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Parenting Through the Renbrook Years

By renbrook | December 18, 2024 |

group of 5 diverse elementry age girls posing together

Helping Your Child Navigate Friendships by Terese Brennan-Marquez, LCSW Children think about and experience friendships differently at all stages of development. As a parent, you can help your child navigate friendships in healthy and productive ways. Parents can support their children if they experience challenges with a friend by viewing the situation through a developmental…

Professional Development

By renbrook | November 4, 2021

A friend who publishes an oncology journal recently shared with me that they had just returned from hosting a group of doctors in Kiawah, SC for a few days for some professional development and golf. It was very strange and a little funny to hear the term “professional development” used in a context not pertaining to teachers. Of course, I know that those in the medical field participate in ongoing training and education, so I wondered why that comment about professional development (PD) for folks outside of the educational landscape landed on me as it did.

Welcome to Turtle Town

By renbrook | October 29, 2021

A Beautiful Place for an Outdoor Classroom Where Project-Based Learning Thrives

Kathy Greene and Robbie Saal spend several hours each week with their Kindergarten students exploring, working, and playing in their outdoor classroom named Turtle Town. When the children first visited this beautiful outdoor space, they asked, “Why is the classroom called Turtle Town?” Mrs. Saal then shared with the class a piece of Renbrook history. Many years ago, when a Beginning School class was working in this outdoor space, they found a box turtle. They had fun imagining turtles living there and decided to name the space Turtle Town.