This group workshop for girls focuses on all aspects of good health and overall wellness. The exercises are based Ana Homayoun’s book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl. The girls will reflect on their abilities and their interests, and learn different strategies for overall wellness and finding a sense of purpose and happiness in everyday life. We will incorporate fun and interactive activities, crafts, and discussions on the topics of organization, time-management, sleep and nutrition, the pressures of social media, and ways to create authentic friendships, and their own sense of personal wellness.

Workshop Dates:

Session 1: Monday, June 24^th – Thursday, June 27^th from 12:30 – 3:30pm
Session 2: Monday, July 15^th – Thursday, July 18^th from 1:30 – 4:30pm

Over the course of four days, this workshop focuses on helping high schoolers improve their expository and persuasive writing through individual and partner activities as well as group brainstorming sessions.  This workshop is a small group workshop, so space is limited. To sign up, click here!          

 Workshop Dates:

Session 1: Monday, June 10^th – Thursday, June 13^th from 1:30 – 3:00pm
Session 2: Monday, July 22^h – Thursday, July 25^th from 3:30 – 5:00pm

Our specially designed Motivational Organization & Time Management workshop for middle and high school students is the perfect way to start the new semester off right! It helps to calm students’ anxieties and allow them to develop skills to balance their schoolwork and outside activities. We offer this workshop in a small group setting, with a maximum of eight students per workshop. Space is limited – to sign up, click here!

High School Workshop Dates:

Tuesday, August 13^th from 10:00 – 12:00pm (Incoming Freshman)
Thursday, August 15^th from 10:00 – 12:00pm (All High School)
Saturday, August 18^th from 10:00 – 12:00pm (Incoming Freshman)
Saturday, August 25^th from 3:00 – 5:00pm (All High School)

Middle School Workshop Dates:

Monday, August 12^th from 10:00 – 12:00pm (5^th & 6^th)
Wednesday, August 14^th  from 10:00 – 12:00pm (7^th & 8^th)
Saturday, August 17^th  from 12:30 – 2:30pm (7^th & 8^th)

Over the course of four days, our Academic Writing Workshop focuses on helping middle school students improve their narrative, poetic, expository, and persuasive writing styles through individual and partner activities as well as group brainstorming sessions. This workshop is a small group workshop, so space is limited. To sign up, click here!

Workshops Dates:                 

Session 1: Monday, June 17^th – Thursday, June 20^th from 1:30 – 3:00pm

Session 2: Monday, July 22^nd – Thursday, July 25^th from 1:30 – 3:00pm

The workshop is a 4-session group workshop where students work on the basic foundations of Geometry and get the chance to work through the first sections of the material, so that they are prepared and ready once school begins.

Workshop Dates: Monday, August 5^th – Thursday, August 15^th from 3:00 – 5:00pm (Mon – Thurs Only)

This workshop is a small group workshop, so space is limited. To sign up, click here!

The workshop is a 4-session group workshop where students work on the basic foundations of Algebra and get the chance to work through the first sections of the material, so that they are prepared and ready for the class once school begins.

The workshop dates are as follows:

Session 1: Monday, June 17^th – Thursday, June 27^th from 3:30 – 5:30pm (Mon – Thurs Only)
Session 2: Monday, August 5^th – Thursday, August 15^th from 12:30 – 2:30pm (Mon – Thurs Only)

This workshop is a small group workshop, so space is limited. To sign up, click here!

Our Green Ivy Summer 2013 Workshop Schedule is now available to view on our website.  We offer many wonderful workshops for Middle School and High School Students in a range of different subjects.  Each workshop is done in small group setting to maximize the individualized experience for each student. Because space is limited in each workshop, they fill up fast; so if you are interested in signing your student up, please don’t hesitate! Sign Up Today!

This Week’s Workshop Highlight:

Wellness Warriors: A Day Camp for Girls

This group workshop for girls focuses on all aspects of good health and overall wellness. The exercises are based Ana Homayoun’s book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl. The girls will reflect on their abilities and their interests, and learn different strategies for overall wellness and finding a sense of purpose and happiness in everyday life. We will incorporate fun and interactive activities, crafts, and discussions on the topics of organization, time-management, sleep and nutrition, the pressures of social media, and ways to create authentic friendships, and their own sense of personal wellness.

Workshop Dates:

Monday, June 24^th – Thursday, June 27^th from 12:30 – 3:30pm

Monday, July 15^th – Thursday, July 18^th from 1:30 – 4:30pm

Last night, I went to Gracias Madre for dinner (lots of great vegan, gluten-free options that are delicious!) with a friend of mine from college. She is a brilliant cardiologist at UCSF, and we were having fun catching up and talking about our summer plans. Both of us started to list off things we were doing for work, and some new projects we were undertaking. Suddenly, I turned to her and said, “What are three frivolous and FUN things you want to do this summer?” The first two came easy, the third one was a little harder. And then she turned the question onto me – and it definitely took me a minute! So, in honor of yesterday’s summer solstice, my summer goals:

1. Go to Yoga or Pilates or some type of movement on a daily basis

2. Go to the beach/by the water at least twice a week

3. Read for FUN!

So, what are your summer solstice goals? Do your children have things they want to accomplish? New things to try or adventures to undertake? As a family affair, have each person think of three simple fun things to do over these next few months summer… and how to make those dreams all happen! Let us know what they are, and how you are working to make the goals become reality!

I just got back from a quick trip to NYC (my co-favorite city, along with SF). To me, going to NYC is like taking a break. It gives me an energy boost, and I find that the week after a trip to NYC is always one of my most productive (hence, I am writing this blog post, which generally takes me forever to do).

Whenever I talk about homework blocks (ie. blocks of time devoted to homework free of technological/sibling/staring at paint chips on the wall distractions),  I always mention the importance of taking a break before exhaustion starts to set in. Getting up, going outside, moving around, and taking eyes off the computer screen for even fifteen minutes can make a dramatic difference in how productive your child can be in getting work done.

This past weekend, this great article in the NY Times entitled “To Stay on Schedule, Take A Break.” If we look at summer as a great break from the school year, there are definitely ways to use the break productively to encourage a strong school year in the Fall. Do your children have summer goals? Do you? Let us know! And remember, spending some time on frivolous and fun adventures can be the fastest ways for those goals to become a reality!