Legend Insights
The Importance Of Showing Vigor in College Application
There are many factors to consider when it’s time to tackle college applications. While, it’s important to show off your grades, test scores, and extracurricular activities, being able to show the institutions who you are as a person and being unique is equally as...
5 Tips to Help You Find a School You’ll Love
The college admissions process can be a confusing and daunting process, especially if you are navigating it on your own. I have compiled a checklist with some tips to help you get into the school of your dreams. Whether you are just starting the process or have been...
3 Things You Should Know About Your Teenager’s Brain
Have you ever had that moment where you wonder, “What the heck is my adolescent child even thinking?” I don’t know a lot of parents that don’t have the thought, especially when teens commonly do and say things that don’t make a lot of sense! But we were in that same...
5 Tips to Manage School Stress
Has your student ever struggled with trying to finish an assignment at the last minute or find themselves falling behind with course materials? Stress is something that everyone experiences at some point in their lives. The key is to not let it affect your daily...
Secrets of the Trade: How I Make Breakthroughs with Students in Math (Part 2)
In the last post, I had talked about how addressing a student’s emotional state is extremely important while teaching Math. Let’s face it: Your student won’t respond well to me if I am not meeting them where they’re at. A second thing I set up in my teaching...
Secrets of the Trade: How I Make Breakthroughs with Students in Math (Part 1)
Math is perhaps the most feared subject in school. It's a subject that we all encounter early on, and those experiences often dictate whether we like or hate the subject. You might have a student (or you might be a student) that can relate to the dread of approaching...
Student Success Story – Stephanie
Stephanie is a seventh grade student, and has attended Legend College Preparatory since third grade. Legend College Preparatory has helped Stephanie stay ahead in her studies, which means she has always been one step ahead from her peers. She says, “I have been a year...
The Value of STEM Education in the 21st Century
Photo Credit: Governor Tom Wolf under Creative Common License The world of education is rapidly changing. Since April, The World Economic Forum reports that more than 1.2 billion students worldwide were affected as a...
The Fake News Problem: What LCP is Doing to Curb the Gap (Written by Vinnie Lopez, Language Arts and English Teacher)
This strange year has proven several things about the standards of American education. Decades of test-centric tendencies have devalued critical thinking. It leads to lower capacities to speak, think, and most perhaps most importantly, to write. In particular, I look...