First Annual Telos Academy Art Show

Friday, May 2nd
2:00pm - 4:00pm and 5:00pm to 7:00pm

You are warmly invited to attend the 1st Annual Telos Academy Art Show at Mindworks Learning Institute in Frederick, MD on Friday, May 2, 2008. The art show and exhibits will be open from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Friday afternoon, and again from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Friday evening. You are welcome to stop in at any time and to stay for as long as you like.

Come and see how the students of Mindworks' Home-School Tutorial Program express themselves and their ideas through the arts! Bring your family and friends for this fun and inspiring event.

Also, learn about our exciting partnership with Mount St. Mary's University for the 2008-2009 Academic Year. We hope to see you there!

Please kindly RSVP to Erin Price at erinlynnco@yahoo.com or by calling (301)694-3077.

Chickenscratch No More

Many students struggle with handwriting. Each year I encounter fewer and fewer students who voluntarily write in cursive, which is discouraging because studies have shown that SAT essays written in cursive, on average, receive higher scores than those not written in cursive.

My writing class begs to go to the computer lab whenever a written assignment is given, however, like Thursday Bram, I do still believe in the power of neat, legible handwriting and encourage my students to use pen and paper for the rough drafts. When crafting a document on the computer (like this blog entry) it is incredibly easy to let my inner self-critic take over and start backspacing and deleting everything I've just written, despite the gems and pockets of clarity in the first draft. Using pencil and paper those gems and clear phrases are still available for revision and inclusion on the final draft, but once they're deleted from the computer screen, they're much more difficult to recreate. Ms. Bram also takes it one step further and outlines why legible handwriting is important for safety.

The article is a short but thought-provoking read. Share it with your high schoolers and college-aged students and children who don't think taking the time to write neatly is worthwhile.

Click here to read Ms. Bram's blog article.