Everything You Need to Know to Raise Happy, Healthy Resilient Kids

Worried about how technology affects your children? Think you might have a gifted child? Or maybe your high schooler has college on the brain. If any of these topics are on your mind–or your child’s–this is the forum for you. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child and Scholar Search Associates is hosting an Educational Forum for Families that will teach parents and children how to cope with not only these topics but everything parents need to know to raise happy, healthy, successful kids.

The forum takes place Saturday, October 27, 2018 on Oak Knoll’s beautiful 11-acre campus and will include six members of the school’s faculty and staff, alongside educational innovators from across the state of New Jersey and beyond. Attend this exciting educational adventure anytime between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The forum is free and open to the public, and is for anyone who is interested in learning about opportunities designed to support the unique needs of critical and creative thinkers.

Food trucks and exhibits showcasing local and national resources will be available.

Presentations and discussions include:
• Technology in Education: Help or Hindrance
• 21st Century Career Opportunities for Women in STEM
• Factoring the “Happiness Index” in College Placement
• “Online Learning – Benefits and Suitability
• The 5 Most Important Tips for the College Admissions Process
• A Way to Instill Compassionate Critical Thinking
• Characteristics, Nature, and Needs of Gifted and Creative Children
• The Significance of Debate in the 21st Century Classroom
• And much more!

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Interactive sessions and mini-courses (for grades 4-12) include:
• Finding Your Inner Strength
• The Virtual World Hymn
• Energizing Your Efficiency Quotient
• Break Out! The Learning Adventure Begins
• Follow Me! Learning to Lead for Just Causes
• The Most Important Character is YOU
• And much more!