It seems like just yesterday that our little guy was taking his first wobbly steps; yet, in a mere few weeks he will step onto a school bus and into the school system, for the first time. Perhapsthe smell of newly sharpened...
Read MoreI’ve done both: public school and homeschooling. The first six years of my education I attended public school. At the ends of summers I had the classic back-to-school change of routine. It meant getting out of bed earlier,...
Read MoreOn the first day of kindergarten I didn’t know what to expect; playtime was now scheduledbetween certain hours and, in order to sit in the circle with the other kids, you needed to pass the test of finding your name.These were...
Read MoreMy dad figures it’s more common for adults to go back to school these days. This is compared to when he went to college for the first time when he was 33. In the ‘90s.He says, “These days, people don’t stay in the same career.”...
Read MoreIt always seemed unlikely the yellow school bus would appear.I’d stare through the mist, hands firmly in pockets. The shuffling feet and murmurs from the kids around me — my brother and cousins, all older — barely made a dent in...
Read MoreHigh school is possibly the five longest years of your life.You spend the first year coming to grips with the fact that everyone has to shower after gym class, then you spend the next four years waiting for the experience to be...
Read MoreRobert Service School (RSS) celebrated its 25th year in its present building last May. There were no special celebrations, and I suspect that not too many people were aware of the anniversary. It was probably my time on the...
Read MoreWhen Whitehorse students go back to school on August 25, many of them will be meeting Peggy Hanifan for the first time.Many others will have spent hundreds of hours with her already, but they won’t call her Peggy.To them, she is...
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