The benefits of extracurricular activities are numerous but employing a school first attitude can help children find a healthy balance between extracurricular pursuits, family life and school. Read more…
Extracurricular Activities Help Students Succeed: Our Kids TV Spotlight
Wendi Percival
VIDEO: What is one of the secrets to students’ success? Watch this Our Kids TV video for an interview with life coach Ken Rabow on inspiring teens to be their best and improving their mental well-being. Read more…
The Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities on Troubled Teens
Ken Rabow
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
Ken Rabow
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
Guest Author
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
Guest Author
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.
