Dealing With School Refusal By Education.com You can hardly wait to hear about your daughter’s first day of school. But as soon as she walks in the door, she bursts into tears and says, “I’m not going back!” What do you do now? “There are several things you should do,” says Robyn Silverman, Ph.D., creator of the Powerful Words Character Development Program, a resource

Playgrounds To Be Complete For School Year By Bill Vander Weele Both the new playground equipment at Northside Elementary School and Southside Elementary School will be ready when students begin classes this fall. Shane Reed, the Wolf Point School District’s facilities director, said the playground at Southside is completed. “It’s installed and ready to go” Reed said last

It’s As Easy As ABC By Dr. Sarah A. Ruff It’s that time of year again, the hustle and bustle of back-to-school shopping, the yearning to stretch out those summer nights just a little longer, and the anticipation of the possibilities of a brand-new school year. I like to think of the beginning of the school year as a new opportunity to look at the potential that each child has to change

Strategies To Help Transfer Students Adjust To A New School Transfer students can work with their guidance counselors to make the transition to a new school go smoothly. Anew school year presents a wealth of opportunities for incoming students. Students returning to the same school can build upon the previous year’s successes, while students transitioning from elementary school to middle

Frontier School Keeps Improving By Bill Vander Weele When students arrive for the first day of classes at Frontier School on Aug. 16, they might notice some improvements to the facility. Superintendent Patrick Drapeau explained the school district has developed a fiveyear building maintenance project plan. “There are just a lot of little things, but they add up,” Drapeau said.