5 Tips on Organizing Your Child for Success By Susan Tatsui-D’Arcy Organization with Merit PlannerAll kids (and parents too!) need structure. When they start school, they should have their own paper planner where they can enter homework, quizzes/tests, and project assignments as well as sports, clubs, and social events. I use the Merit Planner because it has 7 days (not just school days) that are divided into 30-minute segments starting at 6:00 am and ending at midnight. By entering in classes for the semester, they’ll have the structure to enter in homework, test, and project dates for each class. Homework and Study Skills While in class, your children can enter…
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Editors Note Sept 21
Editors’ Note September 2021 When we heard carmaker Hyundai had a commercial for a new model SUV/truck called the Santa Cruz, we were leery. How would they depict our town and would it be so commercialized we’d want to gag. Then we saw Jimbo Phillips in the ad and we knew they knew the essence of the town. They picked the right guy, an artist who mixes the Keep Santa Weird vibe with a wholesome family life. And then we knew that we had to get him to talk about his life and the three generations of Phillips’s whose vision is on skate boards, posters, shirts and sweatshirts all over…
