June 15, 2022

Top 5 Family Travel Tips

Summer is here! It’s a great time to travel, and if you’re like me, it usually involves hopping on a plane. My husband and I also love taking our kids to see new places, so we’ve gotten pretty good...

June 09, 2022

First, secure your own oxygen mask!

First, secure your own oxygen mask! I recently had the opportunity to get out of town for a long weekend. It was a much overdue trip–let’s just say it was probably the first time I had been away from...

June 04, 2022

Summer Reading

Dear Colearn Families, Did you know that students who read during the summer gain an average of 1 month of reading proficiency? Students who don’t read over the summer, can lose an average of 2-3...

May 31, 2022

Student wellness is a top priority at Colearn

Dear Colearn Parents,  In light of the heartbreaking events in a Texas public school, I want to take a moment to connect with all of you. Student wellness is a top priority at Colearn, as is...

May 31, 2022

Is Middle School Too Early to Start Thinking About College Readiness?

Many years ago, I read this wonderful article called, The Forgotten Middle, published by the ACT. The messaging was clear: middle school students had been forgotten about when it came to college and...

May 31, 2022

Projects Created by Parents for Their Child's Learning

Parents know a lot about their child's interests and passions, and are in an excellent position to create highly engaging and personalized projects for academic learning. But one of the most common...

May 31, 2022

Reading

Whether your child is just starting out on her reading journey or has hit a bit of a struggle along the way, there are so many resources to help students engage in practice and achieve success. To...

May 31, 2022

Reimagining College Financial Planning in a Post-COVID World

Freshman year of college is a time for the unfiltered pursuit of knowledge and the dawn of a new chapter of life for most students. In this unprecedented global pandemic, families who have prepared...

May 31, 2022

Stepping Off the Path!

"Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths." -- Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at...

May 31, 2022

Will Learning Pods Improve Academic Achievement and Engagement in Learning?

Substantial evidence shows that parent and community involvement drives improvements in student achievement across all race, class, and income levels.   This means Learning Pods, despite the worry...

May 31, 2022

3 Reasons Why You Should Share Your Yoga Practice with Your Kids

Yoga is a generous tool to help us personally develop our own positive mental health patterns. It can also be used to teach coping mechanisms in children.     I worked with kids since the day I...

May 31, 2022

Results of the National Parent Survey of Remote Learning