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Imagine, Create, Innovate
Sir Ken Robinson delighted an over-capacity crowd last night. Here is a bouillon version of some of his major points. We are alive in a time of revolution caused by the rapid rate of change in two major forces: technology and [...]
If You Attend One Speaker This Fall…
Sir Ken Robinson is the one you don’t want to miss. 7:00 p.m. Schools of the Sacred Heart. Come early! The notes that follow are provided by Common Ground Speaker Series. Sir Ken is the 2011-2012 keynote speaker of Common [...]
Book Fair Buzz
The books have arrived from Hicklebee’s. What an amazing collection!! Lili Durkin and her team of volunteers have been working hard to transform the Tang Library. Wow!! Come to the Book Fair on Monday and look for these newest books [...]
What’s Your Adversity Quotient?
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to find out. The Common Ground Speaker Series coordinators have sent this link to our community. Their message follows. Also, check out these slide resources: 1) A definition of what it means to be [...]
The Gift of Adversity for Your Child (and You!)
Tues. Oct. 4 9am Tues. Oct. 4 7pm Wed. Oct. 5, 7pm The Nueva School Harker Upper School The Priory 6565 Skyline Blvd. [...]
Play Personality – What’s Yours?
Teachers and administrators at Trinity School are reading Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown, M.D. with Christopher Vaughan. Humans and our best friends, dogs, are species that keep playing through adulthood, [...]
What Is Play? (If you have to ask…)
What Is Play? We know when we see it! If you read no further, check out this link of two natural predators, a polar bear and a husky, at play. (Click “Read More” to access the link.) Yet Stuart Brown, M.D. [...]