Few are those who would consider worry beneficial to one’s emotional health. Studies repeatedly link long-term anxiety to high blood pressure, depression, and a host of other physical and psychological
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A few years ago, Sheppard-Pratt, the largest private nonprofit provider of mental health and social services in the region, acquired some funds from the State of Maryland to create a
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Every year I want to do something seasonal that has to do with Autumn. Not sure why. The colors are breathtaking but it’s not enough to just gaze upon the
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Last Monday, the long-awaited, much-anticipated literacy tutoring program – Let’s Read! – began. What six months ago was merely a dream finally took place at the Stedwick Community Center: thirteen
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I am a parent of a student at Watkins Mill High School. I am also the president of the Watkins Mill PTSA this year, my second year in a row.
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The word ‘just’ is a word that merits great caution and discretion. I’m not talking about the term for fairness and equity, as in “a just world” or “his penalty
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There is a literacy crisis in Montgomery County. The pandemic all but wiped out close to two years of learning for Pre-K to 1st graders. Children are entering 2nd grade
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The Germantown Global Connection (GGC) is a grassroots ministry of diverse, school-based families which, over the last four years, has gathered like-minded parents and kids, deployed them in service projects
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So we have an illiteracy problem in early elementary school – yes, even in wealthy, educated Montgomery County. So what? They have nine more years of mandatory schooling to catch
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Maryland has a large immigrant community. Roughly one in seven Maryland residents was born in another country, while one in eight is a native-born American who has at least one
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