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Why Portfolios?

A portfolio is a picture of you.  It is a short collection of works and records that reveal you as a student, a participant, and a person.  A portfolio answers the question: “Who are you really?” As a snapshot of your student, a portfolio is especially useful in the college admission process. A portfolio grows […]

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Symposium

I have had people ask me about my family’s symposium time.  You may have heard it referenced as ‘basket time’ or ‘morning time’, but we simply call it symposium. If you’re curiosity is piqued, then enjoy this glimpse: Our symposium time came out of two observations: I have a family of morning people and night

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Why Routine?

If our definition of vacation is significant, as in greater than 5 days, time away from our home, then my family has been on vacation a total of two times.  The first vacation was 8 days in a single cabin in Maryland, and the second vacation was 13 days visiting friends and family in Maine.

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