Nov 9, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Kelly Heritage, Noble Academy College Testing Coordinator As a parent, you have finally figured this high school thing out. You have mastered Alma and Google Classroom, you have your son or daughter’s advisor added to your “Favorites” in your...
Oct 12, 2017 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Deneane Davis, Lower School Head, The Piedmont School It took about 4 years of teaching kindergarten before I realized the boys in my class were bored with my favorite fairy tales with princesses who lived happily ever after. However, they were...
Aug 25, 2017 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By Rachel Hoeing We hope your children are ready for a terrific 2017 – 2018 school year! Whether your child is in preschool or high school, we have a helpful post for you today. We ran this a few years ago, but had requests to run it again. Please take a read...
Aug 16, 2017 | Education, Elementary, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Preschool
By Laura Simon I’ll start with a confession. I’m an unapologetic book-sniffer. It’s one of the reasons I struggle use the library like I should…library books don’t emit that delicious blend of new paper, ink, and glue. I suppose that means I’m an olfactory person: so...
Jul 7, 2017 | Education, Elementary, Family Time, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kelly Nichols Our world is fast-paced and ever-changing. While that is often positive and productive, moving forward rapidly can leave holes in us as people (especially in young people). As an elementary school teacher, I see children who possess such...
Jun 26, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Rase McCray, Library Associate at High Point Public Library On that last day of school each year, most teens are ready to “check out” for the summer—and plenty of them do exactly that. As a result, teachers feel as if some of their students are...
Apr 27, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Parenting & Family, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Chrissy Sergiacomi, School Counselor A few years ago, a friend in college admissions observed that students were coming on college tours at younger ages than ever before. In fact, the running joke in that admissions office was that soon pregnant women...
Apr 25, 2017 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Health, High School & Beyond, Hot Topics, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Safety, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon If you have a teen – or even a preteen – you’ve likely heard of a new Netflix series called 13 Reasons Why. The series, like the book by Jay Asher on which it’s based, follows the suicide of a teenage girl named Hannah. Before her death,...
Mar 28, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Jen Oleniczak Brown, local improv extraordinaire I’ve been teaching improvisational comedy to people ages 3.5 to 75 for almost half my life (and I’m not in my 20s anymore!) About half of my students are in PreK-12th and (secretly) are some...
Mar 8, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Parenting & Family, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Hallie Wolfe Going into high school is scary. Whether you have a tight knit group of friends, or barely know anyone, everyone is nervous for the first day. I’m not a particularly shy person, and I’m all for making new friends, but walking into...
Jan 31, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Bloggers Karen Jarvis and Tammy Darden I was warned about ‘junior year hell’ when my daughter started high school, but NEVER fully imagined the possible intensity because it couldn’t really be that bad, right? Well, we are in the midst of junior year, and...
Jan 30, 2017 | Child Care Facilities & Programs, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Whitney Barnard It’s 2017, and screen time is more than just TV. It’s computers, tablets, phones, and geez, now even watches! The best way to control your child’s screen time is to add it to your daily list of activities, just like...
Jan 23, 2017 | Education, High School & Beyond, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Levstek When I was younger, I always thought that the idea of having your mom as your best friend would be impossible. Now that I am a Senior in college I can’t imagine what my college career path, friendships, or all of the adventures...
Dec 28, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Private Schools, Raising Children
By Guest Bloggers Devon Davis and Bekah Sidden Counselors Devon Davis and Bekah Sidden teamed up a few years ago to present “Raising Resilient Children: Helping Our Kids Achieve Their Goals in the Face of Life’s Obstacles.” They spoke as part of Summit School’s...
Oct 24, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Guest Blogger Julie Galloway, marketing and communications (and a mother of a Kindergartner) at Calvary Day School Kindergarten . . . public school, private school, magnet school, homeschool?? Evaluating your options for education can be very difficult and...
Oct 22, 2016 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Tutoring
By: Bill Tessien, Executive Director at A Step Ahead Academic Center Many students dread taking tests. And most may not even think about the best way to approach a test. However, there are best practices for test taking. To set up your student for success make sure he...
Sep 17, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Tutoring
By Guest Blogger Bill Tessien, Executive Director at A Step Ahead Academic Center Oftentimes parents know that their student doesn’t love school or doesn’t do well in a certain subject, but they may not know how to help. We see it happen regularly. A child comes in...
Sep 14, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon School has been in session for a few weeks now. Our kids are learning their schedules, getting to know their teachers, and finding a level of comfort in their new classrooms. This is the time of year when grades begin to appear online...
Aug 20, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Tutoring
By Guest Blogger Bill Tessien, Owner & Executive Director of A Step Ahead Academic Center Are you wondering if tutoring is right for your child? Are you clear about what’s offered and specific ways individual tutoring can help? Are you unsure of where to go and...
Jul 21, 2016 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Local Resources, Middle School, Non Profits
By Chelsea Cullen, Marketing and Communications Director for the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina Do you remember your first day of school? Maybe you laid out a new outfit, organized your brand new school supplies and loaded up your new backpack, excited and ready to...
Jul 15, 2016 | Education, High School & Beyond
By Guest Blogger Melissa Kinsley “Mom, in middle school teachers talked about how they are preparing us for high school. In high school, teachers talk a lot about how they are preparing us for college. In college, will they talk about how they are preparing us for the...
May 28, 2016 | Education, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Keith Tilley When I think about the advice I’d like to give this year’s graduating class, it comes from a position of experience. If you want to know how to go somewhere, ask someone who’s been there. If you want to make something, ask someone who’s...
Apr 1, 2016 | -, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders It’s that time of year for students… No, I’m not talking about the fun-filled Spring Break time we are currently enjoying, but rather the going into the end of year crunch these next couple months. You know that time most of us...
Mar 7, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Kelly Hines Choosing the right educational path for our children is a serious and deeply personal issue. For many of us, that path is Christian education at a private institution. Once you’ve done the research and made a decision, the reality sets in – how...
Jan 21, 2016 | Education, Elementary, Family Time, High School & Beyond, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Aaron Looking for a way to give back, meet new people and be involved in your child’s life on a new level? Then volunteering in your child’s school might be just what you are looking for! One of the best things about volunteering in...
Jan 14, 2016 | Education, High School & Beyond
By Guest Blogger Becky Medlin Asking a child “What do you want to be when you grow up?” may reveal his dreams of being a doctor or an astronaut. During elementary school, my sister declared that she wanted to become a doctor, and that’s exactly what she did. For...
Dec 10, 2015 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Hot Topics, Local Resources, Middle School, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Tutoring
By Guest Blogger Kennette J. Burgess B.Sc, MBA, Marketing Consultant for Empowered Girls of NC Today we feature another organization working hard to make a difference in our community. To read the last post in our Doing Good Things series, click HERE! ~ Katie...
Oct 26, 2015 | Education, Education for Special Needs, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Kori Mackall, Director of Communications, The Piedmont School The Piedmont School Reading Buddies: Having a PAW-sitive impact on reading Several years ago when I was working in the public school system as a special education teacher, we had therapy...
Sep 17, 2015 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Stacy Leighton Whether you have a son, or a daughter, or one of each, this is the kind of post every parent should take time to read. Thank you, Forsyth Family magazine, for letting us re-run Stacy’s post on TMoM today! It seems like only...
Sep 3, 2015 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools
By Guest Blogger Matt Zigler, Creative Director at Noble Academy Noble Academy’s mission is to teach students with learning differences in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their highest potential; but we are also engaged in teaching the community...
