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is an opportunity to do their best. Encourage set aside your kids to try their best, continue to prioritize time to complete homework, and about school attendance. Your positive attitude time for school (even when it’s sunny and almost strong. vacation!) can help your children finish
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he school year might be winding down, but this is one of the most treacherous times of the year when it comes to stuof the dent attendance and focus. The advent winter nicer weather, plus the stress of intensive that combine to produce a sort of “spring fever” and hits kids of every age, making them restless when inattentive. This is also the time of year starting attendance numbers plummet as well, June. from April and worsening on through and With spring in full swing, many students of the families begin to think about the end the only school year. High school seniors aren’t “end-ofones who experience “senioritis” or the school the-school-year-blues.” Even elementary dial back students can begin to shut down and year. their efforts towards the end of the school the It’s important to help children finish responsiraise to is goal school year strong. The to work ble learners who don’t quit and are able hard despite distractions. how School administrators are well aware of kids the annual epidemic of spring fever impacts teachers in the classroom. Toward this end, savvy incenextra with motivated students their keep tives, including engaging projects. Many teachers also instigate periodic “brain breaks,” when everyone takes a five-minute in some break to get up and stretch, or engage many spontaneous, fun activity. Likewise, during schools schedule incentivizing activities and the last few weeks to keep kids interested motivated. of For parents, this can be a frustrating time child’s the year. You’re sympathetic about your keeping restlessness; but also concerned about for final grades up, especially when it’s time exams. The good news is, with a bit of extra atten-
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proactive tion and creative thinking, you can be last in helping your child during these difficult easily be weeks of school. These tips, which can can help implemented into your daily routine, until the your child stay motivated and focused bell rings for summer vacation. Create a list of mile markers or Find out about upcoming school projects marker assignments, and transfer them to a mile This will list, charting progress along the way. without encourage your child to stick to the task track procrastinating, and will also help you keep to conof your child’s progress without having comis project the When stantly ask questions. child. pleted, plan a satisfying reward for your De-clutter work/study spaces Creating a peaceful, clutter-free work/study toward space for your child can go a long way your relieving unnecessary stress. Encourage cleaning, child to join in with a bit of early spring last so that you’ll both be prepared for those weeks of school.
Stick to the routine be When it’s warm and light outside, it can it’s super more difficult to enforce bedtime, but to get a important to help your child continue school good night’s rest through the end of the and year. Stick to your child’s regular bedtime and atcontinue to make time for homework home reading. responsidevelop to child your Encourage that bility and perseverance by maintaining until the good learners do what they need to do summer job is done. Sunny days and a looming learnvacation can’t stop motivated and eager will ers! Maintaining your school-year schedule help reinforce these beliefs.
Reasonable and reachable goals motiGoals are a great way to keep students a school vated and on-task towards the end of Gear check or two small time year. Help your children select one After months of hard work and lots of end of the level] goals to accomplish before the spent in the classroom, many [elementary be challenging supplies. school year. The goals should some ideas students are left with less-than-ideal have but reachable. For younger students crayons and erasers have longer no Pencils a level in reading, do your include things like moving up having a been worn down to nubs. It’s hard to memorizing their multiplication facts, tools. etc. days, best work when you don’t have the right best certain number of positive behavior Support your children put forth their steps to take stock of Work with your kids to determine effort up through the last day, by taking and encourage pencil, to work towards their goals their school supplies. A freshly sharpened can practice at home. a glue stick or two, and a new box of crayons By creating a low-stress, supportive home child to make a world of difference. environment and encouraging your be can you off, slacking without keep studying Lead by example during to proactive in combating spring fever Kids learn by example, and are quick With your help, talking those last two months of school. adopt our attitude. If your child hears you of seeing just how you your child will have the satisfaction about how you wish it was summer, or the school year on is likely to how rewarding it is to finish summer can’t wait for school to be over, he/she top. And you’ll both be ready for the adopt that mindset. Avoid speaking negatively season. your of about school, homework, etc. in front put forth child. It will be harder for your child to as the don’t Above photo: It’s way too easy to let things slide from down his best effort if he thinks you don’t care, weather gets nicer and kids are feeling worn like school, etc. months of study already completed. We like to tell our kids that every assignment
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mean of raising funds, such as charging non-residents more to use the beach. The most emphatic voice of On Wednesday morning, he opposition to the Long Beach said he would vote against City Council’s proposal to raise increasing the cost of beach beach fees on Tuesday night passes. “Absolutely,” he said. “It’s came from one of its own mem- shocking. They can’t find one bers, Roy Lester. penny to cut anyDuring a twowhere. All I’ve been hour public hearing saying is, stop spendon the council’s plan ing so much money.” to increase beach The council fees in an effort to tabled a vote on the make up a shortfall proposed increases of about $1.1 miluntil a later meetlion, Lester said the ing, but no date was new proposed fees set. were too high, and Under the proposnoted that the devel- Roy lESTER al, the resident famioper Engel Burman, City Council ly plan — the most the fir m that is member widely used plan — building condominiwould jump nearly ums and apartments 27 percent from 2021, on the Superblock, has received to $115. The cost for non-resident credits and tax breaks. families would rise about 20 per“We’re talking about a 70 per- cent, to $225. The resident indicent increase [in beach fees] over vidual fee is proposed to remain two years, and we’re giving a at $70. The daily resident’s fee developer credits?” Lester said. would also hold at $12. He was cheered by some in the Council member John Bendo audience. Two years ago, a fami- proposed that the city charge ly resident beach pass cost $70; those who come to the beach this year the council is propos- after 4 p.m. a reduced fee of $6. ing an increase to $115. Lifeguards are on duty until 6 Lester called the proposed p.m., and most drownings occur increases “unbelievable,” and after they leave the beach. A dissaid the city should seek other Continued on page 4
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hey can’t find one penny to cut anywhere.
Courtesy Dennis Carey
Another entry in Long Beach literary canon: ‘Silver Strand’ bcarpenter@liherald.com
“Silver Strand,” the latest book about Long Beach, was written by a retired pediatrician and historian who uses historical fiction to weave a tale about the barrier island and some of its colorful characters — including the city’s real-life founder and developer, William Reynolds. The author, Dennis Carey, 73, has spent all of his summers in Long Beach, and was a lifeguard for six years beginning in 1966. He lives in a home that his family has owned since 1921. Otherwise, he spends time in another home in Huntington.
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DENNIS CAREy, 74, wrote his first book, ‘Silver Strand,’ to celebrate Long Beach through the lens of historical fiction.
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Long Beach has been a favorite setting for several writers, perhaps because of its raucous past. The best-known work may be “Scoundrels by the Sea: The Sullied Past of Long Beach Politicians, Swindlers, Bootleggers — and Worse,” by Paul Jackson. That book explored the shady side of the city, and Reynolds’s role in its development. Carey said of his own book that it “celebrates Long Beach. Long Beach is actually a protagonist itself.” The book focuses on historical figures such as Oscar Wilde, and the history of the city is told through the eyes of the characters. A fictional survivor of the real-life 1837 shipwreck Continued on page 7