May 21, 2020 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon For the better part of this school year, I’ve been fighting with my 10-year-old over fractions. In case it’s been awhile for you (and it has been awhile for me), let me summarize the average problem. First, you have to convert mixed...
Mar 26, 2020 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Guest Blogger Kelly Heritage, Noble Academy College Testing Coordinator Standardized Testing – Two words that hold a lot of weight for high school students. Especially when they are utilized as part of the criteria for undergraduate admissions. For decades,...
Mar 17, 2020 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Greensboro, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Dr. Dana Smith, Middle School Director, Greensboro Day School The Common Sense Media report The New Normal: Parents, Teens, Screens and Sleep in the United States (Robb, M. B., 2019). findings suggest that the gap between parent and child technology...
Mar 12, 2020 | Camps, Elementary, Middle School, Preschool, Private Schools, Recreation, Winston-Salem
By Jeff Turner, Director of Co-Curricular Programs at Summit School As a Summit School summer camp director, my highest priority is to provide an experience that inspires every child. I’m confident this is true of camp leaders across the globe. We spend countless...
Mar 3, 2020 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Religion, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Ed Jones Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School is located in Winston-Salem. OLM features small class sizes, excellent academics, individual attention, sports and extracurricular programs for grades Pre-K through 8th Grade. We are a Blue Ribbon School of...
Feb 21, 2020 | Adult Education, Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, By Stage, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Choosing to be kind, having hope, and offering words of encouragement are always the right things to do. These acts are especially welcomed in today’s world that seems fraught with so many sad stories and bad situations. Selections...
Feb 3, 2020 | By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Camila Dos Santos, M. Ed., Program Coordinator of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Anyone who has raised children knows that parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world, and it seems to be getting more and more difficult for parents in a...
Jan 23, 2020 | Education, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Peter S. Williams, Academic Dean At Greensboro Day School, I see our elementary-aged students return from our pond with dirt on their hands, smiles on their faces, and a deeper appreciation of science and the natural world. I watch students in our Lower and Middle...
Jan 7, 2020 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Middle School, Private Schools, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Ed Jones Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School is located in Winston-Salem. OLM features small class sizes, excellent academics, individual attention, sports and extracurricular programs for grades Pre-K through 8th Grade. We are a Blue Ribbon School of...
Dec 12, 2019 | Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, By Stage, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! December is known as the most wonderful time of year, yet, we are often pulled into the hustle and bustle with long “to do” lists, stressful preparations and just too many things going...
Nov 15, 2019 | Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, By Stage, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! November marks the beginning of a season when gratitude is top-of-mind. Studies show that practices of gratitude can significantly improve lives and even alter a brain’s makeup for the...
Nov 7, 2019 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Guest Blogger Christy Avent with Noble Academy As the Director of Enrollment Management at Noble Academy for the last seven years, I have encountered many families that inquired about our school because they were literally “at the end of our rope.” When it came to...
Oct 21, 2019 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Emily Ball, First Grade Assistant Teacher at Triad Academy at Summit School Gardening requires a plan. You identify which plants will thrive in the garden that’s available and go to the store to buy those specific plants so you’re assured of success....
Oct 16, 2019 | Adult Education, Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, By Stage, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! Making trips to the pumpkin patch to select the perfect pumpkin and decorating front yards with fuzzy spiders and inflatable ghosts are all signs of the Halloween season. In the spirit...
Oct 15, 2019 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, Elementary Age, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Teens & Tweens, Tutoring, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Kristin Redington Bennett, PhD, NCED, Illumii Founder If you’re a parent or guardian, chances are you’ve discovered that navigating the educational system – and childhood in general – has changed a lot since you were a kid yourself. The great thing...
Oct 8, 2019 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, Elementary Age, High Point, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Guest Blogger Kori Mackall, Director of Communications & Development, The Piedmont School & John Yowell Academy October is finally here and is the official Learning Disabilities Awareness Month! When many think of the phrase “learning disability” they may...
Oct 7, 2019 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kelly Nichols I was born, raised, and remain in a public school system. I began as early as possible (at that time there was no public kindergarten), progressed through our local school system, attended the first public university in our nation, and...
Oct 3, 2019 | By Location, Education, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Tracie Catlett, Head of School, Greensboro Day School Is your child’s education on your mind? It’s on ours. The well-being of all children is a real issue in 2019, and it’s not going away anytime soon in this fast-paced, interconnected world in which...
Sep 19, 2019 | Adults, Books, Supplies & Gear, By Stage, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! The new school year is in full swing and I have feelings of nostalgia. My daughter started her senior year of high school and I have been going down memory lane, wondering how the last...
Sep 12, 2019 | Education, Elementary, Middle School, Private Schools, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Claire Wait My husband John and I, along with three of our four kids (a 6th grader, 4th grader, and Kindergartner), are new to Redeemer School this year. Transitions have never been easy for me, despite years of practice, and I have to admit that this...
Aug 14, 2019 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By TMoM Team Member Kelly Hines I say the same thing every August – this year, I’m going to get organized for school. Then, a week after school starts, I say – NEXT year, I’m going to get organized for school. For many of us, the school year is starting...
Aug 10, 2019 | By Stage, Education, Middle School, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Megan Taylor with Forsyth Family Magazine There are many educational milestones in a child’s life. These moments can include starting and graduating from preschool, elementary, middle, and high schools. All of the transitions from one to another can...
Jul 10, 2019 | Adult Education, Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! As Gershwin wrote, “Summertime and the livin’ is easy!” To me, July means full-on summer with more relaxed schedules, fun times with family and friends, and time to read LOTS of...
Jul 5, 2019 | Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Andrea Randolph Legs must be shaved, unibrow separated, hair flat-ironed, and tight jeans squeezed into—and I am screaming inside my head, “Not all at once, slow down!” My daughter, she is only eleven years old–this kind, responsible, smart,...
Jun 7, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Health, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
Jun 3, 2019 | Adult Education, Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Just for Moms, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Pop Culture, Books & Movies, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Lloyd As Gershwin wrote, “Summertime and the livin’ is easy!” Summer is finally here, signaling time for more relaxed schedules, fun times with family and friends and lots of time to enjoy great summer reads! Whether you enjoy lazy days by the...
Apr 26, 2019 | Adult Education, Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Pop Culture, Books & Movies, Preschool
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd Win a book of your choice from today’s blog! (Read to the end to find out more!) I love it when spring fully presents itself. I look forward to the birds’ early morning serenade and the beauty of the blooming trees and flowers....
Apr 25, 2019 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School
By Laura Simon Like many parents and teachers, one of my biggest frustrations with the educational system is the testing. I’ve always felt it consumed too much learning time, I knew the results could be wildly skewed, and I hated how it drove every aspect of what...
Apr 12, 2019 | Burlington, By Location, By Stage, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool, Private Schools, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Angela Watkins, board member Imagine a classroom where small groups of young children are working peacefully and diligently to stimulate their natural curiosity for life. Where they choose from a rich environment of manipulatives, sensory work, books,...
Apr 11, 2019 | Education, Elementary, Greensboro, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Jenny Rundle, Lower School Dean Summer is the perfect time for your child to receive the support they need to be successful in school all year long. Noble Academy offers two specialized summer camps: Math Can Make Sense and Strategies for Success. Individualized...
