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The Three Questions: a book review – Malcom Moniz

Providing Important Answers to the Important Questions for the Youth The Three Questions is a marvelous adaptation of a story originally written by Leo Tolstoy of the same name.  Jon J. Muth takes the wheel, adapting the timeless story into a format appropriate for young children. The narrative in the adaptation is simple, yet effective. […]

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Ode to Button-Pushers – Alex Rice

Do you know the student who throws a stick when their instructor isn’t looking? The one who goes past the boundary their teacher very explicitly creates or breaks the rule that was thoroughly reviewed three times before the activity? Maybe you were that student! These students who tend to consistently “push buttons,” and are often […]

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Survivors, Homesickness, and You – Laura Hughes

What does the pilot Captain Sully Sullenberger, the explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, and a High Trails student have in common? At a first glance, these three people couldn’t be more different. Captain Sullenberger saved the lives of 155 people when he emergency-landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Sir Hillary was the first […]

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