The Highway to High School: Working Together to Choose the Program that is...
By Jamie MacDougall / Head of Middle School / Sycamore School On Thursday, September 24 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Sycamore will be hosting the annual High School Information with St. Richard’s and Orchard....
View ArticleEarly Childhood Blog: Centering on Play
By Francine Clayton / Head of Early Childhood / Sycamore School “All they do is play all day. When are they going to learn something?” I can answer that question. Play is children’s work. Although...
View ArticleHow to Encourage Critical Thinking Skills
By Glenna Lykens / Head of Lower School / Sycamore School Much of the conversation revolving around education in our nation today focuses on standards. Discussion arises about what those standards...
View ArticleTips on Preparing Your Child for an IQ Test
Dr. Susan Karpicke / Director of Admissions and Counselor / Sycamore School Intelligence tests can provide important information about intellectual potential that is often used when identifying gifted...
View ArticleWhat About an Allowance?
By Diane Borgmann / Head of School / Sycamore School What’s a parent to do when it comes to the decision whether or not to give your child an allowance? There are generally two possible reasons that...
View ArticleHelping Young Minds Bloom
By Francine Clayton / Head of Early Childhood / Sycamore School When we talk about our Early Childhood curriculum we emphasize the development of higher level thinking skills. It is not always easy...
View ArticleWhat is “The Gap” in School Finances?
By Holly Lee / Director of Advancement / Sycamore School No matter how much I believed that Sycamore was the right choice for my children, actually writing the tuition checks was often a painful...
View ArticleThe Three Rewards of a Classroom Presenter
By Patrick Juday / Chief Financial Officer / Sycamore School This is actually a Mission Moment that I shared with the Board of Trustees last spring. Every year I have been presenting my fossil...
View ArticleFostering Resilience in Children
By Glenna Lykens / Head of Lower School / Sycamore School Parents and teachers that know me, know that I preach – I mean talk! – about fostering resilience in children as often as possible. Sometimes...
View ArticleWhat About Chores?
By Diane Borgmann / Head of School / Sycamore School How many of you had chores for which you were responsible as a child? How many of you require your children to do chores? In a recent study, 82% of...
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