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Skip the Cram Session: Slow Down and Read in Summer’s Last Days

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The fourth of July has come and gone, and while I personally love our most American of holidays, it also marks the beginning of the end of summer.  It just seems as if summer starts slipping away as the smoke from the fireworks drifts into the wind.

For most families, the beginning of a new academic year is now less than one month away.  It’s time for back-to-school shopping, schedule juggling and activity scheduling. Prep work for the school year can make a final summer hurrah feel like an insurmountable task. 

Can we go visit a theme park one more time? Can we take a short weekend trip? Is there a free weekend left for a sleepover, or a campout or a visit to grandma’s?Making summer memories is fun, but it requires time and money, after all. 

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Student Success: Goals

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Student success, not just soccer, depends on goals

Soccer has been in the news lately, as the U.S. Women’s team won the World Cup. All the soccer talk has us thinking about goals, and the role they play in success on the field and in the classroom.

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Smarter Snails and Academic Standards

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By now, you’ve likely read your child’s OSTP results. You have the scores, and you know, generally, how your child did on the test. 

So what’s next? 

With May’s chaos now in the rear view mirror, it can be tempting to slide into summer nice and slow. Parents and kids should certainly enjoy the lazy days of summer. But smart parents know that maintaining even the steady, seemingly nonproductive pace of a snail is still progress when it comes to academic endeavors. 

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The Way to An A

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Parents’ Role in Student Success

It’s been said parenthood is the toughest job you’ll ever love. From the time children are born, moms’ and dads’ lives can be simultaneously joy-filled and anxiety-ridden.

Balancing nutrition with busy lives, playtime with reading time and time commitments split between family and friends can all add to the day-to-day chaos many parents experience.

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.