Which Are More Important - Life Skills or Academics?
Are Life Skills More Important than Academics? Hello Elementary Friends, Happy April! Here we go for only 5.5 more weeks of learning and growing together in elementary school! As the school years come and go, it is a joy for me to watch our children as they evolve into such fine young people with very bright futures. I may be a bit biased but I believe that the elementary school years are such an important time span in the character, emotional, behavioral, and academic development of our children. As they leave elementary school, it is crucial that they have strong skills in all of these areas in order to experience success in middle school, high school, college, and career. Helping our children learn skills to live independently can certainly start in the elementary school time frame. As you may or may not know my school district, Jefferson County Public Schools, has just released a new vision document for our schools. Our new superintendent, Dr. Jason Gla...