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Bad at Math!
February 16, 2021
Safe Family Gatherings
December 28, 2020
Making Choices: An Anti-Bullying Adventure
November 9, 2020
What’s the Problem?
November 2, 2020Banner
Bad at Math!
Bad at Math? By: Rifka Schonfeld, Director S.O.S (Strategies for Optimum Success) “Don’t look at me. I’m terrible at math.” “Math? I love it.” Those are the two opinions...
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Safe Family Gatherings
SAFE FAMILY GATHERINGS By: Rifka Schonfeld, Director S.O.S (Strategies for Optimum Success) We all know how important family and celebration are to our traditions and our sanity! With Rosh Hashanah...
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Making Choices: An Anti-Bullying Adventure
Rifka Schonfeld, an educator and social skills specialist, has been focusing on key issues in social interactions with kids and teens through her Strategies for Optimum Success (SOS) program. Over...
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What’s the Problem?
When something is wrong, we attempt to get to the root of the problem. If we have a chronic headache, we don’t just take Advil, we go to the doctor...
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Thanks for the Feedback!
Before you tell me how to do it better, before you lay out your big plans for changing, fixing, and improving me, before you teach me how to pick myself...
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Brain Breaks
With students returning to school either in person or virtually – we are all aware of the toll that the amount of sitting can take on their bodies. And for...
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2,4,6,8… How Can We Motivate?
It’s back to school season. New hopes, new visions, new plans for the future. Everyone starts the new year with a sense of anticipation. This time I’ll try harder. I’ll...
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Where Are Your Priorities?!
When schools suddenly closed this year, teachers, parents, and students had no idea what to expect. They also had little or no time to prepare for remote learning – and...
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Bouncing Back from the Covid-19 Crisis
Bouncing Back from the Covid-19 Crisis While the virus still affects our daily lives and our futures are uncertain, we can still recognize that there is a lot of work...
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Mommyyy… I’m Bored!
Mommyyy… I’m Bored! With many camps cancelled and uncertainty around school opening, some families are facing what may feel like endless weeks of emptiness. Within minutes of waking, children say,...
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