Maui’s Kailea Tracy-Visintainer Gatorade Runner of Year

Kailea Tracy-Visintainer Gatorade Runner of Year Kailea, shown with Mr. Scott Winham, Head of the Upper School, is Seabury Hall’s second Gatorade Runner of the Year selected this academic year.  Kailea is a state champion in the 200, 400 and 4×400 meter relay.  Kailea was also selected as a Hawaii High School Hall of Honor… [Continue Reading]

THE DIFFERENT TEMPERAMENTS IN SIBLINGS

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“I don’t want to, I can’t, I don’t like it, leave me alone.” Ever had a child whose predominate response to everything new (people, school, new activities) seems negative? Is it shyness? Why would one child have mostly negative responses and others take everything in stride, feel good about himself and be easy to live… [Continue Reading]

Encouraging Confidence

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Everyday our children leave the comfort of their homes and head out into that big world out there.  They leave home with everything needed for the day, like completed homework, lunches, and the attitude I can do this, even though obstacles will probably get in their way.  What if so and so doesn’t talk to… [Continue Reading]

Giving Back

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Parents  lament about the loss of the christmas spirit. However, Christmas is the perfect time to bring the family closer together by embarking on a project of giving together. It’s hard for our children to learn the gift of giving unless parents or families go out of their way to give support to total strangers…. [Continue Reading]

MAKE THE MOST OF THIS YEAR

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The school year is in full swing and everything is running smoothly.  Parents might want to ask themselves if their children are on track. Each year teachers are given basic requirements on what needs to be taught for each particular grade.  Usually the state mandates that certain topics and skills be taught in order for… [Continue Reading]

5 Minute Sight Words

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Helping students build a strong sight word vocabulary is both easy and effective and also has a high impact for the relatively small amount of time put in. Sight words are high frequency words that usually do not follow the rules of phonics. For example, the words “sight” and “the” are sight words because they… [Continue Reading]