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Comment on Math is for girls by Susanne

Susanne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:09:49 +0000

I am glad that the benefits of a single sex environment are no less for our friends and colleagues up North! Thank you, Cheryl, for adding yet another voice from the field to this important topic.

Comment on Math is for girls by Sally Reid

Sally Reid — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:26:50 +0000

Cheryl,

Thanks for reading and glad you agree. I was particularly interested in your statistics about the percentage of women who pursue engineering and the salary ramifications if they do! This past fall, we had a fabulous panel of women engineers come to speak in assembly. Our girls could hear first-hand about career possibilities in design and computer science, many of which may never have occurred to them. For example, one young panelist designs high-tech tents and actually had some of them set up in our common area. If you want information about these speakers, you can contact Nancy Rich at nancy.rich@danahall.org. Good luck!

Sally Reid

Comment on Math is for girls by Sally Reed

Sally Reed — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:59:46 +0000

Great to see this reference to AllGirls (my blog for NCGS) in your post. And glad you picked up on guestblogger Sally Reid’s piece. I love hearing that 75 percent of your Grade 12 girls are taking calculus. When I was in high school — OK it was a looong time ago — I was an unenthusiastic student of mathematics. Then in college I took calculus, and the scales fell from my eyes. Math was fascinating! I felt the that fun stuff had been kept from me, and I was finally discovering it.

Comment on What makes you great? by Kelly Hoey

Kelly Hoey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:17:39 +0000

Cheryl –
Love your blog. The breakfast with Carla Harris was truly outstanding – an inspiration to everyone in the room – and we are thrilled you shared it with your girls.
Very best regards,
Kelly
Kelly Hoey
President/NY Chapter Leader, 85 Broads

Comment on Workin' like a dog by The final countdown | Headlines

The final countdown | Headlines — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:55:04 +0000

[...] final note…As I mentioned back in May, the entire Middle and Senior School will be going away together to Camp Walden from September 23rd [...]

Comment on Why tweet? by wow power leveling

wow power leveling — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:57:44 +0000

Good article – plenty of food for thought.

Comment on Free spirits by Lena Kadian

Lena Kadian — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:21:46 +0000

Hello Cheryl,
Thank you very much for including me in your updated e-mail address list. It’s true a delight to hear from you!
Lena

Comment on Think tank: Bring on a teaching revolution by Natasha Nelson

Natasha Nelson — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:58:54 +0000

Mr. Tapscott,

How right you are! I am a mom of a 6 and an 8 year old boys.

6 months ago, I have signed my younger boy (who was 5 and 1/2 at the time) to take Math courses at Education Program for Gifted Youth made by Stanford. The results are amazing. In 6 months, he has completed grade 2 math, and then some. Teachers at school (he is finishing SK) are wondering what to do next year. He is going to a small private Russian/Jewish community school, Eligor, here in Toronto.

Now, I too as a parent have this question – what to do? I don’t want to get him skipping classes because this frequently leads to social problems. I want him to be a normal boy, and study with people of his age. But, I don’t want to slow him down academically.

The nice thing about EPGY is that it ADOPTS to his level. It knows which topics he passed with flying colours, and which ones need more attention. So, it gives him more teaching in those areas, and so on, until gradually he is up to speed on everything.

This method is so much better then traditional classroom, only because in a classroom, someone is always behind, and someone is always ahead.

My opinion – for informational and logical thinking, this is a new way forward.

The classroom should be for discussions, debates, team work, discovery, games, role-playing, arts and those types of activities.

A healthy mix would be ideal.

Thank you for bringing this up!

Comment on Workin' like a dog by Norma Lalonde

Norma Lalonde — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:27:03 +0000

Hello Mrs. Boughton:

In a previous newsletter you mentioned that Elmwood would be offering two camps this summer. Could you please let me know where I can obtain the application forms for the camps and further information if it is available.

Thanks in advance,
Norma Lalonde

Comment on Come on in – the water's fine by Brad Ovenell-Carter

Brad Ovenell-Carter — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:41:58 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Cheryl. It was a great conference, don’t you think? I know I took away a great deal; not least of which a sense of the great collegiality in CAIS.

Best,

Brad