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Tech Stars at Country Day School Baton Rouge

Each month, TechStars delivers technology instruction to the 3 and 4 year olds at Country Day School. CT, the Tech Turtle, informs children about computer hardware and kid friendly software through songs and games. The computer learning continues throughout the month during centers. Each month focuses on learning to use a different software program.

Our families also have access to online learning at www.computerexplorers.com/estars. The passwords can be found in the TechStars newsletter distributed each month. There are age appropriate suggested website links as well as app suggestions for smart phones and tablets.

Healthy Digital Media Use Habits for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers

Media in all forms, including TV, computers, and smartphones can affect how children feel, learn, think, and behave. However, parents (you) are still the most important influence.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages you to help your children develop healthy media use habits early on. Read on to learn more.

Media Use Guidelines for Young Children:

For children younger than 2:

• Media use should be very limited and only when an adult is standing by to co-view, talk, and teach. For example, video-chatting with family along with parents.

For children 18 to 24 months, if you want to introduce digital media:

• Choose high-quality programming.

• Use media together with your child.

• Avoid solo media use.

For children 2 to 5 years of age:

• Limit screen use to no more than 1 hour per day.

• Find other activities for your children to do that are healthy for their bodies and minds.

• Choose media that is interactive, non-violent, educational, and prosocial.

• Co-view or co-play with your children.

What About Apps and Digital Books?

Most apps advertised as “educational” aren’t proven to be effective and they don’t encourage co-viewing or co-play that help young children learn. Also, most educational apps target rote skills, such as ABCs and shapes. These skills are only one part of school readiness. The skills young children need to learn for success in school (and life) such as impulse control, managing emotions, and creative, flexible thinking, are best learned through unstructured and social play with family and friends in the real world.

Digital books (“eBooks”) that have lots of sound and visual effects can sometimes distract children, who then “miss the story” and don’t learn as well as they would from a print book.

If you plan to read e-books to your children:

Why Limit Media Use?

Overuse of digital media may place your child at risk of:

• Not enough sleep. Young children with more media exposure or who have a TV, computer, or mobile device in their bedrooms sleep less and fall asleep later at night. Even babies can be overstimulated by screens and miss the sleep they need to grow.

• Delays in learning and social skills. Children who watch too much TV in infancy and preschool years can show delays in attention, thinking, language, and social skills. One of the reasons for the delays could be because they interact less with parents and family. Parents who keep the TV on or focus on their own digital media miss precious opportunities to interact with their children and help them learn. See Parents of Young Children: Put Down Your Smartphones.

• Obesity. Heavy media use during preschool years is linked to weight gain and risk of childhood obesity. Food advertising and snacking while watching TV can promote obesity. Also, children who overuse media are less apt to be active with healthy, physical play.

• Behavior problems. Violent content on TV and screens can contribute tobehavior problems in children, either
  because they are scared and confused by what they see, or they try to mimic on-screen characters.

Other Tips for Parents, Families & Caregivers:

• Do not feel pressured to introduce technology early. Media interfaces are intuitive and children can learn quickly.

• Monitor children’s media. For example, know what apps are used or downloaded. Test apps before your child uses them, play together, and ask your child what he or she thinks about the app.

• Turn off TVs and other devices when not in use. Background media can distract from parent-child interaction and child play, which are both very important in child language and social-emotional development.

• Keep bedrooms, mealtimes, and parent-child playtimes screen free and unplugged for children and parents. Turn off phones or set to “do not disturb” during these times.

• Avoid exposure to devices or screens 1 hour before bedtime. Remove devices from bedrooms before bed.

• Avoid using media as the only way to calm your children. Although media may be used to soothe children, such as during a medical procedure or airplane flight, using media as a strategy to calm could lead to problems with a child’s own ability with limit setting and managing emotions. Ask your child’s doctor for help if needed.

• Develop a Family Media Use plan for you and your family.

• Remember that your opinion counts. TV, video-game, and other media producers, and sponsors pay attention to the views of the public. Let a TV station know if you like a program, or contact video game companies if the content is too violent. For more information, visit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website.

• Encourage your school and community to advocate for better media programs and for healthier habits. For example, organize a “Screen-Free Week” in your town with other parents, teachers, and neighbors.

Last Updated 10/6/2016
Source:Digital Media and Your Young Children: TV, Computers, Smartphones, and Other Screens (Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Pediatrics)

What is STEM all about?

Lately there has been much discussion about STEM education, an acronym initiated by the National Science Foundation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We believe that these concepts should be introduced to children at a young age in a developmentally appropriate way. Not only will this build a foundation for science learning, but also increase their problem solving and critical thinking skills in all areas of learning. Here is what the National Science Teachers Association has to say:

“The world of a young child is full of ‘wow.’ Children are constantly observing, exploring and discovering phenomena around them. From those activities they build models of how they think the world works and make predictions from those models. That’s the essence of science, although we seldom use that term for what we see our children do every day. ”

At CDS, children are building towers, assembling LEGO machines, learning about tooth care from the Tooth Fairy, using microscopes during Tech Time, mixing colors at the art easel, just to name a few STEM building experiences.

• Go on a nature walk. Encourage your child to collect interesting objects such as small round stones, leaves, seed pods, or flowers. When you get home, help sort them into categories, such as color, texture, size, and shape.
• Do a cooking activity together. Look up a kid friendly recipe together. Let your child help measure and mix.
• Set-up building activities with paper or plastic cups. Give a challenge such as, “How high can you make a tower of cups?” Measure each tower and record the height.​
• Play with water. Provide a basin of water outside so you don’t have to worry about spills. Provide tools to experiment with like a turkey baster, empty dish detergent bottles, plastic measuring cups, etc. to fill and compare.

For more information or ideas on STEM, visit http://www.brighthorizons.com/family-resources/science-for-kids.

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Life at Country Day School

Learning is in the Experience!

Summer Fun

Bugs and Butterflies

LSU’s Entomology club takes time out of their busy schedule to visit our children

Fall Spirit and Pumpkin Fun

At Country Day School, we love getting into the Fall spirit and engaging the children in fun fall projects. Our teachers enjoy giving the children an opportunity to have a hands on experience with real pumpkins. The children are able to feel the different textures which creates a true teaching moment.

Robot Fun

Ms. Becka’s class had fun making (and playing with) robots. Parents donated old boxes of all different sizes. The children picked 3 boxes each and put them together to shape the robots. The children painted them and decorated them at their robot station. It was a super fun time!

Mardi Gras Mambo

The Krewe of Kids rolls at Country Day School. Parents and children yell “throw me something mister” at our unique Mardi Gras bicycle parade.

We love story time especially when it involves a special treat!

Country Day School loves to get into the holiday spirit! It is always fun to put on little events for the children to build their excitement of the upcoming holiday. The children gathered around for story time and Christmas cookies. It was a holly, jolly time!

Strong Buffalo

Strong Buffalo, a.k.a. Tom Varnado, came for his annual visit to Country Day School. The children were excited to gather around in a tipi to learn about Native Americans by examining artifacts, pelts and tools used in their daily lives. The most enticing item for the children were the very soft and furry pelts. Strong Buffalo shared fascinating stories of what it was like to be a child in the Native American culture. Strong Buffalo’s visit will always be one of the highlights of the year.

Country Day School Annual Fall Fest!

We had such a great time at our annual Fall Fest. We had the ever popular bounce house, the sand table with dinosaur skeletons, a colored rice table with fangs and a hay stack full of spiders and snakes. New this year were the haunted crawl through box on the gazebo, a stamp fun table and a frozen block of ice filled with spooky treats that the children tried to free from the ice. We also featured a “monster’s pick” in which curiosity seekers reach up the monster nose to pick out a gummy worm! We truly appreciate all of our wonderful parent helpers and those who sent the delicious treats.

Out Of This World & Into Space!

The students at Country Day School get to go out of this world to learn about far away places such as space! The students rode in a space ship, ate astronaut food, tested out a jet pack and talked about their favorite planets. We love to engage our students in dramatic play. Not only is it fun for our students, but it stimulates intellectual, physical, social and emotional development and learning

Amazingly GIANT Bubbles!

At Country Day School, we engage the students in new and exciting activities. We loved introducing the concept of bubbles to the students and what better way to do this than with GIANT bubbles! This was a special and amazing moment for the students.

Our Butterfly Garden

Students learned about the phases of a butterfly. The class observed tiny caterpillars grow and then spin their way into chrysalides. They watched and waited for the beautiful butterflies to emerge. Finally, the butterflies slowly came out of their chrysalides to greet the class. The students released their friendly butterflies on the playground in hopes that they will return to visit one day. It was such an exciting experience!

Interesting Insects Week

Students enjoyed looking for and finding insects while outside on a “bug watch” as well as a visit from the Louisiana State University Entomology Club’s collections.

A Visit from Winnie

Children learned about dogs from a veterinarian in February. As part of the Valentine’s Day celebration, children were celebrating kindness. Being kind to pets was one of the lessons. To practice this, CDS invited 3 year-old Van’s mom, a local veterinarian, to visit with their dog Winnie. Winnie is a large terrier mix who was adopted from a local shelter. She is very friendly and energetic, and mom reports she loves to chase birds and squirrels as well as play with Van. Winnie patiently let the children pet her and listen to her heart using a stethoscope. She enjoyed all the love and attention just as much as the children!

Cajun Cuties

Cajun Cuties is a mobile petting zoo that visited each Country Day School location. Some of the animals children were able to interact with were a pot-bellied pig, a pony (named Charlie Brown), ducks, bunnies, and goats. The children had a wonderful time petting and brushing the animals. It was hands on learning at its best!

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  Congratulations 2022 Commended Students!
  

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  National French Awards 2022
  

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  Honors Chemistry Investigates
  

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  Parrish Abramson Named Candidate for 2022 Presidential Scholars Program
  

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  Our students learn to face the challenges of life with honor, optimism, confidence, creativity, and a sense of humor.

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  Acre Campus

  Where the community-oriented values of Country Day are exemplified by the physical campus.

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  Teachers form meaningful relationships with students as they prepare them for college and for life.

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  Where students are challenged and supported through an educational approach that combines rigor and accountability with creativity and flexibility.

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  Our “no-cut” policy allows student-athletes to be part of 19 sports or 50 middle, junior varsity, and varsity teams.

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  Student art is displayed in Georges Art Gallery and shared with our community during Lower, Middle, Upper, and AP and Honors Art Shows.

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  Kathryn Barrett Tschirn I Class of 1991

  Country Day is so much more than just an excellent school; it’s a supportive community, an extended family, and a place that feels like home even decades later.

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  Paul Frantz I Middle School Principal

  There is something wonderful and infectious about middle school students’ curiosity, excitement when discovering new things, and unfettered belief in the possible. Their ability to invent and reinvent themselves and the world around them is inspiring.

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  Mimi Odem I Lower School Principal

  Every moment really counts: lower school assemblies, music in the hallways during dismissal, community family-style lunches, and individualized care and instruction.

300 Park Road, Metairie, LA 70005 (504) 837-5204

Established in 1929, Metairie Park Country Day School is a coed private school for New Orleans area students in early childhood through Grade 12. From the elementary grades through upper school, the care and cultivation of each child comes to life in our exciting academic program, creative arts, and competitive athletic offerings.

Country Day accepts qualified students without regard to race, color, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin.

Word of the founder of the private boarding school “Dubravushka”

Dear parents of students!

My name is Anna Dmitrievna. I am the founder of the Dubravushka school. Our school has been a classic family business for three generations. The basis of our family is hereditary teachers. Even before the revolution, my grandfather headed the gymnasium in St. Petersburg and published his own mathematics textbooks. I am a teacher with a university education and 40 years of experience. Finally, my granddaughter, having graduated from Oxford University, recently returned to Russia, and, according to family tradition, she now works at our school. Dubravushka is our life’s work, our main concern and pride!

Convenient location near Moscow

“Dubravushka” is located 80 km from Moscow along the Kyiv direction in a small scientific city – Obninsk. Like 28 years ago, we are still the first and only truly large private boarding school in Russia, created precisely as a school that combines education and living. Children live and study with us not only from Moscow, but also from many other cities of the Russian Federation. Boarding school “Dubravushka” was founded in 1988, at 1991 we received a license for the right to provide educational services, and in 1994 Dubravushka became one of the first private schools in the Russian Federation to receive state accreditation.

