Executive Functioning is a really big buzzword in education and social science research right now. It’s a term researchers use to encompass several brain-related functions that are shown to have a significant impact on children’s future success. Children who display higher levels of executive
This year, our school is adopting a program called The Leader in Me! The Leader in Me is an age-appropriate adaptation of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and is based on universal, timeless principles of personal, interpersonal, and organizational effectiveness, such as
Welcome to the 2016-17 school year! Our WHPS Elementary has a truly exciting year planned, and the school blog is a great place to find information school policies, child development and about what to look forward to.
Woodland Hills Private School (WHPS) families,
We are proud to have served your family during the past school year. Because WHPS constantly strives to provide an outstanding educational experience, we take your feedback seriously. We would like to share some results from this year’s end of school
Something happened a couple weeks ago. It was nothing new; it is nothing out of the ordinary. However, it epitomizes our school’s (and our teachers’) approach to social-emotional learning.
THE SITUATION: A kindergartner is having a difficult time saying goodbye to Mom. The teacher is outside the