Ty Fischer

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Helping Your Child During Midterms and Finals

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 22, 2015 6:12:11 AM

At Veritas--particularly in our secondary school--we have two times during each semester of larger and more intense testing called midterms and finals. We follow this pattern to help students get ... Read More

3 Practical Ways to Encourage Your Children to Enjoy Talking with Adults

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 19, 2015 4:02:36 AM

A few years ago we had five seniors receive full scholarship offers for college, so ... Read More

Teaching Your Children to Work

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 15, 2015 11:31:55 AM

"Kids today are lazy!" I hear this line often--too often. Sometimes, I ... Read More

3 Keys to Helping your Child Make Big Life Decisions

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 9, 2015 2:23:52 PM

As your child gets older, he or she might hear the drums ... Read More

Dealing with Failure

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 5, 2015 6:50:59 AM

One of the things that is particularly difficult for parents--maybe more difficult in our day ... Read More

Raising Authentic Children in an Age of Cynicism

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 30, 2015 4:10:25 AM

Often today, I find older people who are discouraged about the cynicism that they see in young people. I often hear comments like:

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Three Measures of Educational Excellence

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 28, 2015 6:29:59 AM

Many in our culture want to provide an excellent ... Read More

Three Things You Should Know About the Changes to the SAT

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 23, 2015 8:14:01 AM

As you might have heard, there are big changes coming to the SAT in 2016. These ... Read More

Go Dana! Go Monarchs!

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 22, 2012 8:25:51 AM

Big week for our country and big week for Veritas Academy!

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Interesting TED Talk

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 15, 2012 8:23:51 AM

Here is a great talk about art and its meaning. Enjoy:

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