3D Design & MakerSpace: Helping Kids Stretch Their Creativity

Tom McCormick, IT Manager & Digital Citizenship teacher

There’s this story about some scientists who thought that they had gotten so smart that they didn’t need God. So they elected a representative to go meet with God and tell Him that He wasn’t necessary anymore. The representative meets with God and he explains that through science, they have figured the whole world out. God says “You’ve figured

Daily Parenting – how to really impact your kids at home

Kraig Cox, Dean of JH Students, Director of Programs and Corporate Development

Let’s face it, raising children today tends to be much different than it was for our parents raising us years ago, but does it have to be?

Technology and our fast paced society have changed the way that we connect with others in today’s world.  Although many parts of parenting our children are different, the main component of guiding our children is constant and that is “what we model.” 

What is the overall concept of the design of the new Traders Point Christian High School facility?

Ron Evans, Head of School, Traders Point Christian Schools

My K-12 school experience took place in the 1960’s and 70’s. I lived through a Junior High principal that was a retired Marine and ran the school like his private base. I lived through the “open classroom” and the chaos that was built into the design.

How to “mature” our kids: needing GRIT & a healed heart

by Adam Stevenson, Athletic Director

When I was 16, I decided I wanted a motorcycle.  A few of my close friends and I decided we would ask our parents together, and hope for the best.  Keep in mind the reality of the situation at that time:

Be A Real Parent: authenticity will get, and keep, them talking

by Shane Schaffer, Middle School/Junior High Principal

I have said to many parents for years that there isn’t an instruction manual for your specific child.  While there isn’t one for your specific child, there are instructions for all parents in the best book ever written: the Bible.

IParent, by Don Pearson, can provide some helpful tips

Alpha Female, Beta Male: Helping our kids leave childhood behind

Adam Stevenson, Athletic Director

On the surface two questions sound so simple, yet the complexity of their answers is astounding:

• What does it mean to be a man?
• What does it mean to be a woman?

The essence of those two questions

Boys to Men, Girls to Women: Helping Your Child Get From One to the Other

by Leslie Kowal, Director of Development, Marketing & Communications

Wyd?  (What ya doing?)

Studying. Wyd?

Cool. Same

1. GTG. (Got to go)

TTYL (Talk to you later)

Riveting, right?  Remember the days when boys and girls got to know each other

How to Figure Out Your Kids…and How To Parent Them Once You Do

Toni Kanzler, Director of Admissions

There’s a wonderful little book about the cultural trends affecting our kids titled iParent by student minister Don Pearson. You should read it. This week we begin a new blog series intended to arm parents with clearer insight on your children. Who in the world are they, why are they so different

Setting Boundaries: How Do You Know It’s Working?

Julie Harris, Guidance Counselor

Doctors Cloud and Townsend begin wrapping up their book, Boundaries:  When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your Life in chapter 14 with warnings that we will face resistance to our boundary setting.    The authors compare overcoming these resistances

Boundaries: How to Balance Self, Others and God

Fred Means, Director of Finance & Operations

A few weeks ago, our Admissions Director Toni Kanzler introduced you to the book “Boundaries”, which we read this past Summer.  The book teaches us why it is so crucial to learn this skill as we mature, but it also pointed out that many of us either don’t learn or we have difficulty applying the concepts.