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The Mystery of Dyslexia, Part 2: Learning without reading?

Friday, 20 July 2012 13:58

Is it possible to learn if you struggle with reading? Absolutely! Why is it widely thought that students can only learn through books?

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The mystery of dyslexia, Part 1: Are they ready to read?

Friday, 13 July 2012 13:35

Parents often ask me about dyslexia. Either their children were diagnosed by someone (psychologist, psychiatrist, pediatrician, school counselor, therapist or relative), or the parents became worried after reading about dyslexia, and concluded, “That sounds like my child.”

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At juvenile hall: Graduation despite bleeding wounds

Friday, 06 July 2012 13:47

On the day after graduation, I went into some of the units at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar to congratulate some of the kids I did not have a chance to speak with during the June 29 ceremony.

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Graduation reflections from the gangplank

Friday, 29 June 2012 13:35

The ship has finally docked for the Doyle Family.

After 23 years enrolling five children in our parish’s Catholic school — Incarnation in Glendale — the youngest is graduating from eighth grade and my emotions are mixed.

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Graduation, and the transit of Venus

Friday, 29 June 2012 13:31

On June 5, while my youngest child graduated from St. Finbar School, the planet Venus passed in front of the sun. It did this eight years ago as well, on June 8, the day my oldest graduated from St. Finbar. Prior to that, there had not been a transit of Venus since 1882.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.