Say No to School Daze: Planning and Preparing for the Coming Academic Year
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy:” that line from George Gershwin’s opera “Porky and Bess” might serve as the motto for many schoolchildren. No homework for a couple of months, no tests and grades, no racing around in the morning throwing books into a backpack and looking for that lost assignment: the summers of my childhood meant freedom from everything except household chores, and I hope any youngsters reading my words are enjoying similar liberties.
Parents, however, might consider a different approach to summer and schooling.
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Setting Yourself Up to Homeschool
If you are one of the many parents about to embark on your first year of homeschool, you may be wondering what you can do this summer to set yourself up for success. (That is, assuming you choose to begin this fall. Ah, sweet freedom.)
While there is no definitive way, as homeschooling is by nature something that you can customize for the needs of your family and individual children, here are some suggestions.
Shift your Mindset
Homeschooling requires a bit of a mindset shift away from the traditional model of school and into an environment of individualized, family-centric, free learning. School and homeschool are two very different things. Many homeschoolers call the process of letting go of the school mentality “deschooling.”
CANTON Dr. Timothy Crone hit the ground running this week.
The new president of Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital started in the role Tuesday, which included visiting each unit of the Canton hospital and meeting employees. There s a very positive energy here. There s a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. It s just been fantastic so far, he said. Honestly, it was a fun day. It was a really fun day yesterday.
The former Mercy Medical Center officially became part of the Cleveland Clinic health system Monday after more than a century as a Sisters of Charity hospital.
The hospital will maintain its Catholic identity through sponsorship by the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine.