May
4

What is a Citizen Scholar

written by Mat Edvik

This was one of the strangest recording experiences that we have had. I was in a hotel room in Denver Co. Summer was driving with her kids… but the content of the podcast is tremendous. I have been at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference this week. One of the topics of conversation that was consitent [...]

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Sep
24

The Importance of Reading

written by Mat Edvik

Pick up a book and be transported anywhere. Pick up a book and learn something new that can change your life forever. With all of the electronic media out there, we wanted to take some time and talk about the importance of reading. It is so easy to fill our time with movies, T.V., and [...]

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Aug
20

Back to School with Cara

written by Mat Edvik

Well, summer vacation is coming to a close. All over the nation teens are getting ready to walk back into classrooms. It is time to go back to school. Today Cara is with us and shares some of her thoughts on starting high school. We also talk to Cara about making the volleyball team.
We have [...]

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May
6

Effects of Bullying You May Never See

written by summeramorris

Well, many of you know that I have not been working lately due to the expansion of my family, but I do try and keep up to date on the issues that are affecting many people in the psychological sense, especially teens.  Anyway, a colleague and dear friend of mine forwarding this article to me [...]

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Apr
2

Do Our Choices Now Effect Us Later?

written by summeramorris

Yes, of course they do, but that isn’t a bad thing.  I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine who was just finishing another semester of college and she was debating what steps to take next.  She had the opportunity to either go back to school in the fall or go to China and [...]

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Mar
6

Senior Year and Senioritis

written by Mat Edvik

Jessica and Aubin are back with us and they want to talk about Senior Year and Senioritis. Congratulations to both of them for getting accepted in to college. It does not seem that long ago that Jessica was in studio with us talking about the beginning of the school year. Now the year is more [...]

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Jan
23

Give Yourself a Fresh Start At School… or Whatever You Are Doing

written by Mat Edvik

It’s probably close to the beginning of a new semester for you. We thought it would be a good time to talk about giving yourself a new beginning. There is usually a sense of excitement and new possibilities that comes with a new beginning.
Summer gets Me to talk about my personal experience with creating a [...]

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Oct
7

2 Tips To Help The Procrastinating Student

written by Mat Edvik

Do any of these sayings sound familiar?

This year I am going to keep up on all of my homework.
This year I am going to stop procrastinating.
I am going to turn in every assignment

It is the middle of the first quarter of school. If you are like me when I was in school, then [...]

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Aug
26

Someone Wrote You a Back To School Letter

written by Mat Edvik

Dear (put your name here),
Every time that a new school year starts I have a few hopes and fears for you as you continue to get older and grow more independent.
I hope:

that you will be a leader among your friends.

that you will stand for the high values that you have been taught.

that you will live [...]

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Aug
24

Junior High is Coming – are you ready?

written by Mat Edvik

In our podcast 2 weeks ago, we talked with a good friend of mine, Jessica who is going to be a senior this year and we asked her about her experiences as a sophomore, junior and now soon-to-be senior and getting ready for it and how it is different each year.
Because we didn’t hit too [...]

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