Apr 10, 2024 | Burlington, By Location, Camps, Elementary, Elementary Age, Greensboro, High Point, Homeschooling, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Local Events, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper Summertime makes you think of water fun, cookouts, vacations, summer camps. Additionally, for many, it also means time for Vacation Bible School – VBS. VBS is typically 3-4 days of fun Bible learning for our children. Many...
Mar 12, 2024 | Adults, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Religion
By Guest Blogger Abla Awadallah Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and is considered the holiest month for Muslims around the world. It is a time of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community for Muslims, during which they abstain from food,...
Feb 12, 2024 | Burlington, By Location, Elementary, Elementary Age, Greensboro, High Point, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Preschool, Private Schools, Religion, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
This private school directory is sponsored by Calvary Day School. Calvary Day School has a passion and a commitment to provide an encouraging, safe, and engaging school community. Students, from preschool through high school, are challenged to fulfill their God-given...
Dec 19, 2023 | Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, High Point, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Teens & Tweens
By Pamela Horn, Assistant Head of School at High Point Friends School High Point Friends School cultivates a community that is welcoming and inclusive of people from all backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Equality and the belief of “there is that of God in...
Nov 27, 2023 | Burlington, By Location, Family Time, Greensboro, High Point, Holidays, Kernersville, Parenting & Family, Religion, Winston-Salem
Written by Guest Blogger Katelyn Cohen-Kivett What is Hanukkah and why is it celebrated? Hanukkah is a vibrant and meaningful Jewish festival celebrated worldwide. The term “Hanukkah” originates from the Hebrew word for dedication, highlighting the...
Nov 7, 2023 | Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Teens & Tweens, Winston-Salem
By Kim Watkins, Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Redeemer School Choosing an educational path can be a challenge for parents in the Triad, where there are many schools to consider, not to mention a vibrant homeschool community. I’ve passed my share of...
Feb 1, 2023 | Elementary, Elementary Age, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
Calvary Day School Campus Tours 2023 calvaryday.school At Calvary Day School, their passion and commitment are to provide an encouraging, safe, and engaging school community. Students are challenged to fulfill their God-given potential, develop strong character, and...
Jan 3, 2023 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Kernersville, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Winston-Salem
By Loryn Faile, Head of School, Redeemer School Each New Year brings a renewed focus on our hopes and expectations for personal growth, change, and development, for our families and us. As we make (or avoid) resolutions and goals, we come head to head with our...
Nov 10, 2022 | Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Private Schools, Religion, Teens & Tweens, Winston-Salem
by Kim Watkins, Redeemer School “The soul never thinks without a mental picture.” -Aristotle Do you remember the time in your life when your imagination ran wild? When read-aloud stories transported you to another time and place, and when long afternoons were made...
Nov 27, 2021 | From the Heart, Holidays, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion
By Guest Blogger Buffie Longmire Avital This year Hanukkah will begin on the evening of November 28th and for the next eight days Jewish families like mine will light candles each night, starting with one and progressing to eight stunning lights on the final night....
Oct 16, 2021 | Family Time, Helpful Lists & Directories, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Religion
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing Are you looking for a church to call “home?” We asked our readers to share their favorite place of worship with us and have compiled them below. We hope this will help those of you who may be new to the area as well as...
Dec 9, 2020 | Family Time, From the Heart, Holidays, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion
By Guest Blogger Hillary Zaken We have changed our clocks, and darkness comes early here in North Carolina. But starting on December 10, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins … an 8-day long celebration of light over darkness and the victory of the small over...
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...
Dec 20, 2019 | Entertaining, Food & Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Religion
By Guest Blogger Rima Kleiner, MS, RDN, LDN Whether you celebrate Hanukkah with your own—or a friend’s—family or just know about the holiday from Adam Sandler’s beloved “The Hanukkah Song,” the Festival of Lights is almost here. This year, Hanukkah begins on December...
Dec 21, 2016 | Holidays, Parenting & Family, Religion
By Guest Blogger Hillary Zaken “Once upon a time, there was a mythical man named Jewa Claus. Jewa Claus helped the Jewish children celebrate Hanukkah by bringing light and celebration and gifts into their home, by teaching Jewish children to be proud of who they are,...