Our school follows the main traditions of European education. In Europe, since the 15th century, there have been classical boarding schools, which, due to the high level of education, strict discipline and the ability to organize a rich, interesting life for students, have always been very popular. And in our time, for example, the grandchildren of the Queen of England, Prince Harry and Prince William, traditionally lived and studied at Eton, a boarding school in Kent.

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Educational and scientific centers in Europe are usually located in small scientific towns near the capital or major city. The most famous examples of this location are Cambridge and Oxford (UK), located near London, and Harvard (USA), located near Boston. Famous examples in Russia are the old scientific cities of Obninsk and Dubna, located near Moscow, as well as Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk, among the new ones is the scientific center Skolkovo. It is no coincidence that the first and largest Russian boarding school is located not far from Moscow, in the green zone of the first science city of the Russian Federation – the city of Obninsk.

Our city is green, calm and the most environmentally controlled in the Moscow region, which is quite understandable – here is the leading research institute for experimental meteorology, which is engaged in monitoring the state of the environment throughout Russia. Among the advantages of the location of our boarding school, it is important that parents living in the capital can come to their children at any time, and children can go home for the weekend. At the same time, the school is located at a sufficient distance from the metropolis, with all its traffic jams and other difficulties.

Life and studies at school

Science City is a quiet, peaceful countryside place, but at the same time it is a modern, dynamically developing educational and scientific center. Obninsk is home to 15 leading research institutes engaged in fundamental science, including the world-famous I.I. A.I. Leipunsky. This helps us solve the main problem of any modern Russian school – the selection of personnel. The high professional level of teachers and educators of “Dubravushka” is provided by the intellectual environment of the city. The pupils of our school, as well as the pupils of the schools of scientific cities in general, consistently pass the Unified State Examination much better than the pupils of many other regions, and successfully enter universities. Since the first issue at 1991, our graduates are the main pride of the school.

Our own protected area with a beautiful old park and twelve separate buildings allowed us to make the boarding house quite large, which corresponds to the world traditions of boarding houses, as it provides children with an interesting and eventful life, full of friends and bright events. Children live in separate buildings by age, boys separately from girls. Educational and administrative buildings, a canteen, a medical center and a sports complex are also separate buildings, which together create the atmosphere of a beautiful country estate. A well-thought-out security system, its own medical service, its own transport and utilities, computer and telephone networks, as well as a farm in the Borovsky District, which supplies the school with high-quality products, provide children with the necessary level of comfort and safety.

At the same time, the life of our students is not limited only by the territory of the school – many of them study at the music and art schools of Obninsk, study with teachers from the Obninsk branch of MEPhI, learn Chinese, Japanese and other rare languages. We pay great attention to a healthy lifestyle and sports, our students always participate in city competitions. Next to us, in the green zone of Obninsk, where the school is located, there is a city sports complex: a wonderful football and athletics stadium, a new 50-meter Olympic swimming pool, an ice rink and gyms where our students train and prepare for competitions.

Not so long ago, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the mayor of Obninsk, Alexander Avdeev, speaking at our 25th anniversary, said: “For both Russia and our city, Dubravushka has become a real brand and a visiting card of the city on a par with the famous in everything world Physical and Energy Institute. Leipunsky”. Agree, such an assessment and such a comparison from the city leadership cost 25 years of work!

Maximum attention to every child

In conclusion, I would like to say, perhaps, the most important thing – why we work and why parents trust us for many years with the most precious thing they have. In a classical boarding school, children not only study, but also live, and, in addition to the school’s main concern for the quality of education, we have a huge responsibility for raising a child, which lays the foundation for his entire future life. In short, in the matter of education, we follow the basic principle: A person is a harmonious combination of mind, soul and will. And all these components are equally important for a person.

Mind – intelligence, knowledge, the ability to find and analyze information – this is the foundation of the personality, and making it strong is the main task of our school.

Will – the ability to make consistent efforts to achieve the goal and often for practical success is more important than just a set of knowledge. We make a lot of efforts to help our children form the will, both in educational activities and in sports, competitions, social work.

The soul is the ability to emotionally perceive the surrounding world, which, in the final analysis, is the main meaning of life. A person without a soul, especially strong-willed and intelligent, can bring a lot of trouble to himself and others. The soul is formed under the influence of those moral rules that surround the child, and our school creates an environment that sets high moral guidelines for children.

