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5 Ways to Ensure a Successful Start to the School Year!

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By: Cayla from Running, Recipes, and ReadingYou know what I think of when I think of the first day of school?  It's the optimistic odour of freshly sharpened pencils.  Sharpened pencils standing at attention in recycled jars, along with chairs tucked under child-sized desks, and a … [Read more...]

Rough Starts

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Well, my boy started the second grade the other day - he seemed easy about returning to the same school for his third year. I wanted his first morning to be uncomplicated and cheerful, so I prepared a toasted waffle for his breakfast, and Chinese dumplings for lunch - some of his favourites. I … [Read more...]

Back-to-School: The End. And a New Beginning.

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This time of year is such a transition and it always brings about mixed emotions. I am so very sad to see the easygoing days of summer come to an end but I also feel the exciting pull of the start of a new school year. I feel sad looking back on how we have put another summer under our belts and the … [Read more...]

You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

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There's been a lot of news lately about the Catholic School board here in Ontario.  4000 families are threatening to pull their children out of the system if the school board goes ahead with plans to implement an Equity and Inclusive Education policy, which includes an anti- bullying, … [Read more...]

(un)Holy Hormones

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 Pretty harmless looking molecules, aren't they? HA!Ask any mother of a pre-teen or teenaged daughter, and she will tell you they are to be feared and respected. But pretty much mostly feared.You see, those two colourful and relatively innocuous-looking molecules are, in fact, ESTROGEN and … [Read more...]

The MTV Video Music Awards – It’s a WRAP!

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The MTV Awards were last night.  I was asleep on the couch.  Yes, at 8:45pm because I'm 90 years old.  At 9:15, I woke up....(maybe due to the 6 firetrucks on my street...house around the corner had a fire)...but I thought I was still dreaming because I saw Britney on the screen … [Read more...]