Dec 25, 2015 | Holidays, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By Guest Blogger Tim Roberts Merry Christmas! Our friends at Forsyth Family magazine allowed us permission to run this piece they featured a few years ago. We love the message and think you will too! ~ Katie Being a pastor, I hear many stories about the fiascos that...
Dec 19, 2014 | Hot Topics, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By TMoM Team Member Dani Luft Being Jewish and living in the North Carolina, I get A LOT of questions about being Jewish and especially around this time of year when it feels that we are separated from the rest of the world who celebrates Christmas. The truth is that...
Nov 25, 2013 | -, Holidays, Parenting & Family, Religion
By TMoM Team Member Dani Luft What do you get when you combine the American holiday of Thanksgiving with the Jewish holiday of Hannukah? Well, “Thanksgivukah,” of course! That is what is happening this year! November 28, 2013 to be exact. The day that Americans are...
Nov 11, 2013 | -, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By Debbie Wilkins ~ Today I have broken up 18 fights and it’s barely noon on a Saturday. ~ Breakfast was met with an “Is this it?!” and lunch had the response of “Yuck, I don’t want this.” ~ My house looks like I was robbed. ~ Silence is a sound I miss almost as much...
Oct 10, 2013 | -, Education, Elementary, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Religion
By Karen Hornfeck, OLG Director of Marketing and Admissions Students in religious schools show a significant academic advantage over students reenrolled in traditional public schools or charter schools, according to a recent review of 90 different studies on the...
Oct 3, 2013 | -, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children, Religion
Last spring I was fortunate to attend my first bris to celebrate TMoM member Dani’s newborn son. I had no idea what to expect, and to be honest, I was really nervous. For those of you who do not know what a bris is (and I was surprised to learn how many of my friends...
Jun 25, 2013 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By Tanja Ragonesi “Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don’t matter; they’re just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it’s warm and that it beats through a loving heart.” ~ Scott Simon, Baby, We Were Meant for...
Jun 9, 2013 | Bereavement, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion, Single Parenting
By Debbie Wilkins “Don’t make me a single mom. You know I couldn’t handle it.” This was the phrase I always told my husband Aaron before he’d go on camping excursions. These words now ring eerily in my mind. Because I am now a single mom. My husband of 11 years, the...
May 13, 2013 | -, Camps, Family Time, Parenting & Family, Recreation, Religion
By Karen Dyer with Covenant Church I know that every parent needs a “fill-up” to get them through the week. Between work, meetings, school activities, music lessons, sports practice, meal preparation, and the other things that fill my day… I get worn down. I...
Mar 25, 2013 | -, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By TMoM Team Member Dani Luft Happy Passover, everyone! Back in December, I did a FAQ edition about Hannukah and here I am again explaining another Jewish holiday, Passover. Hope you all enjoy and learn something, too! Don’t forget to ask questions and I’ll try to...
Dec 23, 2012 | -, Family Time, Helpful Lists & Directories, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Religion
This time of year often leaves people searching for the true meaning of the season or simply just searching for answers. If you are in need of some spiritual guidance or a place to worship, you can start right here. Last year we did a call out to our readers asking if...
Apr 11, 2012 | Education, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Religion
By Guest Blogger Bonnie McDaniel, FCA Administrator Have you ever done the math? The average, full-time student attends class 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 45 weeks a year. Annually, that is 1,575 hours your school-aged child is sitting in front of or interacting...
Mar 4, 2012 | Parenting & Family, Religion, Travel & Auto Tips
Have you ever considered going on a mission trip, or traveling to a community less fortunate? I have several friends who have done this in the past two years: one to Africa, one to Jamaica, one to Haiti, and one to Belize. Most recently – in fact, right this...
Nov 16, 2011 | From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion
By Rachel Hoeing and Guest Blogger, Patrice Williams We are happy to share a second post from our 2011 Mother of the Year today. Patrice Williams has an incredible and inspirational story to tell. If you missed Part One, you can read it here. Today her story...
Jul 13, 2011 | Adult Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion
By Rachel Hoeing and Guest Blogger, Patrice Williams Our TMoM Mother of the Year Contest took place in May. Patrice Williams was crowned our TMoM Mother of the Year, and once everyone read her story, they quickly learned why. Patrice has experienced an amazing...