Our main task is to give maximum attention to each child and help him in the formation of these three components of personality. The best proof that we are on the right track is the grateful feedback from our graduates and their parents, which we have been receiving for many years!

Manor behind the Klyazma. Everything is included in the price

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the volume of individual housing construction in Russia. This was influenced by several key factors at once: the pandemic, the high pace of life, the high density of urban development, the situation with parking lots and much more

Now both young people and adults want to live in their own house, because a house with a land plot provides a family with a comfortable personal space, a full-fledged versatile vacation, a safe space for children, silence, tranquility and freedom from parking problems.

But not everyone is ready for independent construction. That is why developers in different cities are expanding their product portfolio and offering their clients new low-rise building projects.

In the Vladimir region, such a developer is the Continent Group of Companies. The company is building a large microdistrict that includes 200 townhouses in Kovrov and a quarter of townhouses “Manor behind Klyazma” in the Zaklyazmensky microdistrict of Vladimir.

Today we will talk about the quarter of townhouses “Usadba za Klyazma” and try to find out how the complex development from the Continent Group of Companies differs from other targeted proposals in the suburbs of Vladimir.

HOUSE WITHIN THE CITY

The quarter of townhouses “Manor behind Klyazma” is located within the city of Vladimir, so there are a number of inconveniences for the client:

• All infrastructure in close proximity;

• supermarkets, pharmacies, shops;

• public transport;

• minimum travel time;

• new modern school;

• several kindergartens;

• City Park;

• hospital complex.

But, despite the fact that the quarter is located within the city, there are all the advantages of country life: a pine forest rich in mushrooms and berries, silence, fresh air, a small number of neighbors.

ALL INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

That is, when buying a townhouse in the “Manor for Klyazma” there are no hidden additional costs:

• all communications are central, they are brought into the house and connected;

• a double-circuit gas boiler is installed and connected;

• installed counters;

• heating wiring;

• the territory in front of the house is landscaped, a path has been made to the entrance and an entrance to the garage / carport;

• a blind area was made around the house;

• a metal entrance door with a thermal break was installed;

• the land is fenced.

STYLISH COMPLEX BUILDING

The main difference between complex development and point development is always a single architectural concept. In the Estate behind Klyazma, all 27 houses have the same style and color of the facades, all plots are fenced with the same neat fence, paving is made with the same paving slabs.

Getting into such a location always feels the status of housing.

Another important advantage of complex development is the unified landscaping of the territory. In Usadba za Klyazma, all roads will be paved with sidewalks and street lighting, and a playground will also be built.

From all this, we can conclude that when buying a house in Usadba za Klyazma, you will not need to solve additional issues with connecting communications, installing septic tanks and wells, and filling roads. You will receive a house with no hidden costs, ready to finish!

And for payment, Continent Group of Companies offers to use an installment plan from the developer with a mortgage from Promsvyazbank PJSC or a loan from Post Bank JSC.

And how are things at the construction site of the “Manor behind the Klyazma”?

The foundations of all 27 houses are already ready on the territory. 12 houses of the first stage of construction are being actively built. 7 townhouses are built from ceramic bricks and 5 townhouses from gas silicate blocks.

For more information about the location of the “Estates behind the Klyazma”, see the video:

Would you like to ask a question or book a tour of the construction site?

Call: 8 (4922) 77-99-44 or come to the office of the Continent Group of Companies at the address: Vladimir, st. Gorky, 50.

Or look at the website: sk-continent.ru.

Builder: LLC “Little Personalities”. It is not an equity building.

The installment plan is provided by Little Personalities LLC. The loan is provided by Post Bank JSC. General license No. 650. The mortgage is provided by Promsvyazbank PJSC. General license No. 3251.

Summer camps for children 2019

If a child is lucky with the camp, this is happiness! A sea of ​​impressions, new experience, new friends – where to go for this? Here are camps that look interesting.

Evgenia Golobokova

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EUROCLUB

Where: Moscow Region
Age Programs change from year to year. In addition to learning the language, they offer many activities: master classes, outdoor sports, archery, graffiti, board games.