From elite athletes and travelling families to gifted and accelerated learners, some teenagers are living lives that do not fit neatly into a traditional school schedule. Schools like ours are beginning to rethink what education can look like so students no longer have to choose between their passions and their academic goals.
In Alberta, we are fortunate to have an abundance of educational opportunities and school choice. Even amongst the independent school options, there are a wide variety of missions, programs, and focus-areas. To help you set your child on the right path, we’ve taken a step back and compiled this objective list of questions you can use to evaluate each school you are considering.
Homework is a common reason for arguments between parents and children but before you throw in the towel (after explaining the concept of an acute angle for the thousandth time), consider determining the main problem your child is having and trying some of these tips to help them:
Contact with nature is essential in our day-to-day lives. It connects us to ourselves and each other and increases our physical and emotional health; our overall personal and social development is dependent on contact with nature. As the Canadian Parks Council has said, “Canadians experience adversity when they disconnect from nature because, as a species, humans quite simply cannot thrive in a built environment. We need contact and interaction with nature – period.”
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