A 'Welcome Back' Video from the CBE

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Welcome Back

Another exciting new year begins! Check out the CBE's message to parents by clicking here.

How writing by hand makes kids smarter

With the ubiquity of keyboards large and small, neither children nor adults need to write much of anything by hand. That's a big problem, says Gwendolyn Bounds in The Wall Street Journal. Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain development and cognition — helping kids hone fine motor skills and learn to express and generate ideas. Yet the time devoted to teaching penmanship in most grade schools has shrunk to just one hour a week. Is it time to break out the legal pad?

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Welcome back!

It's almost that time again - school resumes on September the third. Look for your STUP order forms during the first week of school - or download the digital file here.

If you have questions, please contact Amber.

Science, technology and math battle image problem in schools

“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.” ~ Carl Sagan

When people meet lab analyst Alana Hill — an attractive blonde who looks more Hawaiian Tropic than Revenge of the Nerds — their first reaction is usually that she doesn’t look like a scientist. A closer examination of Hill’s field, however, suggests it’s more accurately that scientists don’t look the way people imagine.

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are not only underrepresented in our education system, as revealed by the latest National Household Survey data, they’re also saddled with what the Conference Board of Canada calls “an important image problem.” And these negative stereotypes, which begin as early as grade school, are resulting in major competitive shortcomings.

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All CBE Schools Closed Until Thursday

CBE schools will open to students on Thursday morning at regular start time and dismissal will be at noon, giving staff and students the opportunity to finish up the school year.

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No School Monday

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