It’s My Life deals with (you guessed it!) life and the stuff that we deal with every day. Whatever problem you’re dealing with, believe it or not, other kids and teens have gone through the same thing. Here at It’s My Life, you can read informative articles, share your stories, play games and activities, [...]
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NNCW Pics 007
Originally uploaded by International School Counselor.
Please click here to see more pictures from the SAS-Pudong, “No Name Calling Week.”
A recap of the week’s events will be posted next week.
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On the Shanghai American School – Pudong campus, we are sponsoring a “No Name Calling Week” from April 23rd to the 27th. The focus of this campaign is to bring awareness to our students that name calling is hurtful and dangerous. We will have several educational activities that we hope inspires students to [...]
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8th Grade Transition Day,
originally uploaded by International School Counselor.
On Thursday and Friday (April 19th and 20th), the SAS-Pudong HS invited 8th grade students to sit in on classes and dine with them [...]
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Very interesting article written by Liam Fitzpatrick in the April 16th Asian edition of TIME magazine. The article centers around dads and their demanding responsibilities at work and at home. Some of the data given in this article is alarming, “The effects of this physical or emotional absenteeism are actually quantifiable: numerous academic studies [...]
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I have added two more websites to my blogroll. The first one is call
Kids Health and has material that is appropriate for parents and kids. The following is taken from the site itself:
“KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created [...]
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This is a story that my grandmother sent me recently. The following short antidote could be used with many age levels to begin a conversation regarding honesty.
The Seed
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time
to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one [...]
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We are now in the process of a planning for our “No Name Calling Week” (NNCW) for April 23rd through the 27th. NNCW is meant to bring awareness of the negative language we sometimes use with our friends, family members and classmates. Even though we are having this awareness week later [...]
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This is the title to a poem written by Portia Nelson. I read this poem to my middle students while we are studying Sean Covey’s book, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens. The first habit that Mr. Covey discusses in his book is the idea that you must be proactive to develop [...]
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