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Winter Break is just around the corner so I’ve created a Winter Family Fun Challenge to encourage reading and math activities during the time off from school.  If you and your family choose to take the challenge I encourage you …

Dear NCSA Families, I hope that this finds you in warmth and good cheer as we begin to look towards the end of the year 2018.  In this week’s Reading Nook, I’ve shared books about some of the multicultural winter …

Dear Families, I hope you have enjoyed reading a good book aloud together or reading in the same room during the perfect rainy weather over the break from school.  Winter weather offers us more indoor time for fort building in …

Dear Families,  We are in need of a volunteer to artistically hang Bartholomew the Bookworm from high on the wall in the atrium at the Lower Campus.  He has grown very long, and we cannot keep up with hanging his …

Dear Families, This week I share with you books about inclusion and acceptance.  I found a website, A Day in Our Shoes, which reviews 10 books on the subject.  Please check out the list of book recommendations and add them …

Dear Families, What a great time to be a part of NCSA for so many reasons including Positive Discipline.  Last week I had the opportunity to sit in on Positive Discipline (PD) lessons in many of the K-5 classrooms and …

At the beginning of last week Mr. G asked me to find multiplication activities to support his 5th-Grade students with home practice and I realized that what I found would be excellent for the Reading Nook and More.  The suggestions …

Hello Families, Last week I failed to mention a favorite book on the subject of raising boys, Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons by Walker and Dillon.  This book continues to be a favorite read aloud …

As the mother of two boys, I feel it is my duty to raise aware, conscientious, kind and sensitive young men, who go out into the world and treat girls and women with dignity and respect.  We know that reading …