Student Writing Skills Workshop

by Karen Davis | Jun 14, 2018

Pen and A Plan: A Writing Workshop for the Middle School Student Led by Ms. Sherry Parnell: Independent Professional Writer & Editor, Master of Arts in English Middle school age students can lose as much as 30% of their school year learning over the summer. 1 This...

Prevent Summer Skill Plunge

by Karen Davis | Apr 30, 2018

Most every parent recognizes the scene: “Yaayyy! It’s summertime!” inevitably morphs into, “I’m sooo bored…there’s nothing to do.” It’s mind-numbing for parents to attempt to plan entertaining, meaningful activities for a nearly three-month stretch. When those dull...

Tips ‘n’ Tricks for Successful Learning: Learn to Love Learning!

by Karen Davis | Oct 6, 2017

Study after study has shown that “spaced repetition” is the most effective form of learning. That means, we ought to be helping students to continually review and repeat prior concepts…then add new skills on to the previous skills. This not only helps students to...

1st marking period

by Karen Davis | Oct 3, 2017

The 1st marking period is already drawing to a close…. Are your child’s report card grades not as strong as you had hoped? Don’t wait too long to reach out for help! The first step in helping your child to be successful this year is to accurately identify their skill...

Downingtown Fall Fest

by Karen Davis | Oct 3, 2017

Downingtown Fall Fest in Downingtown PA Anticipating the opening of the Downingtown Fall Fest. A wonderful day to meet new friends! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Even the afternoon heat couldn’t stop this guy from conquering our challenging I.Q. Puzzle. It...

Are evenings more like a war-zone at your house?

by Karen Davis | Sep 13, 2017

Homework before Dinner By the time kids have unwound from school, had dinner, and engaged in myriad other distractions, who wants to do more school work?? It takes a super-dose of effort and discipline to re-focus on homework…like trying to start-up a stopped...