Christopher’s 11-year-old son Nathan was at the kitchen table working on a math worksheet—rounding numbers up and down. It was a fairly simple assignment for the sixth grader, but he was struggling to concentrate and buckle down to get the problems done. Christopher was feeling frustrated ...
My littlest dude recently did a big ol' history project in which he had to research five explorers and make Explorer Trading Cards out of their lives. Illustrated. By his own hand–if he wanted an extra two points per card.<span><span>It was arduous because dude is ...
I've always thought teaching was an art, an art a person was born with, a magical property of connecting and understanding children. Indeed in the 1960’s the Coleman report indicated that schooling really didn’t matter at all, and that only 10% of a student’s eventual success could be ...
Halloween was one of my favorite holidays when I was a child. The costumes, candy, pumpkins, and welcoming porch lights left me feeling happy -- even safe -- after an evening of trick-or-treating in my neighborhood. Young kids walked in clumps from door to door dressed as hobos, clowns, ...
The Lone Peak football team scored after turnovers four times to help top American Fork 38-21 on the road to open the Region 4 season Friday night. It was the Knights that coughed up the ball first however, and the Cavemen quickly capitalized to get the early advantage.Lone Peak elected to ...
Our State bird has been changed to the Orange Tipped Construction Cone. It's true. And the State flower? The Skid Steer Loader. I'm thinking it must be migration season because these little mountain and desert creatures are blinking <em>everywhere</em>! I run into ...
