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Class of 2021: Your Senior Year Can Still Be Special

Posted February 10, 2021, 5:44 pm by Julia Lloyd

The COVID-19 pandemic has stripped millions of high school students of important adolescent milestones. Too many, milestones such as prom and graduation serve as a rite of passage into adulthood;...

Fall Online Learning Programs

Posted September 15, 2020, 2:06 pm by TeenLife

The nation got a taste of online learning when schools and universities closed for the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Now, it seems like it is here to stay...

Surviving COVID-19: Dealing with Anxiety and Tough Feelings with Mindfulness

Posted August 3, 2020, 8:25 pm by Soula Gountouvas

We’ve all been coping, in one way or another, through the tough times the pandemic has brought on: huge lifestyle changes, self-isolation and uncertainty about the future. Even if someone...

How High School Students Can Make the Best of Quarantine

Posted July 29, 2020, 6:23 pm by Dr. Amy Morgenstern

I’ll never forget the time Evelyn, a rising senior, was rejected from every ultra prestigious summer program she’d applied. “No worries,” I quickly reassured her and her mom. “A DIY...

College Class of 2024: To College Or Not To College?

Posted July 23, 2020, 4:15 pm by Joyce Slayton Mitchell

Change. Change is and will be the action word in your life now and for the next few academic years. Easy for the rest of us to say, and so...

What To Do If Your Child’s School Is Virtual In The Fall?

Posted July 17, 2020, 3:15 pm by Maureen Klovers

These last three months have been a tough time to be a parent, especially if you work full-time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state and local lockdowns, you’re now...