There’s been so much focus on what’s being taught in our schools’ classrooms that we’re apt to forget what needs to happen beyond the traditional school day to sharpen and add to students’ academic achievement while providing additional learning opportunities to...
What is Grit? Do you want to get grit while you’re in high school? Here, we will take a deep dive into the meaning, definition, and characteristics of grit, as well as give you some tips on how to get “grittier.” In addition, you can take the Grit Scale Self-Test that...
Effective Communication is Key to Resolving Conflicts – But Wait, There’s More… “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Prison guard “in conflict” with stubborn prisoner in “Cool Hand Luke.” “Conflicts are neither constructive nor disruptive but the ways...
Just Who is the ‘iGen’ Generation and How Are They Different? The 74 million young Americans born between 1995 and 2012 comprise the most important generation in the nation’s history, both in size and composition. One out four Americans, from age 5 to 22, have been...
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States In the wake of the 2002 national “No Child Left Behind” educational initiative, it appears that plenty children have been...
“Teenagers are old enough to take responsibility for their actions, their responsibilities, and their needs…students must learn how to define good and bad behavior themselves, and learn from the consequences of their actions…” – Army and Navy Academy Are you...
On Saturday, December 16, 2017, our ANA surf team competed at the Scholastic Surf Series Division 5. This was the first ever competition for these Cadets’ and the first ANA competition for our new surf coach, Sean Mattison. They all had a great time and won 2...
While academic content and teaching strategies are important in planning children’s education, there are at least two more ingredients needed in a quality education, according to recent educational research findings. Many educators wrongly assume young people who have...
In the wake of the 2002 national “No Child Left Behind” educational initiative, it appears plenty of children have been left behind when it comes to developing character, morality, and ethics as standard behaviors. A 2012 nationwide survey of 23,000 teenagers...
Our Army and Navy Academy Cadets won seven trophies at a regional drill competition in Anaheim earlier this month. Taking part December 2 in a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) “Rookies Drill Meet” at Katella High School, the Academy’s Military Drill Team...
