kids Summer Camp Expo, representatives and staff from over forty-five different summer camps filled the hall with booths equipped with beach balls, wooden cabin-like roofs, as well as frisbees, arts and crafts, and even mini-s’mores! Each camp brought it’s own slice of summer to meet with over 600 curious families, consisting of parents as well as their budding campers, whether they browsed through their options in strollers or in tightly-packed huddles of teenage friends.

Black History Month: Kids on Freedom and Secretly Saving Slaves

Students sing “Wade in the Water/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" during their annual Black History Month assembly at Richland Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

If Zachary had been alive during the time of slavery, he would secretly take the slaves to Canada by boat or by foot. “Before I started saving slaves, I might have been one myself, so I would know how hard it is,” says the Grade 5 student. He and his fellow classmates at Richland Academy opened their eyes about the significant events, issues and people for Black History Month. Read more and watch the videos.

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